Scrap prices are so low it makes little sense to even mess with it

I am a very popular scrapper in my area. As a retiree I do this for the excercize and for spending money. I do pick up for free having scrapped the idea of charging long ago. Basically when I did ask for a nominal fee I went for a long time without any calls. I have a limited pick up area and restrictions on what I go after. There are lots of haulers around here. I get really big loads of shred and other metals that average about 1500 pounds. Today I sold 1508 pounds of shred. It paid 2.5 cents a pound. I balked at it so the guy paid me more but said he would have to stick with the 2.5 cents a pound on the next load. I am considering scrapping my free hauling for a while and get in to some other venture. I have a limited pick up area and my overhead is low. Even though I am not dependent on scrapping for income it's a drag to do all the work involved for little return. I do have regular customers who call me for all their commercial scrap hauling. I will keep hauling for them but I will be stopping my advertising. How about you?