My truck and 2 car trailer! - Page 4

Focker:
So you are saying you make 100-150 on average per car, just do more volume to get numbers.
Seems pretty decent. Good for you, man.
Sometimes wish I could quit my fulltime job and do this instead, but with slow times and low prices, glad I am not.
But there are also the times where I miss out some because I am working full time or can't keep up with cash flow.
Too many cars, no time to cash them in so I miss out there.

Originally Posted by Focker

Jordo here is what i have bought in the last few weeks with prices.
1995 FORD WINDSTAR WAGON $430
1995 NISSAN STANDARD E/XE $305
2000 FORD CROWN VICTORIA LX $455
1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SE $405
1999 FORD TAURUS SE/COMFORT/SP $455
1995 CHEVROLET LUMINA LS $455
1998 FORD TAURUS SE COMFORT $405
1997 BMW 528I AUTOMATIC $380
1998 FORD EXPLORER $480
2001 FORD TAURUS SES $430
1991 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS GS $430
2004 BUICK LESABRE LIMITED $465
1997 BUICK LESABRE CUSTOM $480
1999 OLDSMOBILE 88/LS $430
1999 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER $525
1999 BUICK CENTURY CUSTOM $390
95 accord and 85 f250 $700 from person
95 grand prix $400 for person
All the other cars are from the auction in the last 2 weeks.

You can send all them crown Vic's/ grand mar my way ! People love them for demo derby cars around here, trust me it's a huge deal around here. Went to a demo last year and someone was running a 2005 crown Vic!

Seems like tail lights, head lights, sun visors and their clips and any cheesy plastic crap that always breaks do well on Ebay and are easy to harvest. Plenty of other stuff depending on the model and how much time you have to spend.

Originally Posted by Focker

lol if the price is right.

Yeah i pay more make less but make money from volume.This week was slow got 3 cars hoping to make $225-$350 atleast i hope.Going to take some parts off of these and try to ebay them to see how that works out since i have time to do so for once.

Yeah it usually is. Best thing bout selling them Vic's for demo cars is they don't care what you pull off of it as long as its a complete rolling chassis. I've sold several this way, after pulling Motor/trany, bat, cats, heater core, and gobs of car wiring. Usually can sell a "roller" for more than I paid for the whole car and have all the goodies I pulled to boot !

Tater is correct. I have tried in vein to pull a crown vic or towncar around here.. just for that reason.. You can buy a crown vic and gut the SOB get every nugget of goodies out of it and STILL sell the roller for $500 bucks in my area of the country. Some of these guys around here will spend $4-$6000 on the engine they put in a car that will be smashed to bits.. but the prize money and the "glory" are worth it to them *shrug*

yeah so if you sell a item for $25 and it cost $!0-15 to ship it then you didnt make very much really.
Did you have the price a buy it now or did it get bid up to that high.
I also love you auction page i have been trying to figure out a way to make a nice listing like yours.

Think you could give me alittle help lol.

Originally Posted by Focker

yeah so if you sell a item for $25 and it cost $!0-15 to ship it then you didnt make very much really.

I agree and sometimes it's hard to justify taking the time to sell these things, but then I remind myself that if left on the car I would get about .10 cents a pound for it...it all adds up in the end.

Just like the Ebaying I do, one or two 5.00 sales are not much but at the end of the month then you have a few hundred.