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G'day Y'all
Just back from Western Queensland where mate and I are cleaning up cattle properties and Opal Mine sites. First trip home since the New Year.
Tried a new yard this time and got a very pleasant surprise. I rang this yard from out west and he gave ne prices that blew my mind. He came in at 16.5% better for the load than my old yard. Add to this I saved 200 km of diesel fuel and $25 road toll, and clearly I was in heaven.
Got even better. At the yard when unloading and weighing, and they liked that you watched them weigh and tare off your bins, my bin of Burnt Copper caused interest. Copper tubing and discoloured wire were deemed as about Candy. They upended my bin and sorted out what was burnt and what was not. And this was the boss organizing that. The price I got for this Candy copper was nearly 6% better than what my old yard pays for Milberry, No.1 Bright & Shiny.
Why am I telling you this? Well no matter where you are, it pays to shop around. Like in my case, I got a better price, saved hundreds of kilometers and saved road tolls. Now this bloke is outside of Brisbane and onsells to major yards in Brisbane, yet can still pay me 16.5% better than the same major yard was paying me. This is an ole family business that's been in business since you got paid one shilling for a dozen beer bottles, and now the two boys run it. As they told me, they like to be fair and look after people. And looking at the trade they're doing, it would seem it pays off.
Anyway hope this helps. Home for a week then off back West again.
Cheers
Bill
Just back from Western Queensland where mate and I are cleaning up cattle properties and Opal Mine sites. First trip home since the New Year.
Tried a new yard this time and got a very pleasant surprise. I rang this yard from out west and he gave ne prices that blew my mind. He came in at 16.5% better for the load than my old yard. Add to this I saved 200 km of diesel fuel and $25 road toll, and clearly I was in heaven.
Got even better. At the yard when unloading and weighing, and they liked that you watched them weigh and tare off your bins, my bin of Burnt Copper caused interest. Copper tubing and discoloured wire were deemed as about Candy. They upended my bin and sorted out what was burnt and what was not. And this was the boss organizing that. The price I got for this Candy copper was nearly 6% better than what my old yard pays for Milberry, No.1 Bright & Shiny.
Why am I telling you this? Well no matter where you are, it pays to shop around. Like in my case, I got a better price, saved hundreds of kilometers and saved road tolls. Now this bloke is outside of Brisbane and onsells to major yards in Brisbane, yet can still pay me 16.5% better than the same major yard was paying me. This is an ole family business that's been in business since you got paid one shilling for a dozen beer bottles, and now the two boys run it. As they told me, they like to be fair and look after people. And looking at the trade they're doing, it would seem it pays off.
Anyway hope this helps. Home for a week then off back West again.
Cheers
Bill
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