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    so ive been poking around for a couple days reading this and that on smf decided it looks like a forum/community worth being a part of so i signed up to participate.

    ive been hauling scrap of all kinds since i was 18 or 19, started when my dad cleaned out our shop for extra money one day and i was laughing at him going oh ur wasting your time wth are you doing that for. he came back later that afternoon with around $80 for not that much material/effort. a lightbulb went off in my head.... i can get people to give me TONS of that broken old crap. started cleaning up junk around friends houses, put an add on kijiji and it went from there. i have never really been able to make enough to support myself off of just scrap metal but i have also built a small business parting out old bmw's as well as doing demolition and cleanup jobs selling things online whatever i can do really. started out getting my dad to drive me around in his truck to pick stuff up, i still use his trailers for hauling cars but i now have my own truck, my own beautiful mint bmw (not anything special but i love it) and 3 parts cars as well as a hoard of more parts from bimmers no longer with us... lol so anyway thats my story about how i got here typing this introduction of myself to your forum. i hope to exchange thoughts, ideas and maybe even metal with many of you


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    Welcome to the forum, and a nice intro. You may want to say "Thanks Dad" Mike.
    "Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}

    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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    Quote Originally Posted by miked View Post
    Welcome to the forum, and a nice intro. You may want to say "Thanks Dad" Mike.
    lol yeah but he might not see that as genuine.... my bmw's drive him nuts, his garage has been occupied by my car all winter. the bmw thing all started from the scrap too. i bought one for $350 dad told me it was prolly worth fixing. for $900 we certified and etested it and i feel in love with that car... lol my dad would probably curse that day haha. still when he was driving me around to pick up appliances and junk i dont think either of us thought i would get this far doing the things i do. when i began parting out bmws he was all "nobody is guna pay money for parts from a car that old" until he saw that i was selling nearly every usable/rust free piece off of each and every scrap bmw that came through the yard he changed his tune on that one pretty fast.... sort of like me laughing at him going to the scrap yard pretty **** ironic......
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    how many other scrappers are into bimmers? just me? i know there are others like me out there..... but how many? and how far between? lol

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    Welcome. I'm not into bimmers - but loved the one in the movie The Transporter.

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    thanks everyone ive learned a bunch allready this site is a great resource



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