Escrap buyer that does NOT provide a pricing list

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

So, I have a local escrap buyer near me. The company itself is well known, been around for several years.

However, the one thing that I don't care a lot for, is that they have no pricing lists. I know for some, this list changes 24/7, but still.

If I were to work with them, I would need to know their prices, so if I went to PC shops, or to anyone, I would know what to charge so I could still make me a profit.

In general speaking, what is your opinion regarding doing business with an escrap buyer that does not have price lists. They are happy to give you a price if you ask them, but I much rather have a list to look at myself.

Only reason I am considering them for some stuff, instead of a buyer on here, is because this company takes EVERYTHING electronic, and not just PC's.



The real good stuff, I would sell to the highest bidder, but some stuff, I don't see being worthy of shipping unless I had a gaylord full of it!

try it from a different view point. if the company in question takes everything how would you be able to compete with them. if they accept crts, tvs, printers, etc., as part of the entire lot they receive from a vendor, what can you offer the vendor that is better.

if you made the same offer to take everything and the vendor only brought you the low grade junk, would you still be profitable. would you still accept it. would you be required to charge to accept those items.

you always have to look at the perspective vendor, your customer, thru their eyes. what do they require. then you have to determine if you can meet those requirements.

most company's that generate what all of us call profitable scrap, see this material as an unwanted liability when it reaches its end of life. they want it gone. as painless as possible.

which leads to the real question. can you compete with the company you want to sell to. obviously they are getting better returns than you. or you would be taking market share away from them.

perhaps you should locate more profitable end users to sell to first?