This rating is based on customer reviews, inventory size, pricing, and service quality
From recent feedback in Brooklyn, NY, Fortune Metal scores 96/100. Overall sentiment is very positive: customers cite friendly, professional staff, strong pricing, accurate digital/truck scales, a clean, organized yard, help with unloading, quick pay, and short waits. A notable downside is one complaint about underpaying/misclassifying copper. Little is shared about parts inventory or ease of finding parts—most reviews focus on scrap selling. Several comments reference another yard, so some details may be mixed.
Best scrap yard in town they pay the most money compared to anyone else around give them a shot you will not regret it….. Long-time customer extremely disappointed by recent experience
I’ve been coming here for five years and even left a 5-star review previously, but I need to share a serious update. After a recent transaction, I attempted to use the cash for lunch and was informed by the cashier that one of the bills was counterfeit.
When I immediately went back to the yard to resolve it, management refused to take responsibility, claiming all their money comes from the bank. After five years of clean business, I expected to be treated with more respect. I ended up leaving the bill there and walking away because I want nothing to do with fake currency. One bad transaction in five years is one thing, but their refusal to make it right was plain wrong. Please check your money carefully if you choose to go here.
The best place to run my business, they really pay you a fortune for your scrap , best place in Brooklyn NY, staffing is very friendly and nice, they work with you, I love this place, it has changed my life from poor to rags to riches thanks
They pay me way lesss then what copper is worth
Saying that it was dirty copper and it was clean!
Had to go complain and make them fix it after the 5th time me telling them …. They scam me in daylight
El señor mas viejo paga lo que el quiere a veces un material esta para un precio pero el paga mucho menos MUCHA gentr mejor se lo lleva y los chinos ni cuenta se dan k ya dias perdidron muchos clientes el mas joven pags lo justo lo k es
Good people well the workers that contribute to helping pulling the carts and stuff but the main issue is the scale , and the scale person giving you the pay out … they simply just guess numbers u can walk in with 500 pounds and pay out would only be 300 pounds.. honestly take your values else where … there’s many other places in that area that are more honest with pay out
“BE AWARE “There rates are good but what’s the point of that if they take like 45% off there pounds
I took 158 pounds of PURE copper …
And it was 172 pounds on the wight
Ofc because of the cart wight..
And on the print label it shows i only got paid for 101 pounds of copper cause the consider 71 pounds as waste in other words “TARE”
Never going back to them and it’s crazy i realize after selling them over 3000 pounds over all of copper
There scale is not accurate and i brought 260 pounds of copper and i only got paid for 234 pounds cause they consider the cart weight was 26 pounds what the heck
Great prices given. Good people.Hope they treat workers good because they work hard and are helpful. Been going there for years. Well ran. Main man on scales is good dude.
These people ROB AND STEAL from their customers. I brought over 250 pounds of copper covered in lead and they paid me 30 cents. When I called and explained what I had in detail, I was told $1.63 per pound. A total waste of time. I hope they are happy taking advantage and robbing their customers! Karma is not nice to those always trying to hurt others. And their scale is not accurate!
They are courteous and helpful plus they generally pay top dollar for copper in North Brooklyn. The only person who is higher is an old Italian guy in Bay Ridge. A professionally run place, have been there many times, can't complain. Since they are on a weird side street you can park on the sidewalk easily without worrying about it.
472 2nd Ave, Brooklyn, NYRecycling center
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