t00nces2. How come there's 2 amounts of 'Yellow Brass' on the weighmasters ticket?
I would have thought they would be added together since its the same grade.
It brings up a situation that matters here, to me, since we use Metric and a single Kg is 2.2 times the weight of a Lb ( pound )
Its also shown in the OP's post of his ticket. But in Lb's its not going to matter as much.
But, for every weigh up of a individual grade of metal, on average it weighs 50% more of a division than what the total is.
So if i plunk down 100 Kgs of Copper its, on average 100.5 Kgs in actual weight. I loose 500 grams of Copper. = NZ$3.40 loss.
If i divide that one sale into 10 amounts.. im going to get 9 sales of 9 Kgs & 1 of 10 Kgs. = 91 Kgs.
So I loose 9Kgs @ NZ$6.80.
= A loss of NZ$61
Only because i sold low weight amounts.
Ok, thats only going to be about $25 for you guys who sell by the Pound ( Lb )
But, its $$.
For me it means that i get more metal saved up & sell only the heaviest amount at one time.
Like most of my scrap gets saved up in plastic 'Seed & feed sacks'.
They will hold about 40Kgs (88 Lb's ) of Coal or seed or feed.
And anywhere from 30 - 60 Kgs of Aluminium scrap. Or 55Kgs of Copper #2, varnish coated or Burnt Copper wire.
So unless i need the $ for a specific need, i save up the metal untill the sacks full & sell it in one sale. Of one or two grades of metal.
With Copper i might sell say as low as 40Kgs, since thats NZ$272 to me and i can do something proper with that.
Its also about as much as i can pick up safely. LoL. Last time it was $360.
52 Kgs in two sacks since i had to lift it.
Doing this also gets rid of a situation that happened a while ago. I bought in a sack of random Aluminium. I thought "Ok, its all 'Domestic aluminium'. Weighs up @ 30 Kgs.
But the guy on the scale tips it all out & seperates 'cast, from extrusion, from domestic, from sheet'.
Got 28 Kgs, only lost 2 kgs, ( NZ$2 )but the extra time & dithering added up too.
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