Smell The Coffee

I agree your regular and large quantity suppliers should get preferred rates. I do not agree that a business, any business, should not publish their rates. I don't trust a business that is ashamed to publish what their price for their product is (ashamed is my general opinion and not an accusation, and this principle applies to any industry, not just scrap). You don't hide your rates to protect your regulars, you publish your normal rates, and negotiate a premium with your regulars that is obviously not published (by "You" I don't mean you specifically 1956, I mean a business entity). That is pretty typical business practice accross most industries. So I agree with your premise, but not the execution. I think it is a better practive for a business, or scrap yard, to publish their current and up to date rates on metals, and negotiate a premium to those that take the initiative to approach them to do so. That is the yard I want to do business with.