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i recently lost my job maintaining foreclosed houses and have been doing some scrapping to make ends meet. i live in washington state and by law scrappers can only take i $30 (60 somtimes if you come back later) for semi precious metals like copper and brass. could anybody fill me in on what i have to do to get around this and the cost for doing so? thanks.
Haul it to Oregon or Idaho? I dunno. That seems quite dumb to me. I don't have any ideas on getting around it.
Is there a limit on how much tin/steel you can take in? If not, focus on that, and pile up the non ferrous and take it elsewhere when you have a load?
You should be able to haul in as much as you want but you will have to wait ten days for a check from your yard. this law was enacted to reduce and fight metal theft which has become a problem in the state.
Are you an official business registered with the state, could make a difference. If it's a ten day issue you may have to just wait it out. Call your state representitives, both house and senate (at the state level!), and explain to them what a better solution would be for this problem, then get some backing from others in your situation.
If you can get $30 (or $60), try to go every other day and get that cash in hand, then on opposite days, take in as much as you've got and begin to wait the 10 days for a check. If that doesn't work, try 4 days for the cash in hand, and 1 day a week for the bigger haul and wait for check.
Within a couple months, you should be able to take in bigger amounts more often, because the checks from earlier drop-offs will start rolling in. PS. I haven't researched your state, but if the reason for low pay limits are as someone stated above, this strategy should help you get started and keep getting a little cash comin in.
why dont you just go to more then one scrap yard? surely all the scrap yards in the state are not connected to know if you have turned any in or not
**** for $30 i wouldn't even leave the house.