Question About Acronym?

**Bear** · 06-05-2012, 11:18 AM

C is the Roman Numeral designation for 100

yes, the yards here do the same, price per hundred weight

**RustyDollars** · 06-05-2012, 11:28 AM

Welcome to the forum Jeremy. Not to sound nerdy but the receipt should show $11.50/CWT but they just got lazy and scribbled 11.50/cw. The CWT stands for The hundredweight or centum weight, and as Joe posted you received 11.5 cents a pound. You can expect to be paid by the lb for your copper, aluminum, and non-magnetic stainless.

Best of luck to you.

**jisrael93** · 06-05-2012, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by RustyDollars

Welcome to the forum Jeremy. Not to sound nerdy but the receipt should show $11.50/CWT but they just got lazy and scribbled 11.50/cw. The CWT stands for The hundredweight or centum weight, and as Joe posted you received 11.5 cents a pound. You can expect to be paid by the lb for your copper, aluminum, and non-magnetic stainless.

Best of luck to you.

Thanks RustyDollars - I've been scrapping these units for about a year now, but recently they opened a new scrapyard in our town that is much more efficient, organized, and friendly than the other one, and they pay slightly more. The new yard does everything electronically, so it actually is listed as CW in their computer - if what you said is true, then they have an error in their system! Thanks everyone for explaining it to me, I can estimate things a little better now.