Postby Cobber » 09 Oct 2013 19:27
<font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS">It is often the case that a car seems like it's worth more as parts than as a whole....... BUT it all seems a bloody side easier than it actually is!
* You have to go to the effort of dismantling the car.
* You have to have some where to keep a huge pile of parts whist waiting for them to be sold. A car in pieces takes up much more space than a whole car.
* You have to go to the time, trouble and expense of listing the parts for sale. Add to that the recurring expense a relisting until sold.
* You have to deal with all manner of idiot inquiries, time wasters and half wits. Such as, waiting about for buyers who say they'll be there and never turn up.
* You then have to get rid of any parts you don't sell or aren't fit for sale.
The rate of return of the gain when measured in $ per hour spent on the whole exercise is usually p!ss poor.
The pros do make a good quid out of it but....
* They have the experience and expertise required to dismantle the car properly and they are set up with the proper facilities with which to do it.
* They are able to store parts safely in a space efficient manner.
* They are able to spread the costs and time of their advertising over all their stock.
* They have an established client base.
* They still turn a quid on a lot of the parts that left over or aren't fit for sale as due to the volumes they deal with they get a good deal on scrap.
* They have the time to do it as it's what they do for a living.
I know this because I was in the business.
The other thing is wreckers remorse, I have never met anyone in the business that didn't have a tale about a car that they wished they'd kept instead of breaking up for parts.
If the Pros suffer from it, the amateurs will suffer more so.
So if you don't want the car any more just sell the damned thing as it is, and save yourself a lot of buggerising around for little net gain (in real terms)
Remember gross figures never tell the whole story.
If you don't have the time to use the car what makes you think that you've got the time to strip it and sell it all off?
It all comes down to the old truth of : "Time is money"</font id="Comic Sans MS"></font id="size2">
"Keep calm, relax, focus on the problem & PULL THE BLOODY TRIGGER"
80'Triumph TR7, 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
'98 MG-F, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100
