Originally Posted by
hobo finds
Go back to your old yard nd show them the difference
I know that they KNOW the difference. Like most places where we would take our scrap.. they have a buyer up the channel. Not too many of us can haul in a "Truckload" rate of anything.. so we bring our goodies to them, they buy and sell upstream.. I know their buyer.. in fact it is one of THE biggest yards around. Both the mom and pop and the upstream buyer have gotten a bit too big for their britches. I think they are making good bedfellows. Luckily, others have stepped in. One yard I favor has only popped up in the last 18 months or so and by word of mouth.. they are steamrolling.. so much so that when they went to buy property to gain land space.. Said Large buyer stepped in and used its clout in the city to put a stop to it. Afraid of the competition.
It comes down to GREED. If people bring him cans at .40, he loads a semi-truck and gets .80 from his upstream buyer. Then all of us that take our scrap there are the dummies. It has only gotten this way in about the past 6 months. I was thinking "Ahh he will have to bring prices up to stay competitive" But with being the only buyer of non-ferrous in a 30 mile radius.. the townies are bringing it too him out of convenience.. and in is creeping the greed. Why pay someone .20 cents a lb for an electric motor if we are all dumb enough to expect .10?
I see it from both sides. On my end I want to maximize my profit on everything I turn in.. the yard would like to pay as little as possible.. but in order to survive.. you have to have a delicate balance.. and as of right now. This yard owner is only cutting his own throat once more people figure out that making a 10 mile trip.. can net them in some cases, twice as much.
sledge 
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