at the risk of preaching to the choir
ive noticed that the big scrap companies with branches nationwide are the ones who pay the best/most.
i have 3 scrap yards near me, all within walking distance and the two smaller ones sell their scrap to the big one which i go to.

i see their trucks coming in and offloading

the price difference may not be much but it does add up.



and the big scrap yard which i go to
i notice their other branch in Central Durban is better in that they are not so strict and regard as steel what their branch near me regards as shred/sub grade.

their staff are more helpful too
once i had quite a few pieces of stainless steel & did not realise it.
i offloaded it with my steel
the guys pointed it out to me and allowed me to pick it up and i went & weighed it seperate