Quote Originally Posted by mike1 View Post
i went to a couple houses and knocked on the door i had couple of people not anser is this normal even if there are cars in the driveway? but i had three ppl anser so far one said they would keep me in mind if they got some from there job another one said they had a scrap water heater and i said no cause i didnt know if it was worth it is it? i even wrote a list of stuff i take i kno tvs and ac's and pipes and apliances is there anything else thats worth taking apart thats not got alot of steel?
You gotta take the good with the bad your working at building a lasting business relationship, repeat customers and those with big mouths will advertise for ya freely both the good and the bad.



Just before winter set in I had paid for several scrap cars on the Res, the other day I go over to pick up a stuffer and the guy is busy stripping off a bunch of parts, because I'm a good guy - tell him to toss in the bad parts from the other vehicle that these parts are going onto. We have a beer and I leave him at his work stripping my car.

Not really good business practice to turn a blind eye, but then I'm working on a lasting business relationship not only with this dude but his brothers, cousins and neighbors. Another dude has a truck and a small car for scrap but wants the transmission from the car and the engine from the 1/2 ton truck. So I told him to have everything un-bolted when I show up with the crane truck to do the lifting and I get the scrap in lieu of payment for doing the lift.

Someone recently asked me how is it that I get so much free stuff, some of it comes from knowing how people think, while some comes from being in the right place at the right time while the rest comes from offering my services beyond that of just grabbing the cream.

There is an old saying "the customer is always right", I never carry it that far but my best interests are for the customer without breaking the bank after all I am a businessman in this for the money.

Only this afternoon before the mud run I had a fellow drop in to have me weld up some steel saw horses for him, as it turned out I already have two and told him that he could borrow them. So now I have a trailer to weld up for him, bigger job with more money for me and new advertising, another happy customer.

If there is no visible scrap on the property you really have no business scoping it out.