Where I sell the guy is pretty honest and gives me a little more than the going rate plus when I have a large load of heavy stuff they use their forklift to off load it for me. A great service I would gladly pay a few bucks for but they offer it for free. I scrap large loads usually 1500 pounds or more of shred and scrap iron. I am keeping the rest of the metals stored until the prices go back up. I have about 500 pounds of #1 and number #2 copper. At least that much and more in aluminum and at least that much and more insulated wire. I bought a nice wire stripper. The plan is to strip a lot of the insulated stuff I have stored. It is sad what I walk away with money wise knowing what I used to get not that long ago. I am a long time retiree (Retired at age 50 in 2006) with a pension and all the bennies so my scrap ventures are a hobby. My overhead is low and so are my expenses. If I tried to do this for a living with a huge dive in what they are paying I would find another way to make a living. I talk to people at the yard all the time that just squeak by selling ten ot twenty bucks a day. One guy brings his scrap to the yard in a grocery cart.