Quote Originally Posted by MisScrap View Post
1,000lbs of Clean Mother Boards is busy....I do that in a week and a half...and I just run a recycle/ scrap yard...sounds like either A- your are not ambitious (lazy) or B- you have employees that are not inspired/ ambitious (lazy) ....either way I'd go back to the board on that one bc I get paid more than that per pound for my boards...you must look at overhead...ALL OVERHEAD...



I'm just kinda dumbfounded how 1,000lbs a month can be busy...need more coffee
It's all relative. Sounds like you are one or two steps up in the food chain. Imagine how busy you would be knocking on the door of every computer repair shop in a good size metropolitan area competing with all sort of tweekers that hit the same guys 3 times a week. To make it even more interesting limit your cash on hand to a $1,000 so if you stumble on more than a few hundred pounds you need to bring in another scrapper.
1,000 pounds would be busy for any one of your street customers which is were Scrappy and a lot of the forum members are at. On the flip side 1,000 lbs is mid sized customer for us.
Put it in further perspective are you ready to step up and start buying straight loads? I'll make it easy for you 40k of low boards @ $.28 or $11,200, COD because as a new buyer no one is going to give you net terms. Now lay out another $.02 for freight so you are into it for $12k and either you fly 1,000 miles and inspect the load or take a leap of faith based on pictures, hoping the seller isn't a scum bag and stuffing crap into the bales. What will you if you do get screwed on a load and your buyer rejects it? All that BS for a nickle after 7 to 10 days if your lucky.