First off - Just want to give "awesome bonus points" to LordMallard for starting a great thread & potentially opening doors for all around better understanding of the other side's perspective.
I find myself with mixed feelings here & the more I think about it, the more I start feeling like a bad person for my position on it
Basically whatever it is that you're working with, if you don't take the time to educate yourself and be confident enough in that knowledge that you can confront a discrepancy should it arise easily as well as tactfully - then that's on you - regardless if you're the buyer or the seller.
When I read the scrap metal industry guidelines book thingy last year - my understanding was that a buyer is not obligated to help a seller get different material categories than the seller presents nor is it their responsibility to inform the seller what they could've done to get a higher price for their material unprovoked. This doesn't mean that a buyer lies or is misleading about the reasons that the material is in one category & not the other when asked and these reasons are consistent and not redefined weekly or monthly. This is a completely objective view on the subject & i thought that the monetary rewards went to the one that did their job to the best of their ability. Not to the one who beats the other by tricking them or being dishonest.
I have a standard that I hold myself to : Own up to your part in what happens in your life (not the best way to say it I'm sure but I tried lol)
Trust & believe that to this day I find myself learning things almost weekly if not daily that would've put more money in my hand if I had that knowledge before i sold my material. Usually stupid & simple things so it gets frustrating. The opposite also happens though too - where I end up the one ahead by using an honest new approach to aspects of my scrap.
It's a completely equal playing field so to speak - if you can get past the resentments, blame, & have confidence in what you do.
Maybe I'm just a crazy lady in my beliefs ... but I'd rather be crazy than not have them. Yay - Julie's early April rant!! (possibly my 1st one... not sure though)
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