Wow! Prices at the yard are pretty dismal across the board, but I've decided to ride it out. I know I'm just a part-timer and that I don't really need the extra income right now, but when I look back over the last seven or eight years of weekend scrapping, I get that through thick (last year) and thin (now) it has been well worth the trips to the yard.
I sincerely hope that the many members of this forum, especially those of you that are full-time, can find a way to prevail until the prices do rebound. So many of you have proven that your ingenuity and drive allow you to find other sources of revenue to survive times like these.
Once again, I'd like to thank you for your wonderful threads you've started and all the advice that I have gleaned through your thoughtful responses. Because of so many of you, I was able to pay my son's tuition to the police academy at a time when he could not afford it. He is now in his third year on the job. And because of your contributions, it was only a hiccup in my finances when my mother called last summer with a $2000 bill from her apartment complex for emergency AC and duct work.
In short, this is what scrapping has helped do for me. So please feel free to write about what scrapping has done to help you over the last few years, and hopefully, by reading of your many successes, we'll all be encouraged to stride through this market lapse until a time when we are truly reaping the benefits of our hard work.
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