how do you charge?

All I'm saying is I buy scrap, anywhere from 3 tons to 75 tons at a clip. If a customer has 50 ton of scrap are you really in ANY position to charge them to pick it up ? Sounds pretty dam greedy to me but I guess if your customers are willing to sit still for it, more power to you.

Originally Posted by taterjuice

All I'm saying is I buy scrap, anywhere from 3 tons to 75 tons at a clip. If a customer has 50 ton of scrap are you really in ANY position to charge them to pick it up ? Sounds pretty dam greedy to me but I guess if your customers are willing to sit still for it, more power to you.

Never said I would charge for that quantity. Reread this part from my post: (Well, unless they really have a LOT!)

Originally Posted by Sprocket

I plan to charge based on two variables,

1. Mileage to get to pickup x amount of trips (If you are withing 10 miles I would do it for free. Out side of that I would charge.)

2. A flat rate of $5-$10 just to cover gas which is at (3.75 just this morning)

I also live in town where the nearest cities are 10miles away. I also work in ann arbor to the north east and there is always stuff to be scrapped there!

Just my .02c ....

James

Hey, James, do you ever do any junk removal jobs? Are you equipped for them? I get calls for Ann Arbor pretty regularly and am looking for someone to sub them out to. PM me please if interested.

Originally Posted by taterjuice

All I'm saying is I buy scrap, anywhere from 3 tons to 75 tons at a clip. If a customer has 50 ton of scrap are you really in ANY position to charge them to pick it up ? Sounds pretty dam greedy to me but I guess if your customers are willing to sit still for it, more power to you.

Believe it or not, there is companies out there that would charge you, even if you had 1 billion lbs of metal. It does not matter to them. The same 4 companies around here that are bigger than mine, that I have mentioned about in the past, will charge clients to pickup any size load. They may not any longer, since they have finally caught on to the fact that they get paid for it at the scrap yards, but I atleast up until a few months ago, they did. To fill their trucks up, you get charged roughly $600 to $700.

Now I am not saying that if a client called me up and had a BIG load of metal to haul in, I most likely would not charge at all for it. Other companies, if they have to process it first, they will charge for their time in doing so.

Bottom line here, that I think we can all agree on and stop having a pissing match over it, is this.

Whether you charge for it or not, is a business decision. Based on your area, the price of metal, what other companies charge and do not charge, and so forth.

There is always going to be multiple factors that take play.


All I know is, unless it is a BIG load (trailer worth) and coming from a company, I will charge for it.

I have also charged companies to remove metal before as well, and have been paid.