Quote Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot View Post

Each their own, me I do what I gotta so my yard stays happy an gives me the good pricing. YMMV
To me this is the key...you have to know the rules the yards want you to play by and you have to play within those rules. The initial point of this thread was to note the rules change. I didn't write about it last month, but the same yard changed the rules on wire last month. Ends must be cut off of wire now to receive the same price we were receiving two months ago. Otherwise they put the degrade the wire a step. When I first started only 6 months ago, I made a trip to the yard and specifically asked the yard boss what they wanted and how I needed to prepare the wire. I prepared it just like they told me until last month when I took in 60+ pounds and they wanted to devalue it and give me $0.60/lb instead of 1.60/lb. I told them I'd take it home and trim the ends...they said, no, we'll buy it this time but to cut the ends off. I do cut the ends off now for them and I get a better ROI. I always take the brass off of the male end once I remove it and I leave the female ends intact. Not to mention the fact that that yard accepts the ends as copper breakage. I don't understand it, but that is what they want, so that is what I do and I make decent money on my time and material.