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Does anyone here still get exact change for their scrap?

One yard I sell base metals to rounds up to the nearest $0.05 or $0.10 and another rounds to the nearest dollar because they stopped using coins years ago - though lately it's been a minor issue with street walk-ins coming in with less than $1.00 worth of scrap at a time.

I don't remember the last time I was paid exact change for scrap. In my own business, I round up cash purchases to the next dollar, and the lowest priced items I sell at flea markets are $0.50 each.

I get the exact amount to the penny.

Recyclersteve wrote:I get the exact amount to the penny.

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The place I go to pays by check .

New as of Oct 1st 500# min iron and 100# min combo of non ferrous.

I get exact change to the cent. Funny thing is, when i am waiting at the register (behind thick glass window) I often find pennies on the floor! Even found a nickel once.

I made sure to recycle that spare change!

To the cent still...

Wild. I guess inflation is worse here in the northeastern U.S. The other two yards I occasionally sell to also round to the nearest dollar or $0.05.

Mine rounds up or down to the nearest dollar.

Advantage Metals in Columbia, MO pays out to the nearest $0.25. You get a receipt with a barcode and scan that on an ATM like cash dispenser. Employees watching the scales and giving the payout receipt are behind heavy Plexiglas but those weighing the scrap material are in an unheated shop.
MUTiger

rounded to nearest dollar

A few years ago I said I got the exact amount to the penny. I go to a different place and they always round up to the next higher dollar.

My yard pays to the cent. It also pays out a half dollar when owed fifty cents or more.

Another oldie....

Both shops I use pay to the cent.

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NotABigDeal wrote:Another oldie....

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I am just getting back to checking Realcent again on a regular basis. I revived this oldie but goodie.

MUTiger