Originally Posted by
ggariepy
I think you have to look at what you can earn scrapping vs. what you can earn in your regular job and decide if having the freedom of working for yourself is worth any difference there might be in pay.
A lot of the scrappers I see posting here say they try to achieve a particular dollar-per-hour figure in their work. A number I see frequently is $25/hour. $25/hour X 2080 working hours in a typical year = a gross income of $52,000/year.
In my case, my regular job pays considerably more than $25/hour, and I'm not entirely sure I can achieve $25/hour scrapping in the first place with my current scrapping skills. So I scrap as a hobby because I love junk and I love extra cash.
If it was the other way around, and I could earn more scrapping than working a 9-5, I'd be scrapping, simple as that.
So what you need to do is look realistically at the potential income. If the regular 9-5 looks better financially, then you're a part-time scrapper at best, and this deal with the computer shop won't work out. If it doesn't, who needs the 9-5?
--Geoff
If you are a true scrapper it encompases your whole life...........I spend around 12-14 hours a day scrapping, buying, searching, dismantling, auctions, etc,etc,etc.........9-5 my ass LOL........More like 7 am to 11pm if not longer days.....I might make 50,000, to 60,000 a year but it's an all day every day thing but I wouldn't do anything else
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