Quote Originally Posted by shendog View Post
Well, a couple points to make here:



4: If you are good at what you do, then your services will always be in demand...AND...you can typically set your own price.
Not really true. People can set their own prices in areas where the demand is greater then the supply and their unique skills are in demand. Exactly where does this apply in commodity scrapping in general? This is an industry where you have to have built up connections over years to get your material coming in at a rate you can make a profit. You need to juggle the different materials to know what you can and cannot make a profit on (this changes all the time and varies area to area). Knowledge and connections or being the only game in town are what makes or breaks you, same as in every other business. For somebody starting out now in a highly competitive area it is hard to make money even with skills.