Aaron Metals Company

This was my first time at Aaron Metals and I have to say its one of the best companies out there. I’ve been to a few recycling locations and Aaron Metals has the highest paid prices. Everything here runs smoother and much faster. They have big bins which save time. Make sure you have aluminum cans, plastic, and glass separate because they won’t let you separate on their property if everything is mixed. At other recycling centers they make your separate clear, brown, and green glass. At Aaron Metals it doesn’t matter the color of the glass. It all goes into the bin.
When you back up with your truck. You’re not allowed to grab a bin and start unloading. You need to wait for one of the ladies to bring the bin to you. My brother and I were here no more than 30 minutes. I’m definitely coming back!

I have been recycling at Aarons Metal for a long time and Melissa and Norma do an outstanding job keeping everything organized and moving through.
Great job ladies!

Rude customer service the cashiers were chatting with each other making each customers wait 20 mins each!!! Seriously I have never been so disrespected in my life. They were more intuned with there conversation then helping us. Wishing I just left but the nice people in the front helping us separating already put the cans and bottle in the bins. Please do not go here!!! Try another recycle place unless you want to experience the same thing I did.

Today I brought in 4 FULL and hefty bags of mixed recyclables. Excited to get some value for it, I patiently waited in line for a good 30 minutes just so it could be my turn.
It being my second time here, I did the usual. Unloaded my goods and waited for this lady to «assist» me along with her «helpers». So as this guy was approaching me with two push carts, i apologized kindly that all my bags were full of mixed recyclables. And he questions me saying «all of it?»
And I said «yes». And he goes and tells the same lady in Spanish that my goods were mixed. And so she proceeds to reply with a «We cannot do it. You have to leave and sort it at home and come back so we don’t have to do it. We’re very busy and we don’t have time to do that for you.» with such great ATTITUDE. So I tried explaining myself at this point that I wasn’t informed the first time I came here that my next visit should have all my things sorted out. I mean I wouldn’t KNOW that since they had NO problem sorting out my recyclables on my first time visiting here. Maybe they should have the guy controlling the traffic to inform incoming customers that everything needs to be sorted out so that people don’t have to waste their times when it’s their turn to be helped. I even OFFERED to sort it out myself on the spot when they refused to do it themselves… Again, just because they were busy? This is YOUR job.
First of all, I’ve worked in customer service environments for almost 10 years and I believe that if your company is «busy» that that should be a good thing to your employees. They SHOULD be willing to satisfy their customers as soon as they drive into the facility, especial when the customers are willing to do something good for the environment. In this case recycle stuff to get some value. I looked around and the other customers next to me were sorting their shit in the carts directly from their truck. At least I came ready and had my stuff double bagged! And mind you, I’m a girl and these bags were heavy enough as is for me to load and unload off my truck.
At this point, my patience has grown thin. And all they kept saying was «No Pwede». Why can’t you say it in English? Did I speak to you in Spanish? No.
I was so close to asking for their manager. But I already wasted time trying to argue with that unhelpful lady and her «helpers». I also did NOT want to load my stuff back into my truck because I was refused service. You know what I did? I said in English «You know what? I DONT WANT MY MONEY.» And I just drove off and left my shit there.
How does it feel so sort it out regardless? Like I said, I offered to sort it out myself on the spot then and there. They act like I was going to take 30 more minutes to do that. I waited longer in line for my turn. But that ain’t my problem anymore *Kanye shrug* Aaaanywayy…
I work in a quality control position and I believe in «Quality over Quantity». Do I care about my money? No. Money comes and goes. So if they don’t want to do proper business with me just like how they treated me today, because they were «so busy», I’m never coming back to this unwilling and unhelpful place to recycle my things again. I read past reviews and other people feel the same way about this place’ service. Plain rude and LAZY!

This place is the BEST!
Always the highest paid prices. Isn’t that the bottom line? But it doesn’t stop there. They literally do everything for you. Even though I always try to help a little as I hate standing around. These guys come out after you back up, take a look at what you got, go grab the number of containers needed, then start unloading you as they sort everything. WOW!
You can’t ask for better customer service. Also, everyone there is in a good mood, unlike all the other places where they act like they hate their job. I enjoy going there and seeing everyone and their smiles, then walking away with money! LOL.
CANT BEAT A DAY LIKE THAT.

I love coming here ! The actual employees are really nice and friendly :)
I would give 5 star but the female at the cashiers is a b****! She looks like she has an attitude. Last time I had to knock on her window and she’s just sitting there on her phone ! So unprofessional !

I replaced my old screen/​storm door. What do you do with the old one? It won’t fit in a garbage can, so.. . what to do? I looked up metal recycling and found Aaron Metals in Hayward. I took them my door. It was part steel and part aluminum. They weighed it in two parts and paid me for part mixed and part aluminum. I got $ 1.80. Sure, it’s not a fortune, but what DO you do with an old screen door? I say getting $ 1.80 for it is great. A-​OK! I’ll definitely bring metal here if I have more to recycle.

Been coming here a long time. Watch out for this guy called Brian Tomasello. What a Jerk! Cheated on my weights of my copper wires! I checked the scale myself. He cheated me 3 lbs of 10 awg house wires @$ 1.65 a pound. And 7 lbs on bare shiny copper @ $ 2.25 a pound. The facility is nice overall.

This company employs A bandito! He is also A weigh master. (Which means very little. I was one years ago.) I handed Julio Cruz an old silver large Italian serving spoon for which Mr Cruz begins conspicuously begins working on.
He pulls out A wire brush, magnet, and some sort of metal cutters.. He mumbles «It’s anodized or something «, he exclaims, to his new found mark. The correct procedure in this case, is to volunteer the questioned item back to mistaken
consumer. I Assumed the thief was A normal employee at this point. It was near closing, and everyone is now disappearing. I go to collect my money, and the middleman in this sprawling operation says «do you want your
check mailed or ‚
pick it up on Tuesday? I ask him about the silver spoon, and he says sometimes the workers throw metal out. I am now minus my spoon, or any compensation. Workers like this create the resentment this country has inherited. The poor stealing from the poor, and no conciquinces. This man has A job and risks it for nothing. Only because he feels he has A victim. He’s right this time. I’m too lazy and tired to do anything about it. I think God is dead or he would make better people and or punish them. Long story short, the receipt showed no precious metals or anodized anything. What A punk!

I came here for the very first time in March; had many months of recycling piled up – so all said and done, totalled out to $ 75 – for household cans and bottles. I’d gotten fed-​up with my local Nex Cycle rip-​off experience (CV – can’t speak to all their sites); so looked to Unilocal to help me out with consumer feedback on where to go.
Am glad to have learned about Aaron’s – they have this process so streamlined, it was fast, efficient, seamless really. The employees could tell I was a «newbie» to their operation, so were friendly and helpful, even (dare I say?!) cheerful! I’d only seen surly recycle folks in my earlier experiences!
The payout is REALLY the biggest reason to go here; and they’ll dispose of other glass that doesn’t have redemption value for you too. This is my «go to» place from now on!

My last review about thing happened more than 2 yrs. ago at Aaron San Leandro.
Last Fri. 4÷3÷15, I went to Aaron at 25 101 Clawiter Rd., Hayward, CA 94 545, as soon as I arrived, a lady took my recycles of my car, separated and put in bins, wheeled to the scale, all I had to do was follow and watched.
That lady names Mellissa, she is very friendly, she also gave me a lot of information to help me to recycle more.

Came here for the first time after getting screwed by nexcycle this past Saturday. If you have bottles and cans to recycle, come here. They are fast, courteous, and are not surrounded by dirty homeless people. Aarons does all the work and gets you in and out quick. Just know that their location in Oakland only accept aluminum cans. But their Hayward location accepts everything.

Aaron’s is a great place to go if you’re looking to drop off a huge pile of recyclables. Every time that I go to Aaron’s, the process is quick and simple, regardless of how much I bring to recycle.
One thing to note: MAKE SURE YOU SEPARATE EVERYTHING BEFORE COMING. They WILL send you back home if you don’t. This is why they always encourage new customers unfamiliar with the process to call before coming.
The employees are also very nice and helpful. Recycle here!

I had called a couple of weeks ago to get the price per pound on aluminum for a service body off a commercial truck. It was the best rate in the area so I chose Aaron Metals. I dropped off the service bed today and come to find out there was not as much aluminum as I thought. I voiced my issue about the lower then expected price and the owner and I went out to take a second look. After discussing it the owner decided to double the offer they made me so they would keep me as a customer. I am very grateful and I will only take my metal there from now on. Even though it may not have been the best deal for them they gave me the extra money anyways. 5 stars isn’t enough for them. They deserve more.

This place used to be a go to place for me to recycle. Now, it’s a joke. 1^st, you have to get in line (sitting in your car) for empty spot, and your license plate will be taken. Then, if you have a mixed of plastic/​cans, you have to bring them all back home and sort them out yourself. Even you offered you will sort it out yourself right at that spot. But too bad they asked you to take your mixed bags home.
After all of long line waiting, you had to turn around and go home.
I’ll find some other recycle center. I won’t recommend this place to anyone.
Thumbs down!

Came here as we were 10 minutes late to Fry’s Metals. Boy was I happy. This place is 10x better than Fry’s. They assist you in where to park, separate your cans and plastics and then direct you to your total and where you go to cash in. All friendly, and even accepted us with 5 minutes till they closed. They even accepted someone who came 5 minutes late. I was able to view what they did during closing as I waited for my husband and they did everything from sweep the area to hose off the bins where they toss the plastics and such. I would highly recommend this place to anyone.

We drove up and an employee immediately waved us to where we needed to park. Another employee carted over a large bin for us to dump our glass bottles in. They were all friendly, efficient, had a higher payout rate, and it was MUCH cleaner and easier to recycle cans, bottles and glass than any other place we’ve been.

Clean facility, friendly employees (that will handle your nasty bags of drippy cans for you), fair prices and plenty of parking.
What more can you ask for?
*Comparison note: Aaron’s pays $ 2.00 lb for aluminum cans as compared to Fry’s $ 1.75 on Winton (as of this review date). And Aaron’s has a MUCH nicer facility and WAY better customer service.

We usually go to a place in San Leandro on Davis to recycle our cans and bottles. I use «we» lightly because I HATE to go to that one and don’t go often with the Mr. That one is dirty, slow and busy. I digress …
Back to Aaron Metals … I reeeeally like this place! I guess if I could «love» a recycling place for my cans and bottles, this would be the spot.
We went here for the first time and it was soooo organized and clean. Yes — CLEAN, which is not typical of places like this. They have bins with wheels so that you can wheel your goods to the scales. Genius right?! You don’t have to drag your bottles and guard them to make sure no one takes them. Also, getting paid is quick and safe. It’s secure since you’re getting cash, no one can see how much you’re collecting.
Again, I like this place and the workers. All worked very hard, were nice and helped. — And no that is not a biased opinion being that ALL of the workers that day were WOMEN. =)
Definitely recommend for recycling plastic bottles, cans, scrap metal, etc!!!
Kudos: Props to the lady that helped us in the red shirt and her hair up in braids yesterday. Very hard worker and was really nice.
Note to self: Collect more cans!!! The 5 bags of plastic bottles were the same pay out as the 2 bags of cans.

I just recently learned of this Aaron Metals recycling center here in Hayward, AND that this location recycles plastic bottles!
WHERE: Off Clawiter Rd with Depot Rd being the main intersection in the city of Hayward.
CENTER & SERVICE: Drive in park by blue bins, an employee will come over & help unload your bags of plastic bottles or aluminum bottles into blue bins, grab your CA ID, bins are taken inside through warehouse ramp, ppl walk through main doors & head over to their Customer Service Center Station for weighing, give employee your CA ID, then get your receipt
Once you get your receipt head over a yards to either windows 1 – 3 to turn your receipt into cash
Overall the facility is spacious, clean, & organized.
Two Locations
7:30am-4:30pm Mon-​Fri
7:30am-1:30pm Sat
Closed — Sunday
RECYCLING CANS & BOTTLES: Being in Castro Valley, this location works great for me to recycle my plastic bottles AND aluminum cans

HELPFUL STAFF: My 1^st time @ this facility, & very helpful-​friendly staff. No lines for a Saturday morning 8am; in & out no problemo! Actually ran into employee-​Jackie who I met @ other location on 105^th, who told me about this location… very cool she remembered me. This location definitely gets my recommendation! Thanks again Jackie ^_​^
*** If you’re not too proud to bag, recycle those bottles & cans ***