Koscove Metal in
Colorado Springs (CO)

Ok guys verdict is in, this place is crooked. After reading the reviews I was really hoping this place would do honest business. NOPE they can't help themselves, sold them some items today, got to the window, was supposed to be paid out $84. I didn't count what she gave me (big mistake, you can't trust them) left and went on my day, thinking the negative reviews were not accurate. Went to pay a bill and discovered i only had been paid $64!!! Sure enough she stiffed me for $20... The negative reviews are 100% correct. DO NOT GO HERE

I used to sell these guys my metal but never again. Not only do they argue over everything. Only place where the customer is not right. But they don't care. The guy at the scale most times doesn't know what he's doing calling red brass yellow and shiny bright as # 2 pipe. But if you say anything then they ban you. I've sold these guys thousands of dollars worth of metal. Not anymore. Also they do this thing where they pay less if you don't come in a car. Walk up price and drive up price. Ask them about it. They say it's because if you don't have a car that means you are homeless and probably stole whatever it is you have. So they pay less. So if you don't have a car they cheat you because you obviously stole your stuff as well as you're homeless. Discrimination against less off if I've ever seen it. I had a great review on here for them for the longest time until I've been seeing how they really treat the customer.

They never answer the phone except to say “koskoves please hold” and then never get back on the phone. They are not a good business anymore. Don’t waste your time go anywhere else in town.

It's always has good service and good prices

They have fair pricing and I had a good experience. I 10/10 recommend!

Koscove metal used to be a great place to take your scrape metal. Now it's a complete scam, waited 30 minutes to recycle my aluminum, just to get payed 3.00. Which the aluminum is worth more than 3.00$. I would not waste your time with these clowns, and take your scrape metal to colorado recycling industries. Where you will get paid the worth of your scrape metal, As well as not waiting in a long line.

We had a very pleasant experience and I would like to extend a grateful appreciation to David! You made our day!

Very rude and unprofessional employees. I have done a lot of business here over the years, however, due to recent experiences, I will never return here out of principle.

Kelsey and Sara were awesome! David, the scale guy, was super helpful as I’ve never been here before. Thank you all!

Honestly best scrap yard with the best staff. Help you toss the scrap, best prices, great attitudes. I'll drive a little further than I need to, to use them. Thanks for being dope!

This is my third time coming and they're closed. Google says they close at 4:30. 4:45 every time I show up it's around 3:48 3:45 and they're closed. They need to update their Google cuz this is very unprofessional. I understand they close but how am I supposed to be aware? And I've called and they said they close at 4:30. So why are they closing at 3:40 3:45 three times? This has happened to me already

I’ve been coming here for years and always appreciated the good service. The employees are helpful, the place is usually well-run, and it’s been my go-to spot for recycling scrap. However, I recently discovered something that’s really disappointing. They’ve always deducted 8 pounds for each 5-gallon bucket, but I weighed several of the same type of buckets at home and they’re only about 1–2 pounds each. That means I’ve likely been getting shorted on weight — and money — for a long time without realizing it. I’m not sure if it’s an honest mistake or something more, but either way, it doesn’t feel right. I’d really like to keep doing business here, but I hope they take a closer look at this and make it right for their longtime customers.

Very helpful and friendly. Hassle free. Clean drive, didn't have to worry about my tires. Fast service and plenty of pre tared bins in good shape. They even sub divided my brass for me.

Drove from the mountains to drop off cans. We got there at 3:15. They had all the doors open, but the guy working there said they were closed. Website says open until 4:45.

I don’t usually have a need for scrap metal recycling, but if I did, I’d absolutely come here again and again. I had a few bags of cans I’d annoyingly collected over the past two years, and brought them in today. The staff working outside were incredibly kind and friendly — even joking around with me while helping. Truly some of the nicest people you’ll meet. Highly recommend!

I had an emergency on the premises of this establishment and everyone that worked here was incredibly nice and accommodating to my situation, especially Kelsey who worked at the front desk. Thank you again, to everyone that works here for being kind and understanding, you all made a very scary situation bearable and i’ll always be grateful for that.

I called multiple times to get an idea of what my material per pound would be. Not only did they not answer but the next few times I was hung up on. It rang once then proceeded to give me an automated message. If a business can't even conduct themselves right over the phone the bad reviews have convinced me not to come here. And based off of the reviews it seems that youd get a better bang for your buck anywhere else. Don't go here.

This place is consistent and great! They hire the nicest people! David was exceptionally kind to my son, encouraging him and even gave him five dollars to help fund his little business he’s got going on! He was efficient and quick! Glad he helped us! Then we went inside and Sarah was so helpful and great as well. Obviously, there is a great working environment there!

I sell there almost everyday. This place keeps the bills paid. This year was tough with a couple 4 day periods of them being shut down which made for some hard days. I need to plan better I guess. I will always come to koscove

Rushed across town to get there before 4:45 running red . my fellow citizens in danger to arrive exactly 5 minutes early. No line, perfect. The dude with the beard wouldn't let us scrap. We didn't even have that much stuff considering they dont take steel. So ran out of gas trying to get home. The things you think about while your walking trying to figure out gas money?..isn't healthy that's for sure.

The lady was very vauge, rude and short with explaining things. She said to pull my car in the lot, well as soon as I got to my car they put orange cones blocking the drive. Well I just grabbed the wheels I was going to recycle and gave it to the guy next to the scale. When I went and she had me sign the slip I noticed it was considerably less than it was supposed to be. When I asked why, she said it was because I didn't pull in the lot. She "forgot" to mention the walk up price was different than the drive up price and tried to get me to quickly sign off on it before noticing. So I had to go back to my car, wait for the orange cones to be moved and pull in with an ALREADY EMPTIED LOAD as if I was being pranked.. Even the drive up price per pound was less than the quoted price over the phone.. On top of that I knew the weight of the wheels going in, the weight was even printed on the box they came in, their scale showed them a few lbs short. Maybe a manufacturer error? maybe not. Either way they're Sleezy, sleezy, sleezy trying to scam you out of money every step of the way. Ill be taking my metal elsewhere from now on

A year ago, I would have given a 5-star review when I use to come up regularly. Lately, I've come in with the same amount of cans (4-13 gallon bags of cans) and been getting different amounts every time I come in. They say it's by weight, but I've brought in 4 bags of crushed aluminum cans and got the same amount for 4-13 gallon bags of uncrushed cans. These ladies before me brought in 3 or 4 plastic grocery bags of cans and got more than the $3 I received for my bigger bags of cans. My last trip, I received $1.80 for 4-13 gallon bags of uncrushed cans. When I asked why the prices keep changing dramatically, the lady at the counter said that I can take it somewhere else. Great advice... I will start taking my business elsewhere.

Find it crazy that every item on my receipt that i brought in has different tare weights even though its the same containers. I also dont believe that a big plastic tote on some casters weighs 80 lbs like my receipt claims. Adding everything up i got taken for $300+ in just tare weight alone. So yeah there prices are decent but you rob me on the weight of my items then whats the difference. Lost my business thats for sure.

This is a small but friendly scrap yard. And they paid more overall than anyone else I had been to in the last 6 months. They do not pay for steal & tin, but they will accept it if you just want to get rid of it in a hurry, however. Most places I been to only pay $0.2 a lbs. For that so it's not a big deal for me. But if that is the bulk of your load, you will want to go somewhere else. The biggest price difference for me was in the yellow brass. The other recycling places I been to called what I had as "yellow and metal mixed brass." Paid me $0.16 a lbs. This location called it straight-up yellow brass and paid $1.20 a lbs. I think they mislabeled it and paid a lot more because of it. They paid $3.40 per lbs. for #2 copper where the last location paid $2.90 per lbs. For the same thing. This is the bulk of my load as I bring about 40 lbs. Of this in daily. Even though I didn't make anything on the 140 lbs of steal and tin I brought them, I still walked away with more cash than I did at other locations.

Up until today this has been my favorite place to go for fair pricing and just convenience. As of today I was informed that they only give $10 per catalytic converter with proof of what vehicle came off of to show ownership. Now I'm okay with the proof of ownership cuz the weeds out all the people who are thieves but I'm not okay with is getting $10 for a catalytic converter that they're going to scrap for upwards of several hundred dollars that's not right so therefore I believe I'm done using the Services provided at this establishment.

I had a bunch of scrap metal laying around and wasn't sure what to do with it all. So I decided to bring some of it to Koscove and see if there was anything I could do with it. I must say, Charlie, the gentleman who helped me was very informative on the kinds of metal I had and what was worth keeping and selling. He was very patient with me and all my questions. He taught me a lot, and I made a few bucks in the process. I will definitely be returning in the future and I would highly recommend this place, and Charlie to all my friends. Thanks again Charlie!! You were great.

I used to use another facility, but decided to come over to Kosgrove which I believe takes more time to separate your material. They don't rip you off and they have an awesome and friendly staff. Charlie in particular, who seems to never have a bad day, since he's always happy and willing to help. Thank you for the great service. Highly recommend this place to anyone in Colodado Springs.