Originally Posted by
Scrappah
I couldn't do that od..... even if such a thing were true. I'm oathbound to a certain code of ethics that advises speaking ill of no brother in the trade. It could be the building trade if i'm pounding nails -or- it could be the scrapping trade if that's the trade i happen to be engaged in at the time.
I think i could say this without violating any ethics.
I visited a scrap yard here in Maine that started buying two or three years ago. It's a good company, but their yard workers are trained for steel, aluminum, copper & brass. They might be able to discern the difference between a brown board and a green board but that's as far as their knowledge extends.
Got talking with the buyer there and he encouraged me to sell my
e-waste to them. When i explained that i sell some of my boards for 9.00 - 10.00 $ / lb his jaw almost hit the floor. Not only didn't he know ... he didn't even suspect !
That would be a case of a buyer not being able to read the board. He probably doesn't even know what a capacitor is.
All he needs to know is that he buys at one price and sells at another once he's filled the his Gaylord.
If he's happy .... and his customer is happy with what he's paying per pound .... it's not my place to meddle in it.
my apologies : I made a stupid move in assuming you were talking about e scrap buyers not scrap buyers in general.
I know where your coming from now, I have a yard here that is stuck with 16,000 lbs of mixed boards brown and green+ plastic ,tin and every thing else you can imagine. I have been trying to educate him for over 3 years he just keeps getting worse. We started at 1.50 an lb and last offer was .35 I can't even sell that. Guess that fancy college education makes him smarter then me.
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