Originally Posted by
Repurposer
What you said. I live by that. I hauled 2000 plus pounds of shred to a new yard this morning. Before even going near the scale I asked for the rate he was willing to pay. He was lower than my usual yard. I told him thanks anyway and that I was headed to one of his competitor's near by for a better price. He looked at my load and came up in price. They will negotiate. They obviously are not selling it for pennies. Hard for them to keep the doors open if they are not getting the scrap.
Yep scrap yards need metal to survive! As you move a lot of steel you need to go back to the new yard and see if you must ask for better price or that now they know you, you get a better price on arrival. With as much shred you are getting I am sure you could work a better deal with someone, and it seems this new place wants your metal! Good luck.
And the yards are selling it for a few more pennies than what they are buying it for! a ton at $.10 a lb. is only $200 bucks and subtract the costs of running scrap yard. Granted I have always said a yard makes more money on steel than any other item for the year only because they get so much of it. All those cents add up to dollars!
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