MMFJ said:
You won't find what you are looking for here - as it is clear you are 'fishing' for some 'magic numbers' (from all your posts asking basically the same thing).
In this particular post he wasn't asking for a magical list or specific numbers, he was just simply asking if he was in the ballpark.
All the data you want is contained in the forum - take time and do a search, don't just join the forum and ask for all this info, you won't be welcomed very long.
The numbers he posted suggests that he has in fact studied something he found somewhere. But what I am more confused about is how you can tell him that all the data he wants is contained in this forum. Yet right above you told him:
MMFJ said:
You won't find what you are looking for here
. You might want to be consistent in what you say, it can be confusing to some people, specially those that visit this forum from other countries and speak English as a second language. I think I remember reading in one of your posts that you are in South America currently, maybe I am wrong, but if that is the case you should know exactly what I am talking about. How confusing is it for those you speak with, when you are speaking Spanish as your second language?
I'd say that your "if you pay more than this" pricing sounds like prices I would never pay (because, as you say, I would be losing out...), but to get the refining numbers, you had best do some research before asking more questions.
nōnāgintā trēs said:
Can anyone please tell me how correct or close to being correct I am?
Ruffly...
It really sounds like he did do some research and is now asking if he's in the ballpark or not. He's in fact re-checking whatever information he has found, he is asking for verification, not a list, not specific numbers. In any case MMFJ, I thought your primary interest is scrapping, not refining. If that is the case, how can you say what you might pay to refine any given material, when you don't in fact refine yourself. At least that's the impression I get, if I am wrong please feel free to correct me.
I hate seeing people berated when not deserved and doesn't seem to be done in the spirit of constructive criticism. If I might make a suggestion, because it seems like you are responding based on his other posts. Take each post separately, allow for people to change and grow, it might end up serving you better in the long run. But when you berate someone in the way you have, for something they were not doing in this particular post it just sounds like you are basing how you feel towards the person who posted on previous posts. The way you talk makes it seem, at least to me, as if you are playing at being a moderator, and not as an individual contributing to a professional forum. You might want to lay your badge down and be a little more constructive in your criticism.
Oh, and quote="nōnāgintā trēs, you are learning and getting closer to the answers you are looking for. There are so many different ways to process material, some being more expensive than others, that you will not know exactly how much you will make off any given material until you, yourself, actually process it. Unless you are looking for information so you are armed when you take your material to a refiner. If that is the case, it's more important to properly represent your melt,
Scott