They picked it up? For free? I actually have a title, albeit a New York one.
Rusty Red
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desert_steve
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Yep. I had to fill out some stuff online and make the p/u appt online, then "copart" came and got it the next day.
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desert_steve
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Not trying to derail your thread, but Kars4kidzzz emailed me today saying that the shell/hull of the 4runner that they picked up was too damaged/stripped and that they wont be giving me any money for it. They also said that theyre going to have to pay for it to go to a scrapper lol.
Im now responsible for the lack of food to some starving ethiopian children lol.
Im now responsible for the lack of food to some starving ethiopian children lol.
Funny you mention this. In my professional life, I deal with tow companies pretty regularly. I was at the biggest company in our area on Wednesday and was talking to the owner about how to get rid of my rusty stripped Tundra when the time comes.
I mentioned cars for kids and he explained it to me. They are a middle man. They get the request from owner of the car for removal, then try and sell it to a tow company to go and pick it up. He said it’s a total scam. They do nothing but connect the tow company with the owner of the junk car and then take the majority of the money. The tow company takes all the risk. I bet they will got something for your 4Runner, just not enough to give you any.
The good news he said he will take my rusty stripped Tundra for nothing and pick it up. He gets $100 for a car/truck with no drivetrain and $400 for a compete car/truck at the scrapyard. He does enough business to run a 4 car trailer to the scrapyard almost every day.
There was one lady at AAA in Simi Valley that would give me trouble and not allow me to do that, so if she called my name I'd just say sorry I gotta go. Then come back in 5 min later and get back in line, since she would be busy with another customer.
desert_steve
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I figured thats what happened. The very rough math I did had the thing fetching less than $100 total for its weight in scrap, then whatever Id eventually see of that in the form of a tax credit or whatever. Honestly, I DGAF. Someone came and picked it up for free lol. I didnt have to worry about loading it onto the trailer, strapping it down, shit flying off as I was driving down the road and hurting someone or messing up their car, burning 1+ hrs of my time and gallons of gas. Nope, just, GONE. "Adios muchacho!"
Your guys making some decent money if he can pull in $400 - $1600 a day!
I'm assuming he only picks up/scraps trucks with title's since I have quite a few in my junkyard with no paperwork so I can't take them to the scrapyard to get money for them, unless I want to tow them over 1 hr away and would probably only get $100 since no drivetrain just partial body/frame.
