Quote Originally Posted by rewire View Post
High voltage I could not pay $1.80 lb , it's impractical to the area. I paid 1 guy $1.84 lb for 42 lbs of romex, and $1.48 lb for 164 lbs of cat5 today and I didn't think twice about it. my buyer has reacurring contracts with a smelter here in the midwest and does not do off the street buys, the broker for the foreign market didn't pay as much. It's pretty competitive here in the midwest, pretty safe to say cut throat. As everyone should already know one minute the markets down and the next its up and it can fluctuate that fast. My intentions of posting my prices was to show diversity in the industry, its not a dog and pony show. I commend you in your success and as I stated up top "what works for me may not work for you" and vise versa. Not putting you down, just stating my facts.
Your market is the reason for the skewed pricing that people read on here and cant figure out why the rest of the US doesnt pay that high and think they are getting screwed. Jim's pricing is some of the best in the region. The local yards here on cat 5 are currently at .80-1.05/lb.