I cant believe it Thats IT !!

You know getting scrap loaded - - the whole enchilada is from the hart. Once you sell the precious metals ( and they are )
you never really know when the re-find will occur But it does . The whole concept is not to be assumed or be glib about .
It's a gift to find .
The new lower price has caused me to shop around .I am so frigging pissed - here I was faithful to one yard for years , trip after trip AL CU you name it .
I found a yard that pays more for motors - CU AL AC condenser radiators - CU Bearing . They pay more now TODAY
then the other yard during the high prices . Last week got .16 for motors of all types including AC compressors . thats .05 .07 better per # they will even buy TV boards out of flats for .50 #
I have the items I am now going to restructure my view . It's a new day .

I was going to post this morning about how everyone here should always check all of their buyers prices before selling. I ran into the same thing Thursday when I went to sell some lead acid batteries. I have different yards that I take my copper, aluminum and insulated wire to but I have been selling my batteries to the same place for two years or more because my previous buyer was not giving me a good price. So Thursday I take 800 pounds to my buyer and he tells me they no longer take the small batteries that come out of battery backups. He then tells me how much the prices have dropped but he did refer me to another buyer in the area that will take the small ones. So I go to the new guy and he tells me he will buy them but the price for them has dropped. Well guess what, their lower price was more than what I've been getting from my old buyer. I can only blame myself for not checking around for new buyers. I've always done it for everything else but I didn't for the batteries. While I was at the new place I noticed 2 pallets of old computers and asked the guy about them. He told me someone was supposed to pick them up 2 years ago but never did. I'm going back next week to talk to the owner about them.

One door closes and another opens

Yes, checking yard prices continually is one of the basic rules that others on SMF have been trying to tell us...

Loyalty to buyers is one thing, but one needs to know the price differences. Once that is known, you can make a reasoned decision.

Jon.