What advice do you wish you could give yourself when you 1st started scrapping?

Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot

Thanks, I don't know who's having more fun w/ all this new scrapping...my son or me! =)
He lost his magnet, so we're gonna head back to Harbor Freight today.
Do you all do a lot of shopping at HF? I've been there probably half a dozen times since I started scrapping last month.

Me with my new wire cutters & Logan with his new flashlight.

You can get magnets free from inside the hard drives
If you are in the business just as a side project and to have fun with the son, then not a big deal to buy some necessities. If you are pinching pennies then I would look for "free" stuff on every job. My facility is full of tools, magnets, computers, printer paper, white boards, totes-barrels-buckets....all from the job. You start getting big loads and its amazing to see the things people discard. I went looking for some heavy duty shelving and found some at a garage sale. Before I could ask "how much", the lady begged me to take it because she didnt want to deal with moving it around. I've never bought a computer, printer or cell phone for my office because I'm able to recycle what people dispose of. Cant tell you how much I've saved over the years. I'm sure guys in the auto scrap business have similar stories regarding working cars or good parts they got.