Reviews of Sims Metal - San Jose, California (Scrap Yards)

Gabriel C. Ramirez

got hip to secret to getting rid of the undesirable people. by no longer accepting cans and bottles! lol! Morgan Hill been doing it for years!

Karen Piper Doyle

What an abysmal business! I HAD to wait in a line of(4) customers without huge amounts of metal for 65 minutes. They only had one person to take metal. The payment takes 3 days. The place is FILTHY!!! The carts are not sanitized and there aren't many of them. DIRECTIONS to enter the facility are not clearly marked and Monterey Rd is busy so there's a danger of getting hit by fast moving ongoing traffic as you're trying to enter the appropriate gate. Its clearly not a customer friendly place. The only saving grace is the front office people are amicable. Don't go there unless you have a LOT of non steel metal to recycle.

Isaiah Rodriguez

This place has bad costumer service. I will not be going here again.

David Parrott

Great prices on metal Jamie always treats u right

Agustin Castillo

This place sucks! I was paid very low for clean copper and brass, I'm Very disappointed! What a rip off...never going back again.

Shawn Owens

Sims Metal Management is glorious and wonderful if you like waiting in one line in your car to recycle steel one line to recycle aluminum and other metals another line to recycle redemption value cans and bottles and a whole lot of bureaucracy and red tape due to the law enforcement scrutiny under which this property has come do to their large scale numerous flaws and rampant shortcomings

Shawn Owens

Sims Metal Management is glorious and wonderful if you like waiting in one line in your car to recycle steel one line to recycle aluminum and other metals another line to recycle redemption value cans and bottles and a whole lot of bureaucracy and red tape due to the law enforcement scrutiny under which this property has come do to their large scale numerous flaws and rampant shortcomings

Sonny Ng

Excellent metal recycling center: accessible even for a first-rime novice like me, convenient carts for transport and surprisingly helpful staff. I had a lot of heavy auto parts (brake, steering) and other remodeling house stuffs that weight a ton (almost!) and were relieved to find a place to recycle ♻️ them rather having confine them to the polluting landfills. Finally, you get serious money ???? helping mother nature!

Curt Meyers (boilerbots)

No longer accept almost any appliance. They need to update their website.

Omar V

Been a customer for years. Steel is super high right now yet they keep paying me a pittance eventhough i have an account. What a rip off, no wonder so many people are going to other places lately.

Bradley Galloway

For anyone willing to build a relationship around respect with the employees, this is an excellent yard with quite decent prices.

Violet Wren

My boyfriend has been going to Sims for years, bringing scrap metal. They stopped taking cans and bottles and now have very low scrap prices..???? However there customer Service is outstanding!! Very Friendly . A very safe place. as well as fun to watch the giant CLAW at work !!! ????????????????????????

Sandra Rosas Olden

One of the larger recycle spots that I've been to. They are well organized and the line wait is usually 15 to 20 minutes. UPDATE! I just found out last week Aug. 2018 they no longer recycle CRV. :(

David Ribbs

Perfect place to go if you want to take a full truckload of metal and only get nine dollars. Best part is you’ll get a couple nails in your tires and it will cost you more than the money you got from the metal.

Jason Barfoot

Your plant smells like its on fire! Right now... You all didn't bother telling us to stay indoors away from the toxic gases omited that day it did catch fire about 4 years ago.. so here's how I'm letting you know... That's a smell we will never forget thanx to you.

Ruben

Very slow to get material through scale and wasted time because according to worker theirs weight limit for certain metals about 500lbs minimum. Don't recommend at all better places other locations in San Jose.

Danny Todd

They watched me unload my copper into a cart and push it up to the scale. Then they interrogated me about where i got my copper and one guy even told me they were calling the cops! I said "good! get them here rite now." Extremely rude and uncivilized behavior. I thought i was in the Twilight zone. After about 5 to 10 minutes of waiting at the scale the manager (who was doing nothing and had watched me unload and witnessed this whole incident) walked over and told me i need a note from my mom saying i have permission to recycle my copper. This place is a joke.

William Dickerson

Very professional

j. zacarias

Open and taking in recyclable metals. Good prices too.

Albert RODRIGUEZ

this place sucks

Carlos Angel

Was very fast , and the scales are in door Rainig or not...its ok...

Scott Ebersole

I used this place to buy scrap items for repurposing. After I figured out where I needed to go, I had waited in the wrong line for about ten minutes, but a friendly employee pointed me in the right direction. For future reference gate six for scrap purchase. I found the scrap yard to be the cleanest and most well organized of Any I have been to. The employees were all friendly and offered assistance to load my stuff. Prices for purchase were extremely fair, and the selection was good. There does seem to be a lack of signage to point you in the right direction, but the employees were helpful in guiding you through the process. To the others mentioning rude employees or the requirement for identification, I did not experience that at all. The ID requirement is governed by the state, and the facility can be fined if they can’t prove that they checked. You can thank the tweekers for that requirement. I have spoken to managers at other facilities and frankly I’m surprised that they still operate with amount of restrictions that the state has imposed.

Elena Gaytan

(Translated) Very poorly organized. And not everything can be recycled ♻ (Original) Muy mal organizado. Y ya no todo se puede llevar a reciclar ♻

Knight Old Code

Going to gate one Pull up onto the scales get out of your vehicle and over your ID to the person at the window they will give it back to you you drive in drop off your metal go back through to the other scale the outgoing scale show them your ID they take your picture they give you the receipt to take over to the cashier and you drive over the cashier park walk in get your money go back to your vehicle and depart very easy very simple no hassle.

Thomas Vernon

Their organization is kind of not too good for people that are new go hard to find my way around the place people didn't give me very good information but the pay is good

Frank G.

i am trying to type this as reference for the first timers and who would read reviews before going to a scrap shop: Rates payed to me: copper: 1.67/pounds - this is better than another place i called and get a quote of $1.2 to $1.4 Aluminum: .44 this is extruded Al and not cans Iron : $.01/pounds so dont go there for iron drop off. Impressions----------------------------------------------------------------------- - working blue collar environment, noise smell a little + but surprisingly workers are on the nice side - be aware of nails and small metal parts on the parking lot, i saw some. you may get a flat tire - They will pay you 3 days later cash or mail you a check - They wont tell you how much they are buying + a detailed receipt was provided Big Minus -> they will need your fingerprint, picture, ID, and license plate. I understand people steal and sell stuff but come on do you need to really take a picture of my ID?

Urbano Lopez

They're a helpful people

Rick Kingsbury

Great supply of all kinds, priced by the pound, I have purchased plate and heavy tubing, they cut it for free and weighed it, very good experience, headed back for more !

Salvador Ortiz

They have no customer service over the phone tried 5 times 2 different extensions nobody's answering the phone .

lamont foggy

Cause I murder them cans and plastic in the field

Jessie Willyard

Having to run around for paperwork I didn't even need to recycle a scraped boat. Wasted my time going here

Mark M

A good place to make some money from your unwanted metals (aluminum, brass, copper, & stainless steel). It helps to have everything sorted prior to weigh-in, which makes the process that much quicker.

Ed P?

Wish it was fully open. Would like to purchase some steel

David Bigelow

Organized