Ill give you how I see it. My refiner pays on gold silver platinum palladium and copper. They also charge a per pound charge for a lot charge on weight they receive. So if I send them 2000 lbs I get charged $2000 right off the bat to process that load plus a percentage of the metals recovered. So if I ship 2000 pounds of finger cards with the brackets on them then im paying them to process the steel that they are not going to pay me for. Now if i send that same 2000 with no steel im going to get more of a payday because im going to have more boards. Same goes with cutting the little part of of the finger cards. It might not make much a difference if its just a couple. But if you multiply that by 2000 pounds. You will see the difference in the payout. Now as far as im concerned i inspect material as I get it and grade it accordingly.
Now as far as pricing things into groups. I do this with my drives. For example i pay $2 for a 40gb and 80gb IDE drive but they sell for different prices. They also sell at different rates. So I block drives into size groups just so there isnt 500 different prices for a difference in $.25 to $.50 It all evens out in the wash.
Hope this helps to clarify where I come from.
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