Board grading

[mikeinreco]

So, you send in new(chinese) boards, and I send older American made, and they "average" that out into their "mix", and so we both get the same price for our very different boards?
Your "hamburger", for my "ribeye" ?
Doesn't sound like such a sweet deal to me, Mike ; )

but you know what they say "life's not fair"...........I use ewasted for mboards because he allows the p4 green boards to go above foreign price and I get a lot of those dealing with gov't surplus..........I know a lot of people downgrade for those but he allows them in the mix hence the law of averages.........Either way I really don't worry to much about it......I try to pay a fair price where I can make me a little off the top.......It beats putting my money in the bank

[Bear]

but you know what they say "life's not fair"...........I use ewasted for mboards because he allows the p4 green boards to go above foreign price and I get a lot of those dealing with gov't surplus..........I know a lot of people downgrade for those but he allows them in the mix hence the law of averages.........Either way I really don't worry to much about it......I try to pay a fair price where I can make me a little off the top.......It beats putting my money in the bank

So you make better money, while supplying cheaper boards, while those supplying better boards don't. Most others wouldn't worry much about that either ; ) Still, there's others, who know their boards. Who really cares what gov't boards are any more? They certainly don't

[Ewasted]

So you make better money, while supplying cheaper boards, while those supplying better boards don't. Most others wouldn't worry much about that either ; ) Still, there's others, who know their boards. Who really cares what gov't boards are any more? They certainly don't

Actually Mike is spot on with his approach. Bear did you read my previous post on this thread? That should help clear things up.
If you take competitor A's pricing (actual current pricing) you are looking at $2.75/lb for large socket and $1.70/lb small socket.
We are offering $2.40/lb mixed.

There are SIGNIFICANTLY less boards that are of the $2.75/lb quality than there are $1.70/lb quality.

Nobody, anywhere in this country, is only generating or predominately generating the $2.75/lb boards... so in fact EVERYONE stands to gain from the mixed offering of $2.40/lb by leaps and bounds.

With all do respect, if you truly feel you are being ripped off, it sounds like there is an opportunity for you to start buying and fill the void.

[mikeinreco]

So you make better money, while supplying cheaper boards, while those supplying better boards don't. Most others wouldn't worry much about that either ; ) Still, there's others, who know their boards. Who really cares what gov't boards are any more? They certainly don't

Yes but when I get older boards I also send them to ewasted so I take a little hit on those