Muskrat, if you're into fishing, then you know that fishermen are indeed paying more than a quarter each for larger fishing weights. So what you and I should do, is stand outside that fisherman supply store "The Tackle Box", in north salinas, in black trench coats and dark sunglasses. As each patron approaches the door, we pigeon hole them offering to sell fishing weights at a discount. Ok ?
Heck, for that matter, all those fishing lures I simply throw away, are selling for several bucks each to the poor sap who buys them brand new
I knew a guy, who did the Santa Cruz boardwalk dry sand, every Monday morning, as a retired guy for exercise, for many years. And he saved all the toy cars (matchbox, hotwheels, etc....) that he found . Stuff that I would have just thrown away. But every 6 months or so he'd go to the flea market there, and be selling them for $1 each EASY ! Mom's with their little kids, who are accustomed to paying $5 each for them in the toy store, had NO PROBLEM paying $1 each for them. It made me think twice about chucking the better shape toy cars in the trash. But alas, I'm too lazy to spend all morning with a card-table at the flea market, so they still get tossed in the trash
