Teaching Escrapping. What to charge?

So what is this yard doing now? Buying all electrical stuff and breaking it down how far? Do they buy ABS plastic, Low grade boards, CRTS, Lion batts? What do they do with these items now as they break them down? How far do you think they will want to break down something to make more money? Do they know most of the good stuff now? Yes you could point them to a better buyer and hope for some kickback for doing this. I think that you could also get better pricing from them on stuff you bring in. Seems like this would be the easiest way to get paid. This guy does not want to pay you to take the units. He is making money now on them as is. Breaking them down further will cost him more labor money, so you need to make sure he can cover his costs, if he can't you need to find a way for him to unload them to you for a fixed price!

Keep in mind that they are paying labor to break things down. I showed one yard exactly how to tear down and sort towers that they had been putting in shred and even a breakdown on hard drives. They did that for a little while, but decided the labor cost was too much for them as it kept the workers from cleaning and sorting copper and al. They now sell me all their towers whole and keep any other odd items for me to check out. Good relationships mean extra cash.