The process
How selling your surplus wire works
Four steps, in the order they actually happen. The first one is the only one that takes real effort, and it is mostly photography.
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Submit inventory details and photos
Use the quote form, or email the details. Type, size, voltage, footage, condition, location and photos of the reels, tags and jacket legend.
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We review the material
We read the tags and compare the construction against what you described. Where a photo is unclear, we ask a specific question instead of guessing.
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Discuss pricing and logistics
We talk through value, freight and timing. Nothing is committed until both sides agree on the material and the number.
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Arrange pickup or shipping
Once terms are set, the move is scheduled around your dock, your forklift and your gate hours.
Step one in detail: the information that matters
Most delays in a wire purchase come from missing information, not from disagreement about price. The details below are what a buyer needs before a number means anything.
- Type. THHN, XHHW, MC, tray cable, control cable, SOOW, medium voltage. The jacket print or reel tag carries it.
- Conductor. Copper or aluminum. It changes the value more than any other single fact.
- Size and conductor count. #12 and 4/0 are different businesses; 3-conductor and 37-conductor are different again.
- Voltage. 600V, 1kV, 15kV. Medium-voltage reels get handled differently at every stage.
- Footage. What the tag says shipped, and your honest estimate of what is left.
- Condition. New surplus, overstock, partial reel, used, damaged. None of these disqualify a reel; they all change the number.
- Location and access. City, ZIP, dock or forklift, and any gate or scheduling restriction.
What we do not need
You do not need a formal inventory spreadsheet, test reports, a bill of sale history, or an exact weight. Photos and the jacket print cover most of it. If the material came out of a building and nobody recorded anything, that is normal.
Where the conversation can end
Sometimes we cannot make a load work: the footage is too short to move, the material is not something we buy, or the freight outweighs the value. We will say so directly rather than leave you waiting.
What to send
The photo set that answers everything
- Wide shot of the whole stack
- Reel tag, flat and readable
- Jacket legend on the wire
- Cut end showing conductor and insulation
Four photos per reel type is usually enough. If there are twenty reels of the same thing, photograph the tags on three of them and one wide shot of the pile.
Talk to a buyer before you move anything.
saleselectricalbuyers@gmail.com
Email is best for photos. Include the reel tags, jacket legend and a wide shot of the whole stack.
Start with step one
Everything else follows from this form. Fill in what you know and attach the photos you have.
Reels in the way? Send the tag photos.
Tell us the type, size, footage and voltage, and send a few photos of the reels, tags and jacket legend. We will review the material and talk through pricing and logistics.