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Field guides / Choosing and finishing work

Sell the load now, refine it, or bring it home?

First classify what is actually aboard: a raw material, a refined commodity, a salvage product or a physical component. Matching names in two price lists do not establish that both buyers accept the same thing.

What to check

  1. Get a comparable pair of offers

    At the terminal, record the quantity, sale unit and total raw-sale offer. For a refinery, record the accepted input, output estimate, fee, wait and where you will collect. SCMINER’s work-order calculator can help compare methods; your terminal and later collection are the separate checks.

  2. Use output, not input, at the buyer

    Multiply the expected sale-ready quantity by an appropriate unit price; subtract the fee and projected collection and delivery costs. If your price uses SCU and the order uses another unit, obtain a conversion you can defend or stop. Do not apply the refinery fee to an unrelated salvage sale.

  3. For salvage, check the product and the trip

    Separate boxes and stripped equipment by exact type. A salvage claim listing is a lead about a claim, not a guaranteed haul. Check authorization for the wreck, collection space, an appropriate buyer and the return costs. Record only what arrived or was sold.

Worked example

A bigger sale can still be the worse choice

Practice figures: the raw terminal offers 20,000 aUEC for your load. An order estimates six sale units; at 4,000 each, less a 3,000 fee and 2,000 for the second trip, the modeled return is 19,000. Even if all six sell, taking that order gives 1,000 less than the raw offer, before your time.

Proceed or hold

Proceed when
The two alternatives use the same owned input, comparable units and a feasible collection and sale plan.
Hold when
You have an estimate but no verified output unit, clearance, room for collection or plausible buyer. Keep the load or seek another offer.
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