So in the course of my business I have developed relations with three collision shops. Each of them called me out of the blue, basically responding to my CL posts. The theme of each conversation has been, "Can you pick up my ferrous scrap every other week and not charge me to take it away?" For their non-ferrous they were doing it themselves. One collision shop has since gone away, citing that their corporate office has decided that they should make the money themselves.
I have just spent a couple of weeks hitting up more shops, and the general theme was "How much are you going to pay me for it?" or "We let the employees take it." This was after seeing more than 25 shops.
WTH? Did I just get lucky with the ones I have been servicing? Do you guys buy from these places? And if so, how much are you paying them, and for what?
If I fill my stake truck, I MIGHT get $250.00 for a full load. By the time I pay my helper and expenses, I just don't see there being much money left to BUY their scrap.
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