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Paul
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 | 12:20 PM
Truth and Fiction |
joe dirt
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 | 03:07 PM
thank you Paul |
Rochelle
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 | 03:35 PM
I've collected pop tabs for fund-raising before. It's legitimate. They don't seem like much, but I guess they're worth at least a few cents, and with all the pop people drink, you can collect a lot. |
Stuart
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 | 04:57 PM
Dont be stupid. This is a Hoax. |
Charybdis
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 | 11:27 AM
No, it started as a hoax but people refused to believe it and so the collective force of stupidity overwhelmed these groups and they started accepting the tabs. It only became real after the fact. |
Pink
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 | 08:44 PM
Why do you guys care, if charities are getting money and helping those in need who are you to critisize it |
Sclotlan
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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 | 12:06 PM
THIS IS NOT A HOAX.
As a kidney transplant recipient, the Kidney Foundation collects soda can tabs and turns them in for cash. In turn they donate the funds to the organization. Why they dont collect the entire soda can? Thats a good questtion, but i turn in my tabs once a year to my Transplant Coordinator. For more information you can email her (Claudia Swift) at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Thanx for your support... |
Christopher Burnham
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 | 10:52 PM
I would like everyone to save the pop tabs and send them to me. thank you |
Nici
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 | 01:26 AM
Hey someone told me that you can turn soda tabs in for cash $200 a gallon anyone else heard this and where i got 60 lbs of tabs |
josee
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 | 11:52 AM
are pop can tabs worth money??
how much!
or pop cans??
how much! |
Tom
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 | 10:16 AM
YES tabs are valuable!!!! They are pure high grade aluminum. The cans are mixed alloys and coloring and other additives that must be purified. Also the tabs are easier to carry as they are more dense. A garbage bag full of cans weighs less than a garbage bag of tabs. I took a few large boxes of cans in and got $15, the same boxes filled with tabs got me $1500. |
Tarralyn
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 | 03:45 PM
Where do I turn in my pop tabs for money? I live in Florida, and I heard from someone that her daugther had collected money from a gallons worth of pop tabs. Does anyone have an idea? |
Andrew
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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 | 08:18 AM
Hello tom is pennsylvania...I was wondering where i might be able to trade in my soda tabs for money just like you did to recieve 1500$....please get back to me |
yvette bland
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 | 08:07 PM
Hi I would like to know where can I mail in my soda can tabs for money.
Yvette... |
Muffy St. Bernard
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 | 09:21 PM
That said, if you're still REALLY SET on sending your pop tabs so somebody else can do the really hard work for you, apparently these folks at the Canadian Legion are at the head of it all (as an example of mythologizing pop tabs, elsewhere it's reported that these folks raised enough money for 400 wheelchairs...in this article they themselves say it's 24):
http://www.druid.net/rides/robert/tabs.html
Bless THEM for giving wheelchairs to 24 people who didn't have them before. They did the work. As for the "it's the thought that counts" folks who collect pop tabs without any conception of how much they're REALLY contributing -- compared to how much they COULD contribute if they'd actually sacrifice something -- well..."keep thinking!" |
Muffy St. Bernard
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 | 09:50 PM
Pop tabs are not made of any sort of special, high-grade metal. They ARE worth something: apparently 0.03 cents a tab (though some recycling plants won't collect them).
Why criticize people who collect pop tabs? Because the cost of collecting and transporting/shipping them surely outweighs the tiny amount they're worth. The only reason they ARE worth anything is because people are (strangely) willing to put so much energy into dealing with them.
The can itself is worth much more than the tab, but I guess collecting and returning cans is just too hard for most people.
The bottom line: rather than collect 100 pop tabs to raise THREE CENTS for charity (and eat up that three cents when you mail them or drive them to a destination where somebody else needs to sort through them and organize everything for you), how about you write a cheque and donate A DOLLAR? Isn't that a more useful goal than collecting over 33,000 pop tabs just out of some quirky human hang up?
Make a difference in the world by REALLY doing something, not just by pulling the tab off your can and feeling special. |
jarrod Grammel
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 | 09:31 AM
dude can tabs are worth something me and my friends are collecting em to raise money for new ramps at a local skate park
once we get a hundred pound its worth 35 dollars |
somebody
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 | 10:33 AM
silly people. the reason they're worth anything is because so many people collect them, while collecting the cans makes much more sense, especially if you live somewhere where you can collect the deposit (five cents a can). it'd only because thousands of the tabs are collected that it's worth anything at all. Also there's a lot more metal in a can then a tab, so why not just crush the can down and turn the entire thing in, even if you can't collect the deposit? |
KM
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 | 12:04 PM
Shriners Hospitals for Children in Springfield and Boston have been collecting pull-tabs or |
fart monster
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 | 11:22 PM
THEY USE POP CAN TABS TO MAKE NEEDLES |
ya-choo
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 | 08:43 AM
From Alcoa's web site (they make the aluminum sheets that are used to make ALL parts of the cans)
Are can tabs better to recycle than cans?
No. Often local charities encourage communities to collect can tabs and donate them for various causes. This is a great way to engage a community, and the tabs are fun and easy to collect. But their value is no different to a recycler than the rest of the can. It's all the same aluminum. For the sake of the environment, when you're collecting tabs, don't forget to recycle the rest of the can!
http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/environment/climate_change/recycling.asp |
Thomas
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 | 01:58 PM
I believe this is how it works...
It has never really been a hoax. These tabs are made of aluminum. Aluminum is a popular recycling material and you can get cash for them nearly everywhere. Seeing how it would be difficult for everyone to donate aluminum cans due to the massive space these cans take up, tabs are a smaller and more portable way to donate aluminum. Here, aluminum goes for about 50 cents a pound, and maybe 70 cents a pound, if you have over 100 pounds.
The real hoax is that these tabs are more valuable than the can itself, or holds a very valuable metal inside ( I think I was told titanium ) This seems to be false, although I have no real proof. Just going by the majority of what I have read on the internet.
If you have tabs saved up, you can get money for them. Just realize they dont weigh very much at all. I would suggest putting them into aluminum cans, and crushing them down and just ship them away with some aluminum cans you have collected for a bit of cash. |
bailey lee
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 | 08:51 AM
So where can I send these tabs to recieve money for them?????? I work for a non profit organization that helps teenagers and we have been collecting for a long time. |
Bill
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 | 01:23 PM
Joe,
It may be a hoax with some charities.
However, if you go to the web site for the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House at:
http://www.hainescenter.org/bdsodatabs3.htm
you will see the benefit of the tabs.
I don't know of the value of the tab for the charity except for the aluminum. But obviously there is value in what it does for the charity.
You can get a better view of this issue at:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/p/poptabs.htm
which has some information on the subject.
Bill |
Hali Jorgensen
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 | 09:00 AM
I need to know where to turn in pop tabs for money and how many do you need? |
Kathleen
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 | 09:23 PM
I copied this from a webpage for a BMX race in FL that collects the tabs for The Ronald McDonald House. It is amazing to think that something as simple as pulling the tab off the can, you can make a difference. Contact your local Ronald McDonald house for more information.
http://www.rmhc.org/giving/ways-to-help
Pop Tab-ulations"
80 tabs = 1 ounce
1, 280 tabs = 16 ounces
1, 280 tabs = 1 pound = $ .34
12,800 tabs = 10 pounds = $ 3.40
128,000 tabs = 100 pounds = $ 34.00
1,280,000 tabs = 1,000 pounds = $ 340.00 |
Brenna
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 | 11:47 AM
its not the soda tabs r worth someone as a single tab, its when they are put together and start wieghing some, can the ronald mcdonald house take them to the recycling center and get paid their recycling dues.. which is probably not that much, but the money still goes help towards helping kids, and any amount of money is good. Plus by doing this you are also helping recycle, which is helping the world in two ways by bettering the earth and helping to the people on earth. |
hidi
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 | 11:22 AM
I'M COLLECTING POP TABS FOR MY SCHOOL HA HA HA!! |
super man
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 | 11:27 AM
BLA BLA BLA THATS ALL TALK! |
Kathleen
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 | 05:27 PM
Superman do your homework, I sent them to The Ronald McDonald House in my city and they sent me a letter thanking me. They are worth money to they right places. |
A tab collector myself
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 | 01:59 PM
This is from Alcoa - An actual Aluminum company
http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/environment/climate_change/recycling.asp
"Are can tabs better to recycle than cans?"
"No. Often local charities encourage communities to collect can tabs and donate them for various causes. This is a great way to engage a community, and the tabs are fun and easy to collect. But their value is no different to a recycler than the rest of the can. It's all the same aluminum. For the sake of the environment, when you're collecting tabs, don't forget to recycle the rest of the can!" |
Ralph in Georgia
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 | 10:54 AM
simply check out http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltabs.asp
enough said |
Abe
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 | 01:52 PM
Ok, I guess I |
Kate
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 | 03:57 PM
to tell the truth the soda can tabs are actually worth money... i heard the a truckload of tabs can be worth $1,000:exclaim: and no that was not a typing error |
bean
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 | 09:34 AM
its 60 cents per pound of pop tabs.... |
andrew
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 | 07:02 AM
these tabs are made up of (asga) aero space grade alunium which is the metal that planes and commercial jets are made of so yes there very valuble. i just turned in a big blue watercooler jug and got 100 dollars for the lot |
Matt
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 | 12:42 PM
To earn the most money from Cans:
1. Pull off tabs
2. Turn can in for deposit, if there is no deposit, crush and save the can.
4.Cash in whtever aluminum you have left.
People in my area make money by scrapping various metals. People even sell tabs on eBay. Check it out. |
morgan
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 | 12:54 PM
ok so i have a gallons worth of tabs....now what. i live in wisconsin and would like to know where i can cash them in |
chelsea
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 | 10:45 AM
My7 friend said that she tirned in a milk jug full of pop tabs today in school and she said they give you about 100 dollars, but then this kid named eyeball interrupted and said that they dont give you 100 dollars they give you maybe 20 at the most. yeah dude |
Sarah
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 | 01:27 PM
I'd like to know if there's a place around Syracuse that will take bobs and use the money to donate to a worthy cause like breast cancer research, because my friend's mother used to collect them from my friends and I. She doesn't anymore, and I'd like to know where I could turn them in cause I have a bunch saved up and want to put them to use since I have other people collecting them too.
Thank you so much.
-Sarah from Syracuse. |
samantha
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 | 09:11 AM
I know they do use pop tabs for needles, in the 1990's they were worth $145 a gallon, i dont know what they are worth now. 🐛 |
Cathleen
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 | 11:04 AM
Soda cans are coated and painted and therefore need a lot of processing to reclaim the aluminum before it can be recycled.
Soda can TABS are pure aluminum (uncoated and unpainted). They can be recycled as is.
Because of this, one pound of soda can tabs is worth far more than one pound of soda cans.
However, to get to one pound, it takes far more tabs than cans. So if you do the math (you only get one tab per can), the can is worth more than the tab.
On the other hand, you don't get any more money for the can if you leave the tab on it, so it actually makes sense to remove the tabs and turn them in seperately. |
Cathleen
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 | 11:07 AM
As for where to turn in the tabs:
Try your local dump or any place that accepts scrap metal. |
Cathleen
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 | 11:09 AM
Ok, last post.
If you want to DONATE your tabs, many Ronald McDonald Houses collect them. |
N8v Queen
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 | 02:20 PM
I heard you can get $100 a gallon? I don't got much but I could get up to a few gallons! But the thing is, I don't know where to turn them in to.. can some one give me a clue? ? ? |
N8v Queen
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 | 02:22 PM
I need a clue for tabs where do I turn them in |
lydia
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 | 12:28 PM
it's not a hoax.
if you go to a ronald mc donald charity house you can donate them there |
Rosalia Canales
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 | 09:23 AM
I want to turn about 3 gallons of soda can lids for cash |
Ryan
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 | 03:37 PM
i also know that they are worthless, but a local here in greensboro nc where i live is offering to pay 1 minute life support for a young friend of mine who was involved in a car crash. for every 10 tabs saved he is offering to pay 1 minute life support. i would be willing to pay shipping on them if someone would like to give them to me! You and i and him know they are worthless but when you have more money than u know what to do with why not! thanks ryan!! |
tracey
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 | 03:30 PM
you can turn them in at any aluminum recycle lot |
Denis Delgadillo
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 | 05:57 AM
the Ronald McDonald house have this program, check out this site or contact your local RMcD house to see if they are in the program.
http://www.squidoo.com/pop-tab-collection |
bob dillas
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 | 01:24 PM
RAISE POP CAN TABS FOR CHARITY!!! |
at noon
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 | 12:23 PM
I just traded sixty pop tabs for a thousand dollars!
Go get that money!
Or better yet, READ THE SNOPES ARTICLE.
AGAIN, READ THE SNOPES ARTICLE. |
Scott Russell
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 | 12:32 PM
I live in Ocala,florida. If you can turn in pop tabs for money where is the closest place to do this. |
sue
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 | 08:55 PM
for all the nonbelievers i have collected 2 coffee containers of tabs and were used for formula for babies through a church here in tn. |
me
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 | 03:22 PM
http://rmhc.org/how-you-can-help/other-ways-to-get-involved/pop-tab-collections/
check this out, go down to the "how much section" |
Maria
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 | 10:32 AM
Hi,me and my best friend are collecting pop tabs so we can get money instead of asking our parents for money all the time,so we head from a friend that we collect pop tabs so we can give to a hospital so they can melt them down and make wheelchairs out of them,so here are my questions:If you have your tabs can you go to a hospistal and give them in or does it have to be a special sort of hospistal( and no i do not want to donate to the ronald mcdonald place, I prefer a hospital) and How much money is it for about 100 tabs or 5 big pickle jars? Thank you :lol: |
ninjala
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 | 12:35 PM
how muh is one gallon of tabs my church youth group is collecting cans and we heard their is one in winscosin but we're not sure where to turn them in? |
Bibi ka Bibi
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 | 05:37 PM
:coolsmile: you can get up to $500 for a gallon i did it and it work well i did it two times so i got a thousand dollar hope it works on u! |
hotchick
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 | 05:41 PM
:coolsmile: wow bibi ka bibi it worked i did it to and got $500 ppl listen to bibi ka bibi! and me too 😉 |
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