I find the bigger name scrapyards are better to deal with.
They make their money on metal turnover.
The more they pay for the metal, because of the higher grade it comes in as, the bigger their percentage of profit is.
Its better for them to educate their sellers about the metals and how to break it down.
Because they do that their seller makes more money, and comes back because they know they are not being ripped off because of bad grading. That way they get a higher value metal that takes up the same space as the lower value metal, with a higher $ return.
The bigger companys don't want their workers trying to upgrade their own metal because its sorta dangerous and can cost them more in the long run.
Its better to just get the metal, at its highest value, then turn it over once and sell it. Every time they turn it over, it costs them money.
They want more metal at higher value and to turn it over quicker. With less overheads, they are not chasing the small dollar.
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