In these days of rising prices one item seems to have taken a huge reduction and that's scrap metal, the local Steptoe and son firm (i don't know the correct spelling but it sounds like they are called the karangoonie) comes around now and again so our helper saves up all the types of cans and stuff that he will buy. The other day she had 3.5 kg and he gave her 7 peso's, she told me the last time they came she had a similar amount of scrap and she got 25 peso's