Based out of the Seattle area in WA, my welding company came out to one of his jobs to cut up a vehicle to scrap, I have estimated it at about $1200-$1400 to cut up, he said no I just want it in big pieces so I reduced my estimate to around $600. So after about 15 hours on the job and $50 dollars in materials he found out he wasn't going to make enough on scrap to pay me, so he has since not returned my calls and I have not gotten an email response in months.