When i first started scrapping i was very proud and excited about my shoe box totes full of separated material. I even got a kick out of going to the scrap yard every other Saturday for a $40 payout (about a quarter of that went to gas for the trip there and back.) Then the shoe box totes became medium flat rate boxes, then Large Priority mail boxes, then slowly became larger totes that i had found (not for everything, i still use the shoe box tote for brass for example, i don't come across much of it.) Now i am up 24x18x18 boxes with the flaps taped up to hold more material for my low recovery wire and aluminum. I used to take whatever i had every other Saturday morning. I still go every other Saturday, sometimes more, but I don't let myself take a box that isn't full to the brim. Today i would be pissed if my payout was anything less than at least $100 for an extremely slow couple weeks. The more i acquire the bigger my boxes must be before i let it go, anyone else have the same AMAZING problem?
I took today off work to get the Scrap Room (converted garage) cleaned up before i go camping all weekend. Planned on using the scrap yard cash for site fees, gas, ice, and such. Now that it is cleaned up and organized, i don't want to cash it in because my boxes aren't full!!! I'm going to do it anyway, that's what i used a vacation day for, but i really don't want to. I don't think I am becoming a hoarder, or becoming greedy, but if i waited til my boxes were full (like next weekend) my payout would probably be at least $100 more.
Oh well, it's a really, really, really good problem to have. Off to the yard i go
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