Scrap seller Cooperative concept

And then there's the concept of cooperatives cooperating with each other.

Smajor and chinaredneck good two cents.

Agreed, its all about where the rubber meets the road and that it's a concept best introduced locally. With local chapters operating, there could be an effort to link into regional or national groupings.

My initial focus would be on the social networking methodology. there is a iphone app http://scrapmetalforum.com/ that provides some networking capability.

The app I am trying to work on would utilize gps and sms capabilities, though i am a lame cocoa programmer. You could broadcast in your area your interest in selling xx metals and message the community for interest. respondents could include weights and varieties. the initiator would be in charge of a dealer call. Prices would email back and times scheduled.