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    Quote Originally Posted by foamnone View Post
    Times are tuff.

    Copper is a strange beast with nuances that have made it more difficult to make a living. The margins are not like they were a couple of months ago. I spend most of my time researching predictions or vodo to gain a better understanding of copper. I have processed more wire than some and less than others. The best piece of advice I have is know what you have, know what you can sell it for, then go get it.
    It frustrates me when someone says you should be able to get 6 gallons of water out of that 5 gallon bucket because I don't know if they are ignorant a crook or both
    I do realize that some if not most of the wire I generate is probably low recovery..........I'll shop it around and probably just take the best I can get.........Perhaps if I have a larger amount can get a better price



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    Quote Originally Posted by foamnone View Post
    Times are tuff.

    Copper is a strange beast with nuances that have made it more difficult to make a living. The margins are not like they were a couple of months ago. I spend most of my time researching predictions or vodo to gain a better understanding of copper. I have processed more wire than some and less than others. The best piece of advice I have is know what you have, know what you can sell it for, then go get it.
    It frustrates me when someone says you should be able to get 6 gallons of water out of that 5 gallon bucket because I don't know if they are ignorant a crook or both
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    This is what I don't understand, Thin wire that comes out of electronics such as VCR's, computers and radio's I get 1.00#, chrismas light wire .50#(which has less copper) and ribbon cable out computers they don't even want.

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    Good question happy scrapper. It's strange world out there in scrapper-nation, but we must live in it.

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    I agree it is a strange world when dealing with yards an their odd way of thinking at times. I get the same as Happy.

    Crazy world, an jus' getting crazier by the day.

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