is rebar price that low

So I brought in a bunch of rebar nd steel tday not much steel maybe 50 pounds but like 1300 of rebar I got to get my cash nd it came out to 137 I told the girl at the desk that I brought in rebar nd if I wuld get more money if I marked it as something else not shred she sais well did u have a lot of rebar I got ye I only had about 50 lbs of steel the rest was rebar the girl goes oh cause rebars a lot less next time u bring it in throw is on the side she writes me up another receipt I didn't sign the first one or anything I culd just see it thrw the glass then I get my receipt sign it get my cash nd leave I look at the reciept 1320 rebar 100/t 66 bucks the one before I told her I dropped rebar was 1320 shred 210/t 137 so if I wuldnt of said anything I wulda got over double the money gettin jipped for tryin to be a nice person, should rebar even be that low anyway

Ok 1st of all its weird that some1 from the yard isn't marking your load, that the window person asks what you had. And rebar should be about the same price as light iron. But if you brought them nice short pieces like 5ft or less they cold pay you for prepared #1. A big nest of rebar is nothing but a pain in the ass.. its not suposed to go thru the shredder or any shear bc it destroys the blades.. Proper way to process it is torching it. Anyway 100/ton sounds very low

Originally Posted by BigIgg

Ok 1st of all its weird that some1 from the yard isn't marking your load, that the window person asks what you had. And rebar should be about the same price as light iron. But if you brought them nice short pieces like 5ft or less they cold pay you for prepared #1. A big nest of rebar is nothing but a pain in the ass.. its not suposed to go thru the shredder or any shear bc it destroys the blades.. Proper way to process it is torching it. Anyway 100/ton sounds very low

Ya that's wat I thought thanx thou least someone can read without puncuation good thing to know wen being a scrapper seeing how u deal with all kinds of people some that didn't even atend school, u can't always talk to people in person or on the phone

Rebar is priced low because they put a coating on it to protect it from the elements.

Also It isnt to hard to use proper grammar. I mean I make a typo every now and again but try reading stuff like that. your using a computer keyboard for petes sake.

Originally Posted by teenscrapper

least someone can read without puncuation good thing to know wen being a scrapper seeing how u deal with all kinds of people some that didn't even atend school, u can't always talk to people in person or on the phone

"At least someone can read this without any punctuation. It's a good thing to know when being a scrapper, seeing that u deal with all kinds of people. Some that haven't even attended school. You can't always talk to people in person or on the phone."

I understand your point. You do deal with all kinds of people in this type of work. But don't forget to pursue the advancement of your mind as well as your wallet. If you work on writing and grammar with even half as much effort as you put into scrapping, you can improve yourself. You can even improve your MARKETABILITY to potential clients. (Especially business owners!!)

Originally Posted by matt018

Rebar is priced low because they put a coating on it to protect it from the elements.

Also It isnt to hard to use proper grammar. I mean I make a typo every now and again but try reading stuff like that. your using a computer keyboard for petes sake.

Rebar is priced low bc its nothing but a head ache to process, destroys equipment, and takes a while to torch. Like i stated above, you cant compare a nest of rebar that got stuffed into a 40 yard roll off container, to nicely cut 5ft peices. At the end of the day its still rebar, except your getting payed much more for the prepared stuff

Originally Posted by matt018

Rebar is priced low because they put a coating on it to protect it from the elements.

Also It isnt to hard to use proper grammar. I mean I make a typo every now and again but try reading stuff like that. your using a computer keyboard for petes sake.

What coating would that be?

Most rebar is made with about the same stuff that bed frames are made from... old railroad rail. VERY high carbon, which makes it very hard.

Im not sure of the exact name but it is the same stuff they put on the political sign hangers to keep them from rusting as quick.

i get .10 a lb 4 it same az other sheet iron/tin ...

Hmm, The only political signs I've seen have either been cold rolled or galvanized. Rebar is not cold rolled, and galvanized rebar is not used a whole bunch. There is epoxy coated rebar, but it is not as common as regular rebar.