Loaded a ton of Good steel into the trash dumpster This evening ---

never thought i'd see the day --- ----- 40 dollars a ton just ain't worth it

Bad... I know the market's crap for steel, but any amount is better then no amount.

Originally Posted by Ironhunter

Likewise, I dont see the point, how far to the yard? I see not picking up more until the price goes up but why dumpster what you have already worked for?

I sat and watched the waste management guy load up and drive off with the roll off container -- I almost wanted to cry --- it was like when you sell your first truck(old faithful) cause u bought a new one and they guy starts her up - hits the gas and drives off ---

Originally Posted by scrapGAME

at the current price its like bringing it to them for free --- that would be silly -

Until steel or any other metal is literally 0.00 at the yard, any amount is better then nothing. I guess my outlook is more optimistic then yours.

Originally Posted by logansryche

Until steel or any other metal is literally 0.00 at the yard, any amount is better then nothing. I guess my outlook is more optimistic then yours.

As has been said numerous times before, everyone needs to decide for themselves what their time is worth. As scrap indicated, at 40 a ton and taking into account expenses, he has determine that it is not worth his time and may in fact be losing money. I personally am not in this to lose money. I agree it hurts to throw it out, but you do what you need to make (not lose) money.

Then I know of alot of people that are either going to go out of business or stop scrapping.

My yard is only a few miles from me so I am going to keep on keeping on. I know prices are down but since they have dropped i am finding 3 times the amount that i was. I have scrapped since i was old enough to ride my bicycle around town with a homemade wagon behind it. That was many moons ago and i am still going. This price drop is just one more hurdle to jump. I'll horde until either the price goes up or i run out of room. So don't give up, prices fluctuate, they will go up again.

wow that angers me sorry to say this but I do hope that things don't pick up for you as you have no idea what your doing if you are throwing out money like that its sickening and more so since you belong to this forum which is the very idea of helping each other. so many people here or even on craigslist would have taken this for nothing if you were tossing it out let alone so many people would have made so kind of deal to take it in and pay you 20% or something along those lines.
most of us real scrappers have went though this time after time let alone started when prices were much lower than this and still do everything to make the money and if expenses are that high we cut things back to make the money not throw it out. let alone everything you could have done or people could have given you an idea on how to deal with this. So SHAME on you

Originally Posted by travistemple202020

wow that angers me sorry to say this but I do hope that things don't pick up for you as you have no idea what your doing if you are throwing out money like that its sickening and more so since you belong to this forum which is the very idea of helping each other. so many people here or even on craigslist would have taken this for nothing if you were tossing it out let alone so many people would have made so kind of deal to take it in and pay you 20% or something along those lines.
most of us real scrappers have went though this time after time let alone started when prices were much lower than this and still do everything to make the money and if expenses are that high we cut things back to make the money not throw it out. let alone everything you could have done or people could have given you an idea on how to deal with this. So SHAME on you

I get where your coming from, and I WANT to agree with you. But for some people the math just doesn't add up.
Time is money. why do anything other than, Get rid of it fast?
I like the ideas but, this is business and time/storage is money.

the math always adds up its greed and hard work that does not but that's why I make the money I do because I use all my resources to make money and that includes people that want to make money as well

Why are you giving this guy such a hard time? Plenty of people here waste gas driving around to curb shop steel, not even making enough to recover the value of the gas. And when they post a picture, everybody jumps in and says "great haul", "good job".

I agree throwing it in the dumpster is dumb, but if you are loosing money, why haul it in?

Originally Posted by searcyarkansasscrapper

hopefully another scrapper will retrieve it or at least the trash company or the city will recycle it.

yeah the city gets it

Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER

There are plenty of people here from your area who would have taken it off your hands. You have been here since 2012 and looks like you haven't learned much.

im not here to argue with anyone - at the the current price its just not profitable ---