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

I always saw low prices as the easy time to get into this trade! Very little competition and the material just starts building up all over. Back in the late 90's I was the only scrapper willing to pick up in a county of 50,000 people. 3 trucks ,7days a week on a route. I had a small charge to cover fuel. I shipped the ferrous and saved the high grade for years. Then pay-day hit and big. Opportunity is oft disguised as hard work, that is why few recognize it (Ann Landers!).