Teaching Escrapping. What to charge? - Page 2

Personaly I would teach them for certian items as payment or barter. Like have them put all the hard drives on a pallet and buy them for good price or allow you to chery pick them. Also the ram. Every yard I have seen that also breaks this stuff down just throws this stuff in 5 gallon buckets. As well as CPU's. Some more of the high dollar stuff from the computer could be your profit.

Originally Posted by Pnutfarmer

Keep in mind that they are paying labor to break things down. I showed one yard exactly how to tear down and sort towers that they had been putting in shred and even a breakdown on hard drives. They did that for a little while, but decided the labor cost was too much for them as it kept the workers from cleaning and sorting copper and al. They now sell me all their towers whole and keep any other odd items for me to check out. Good relationships mean extra cash.

Exactly if you cant make atleast $15 hour theres no point, because minimum wage employees and overhead run about that much. I draw the line higher at $25, if i cant make atleast that then is sells as is without further processing. Theres no way you can cover your costs breaking down hard drives. I would think it would definetly be there on the towers though.

Originally Posted by mikedmissouri

I went to a new scrap yard today and saw that they had a 16 ft trailer with 6 ft sides about half full of what they called electical breakage. THere was 7 computers that i could see. So obviously i want to find out if i can buy these from them. After talking to a few guys I get to the owner. He takes me back to where they are breaking down i full trailer of the same stuff. (same size trailer) I see about two dozen towers stacked off the the side. I tell him what i can pay for them wich was $5 each. Hes doesnt seem like hes real intersted and then he tells me about a company who wants to buy his boards from him. After about 10 minutes of talking to him he realizes that this company is ripping him off because he doesnt know what hes doin so he asks if id be willing to come in and teach his guys how to break down there ewaste. I said that i would love to. Now my question is what do i charge him? Im thinking barter might be the most benificial for me.

I was dismayed when a local yard started doing escrap because I thought I wouldn't get people to sell me their computers ( which they already pretty much weren't doing anyway). But it has worked out well for me because they buy things that the other yard in town won't buy ( they want no electronic stuff at all) - things that are not cost efffective for me to ship. Recently the guy offered me prices competitive with the ebuyers on here so I don't have to absorb a shipping cost. Now he'll buy everything but my cpus.

Maybe you could tell him that with enough weight he could send them to the processor himself. Maybe you could make a deal with him to get a good price on your escrap - instead of charging him you could make him some kind of partner or maybe one of the escrap buyers on here would give him better prices and you could get a percentage of it. Just a few thoughts.

Originally Posted by mikedmissouri

Went and met with the owner tonight and we agreed and a flat one time fee. I was really hoping for a some sort of barter but he just wanted to give me cash. Im not getting rich but its not often i make this much an hour Im going back tomorrow night to to do the actual class. Im gonna try to get him to sell me all of his ceramic cpus. Ill let yall know how it goes.

I wouldn't try to give him different prices for the CPU's but one price for all of them. Like X amount for X each.

Originally Posted by mikedmissouri

Went and met with the owner tonight and we agreed and a flat one time fee. I was really hoping for a some sort of barter but he just wanted to give me cash. Im not getting rich but its not often i make this much an hour Im goin back tomorrow night to to do the actual class. Im gonna try to get him to sell me all of his cermamic cpus. Ill let yall know how it goes.

What kind of $$ did you 2 agree on?

Originally Posted by mikedmissouri

$300 I want to keep a good relationship with him so i wanted to do it for a fair price.

Mechanic what ya think i should offer for a flat rate on ceramics?

I pay $5. lb. for CPU's

$300 for one lesson, one time?

You know what...good for you sir. You asked a good question of the forum members and you got all our input, even my off the wall one,think i was a six pack deep that night, and then made your decision. Maybe others would say you could have done better or gotten a better deal but i think that by being a stand up, honest man with this yard owner is something that no one can put a value on and which will probably pay off for you somewhere down the line. Good luck in all your future endeavors.
Ray

Originally Posted by mikedmissouri

Thanks alot Ray. One of the biggest problems i have with being a "business man" is that im maybe too honest. Ive often cut a little outa my pie to make sure i dont burn any bridges and keep my customers happy. One of my best traits is that i can read people very well. I played poker professionally for several years and became very good at reading people. I knew that if i threw out a crazy amount to this man that he would take it personally and would never forget the time "Mike tried to screw me" I am a big believer in karma and i truely believe i will get ten fold what i give, be it good or bad. I have to admit ray I almost spit my beer all over my laptop when i read your 15k suggestion. lol. I may not be much of a business man but i sleep sound at night with a clear conscience.

Yup last friday...kids in bed..wife out with friends and my friends john black and mr bud came over for a couple hrs....lol