I got $0.00 yesterday and happy for that.
My two closest scrap yards are a two hour drive each direction. One is East and the other is South. Both are a drive through the redwoods and over a snowy mountain pass in the winter. But in my very small town there is a guy that will only accept ferris of any kind. But he refuses to pay for anything. Everybody in the county knows they can get rid of their scrap steel without having to take it to the transfer station and having to pay.
Now why am I happy? I am retired and a scrapper. I only want to keep aluminum, copper, brass and e-waste. We all know that we have to go through a lot of shred to get any amount of the good stuff. Yesterday I probably had 200-250 pounds of shred and plastic. If I got 10¢ pound that could be $20-25. A round trip costs me $40 in gas. See the logic? Every few months I have to go to the town east of me for my wife's specialist. So I load up most of the back of my HHR with the good stuff and make a quick stop at that yard. They pay pretty bad, but it is a least something for my troubles. (the yard south of me pays even worse)
A month ago I found a yard in Las Vegas (JJinLV is a member of this forum) he pays real well on copper so I have started mailing my bare bright and #1 to him. His extruded AL is a good price too but I have to do some shipping pricing to see if it is worth it.
Another good thing about my steel scrap yard in town is people sneak TV sets into his dumpsters and he has to drive several miles to the transfer station to get rid of them. He gives me all his CRTs and flat screens (and so far, 3 scrapped video slot machines) I scrap these for all the goodies and then I take to the transfer station. They do not charge me for this. So I even make some money dumping my shred.
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