Self Service junkyards and their B S fees..

[Cranky]

Yeah, the core charge is stupid on some parts but the rest of the fees are government mandated, not the yard.

Gotta watch some yards....they will charge more than the gooberment requires.

 

[Budnicks]

easy just don't go there anymore
find it elsewhere

protest with your wallet or feet
don't support that ****

for rusty ol' worn out junk

Ol' Wrecking Yards
where you use to find good used parts for cars/truck
are now Recycling Junkyards

 

[Moparmann]

I went to an LKQ yard to obtain a spare wheel for an S-10. They were having a 40% off "5 year anniversary sale." I located a suitable wheel, and the final charge came to some $45+/- including the core charge, a charge for a NON-useable (Bald) tire, and other assorted taxes/fees. I was told that I could get a return on the core charge...IF I"D HAD A WHEEL I wouldn't have been buying one! My protests about the bald tire were ignored. Needless to say, that was my first and LAST trip to an LKQ yard!

 

[toolmanmike]

I went to an LKQ yard to obtain a spare wheel for an S-10. They were having a 40% off "5 year anniversary sale." I located a suitable wheel, and the final charge came to some $45+/- including the core charge, a charge for a NON-useable (Bald) tire, and other assorted taxes/fees. I was told that I could get a return on the core charge...IF I"D HAD A WHEEL I wouldn't have been buying one! My protests about the bald tire were ignored. Needless to say, that was my first and LAST trip to an LKQ yard!

That's the way to do it if you don't like the program.

 

[Mopar Hunter]

This is exactly why I buy my parts here from the excellent members.

 

[Cranky]

I went to an LKQ yard to obtain a spare wheel for an S-10. They were having a 40% off "5 year anniversary sale." I located a suitable wheel, and the final charge came to some $45+/- including the core charge, a charge for a NON-useable (Bald) tire, and other assorted taxes/fees. I was told that I could get a return on the core charge...IF I"D HAD A WHEEL I wouldn't have been buying one! My protests about the bald tire were ignored. Needless to say, that was my first and LAST trip to an LKQ yard!

Had the same argument 20+ years ago with a pick and pull yard. Asked them to remove the tire for a fee and they said no....so I walked.

 

[rolling_Thunder]

Well a buddy of mine and I used to go to the yards here in SoCal and it only made sense to buy certain things... We scored numerous big blocks from there over the years... (like 7 of them - all 440s) and we would go during one of those 50% of days (usually federal holidays) and scored complete long blocks for ~$150-200 which is pretty damn good

Today the prices are way too high to justify things unless you're going to score on something random that can't be purchased elsewhere

 

[hyde-park]

I was just telling my son the other day. At Pull a Part you used to be able to hustle up some funds by pulling parts off and reselling them. Now their prices are so high, it barely makes sense to buy parts for your own use.

Agreed. If any junk/salvage yards are going to price the parts too damn high as they sit, they can stay there and rust. I've done it once or twice over the years. The only exception is if it's something I really and truly need. Otherwise they can pull the parts, clean them up a bit, and list them on line themselves. MY time and labor is worth something to me too. If I can find something, save it, and offer it up for sale to someone who can use it, great. It helps me out getting the funds for parts I need, as well as others who need the parts I find. Hell most of us here do the same thing. We had a yard here until about 5 years ago where you couldn't go in to look for parts. I hate yards like that with a passion. Some of the vehicles dated back to the late 1930's. It was all overpriced as hell I thought and that's probably why there was still so much of it there. Occasionally they'd drag "teasers" out front to generate interest. The original founder (a WWII vet) died many years ago and his son was running it. Rumour was the son and his siblings got to squabbling over it. The founders wife (80 + years old) said screw this. She closed the yard and had 95% of it crushed and hauled away. There are maybe a dozen or so vehicles left that were saved, still sitting in plain view. I imagined that when the owner(s) did finally pull the plug there would be an big auction of sorts. That there would be pickups with car trailers lined up on both sides of the highway. It was potential goldmine for car guys like us. Literally and figuratively. Quite a loss but what do I know. I'm just a lowly car guy, lol.