Originally Posted by
Ewasted
Thanks for the solid response!
Here are my thoughts:
You may end up getting less not more from a refiner... with all due respect, your terms will suck. You won't have volumes to make it worth their while. In other words, terms we have will have a much higher probability of netting out a great dollar amount than you can recover. There are items we buy at prices we pay, that you may recover less than what we pay and you are going to feel like you got screwed... well you didn't get screwed.
Please don't misconstrue my thoughts as trying to leverage you into selling to us... sure we would like the business, but I really am an awful business man to my own fault. For that reason I am asking clarifying questions. You are going to have to be prepared to lose significant money and NOT be upset... part of being a bad business man allowed me to move on after some tragic results.
At the end of the day, it comes out to what business do you want to be in.
Hopefully you don't end up like U2 (still haven't found what I am looking for) at the end of the process... every single load is a roll of the dice... and don't forget TimeValueMoney!
Fair Response Ewasted. Just to clarify, I did not intend to be in the scrap business but i now realize that i am. Your points are very good ones and things i need to consider and go to the heart of my question. If all I stand to gain is 5-10% from sending to the refiner, vrs dealing with a good buyer then i think my decision is simple. But if its 20-30% i might consider alternatives and that's all i was trying to understand.
Posters Remorse - In my ignorance i didn't realize i was asking buyers for answers to this question, that's not a fair question to ask buyers in an open Forum like this. That's part of a buyers business that probably takes many years to perfect and i do apologize if I unintentionally offended you or other buyers here, that was not my intent.
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