An interesting read and from my pov, values are down due to oversaturation. There's too many items out there containing gold so gold values are down. On the flip side, not many items contain silver so silver is high. It's this same reason why aluminum is pennies per pound and why plastic is pennies per ton: there's too much stuff out there containing both. One would think that to force profitability, these low priced items would have to disappear to make them more rare so the price goes up. That in itself would be a huge undertaking. I'm also taking in that places that accept ewaste are giving low rates now because they themselves pile the items and outsource refining(a conversation with a battery recycler confirmed this). Of course the only way to solve this would be to refine the items ourselves before it goes off to the yard or ebay or wherever, thereby pushing market pricing up where it's profitable again.
I might be talking out my butt but that's my perception on this thread an the market in general.
-Matt
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