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Re: More Salvage Yard Fun 700 87

posted by  someone claiming to be Rick on  Wed Dec 12 08:10 CST 2001 [RELATED]



You just have to remember that the longer this gear is on their lot, the more it's going to rot. They don't make money for the scrap on most of these interior components and they buy the cars for next to nothing (sometimes they get them free just for towing them away!), so they're looking at pure profit. The only area I run into difficulty is small parts from larger elements that can be sold together (read "doors").

Also, the guy you go to matters. Sometimes I get this real butthead who works there (small fish in a small pond taking his job way too seriously), and he gives me guff. I just tell him thanks anyway, put the part on the counter, and tell him I'm not interested. If he doesn't know how to barter, someone else there will, and I'm not about to educate this moron. Besides, it's rare when I can't "get by" for the time being without a part.

-Rick





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