Seller terms

Seller terms

Last updated 2026-10-18. These terms explain how MachineShopScrap reviews solids submissions. This page is not a live rate board and not an automatic purchase agreement. Questions: buyers@machineshopscrap.com.

Not an automatic purchase

Submitting the sell form or emailing photos does not create a binding sale. Offers are calculated after human review. Suspicious or unclear lots may be flagged, held for ID, or declined. Payment is never processed by these static pages.

What we buy (solids only)

We buy solids — plate drops, remnants, bar ends, billets, plate cutoffs, and solid stock (including identifiable specialty solids and solid carbide rods and blanks). We do not buy chips, turnings, swarf, or mixed scrap piles. Non-solids are declined at intake and are not graded A–D. See solids we buy and how we value.

Ownership

Sellers must certify lawful ownership (or authority to sell as an agent). We may decline any lot and may refuse business that appears fraudulent or illegal. Ownership questions are escalated for review; we do not assume clear title.

Review, grades, and offers

After a lot clears intake as solids:

• Grade A–B applies only when segregation, clear alloy/grade ID, and remachinable geometry check out. The highest premiums go to material that arrives with documentation (certs / MTRs / heat docs) and is clearly identifiable.
• Unlabeled or uncertain identity means a lower band, an ID hold, or a decline — we do not assign Grade A/B to mystery metal.
• Grade C / D covers limited reuse, weak ID, contamination, or a decline with a scrap-yard referral — not premium remnant pricing.
• We value remachinable solids that clear review as reusable stock, not by scrap weight alone. That is a relative position, not a posted rate. No public price board; rates are set at review and are not published here.

Cash vs consignment

When an offer is agreed in writing, it may be a cash purchase or consignment with a documented split. Until written agreement, no transfer of title is implied. A person approves every real offer.

Photos and information

Expect to provide piece-level photos (not drum lids of chips), approximate sizes or weight, alloy/grade if known, and certs / heat / MTR documents when you claim them. Incomplete or conflicting information may lead to an ID hold, a lower band, or a decline.

Reuse before melt

When a solid is remachinable for another machinist, we prefer reuse before melt. That is an honest triage preference — not a carbon scoreboard, green certification, or diversion / CO₂ statistic.

Site content

This site does not claim on-hand inventory, certifications we do not hold, revenue figures, or partner recyclers. Any example figures we show are labeled as examples, not live market data.

Machines and gages

Clearouts that include machines or gages should route those assets to the sister marketplaces (Used CNC Tools / Used Gages / AI Inspection Tools — links in the footer). MachineShopScrap discusses separated solids only. Recurring solids: see the remnant program.

Contact

buyers@machineshopscrap.com · New England / USA. Email is the only contact channel for this site.

Terms FAQ

Does submitting create a sale?

No. Offers come after review, and title transfers only after a written agreement.

Do you buy chips or mixed scrap?

No. Solids only; chips, turnings, swarf, and mixed piles are declined at intake.

Where do rates come from?

Offers are set after review; there is no public price board. Contact buyers@machineshopscrap.com.