I had a run in about a month ago at my local yard.
They don't pay for big stuff-my shred,ect. goes 40 miles away.
I have been selling copper, brass, aluminum,ect to these guys for a couple of years.
They only have 1 guy working the yard because it's a small place-not in a town just out in the county-they have an auto salvage yard at the same place.
Regular scrap yard guy got sick so they got one of the salvage guys to run the yard.
Now I dealt with this guy before and he's crabby at the best of times.
This time it's 30 mins before closing and I actually hauled a box for a truck to the auto salvage yard for free.
I go to the scrap side to get rid of my small stuff (all sorted and in buckets)
I back in the spot in front of the scale (where he always tells me to park)-he comes around the corner on the forklift and screams "GET THE F*** OUTTA MY WAY"!
So I keep my cool and drive away to cool off.
I came back 10 minutes later and pulled into a spot far from the scale and he drives up to me on the forklift and says "do you mind leaving we close in 20 minutes".
I told him he was pushing his luck but again I drive off (my temper got me in trouble when I was younger).
I went to the salvage yard and complained.
He got banned from working in the scrap yard again.
He also got suspended a few weeks later for getting into a problem with someone else.
Biggest thing is don't lose your cool-always another yard to sell stuff to.
Plus I discovered a new scrap yard right in town that pays 30-60 percent more for everything.
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