Is business slow for others right now too. I haven't got a call in two weeks.
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Is business slow for others right now too. I haven't got a call in two weeks.
if business isnt coming to you, it may be time for you to go to it.
No, it has slowed for me too. And with so many folks doing this there is only so much to go around.
Welcome to winter!!! No matter where you live when its winter time people tend to stay indoors even in the south. Wait till march it will start to pick up again for you I hope. The current economic conditions don't seem to help much either.
From an e-scrap point of view it is the end of the year stuff that companies must do to get ready for the coming year. Most of our corporate clients virtually shut down until after the first to get things prepared, like their new budget and so on. we received a mass amount of calls throughout December but they all wanted to wait until after January 1st before we picked the stuff up so they had time to get their other stuff done. Many of them are getting new systems for the year as well, making it smarter to wait.
Yeah i kinda think it has a lot to do with the time of year but i hope things pick up in january although i must admit ive become rather lazy around these holidays.
Yea this time of year is real dead and not much one can do about it to be truthful...just relax and rest up when you can.
I have been about the same, had some customers wanting X-mas cash. I expect more beer cans after the 1st!! More than the usual amount of dead cars..cold weather killing head gaskets on the GM V-6's. Love them cats!
Relaxing and resting up doesn't pay the bills easy !!
It just gave me time to take out my sig. xmas tree and put up my new years decorations,,lol
It will save on the chiropractic bills tho!! I am looking for a new doctor...I don't think I am very happy with that one...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee
Answer: all of the above. And in my case iv;e been experiencing O' Brians law that states that Murpjhy was an optimist.
Hasn't slowed down for me. Not as many autos or a.c.'s right now, but for some reason a huge pick up in light iron, appliances, t.v.'s, etc. You know, the stuff you gotta put more work into. At the end of the week the money has actually been slightly better for the last month though. Knock on wood.
Our customer count is down. But we are steady, it always slows down during the holiday season starting at thanksgiving and ending after new years. Will pick up mid Jan. if weather is not bad. spring to fall buy buy buy.. thats the time.
we had 2 cars and a van last friday plus a washer and dryer, so far this week all we have had is one washer and suppose to pick up a gas stove tonight and get a contract for a plumbers hot water heaters. i agree the last couple of weeks were crazy people getting extra christmas cash and has slowed down for us. made a bid yesterday to do a old gulley cleanout but its way to wet to get the bobcat in there to clean it out and told the guy it would probably be spring, he had two sacks of cans and told me to takem no charge and said i could have them for now on :)
Yes, but it will pick up. I'm waiting for the citywide pick up day for anything and everything. That is when it feels like Christmas. I always "try" to put back 1 to 2% of everything I scrap just for when I get a slow month or get sick. It helps ease the mind when I have to stay inside and cant work.
I got a call this morning for a free dock pickup.
We saved up a lot of stuff to break down just in case it got slow, and today, we got a $250 load out of all the stuff we broke down. Haven't had a load that big in a while, so I'm glad we saved it up for now...
Good time to clean that 200 lbs of dirty brass I bought, groan, it is really boring work, "clink" into the bucket!!
Now's when that perfect playlist comes in handy to motivate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Area67
It's 300 lbs of aluminum for me to clean. It's been a lot of really boring, grunt work this week. But every dollar counts!Quote:
Originally Posted by Area67
With the economy like this nobody wants to give metal for free ! so i put a add on craigslist we pay 25% per 1 ton min.$$$$
works !!!!
GOOD LUCK SCRAPPING !
Business in Utah has been way good for me. We had the warmest December in state history not a drop of snow in the valley. First real snow was last night. Back into the 40's tomorrow. Hope winter passes us this year
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