Some yards are like that, some are not. They may not separate their metal as much as another yard does. You can check other yards until you find one that you feel comfortable with. I remember when I started out that I went to one yard, they had one price listed in the newspaper and it was a little lower than the one up the road but it was close and I just wanted to unload my load. I got on the scales, the person at the yard told me a price that was 1/2 that was listed in the paper so I drove straight off the scale and went to the other yard, and I have been going there for the last 15 years with no issues.
If you feel your not getting what you deserve from one company, go to another. You will eventually find one that is good and you can make a good working relationship for. The yard that I go to now knows me by name and will give me higher prices compared to the general public. I have also learned what they take, how they like it and how to make the most profits from them. They wont generally give out this kind of information to the casual "scrapper".
Lastly, read up on this forum and inform yourself. Knowledge is your greatest weapon when going to the scrap yard. The more you know, the easier it will be to know when your getting ripped of and to help you make the correct decisions. There is a vast amount of information here, there is great people that hang out here, so use the search feature to find what you want to know, and if you still have questions after that then by all means ask.
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