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Originally Posted by BiggerHammer

YEAH! Second time that has happened to us. I purchased an old GE Brass Search Light (With broken Glass) from a ship dated back to early 1900's purchased for less then $30 - It was pretty heavy. I sold it for $405 to someone in Australia. On top of the $405 they also paid $105 for shipping! I have yet to really lose out in buying items from the yard. Thing is that really like to see the good items not go to waste/melted. The guy told me with the Trombone that he was just going to donate them to a music school! However, there are a few items they will not sell yet. Currently they have a 300 pound brass horse from an old carousel. LOL

Carousel horse ya have to love them, I had a crane truck back in the mid 90's the price of scrap welt all to heck, sold the truck to some fellows in Penticton who wanted it for hauling peelers for fence post to a small mill in Keromeos.

Cash in hand walked into Future shop where I purchased a PC and my first digital camera, went back to Salmon Arm, I was living out of the back of my Van and much preferred Salmon Arm over Penticton, anyhow as it goes a few days later I wander into a seconded hand store and Whoa there was a pair of hand carved wooden carousel horse's that got my attention real quick so I ask the proprietor how much. Thousand each, next question how long have you had then, A: 9 years, with this I figure their not going anywhere soon.

I ask if I can take some pictures which she gladly allows me, later that day I'm off to my buddy's place up at Apex he has an Internet connection and the best coffee this side of Vancouver, plus I need a shower.

Ok, I have a cup of java in hand then show Bill the pictures of the horse's, we' both know they're going to be a hot item but how much $$$ is the big question, so off on the Net we go, first thing we find is a forum dedicated to Carousels. People are actual rebuilding these things.

Next I upload the pictures onto a host, then link these to some of the wanted ads on the form, since its not my computer, grab another coffee and turn the PB back to Bill,

Bill and Anne are Beanie Baby crazy, their busy as a cat on a hot tin roof filling and shipping orders.I'm not 5 minutes into that cup of coffee when an email comes in asking for a telephone number, this done go back to my chair.

Be darn if the phone doesn't ring, Bill picks it up, it a woman inquiring about one of the horse's that caught her eye, shes asking how much, Bill repeats her words, I could have slammed him with a big fist real hard as we were still no further ahead and had a potential buyer on the line. I pick a number from the top of my head, $4800.00 plus $400.00 shipping. Ok she's got that and moves onto the next question, Credit Card.

Bill had a brick and mortar store in Penticton where he and Anne sold those blasted Beanie critters, so I knew he had a merchant account. I tell him that I would splt the deal with him if he would slide the card through his store account. Hmm pretty good cup of coffee were having. Bill's a quick thinker and I do not have to wait forever and day for a reply. I hear him tell the woman yes we accept credit cards

She gives him the CC number, after they complete to call, he make a call for authorization, the card is good to fly. Next morning the cash is waiting.

I get my half, plus the money to cover the purchase and shipping, now back to Salmon Arm to pay for and ship the horse.

Being blindsided with the asking price, was a weird experience. The important thing is that it all ended well, she got the horse of her dreams, Bill made a few easy dollars for his effort, and I got enough to to pay off my debt to the auto insurance company making my Van legal again.

Wish you good luck on the sale of your horse.

Welcome to the Forum. Elena

Originally Posted by BiggerHammer

Yeah Vehicles and Electronics are an avenue so far we haven't really dove into yet. I have a bins saved up for when I can tackle it. Saving all my Motherboards, cellphones, Cpu's, Memory and Hard Drives. Eventually I know I will tackle it and when we do you know there will be a video =)

I scrap vehicles myself, mostly ones I remove from foreclosures. I don't hard core scrap them, like others do though.

For me, foreclosures are like a gold mine most times. Never know what you will find!

Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

Here in Texas if a Car is Abandoned the first thing that needs to Happen is to contact the Police the police will trace the Owner through the VIN# {Wheather it be a Lien Company or Reg Owner}

If no owner is Found The Police have the car towed to a impound Lot and Usually after 30 Days they have a Auction on it.

If say the car was taken to a Garage and Left there at a garage The Garage can file a Mechanic Lein on the car But the Police has to still be contacted to do a Vin Check to locate the owner If the Garage bill isn't paid off the Garage has a Lien on the car also and the Lien Companys work between themselfs to Release the car to the Garage owner Unless The Guy that holds the First pays off the Garage Owners Bill for the repair.

Correct, my father in law has a deal with a gentlemen who owns a towing company and an impound lot. The deal is, if a customer doesn't pay, and my father in law puts a lien on it, the guy puts it in his lot, and then the customer either pays, or it gets sold, either way, my father in law gives his friend a decent cut for holding the car.

Luckily, hasn't needed to do it yet, but you are correct.

Like I said, I have no idea what the process/law in VA is. All I know, is they worry over all that legal stuff, and then it is all legalized when I take it. I won't touch a car or any vehicle unless the owner is giving me authorization to do so.

I told my yard about how I get 95% of them, and they said there was no issue, so either they don't care, or there is truly no issue lol.

when I came on the forum almost a year ago there were only two of us ! Dee

Somehow we manage to keep running them off,,

ha, that was me btw on youtube... ultimatereality100... glad you could join us on the forum. its a nice community here

Originally Posted by easyrecycle

Am I all ways late to the party?

Welcome to the forum and one thing I was told by a very smart person.

Once you know everything there is to learn...what is there to living? In short...you will never know everything but knowing great people and places like this forum and other places is a great thing.

Again welcome and enjoy!

P.s....computers are worth money....read up on it and ask around. Alot of info on this forum on this subject.

It wasn't even a party till you got here! WOOT! WOOT! hahaha

Welcome to the forum The Greatest Place On Earth...........er wait, that's Disney Land. Buuuuuuut this place is cool too.

Originally Posted by BiggerHammer

LOL - Yeah we had quite a laugh that day!!! Thanks Adam for the welcome and we will keep it up! Let me ask you a question. What do you like most about our vids? In addition, what do you think about the bonus videos? Also if there is anything you would like to see us do let us know. Its nice to hear from our subscribers!

I must be honest, I do not watch every vid you guys upload, but I do like the ones where you breakdown the item by its content of different metals, and place a dollar value on that, makes it a good tool for me to decide if I break down an item or not. I do get into the bonus vids, or competition stuff, as I am in Australia, however your vids have always remained light hearted, fun, and the recent ones shows a marked inprovement in production quality..

Well done!