Cars

**Ptscrapper** · 09-25-2011, 04:08 PM

CMHN where in the world do you find junk cars for $50? I just recently started buying and selling a lot of junk cars and to be competitive you have to treat it much like an auction such as ebay and bid as high as you can and still make a decent profit. Personally i try to see me putting atleast 70 to 80 bucks profit in my pocket after gas. Today i almost bought an 87 dodge dakota 4x4 from a guy for $450 he had it listed on craigslist for $600 neg so i thought since im a lucky guy i might get lucky and get him to sell it to me for $300 but he refused, then i offered him 400 bucks and he said he had to have $450 so this made me very confused because i wasn't too sure about the weight of the truck but i figured it weighed atleast 3000 lbs but the reason why it was such a hard decision for me was because it had some very good tires which i knew that i could sell right away for atleast 100 bucks, it had a cb radio that i knew i could sell for atleast 40 bucks and a nice am fm cd player that i could sell also. I really wanted to buy it because my gut feeling told me that even if i paid $450 for it that i still would make money but since i wasn't sure i had to pass. I use craigslist to find great deals and really dont have a problem making money just by being the first person to respond to listings. If i could get my girlfriend to stop aggrevating me i could make so much more.

**CMHN** · 09-27-2011, 04:17 AM

Originally Posted by Ptscrapper

CMHN where in the world do you find junk cars for $50?

I don't go out looking for cars. If I am contacted about a car I tell them $50, if they like the price then great, if not I will give them a name for one of my guys I deal with and let them settle up. Usually they will take the $50. I don't get many cars, but usually all the cars I get are from old farms, them farmers love to stick things in their hedge rows.

As a side note, I don't do this as my full time job, so I have the luxury to pick and choose my jobs. I don't contact people for their scrap, I let them contact me. I rarely use Craigslist, I do have an ad in the Labor section, but most of my work comes from word of mouth. I will give a price and if the client doesn't like it they can go somewhere else. But most of the people that contact me don't give me much of a problem and I can fill my trailer about 2 times a month. It gives me an extra $250 - $300 a month.