First of all hi and thanks for any advice you may have.

I've been scraping computers for about the last two years, and for the better part of the last year, selling all but the plastic from the computers to a local scrap yard. Up until the recent dive in the price of gold, we've had a fairly smooth relationship, but it has been going a bit south slowly over the last few months. When gold was about $1,800 per ounce, we were getting $3.65/pound for motherboards (small heat sinks and batteries attached) and cards (with the metal plate attached). While it was around $1,600, we got $3.50. But now that its been falling under $1,600, we're suddenly being told he'll only give us $3.00/pound. To me, this seems like a harsh fall! Does this seem reasonable or should I start looking for other outlets? We generally bring 50-150lbs, monthly, not counting all other components.