Can Kings: Bottle and Can Redemption Center

I've been here twice and will never return again! First, anyone rating them that they pay more than 5 cents per item are either the owners, employees or some of their friends! There's absolutely no way to verify those claims unless you recounted out your bottles and cans BEFORE you give them it! The business doesn't allow ANYONE inside to observe! I've read the negative reviews and glad to hear I wasn't the only one who had horrible experiences there! The employee outside is rude. I don't understand why he is that way but they will and should lose business because of it. Customers are NOT ALLOWED inside! Why? Well, if they're dishonest in their business practice of shorting people money, what better way than to keep customers from witnessing getting ripped off. I brought two full recycling rolling containers to this business on one day and the same two full recycling rolling containers to Nickelback on Culver on a different day. What was the difference? Nickelback was friendly, allowed customers inside to observe and was very fast! I've been to other recycling places that were good to but stay away from Can Kings until they change their bad attitudes and company policies excluding customers from observing, or just make somewhere else the place you recycle! I have visited here twice and I think my second visit was to give them another chance. Don't make that same mistake! Go somewhere else where they count in front of you and treat you with respect! This place is not the only bottle return company around.. Nickelback on Culver in Irondequoit has been great! You'll thank me!
Mar 9th, 2024

Very rude!!! My first time there and my last.
Jan 11th, 2024

I was at this location today at about 11:45. I brought 14 trash bags of mostly cans and bottles. I waited 30 minutes for them to come back and to my surprise I got only 28 dollars. That averages out to 1.86 dollars per garbage bag or 36 cans. Although I have no way to prove that I was robbed in comparison I had a woman that was there after me and done before me who had 1 garbage bag and a small blue recycling bin and got almost 7 bucks, one fourth of my return with 13 less bags. I'm very disappointed seeing as we trust these individuals to count our returns and come back with the right amount of money without us actually seeing them do it and most of us do not count our returns before taking them. Just be careful at this location going forward. Until today I had them rated at 5 stars.
Jan 9th, 2024

Sep 5th, 2023

Very rude to customers I dont recommend any one use them , asked for my bag back and he said he threw it out after I asked for it back ! Very rude man !
Aug 8th, 2023