In a message dated 5/23/03 2:42:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mikeford(a)socal.rr.com writes: Last I checked Aluminum Breakage is worth 16 cents per pound. Full Height 8" Floppies weigh about 15 pounds so their scrap value is about $2.40 each. Most Scrap dealers like to get twice scrap value when they do an outside sale so a scrap dealer would likely put these drives aside if you offered him $5 each. Hope this helps. Paxton Astoria, OR