salvage yard orientations

["Patricia Melton" <pmelton3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

W Bell

  Thanks for the comments!  We are brand new to the Imperial club and I will say it is great to hear from people who have similar interest and are willing to take the time to answer questions and explain things so we can all have a better understanding. I really appreciate it!

Buddy Melton

1993 Imperial

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From: W Bell

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Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:57 PM

Subject: IML: salvage yard orientations

Most salvage yard operators/managers do or will not sell just emblems off of a vehicle unless it's one that's going to be crushed in the future.  Meaning, if the emblem is on a saleable part of a popular vehicle, it will be sold with the fender or whatever it's attached to, but if it's on a car that is not popular or is still pretty pristine with many good body parts on it, then they might consider selling just the emblem.  Remember too, whatever you find in the salvage yard will probalby have the same rate of deterioration as what you've got on your car, unless you luck out and it's a "grandparents" car that's been garage kept and got smashed in a wreck and "totalled".

 

Some salvage yard people might seem as if they don't care about selling small parts, especially if they supply the labor to remove them, but the way they usually look at it is that their people are more productive removing fenders and such for sale to wholesale customers than out spending 20 minutes for an emblem.  That's just the economics of their business--productivity and profits.  That's one reason it's sometimes best to chase those things in their "off season" instead of during the warmer months.  Sometimes, showing up in person is much better than calling on the phone too!  Once you find a salvage yard operator that will work with you, give them as much business as you can as finding a good salvage yard operator is just as important as finding a good parts person at the auto supply or dealership.

 

Unfortunately, our modern world is run off of numbers and percentages--especially as they relate to operating profits of the business.  In that orientation, productivity must be pretty high to achieve the goals the business needs to keep the owners happy.  Unfortunately, that's why many parts or salvage yard people don't usually like to wait on customers that aren't going to spend decent amounts of money with them, not to mention other side issues too.

 

Just some thoughts,

W Bell