This business is a SCAM!
I had 8.5 pounds worth of aluminium cans. The receipt said I only had 4.5 pounds worth of cans.
When I asked about this, the worker said he has to account for the weight of the basket. Well the basket only weighed 1.2 pounds.
8.5 lbs - 1.2 lbs. = 7.3 lbs
They should have paid me 7.3 pounds worth of recyclables but they only paid me 4.5 pounds worth of recyclables.
What a joke. I guess they hope people don't read the fine print and double-check the math. I will never conduct business here again.
I had a feeling these people were dishonest but I went anyway. I knew they ripped me off as th3y didnt give me s chance to confirm anything because they take and weigh your cans without as much as a warning to you so that you can verify weight and quickly dump them into another bin. But what could I do after the fact? I was certain they had done me dirty and after I spoke to my dad who said he would rather drive to the center in Baldwin Park because " ahi roban" (they rob you there) to me telling him I went Armens on sunflower, I knew i wasnt wrong. Anyway I am now just seeing all these reviews and can see we are all in agreement. If you have any choice choose another location. I think at least $20 to $25 were taken from in that exchange with them.
They are dishonest, I wondered why it was so empty. Last time I came I thought they ripped me off, so, this time I watched the scale everytime. HE LIED and I called him out and he bumped it a little and I called him out again and he corrected it.
Do NOT use these people!! They are 100% dishonest and will rip you off.
In order to protect yourself from these type of people you should weigh your recycling before arriving. Then as they weigh it you’ll need to look at their scale and record the weight of each bin. Do NOT allow them to dump and/or mix your recycling until you’ve confirmed your weights match. If their weights don’t match, take your recycling back and bring it to an honest recycling center.
I weighed mine prior to going and simply trusted them to be honest in recording the weight. But because I was not looking at the scale as they weighed each bin they would enter a lower weight then quickly mix with their inventory, therefore making it impossible to dispute in the end. This is why I mentioned to confirm your weight before allowing them to mix with their inventory. They literally paid out only 65% of actual weight.
Fair warning, they are dishonest and crooked as they come! They WILL guaranteed 100% steal from you if you allow them to. Sadly I was too trusting this time, but never again.
THIEVES!! Unfortunately there's no option for zero stars! Make sure you look at the scale AND see what the guy enters for the weight of your recycling before he "mixes" it in with the rest..the will say it was less than you brought AND pay under what you are owed! If you are able, weigh your stuff before bringing it in & pay attention what he enters! We made the mistake of trusting they entered the correct weight (we had weighed it at home first so we knew), but didn't look to confirm what he entered matched the scale..they quickly mixed it with the rest so we couldn't re-weigh it! They payed out about 35% less than what we should've got! Seemed pretty sus too since there were at least 5 other bins of recycling still sitting there from people that already left & the other guy was saying he was just trying to hurry and get it put away because they were "busy"..there was literally one other woman there at that time. They were purposely trying to "mix" ours with the rest so we couldn't see the real weight.
I think they ripped me off. I couldn't see what the scale said, but 2 large sized garbage bags full of crushed cans couldn't have only been worth $26. I was expecting more than $40. The place I normally go was closed. If you go here, make sure to look at the scale.
DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE TO RECYCLE! THEY WILL ROB U SILLY!
After the holidays I ended up with so many cans and plastic bottles. I was sure I'll make me at least 40 bks. I came here cuz it was open late.... $16 bks for 5 bags of recycling?!?!? Byee...
I just want to say that Johnny is just the best person this place has ever had. I wasn't aware that the hours had changed and I got there at 2:59 pm and they were ready to close at 3pm yet Johnny kindly took care of me and two other customers that came after me. To me that's what you call Customer Service. Thank you Johnny for always being so polite, kind and professional with everyone. I would recommend this recycling center to everyone that wants a fast, clean and efficient but most of all professional place to bring all your recyclables here. You will not be disappointed, I promise you!. Keep up the good work Johnny.
Amazing that California has become so regulated that, according to R-Men Recycling, they refuse to take my cans & bottles just because of my out-of-state license plate. Shame on CA for creating fear over a task like recycling & shame on X-Men for giving in to it. Common sense has to win eventually but apparently it seemed realistic I drove 780 miles to get my $4.28 worth of CA CRV with my “contraband” kitchen bag of cans & bottles.
Funny if this law/rule is accurate and no items can be accepted due to out-of-state license plate, where is my exemption from CRV when I purchase drinks is said same vehicle?
That experience with this young person they have working there thet have working there names I will not say but I did take a picture he try taking more then half actually what was owed to me tried making me sign An estimated total of $24 when I told him recount that I was paying attention to see how many units I had in plastic and how many units I had in cans and he tried giving me $24 out of the $62 that was old to me so if all of you guys do not go to this location if yoy do pay attention to what you guys do I don't want to stress that enough cause I know some people especially the time in need we do need our money therefore we recycle just be aware there are people like this everywhere just pay attention!
I watched the scale and added up the weight. I counted 26 lbs the young man said 18!!. They are dishonest and by alot!! Will never come back or support people like this.
Love this place. The gentleman that work are very nice and very organized. They gets you in and out as fast as possible. I advise you separate your recycling before you go. It helps you get things done faster.
This place was great, both guys working were really helpful helping me with my cans and bottles as well as explaining to me the process and what I can and can’t recycle. I’ll definitely be returning to recycle here
Their hours for the weekend are listed as open until 3pm.
When I got there at 2:50pm, 3 employees were joking around and there were no other customers.
When I approached they told me they were closed. I asked what time they closed. They told me 3pm or if it's busy then 2:50pm. Then one of them said it was busy that day.
I told him it was still 10 minutes early.
He said the bins were full. I looked over and saw they weren't.
I said I just had a small bagful, could he just do that but he refused.
They "open" at 9 which means that is when the employees arrive. They took 30 minutes to set up before helping the 1st customer. By then there was a line of people.
We've been doing our recycling here since our recycler closed down. If we had known about this place sooner, we would have chosen to use it rather than our previous recycler. Tim and Frank are both nice guys who engage you in conversation if you want to talk while they are doing their jobs. They make it a more friendly and social process, and they are also helpful and efficient doing the work. The lady who answers the phone when you call to get information was also nice. R-men recycling center has earned our loyalty.
This was the first time we have come to this recycling center as ours is closed down due to Covid-19. We will come back for sure! These guys are super fast and run an efficient system. Frank and Peter were really friendly and very helpful. Great system... thank you both! 😋 Note to customers: Bring your bottles already separated (glass, plastic, cans) as it makes things easier and go faster.
The owner is super nice and sweet, she even helped me unload and separate recyclables from my son’s school fundraiser. The guys that work there also help and are very professional. Very good people who work here! Can get busy sometimes, but they’re fast and efficient.
I went the other day to recycle it was my first time and I for sure will be back, this guy with tattoos he was Hispanic not sure of his name but he was helping me put all my recycles in the baskets & making sure my plastic was eligible he also helped me a lot did not let me lift heavy bags, he was a gentleman.
I will be back 🙂 thank you!
I thought I would switch it up from going to my normal spot. I came here, and had to stand around while the guy frolic back and forth. I proceeded to turn in my normal amount of cans and it was substantially lower. When I asked “that’s it” I got hit with the have s nice day. I’ll never come back here, if anything I’m more mad at myself for coming in the first place.
The young man who works here is the reason I've been doing business with them for years! He's personable, professional, quick and keeps the line moving.
The gentleman who works at R-Men Recycling Center is not only professional, but he is polite, and kind. He is a credit to our community; we are very blessed to have him here.
Very very poor service guy just had a line of 5 ppl with 6 others waiting for him while he just walked back and forth to his car the store and its a hot day today I also over heard others in line complain about him always doing this bad service they should replace the guy or close down.
