Scrapping a car

Jun 21, 2004 50 Replies

In news:cb6ukl$93n$ snipped-for-privacy@sparta.btinternet.com, SimonJ scribed for want of a better word:

Then why did you charge one of my mates £20 for an offside headlamp Another punter £20 for the nearside headlamp Another punter £100 for the engine Another punter £45 for the gearbox Another punter £30 for the bonnet Another punter £20 for the boot lid Another punter £30 for the rear light ofside cluster Anothe punter £25 for each door Another punter £15 for each seat Another punter £15 for the battery Another punter £10 for each wheel with tyre Another punter £30 for the radiator Another punter £30 for the stereo radio Another punter £30 for the sunroof Another punter £20 for the steering wheel Another punter £20 for the steering wrack Another punter £40 for the rear bumper Another punter £30 for the front bumper Another punter £5 for the interior lamp Another punter £10 for the glove box Another punter £40 for the brake discs Another punter £20 for the master cylinder

Because that's called running a business and making a profit. They might equally not sell any parts off the car, as may well be the case with a fair proportion of the cars they take in, so can't afford to not charge. Recovery trucks cost money to run, diesel's very expensive, people cost money. And how many cars do you think they sell that many parts off? Not many.

Peter

SNIP Bla de bla

It's been a while since I did discs on a Cav, But £40 for a used pair? I don't think so.

Steve

You'd be surprised what people will pay when they have the "it's from a scrappy so it must be cheap" state of mind. Dealers are sometimes cheaper than motor factors for some stuff but no one bothers to check.

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Same with eBay. People pay amazing prices for things they could have got cheaper in the local shops.

Too true. I'm about to send a pack of brake pads to Australia. The postage alone comes to eight quid!

I was watching a NOS clutch for my Austin the other day. It made £64 (+p&p). My local factor has just quoted me £62 inc vat.

I trust you'll be using the new stamps depicting England's ashes victory?

You ought to be able to piss them off big time with eight quids worth of stamps :-))

Steve

Hehe! I'm afraid you don't get stamps these days when you send stuff abroad, just a sticker the PO puts on for you.

Oh, and this isn't England anyway!

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Though if you turn up with it already plastered with stamps I'm fairly sure they still take it.

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