----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:57
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
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