My advise is to confirm the weight with the yard while still on the scale before going into the yard, and when leaving before you pull off the scale, but in a polite and respectful manner. Treat others as how you want to be treated.
Not sure how all yards work, maybe some do verify before and after with the seller anyway, and this might not be valuable advise to all y'all that have been doing this a long time/full time cause you already know, but for part time newbies like me it will help, or at least I hope it will save someone else some frustration.
Today I got shorted 160 pounds of scrap on the scale. The yard didn't do it intentionally. I must have sat on the scale for 5 minutes because they were backed up, a good problem for them to have. The wind was blowing hard intermittently and I actually watched the scale numbers fluctuate quite a bit a few times while I was sitting there. My weight was 4520 99% of the time sitting there. I left the scale dumped all my metal and I got on the exit scale and weighed 3760. I looked at my ticket and it said I weighed in at 4360 not 4520....
Long story short I was told they can't adjust numbers after the fact because of fraud (the yard person being accused of it) but since they are some good folks there and I have a good relationship with them, they agreed to waive the 3$ fee on 3 future visits and they waived it this time. The $ amount I was shorted wasn't life altering or anything but enough that if I were at a retail store, I wouldn't just let it go cause it's not like it was 25 cents or something.
I was calm and polite etc.. but frustrated as hell inside at first especially after dealing with traffic and waiting in line for a half hour (not their fault either), I am glad I had some self-control and some genuine respect for the people that work there etc... cause it worked out in the end.
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