Given the market, why are the newest scrappers even bothering?

Originally Posted by AdmiralAluminum

I definitely won't be dropping anything off for free! I think if that happened around here, those in the know would figure out real fast that if you leave it at the curb, someone will pick it up. What I mean is, if I took a load in and they said they weren't paying me for it I would take the hit and then start leaving gutted items at the curb and chuckle to myself about how the person that picked it up would be learning a hard lesson shortly.



Clean metal has dropped to under .06/lb here and I was to afraid to look at shred but I imagine it's down near .04/lb now.

I was looking at my receipt today and did some quick math: today $51.00 (some wire, clean metal, ewaste and Al), a year ago would have been close to, if not over, $80! FML!

I just did a quick guesstimate on my last receipt, and, using prices from one year ago, I would have had about $400 instead of $300