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randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

NoWake posted:

Sounds like the junk yard wants to sell parts, but also cash out on the scrap metal. $/lb doesn't care if the parts are fuckered or not. It's pretty clever really, if you've got a stream of people willing to walk in and give you scrap metal for *free*, why not implement some policy to encourage it? Bet you could bring in any old part for the 'core' as long as you're swapping starter for starter, alt for alt, etc.

Pick n Pull (and plenty of other yards) charges a core on stuff like sensors - even little poo poo like a MAP sensor. Other small stuff too, like window regulators.

It's not just the scrap metal. They send the used parts off to be remanufactured, just like a parts store. But their core charges are usually so low that it's not worth going through the hassle, unless it's something like an alternator.

randomidiot fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Dec 13, 2018

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