Chromoly tube drops - gauging interest on selling

Hurley

Hurley

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We have a handful of chromo tube drops that are accumulating at our shop, and I'd like to get y'alls thoughts on whether or not people would buy short lengths, and pay to have them shipped. Would you buy? Has anyone attempted this before? The lengths range from 4" up to 3x", the majority are in the 8-16" range of the following sizes:

3/4" x .065
1-1/4" x 065
1-1/2" x .120
1-5/8 x .083

I'm a packrat, so I feel like this stuff would be worth it to someone for fab instead of scrapping. I'd say total qty of pieces is in the 100-250 piece range currently, and we accumulate probably 30-50 pieces a month.

Price-wise, I really haven't decided, but shipping to me would be the biggest hurdle because of cost and packaging (for the long ones).

I'd love to set up a website to use....but at the end of the day, it's just tube drops/
 
Have you looked at what people will buy on eBay? I know for more specialty stuff there's a ton on eBay. But for cheaper steel the shipping may kill the bargain.
 
^no. I myself have bought random 12" pieces before - like 1.75" x .375" wall DOM for one.

I'm envisioning more of a sell by weight type of thing - that way I'm not trying to ship (2) 4" pieces or something like that. Like, 5# of 6" stubs for x.xx, probably ship in a flat rate USPS box.

found this after a quick ebay search:
7/8 Inch Diameter 3/16 wall x 1 5/8 Inch DOM Steel Tube Scrap 20 Pieces. | eBay

something like that
 
I think you would be better off finding a clever product to build or part to use them in.

Other then that I'm close and might take some off your hands if they are reasonable....no telling what kind of widget I could use them in.

Another selling point could be that chance a small shop needs them for a widget. Down side is they gonna have to be cheap. Anybody doing any quantity will just buy a length and work it up.
 
That's another thing about handling short drops- much easier to saw-cut short pieces from a stick than try to trim the length of a very short piece.
 
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