Am i doing something wrong???

OK i was just wondering if i'm doing something wrong far as finding junk vehicles. i been advertising on craigslist and Facebook. in my area the scrap yard is getting $123 a ton right now. so lets say most vehicles is ton and a half(1.5). so $123 x 1.5 would be $184.00 -$50 would be about $135 i would pay for a car at this weight. lately i been getting reply's from craigslist and Facebook claiming other people offering twice that amount like $350 worth!! so my question is how are those people making any money at junk cars when there paying more then what they are getting at the scrap yard scales? i been pulling battery's,cats,wiring,wheels,anything aluminum before i take it in. is it me or am i doing something wrong???????? how do i fix it if i am?
any ideas guy/gals?

yes this is what i want to do eventually. right now i'm low on money so need to scrap some vehicles so i can earn some money to fix vehicles.
thanks for the info guys.

Yes parts and parts and more parts. I do a LOT of resale. I will pay curb weight by current rate and sometimes higher if I have a gut instinct parts will sell. You need room and about 6 months to hold, but everything sells. I just sold a donut from a car for 40 ship. Luckily it was close to home, so wasnt much to ship. If it was clear across the country, it would have been 20 bucks clear after shipping. But 20 bucks x 40 donuts in year...well do the math. I have a 93 caravan wheelchair van sitting outside. I paid 150 for it...about 180 across the scale. Got lucky there. But, motors and trans do still sell out of those. Radios, ecms, etc. Plus I got even luckier and found another 93 caravan that is not rotted like the wheelchair van except the rear axle assembly. So Im swapping the rear assembly over from this one, to the other. Bam 1000 beater van in a hour or less, with torches and air guns. All told, net investment 400 between the two of them. And still tons of stuff to scrap and sell. You have to THINK out of the box. A subtle hint. The wheelchair ramp already has bites on it in less than 48 hours for 200 as well. Even know I will have to cut the floor with the torch and give them a chunk of the floor with it. I advertised as a hidden electric ramp for a motorcycle or lawn mower for install in in a van. Or a covered trailer. Lots of bites now. Motto of the day, THINK OUT OF THE BOX! It can be pennies or thousands, its all how you make of it. A friend of mine just gave me a old lift chair couch frame. I really didn't want considering it is less than 3 bucks at current price. Then realized the lift actuators were selling for 100 a piece x 4 in the couch.....:>~~~~

Agreed on geo....its the #1 go to car for backyard electric vehicle mechanics. I have only scrapped out four cars a 69 Buick a 87 caprice 03 Acura and a 94 geo. made at least triple $ on geo compared to other three..

so far this year i only scraped a 89 ford fastiva that had a blown engine. got about $90 for the cat just by itself! witch i was not expecting i was guessing somewhere around $40-$50 at best for the cat. but hey i like surprises like that lol. anyway i normaly look it over before i take it to the crusher if i can fix it i will long as nothing major is wrong with it. also my neighbor is giving me a dodge neon with bent frame and blown engine soon as she can find the title. she says she's tired of looking at it.

I agree with these guys. I normally pay twice scrap value if I know I can part for more or fix it and resell. I have gotten nasty calls from other guys buying for scrap, but hey that's how it is! Be careful though you can get burned if you depend on peoples honesty about engines and transmissions working!

Agreed- trust and verify. I've seen people also sell body parts to collision repair shops if the cars aren't dented up. The thing is to just think outside of the box.

Full article at Scrap Metal Forum: http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/vehic...#ixzz3bjpb39rZ

I always herd it'd cost an arm and a leg to use a shop like that...

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