All right i may be talking out my arse, but i was thinking of setting up a scrap cooperative in Northern CA. I am tired of having to spend hours on the phone talking to scale guys who read off a sheet, who offer me $1 pound for cupronickel, and call my Monel K--stainless. A month ago i sold 200lb of monel for $6 a pound. Two days later I moved a couple of tons of steel and had 15lbs of monel bolts and as told $4 was all i could get for such a small amount.
I consider myself lucky, as i don't have to sell until I get a decent price, but I see the poor bast*rds who stand in line at the dealers, looking like extras on the set of Mad Max, with a pail of copper pickings. They work the hardest and get the crappiest price. It's not right.
What about organizing?
Let's say you could get 30 people to put in 100lbs of copper each. Stay in touch in the forum, accumulate weights and then make the calls to dealers. It seems the only thing dealers respect is volume. So why not meet beforehand go in with a load and get paid a best price?
Any thoughts, or am I talking about herding cats?
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