Distributors carry wire the market asked for once. A customer specified 500 MCM aluminum, the job was cancelled, and the reel has been on the rack since. Multiply that by a few dozen SKUs and the dead stock becomes a line item nobody wants to explain.
We buy that material as wire, not as scrap, which is usually the difference between recovering part of the cost and writing it off.
What we buy from electrical distributors
Discontinued and slow-moving sizes
Reels that have not turned in a year or more, in sizes the local market no longer calls for.
Special orders never picked up
Customer-specific cable that was ordered, delivered and then abandoned.
Cut lengths and remnants
Short reels and coils that are too small to sell as stock but too valuable to scrap.

What we need from you
- SKU list with type, size and footage per reel
- Which reels are sealed and which have been cut
- Photos of tags for anything medium voltage
Priced as wire, not as scrap
A scrap price is based on copper content alone. We price the product: type, size, footage and condition, which is why a tagged reel of 4/0 XHHW is worth materially more than its weight.
Wire and cable only
We do not buy transformers, switchgear, breakers, MCCs, generators, bus plugs, chillers, machinery, poles or unrelated scrap. Mixed loads are fine as long as we are quoting the wire portion.
Wire types we buy
- Building wire & feedersTHHN, THWN, THWN-2, XHHW, XHHW-2 in copper and aluminum from #14 through 1000 MCM.
- Medium & high voltage5kV, 8kV, 15kV, 25kV, 35kV and 69kV+ EPR, XLPE and concentric-neutral cable.
- Control & instrumentationControl, instrumentation, shielded, communication, fire alarm and low voltage cable.
- Bare & insulated copperBare copper, grounding conductors and insulated copper wire in all sizes.
Talk to a person
Call +1 (614) 715-3047 and describe the load. If it is not worth a pickup we will tell you before you spend time on photos.
Tell us what you are holding
List each wire type as its own line, add the footage you think is left, and attach photos of the reel tags. Nothing is committed by asking.
- Statewide North Carolina pickup
- Wire and cable only
- No obligation to sell
Call +1 (614) 715-3047 or email saleselectricalbuyers@gmail.com.
Surplus wire quote
Tell us what you have and where it is. Photos of the reel tag and jacket legend help us respond faster.