I have two yards in my area. Neither of which will tell you prices over the phone. One yard is 10 mins for my house and the other is 40 mins. The crappy thing is the one that is 40 mins away pays more than the other. Yesterday I had a nice load of mixed tin all loaded up on my truck and trailer, ready to go. I was planning on going to the yard that is 40 mins away because I had other business to attend in the area anyway. The price difference between the two yards is usually 1 cent per pound. So its not worth driving the extra distance for the extra penny a pound. I decided to sell my scrap at the yard near my house and save the wear and tear on my rig. I was just at the farther located yard the day before and tin price was 200 a ton or 10 cent a pound. So i figured the one near my house would be 9 cents. After unloading my rig and stepping up to the payment window I learned that they were only paying 6 cents for tin. So I came up about 50 buck short on payment vs the other yard. I was a little heated but mainly kept it to myself. I guess the moral of the story is always check prices and know them before unloading.....thanks for letting me vent.