12 Feb
1998
12 Feb
'98
10:04 a.m.
I used to feel very antagonistic towards recyclers,
since I saw them
as greedy sharks that would cheerfully smash any type of electronic
equipment or component, no matter how potentially useful, just for a few
cents worth of gold.
While I don't doubt that there are some who are like that, it strikes
me that they're likely only out there to make a living like the rest of
us. With that in mind, I think establishing positive relationships are
much more constructive.
Yes, some of them really are good eggs. Some, however, are not. If you
want some fairly straight information, deal with the refineries directly -
many have a setup charge, then take out a small percentage (a few percent)
of what they recover.
I once had a TWO different scrap gold dealers offer me $10 to $15 per
pound for some scrap. The refineries value that same scrap over $100 per
pound.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net