Cheap tin

[Echo]

Yo;

Just found a deal on eBay for 25 pounds of lead-free solder, 99% tin. Current bid is $86.55, plus 12.95 shipping, meaning lead for about $4/lb at this cost, which will probably go up. If anyone is interested, check Item number: 110330076991

End time is 18:40/29Dec.

And he has several other auctions for lesser amounts of solder.

[Harpman]

from what I been reading the market for lead is dropping off to nothing, pretty soon it should be cheaper than we ever paid in the last 25 years.

[Harpman]

http://www.infomine.com/investment/historicalcharts/showcharts.asp?c=Lead

[jdowney]

Yeah, ummm, them charts are for lead. Auction is for tin solder, though the price for tin is dropping too...

http://www.infomine.com/investment/historicalcharts/showcharts.asp?c=tin

[opentop]

I'v been watching this sellers auctions for some time. Thier 25 pound lots bring about $180-$190

[Echo]

Opentop, if that's so, then it is in the same ballpark as the Grainger solder deals. I hadn't noticed them before.