anachronism said:It's not worth any less if you go to a good buyer- the metal value hasn't changed at all. The ones who pay less are just tight. I get the same price for punched HDD as untouched ones, never mind just a drill hole!
Heh...I learned that from the yard owners I'm friends with. Buyers will always look for a way to downgrade you....rare is the buyer that will upgrade your scrap.anachronism said:The motivation is a lot simpler than that. If there's a way they can find something that allows them to pay less, they'll use it.
silversaddle1 said:The reason is quite simple. Some yards sell complete undamaged HDD to buyers to reuse/recover, whatever. We degauss and crush every single drive we bring in. We also remove the control boards. Our yard pays us sheet?cast aluminum price for the crushed drives.
anachronism said:I said greedy buyers not greedy Americans 8) There's a difference there.
HDD complete or punched or drilled $0.8 per pound
Shred w/o board or whole w/o board $0.4 per pound
Shred with board $0.42 per pound.
Also bear in mind we are both "in the trade" so we most likely get better pricing than most people because we sell in quantity.
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