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Kern Dog

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Hey, I'm not cheap. I don't mind spending a few bucks to get the right stuff.
I love going to junkyards and finding a good used part for my projects. Our stuff has really thinned out but sometimes a classic car shows up.
I have noticed that some guys will look to later model cars and trucks for parts that they can modify to work on their old cars.
In 2001, I noticed that the front sway bar on my '70 Charger had similar contours to the one in my Chevy truck. I went to a "Pick-N-Pull" yard and got one from a 1 ton 2wd 73-1987 Chevy GMC truck.
With a little work, you get a 1 1/4" bar for a fraction of the cost of a new one. I've modified 5 or 6 of them since for Dusters, Darts, and a '71 Challenger.
Today I went to a PNP yard to grab another one.
Here is where I get annoyed.
For years, these clowns have added in an environmental fee to each sale.
They also have core charges for many parts.
The base price on the wall seems cheap but once you add in the core charges, environmental fees and state sales tax, the deal is no deal.
This is some stupid bullshit. Core charge.... like these idiots are really going to rebuild a sway bar. This is their way to screw customers out of a few more bucks. Yeah, they refund it when you bring one back but what the ****....If I HAD one, I wouldn't be buying one. They know that most people won't bring one back so they make extra money because of that. If they are just trying to offset what they lose in scrap value, why is it $10 for a fender? No fender is worth $10 in scrap, not even one from an Imperial.
The environmental fees is another bullshit pick-pocket move.
JUST set the prices and don't have any tack-on fees. The way they do it now, it looks like they are being petty and trying to shake down their customers.
That sway bar is listed at $25 but with all the fees, it came in at $41.50. **** that.
 
The environmental fee is likely something they have to pay annually on a grand scale. I poured concrete for years for my grandfather and uncles, every load they brought to us had an enviro fee on it. It’s most likely the **** runs down hill kind of thing. My local yard has all the parts listed online with prices and fees. I got this for 125$ Never know when you are gonna need frame rails
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Also got the discs from it a few weeks ago. It had a 318/904 but was gone when I went back for the front of the car
 
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Yeah, the Pick-a-Part in Henderson prices went way up..
EPA had them remove all the cars, remove the dirt from the first several feet,then pour the entire yard with acres of concrete.Musta cost a fortune. I was surprised they stayed in business.
 
Hey, I'm not cheap. I don't mind spending a few bucks to get the right stuff.
I love going to junkyards and finding a good used part for my projects. Our stuff has really thinned out but sometimes a classic car shows up.
I have noticed that some guys will look to later model cars and trucks for parts that they can modify to work on their old cars.
In 2001, I noticed that the front sway bar on my '70 Charger had similar contours to the one in my Chevy truck. I went to a "Pick-N-Pull" yard and got one from a 1 ton 2wd 73-1987 Chevy GMC truck.
With a little work, you get a 1 1/4" bar for a fraction of the cost of a new one. I've modified 5 or 6 of them since for Dusters, Darts, and a '71 Challenger.
Today I went to a PNP yard to grab another one.
Here is where I get annoyed.
For years, these clowns have added in an environmental fee to each sale.
They also have core charges for many parts.
The base price on the wall seems cheap but once you add in the core charges, environmental fees and state sales tax, the deal is no deal.
This is some stupid bullshit. Core charge.... like these idiots are really going to rebuild a sway bar. This is their way to screw customers out of a few more bucks. Yeah, they refund it when you bring one back but what the ****....If I HAD one, I wouldn't be buying one. They know that most people won't bring one back so they make extra money because of that. If they are just trying to offset what they lose in scrap value, why is it $10 for a fender? No fender is worth $10 in scrap, not even one from an Imperial.
The environmental fees is another bullshit pick-pocket move.
JUST set the prices and don't have any tack-on fees. The way they do it now, it looks like they are being petty and trying to shake down their customers.
That sway bar is listed at $25 but with all the fees, it came in at $41.50. **** that.

Agreed.

51.50 per iron v8 ...yet , a pair out the gate cost $147 n change.
Used to be 80.00 per pair otg
It's not just California fee on them, heck that's only so much per ton in the yard...they are simply showing you the vasoline...and then dipping it in sand right before the exchange.

You have to know your prices too, the girls at the window are either cut throat business women.. *some are*... or dim bulbs who don't know the difference between iron and aluminum or v8 vs inline...

In the end.. if you decide to buy something...my advice is be sweet with the girls at the window. If it's too much, leave it...stash it etc. If it weren't for being in with them 'or the main chick at the counter'...I'd not bought nor got a deal like I have. They technically could and do ..charge for every bolt, bracket, plate etc... but they don't for me. Some **** you can't take off till you get home and don't plan on using anyways. Getting stuck paying another 12 or 14 bucks for a 'stowaway throwaway' sucks even more than the prices.
 
Yeah, I get the same thing at the local PNP. I just bought a rear window for the truck, it was $25 but $41 out the door. Still not a bad price but their add-on fees are for the birds. Pay to get in, pay to get out, and pricing is all over the place. I've been charged $10 for a small piece of trim and then the next trip get the trim piece for free. I think they make up pricing as they go through the day on their acid trip of life.
 
Those junk yard guys are just like whores, they turn a trick and then they get paid.
 
and you buy a core support.... they charge for the horn that's bolted on, the radiator and the condenser... Hey that's all part of the core support.
or a door.. pay extra for the window, extra again for the wing window if equipped, extra for the motor or crank handle, extra for the interior door panel, it is getting stupid.
 
I agree completely! If it isn't half-off weekend, I'm not going. Besides, anything I'd be looking for would likely be gone anyway - soon to be on craigslist for 4x the PNP price.
 
1/2 off weekend is the worst about having to pay for every damn scrap or bolt that is connected to the part you went for.
 
Hey, I'm not cheap. I don't mind spending a few bucks to get the right stuff.
I love going to junkyards and finding a good used part for my projects. Our stuff has really thinned out but sometimes a classic car shows up.
I have noticed that some guys will look to later model cars and trucks for parts that they can modify to work on their old cars.
In 2001, I noticed that the front sway bar on my '70 Charger had similar contours to the one in my Chevy truck. I went to a "Pick-N-Pull" yard and got one from a 1 ton 2wd 73-1987 Chevy GMC truck.
With a little work, you get a 1 1/4" bar for a fraction of the cost of a new one. I've modified 5 or 6 of them since for Dusters, Darts, and a '71 Challenger.
Today I went to a PNP yard to grab another one.
Here is where I get annoyed.
For years, these clowns have added in an environmental fee to each sale.
They also have core charges for many parts.
The base price on the wall seems cheap but once you add in the core charges, environmental fees and state sales tax, the deal is no deal.
This is some stupid bullshit. Core charge.... like these idiots are really going to rebuild a sway bar. This is their way to screw customers out of a few more bucks. Yeah, they refund it when you bring one back but what the ****....If I HAD one, I wouldn't be buying one. They know that most people won't bring one back so they make extra money because of that. If they are just trying to offset what they lose in scrap value, why is it $10 for a fender? No fender is worth $10 in scrap, not even one from an Imperial.
The environmental fees is another bullshit pick-pocket move.
JUST set the prices and don't have any tack-on fees. The way they do it now, it looks like they are being petty and trying to shake down their customers.
That sway bar is listed at $25 but with all the fees, it came in at $41.50. **** that.

If more people actually told them "**** that" they'd probably get the message. When you hit a business in the wallet, things start changing.
 
A friends father had a wrecking yard back in the 50's.
He told me they charged for cores to make extra money plain and simple.
Scrapped or sold cores turned in
Great money maker.

This is no different than all the added charges from Copart.....

No used getting upset - just need to ask yourself if you need the part bad enough

Just like all businesses everybody's trying to make a buck
 
A friends father had a wrecking yard back in the 50's.
He told me they charged for cores to make extra money plain and simple.
Scrapped or sold cores turned in
Great money maker.

This is no different than all the added charges from Copart.....

No used getting upset - just need to ask yourself if you need the part bad enough

Just like all businesses everybody's trying to make a buck

Well yeah it is different. First off,all a scrap yard does with true rebuildable cores is scrap them. Secondly, like he said in his original post, you caint rebuild a sway bar anyway, so putting a core charge on something like that is just theft.

Parts stores need the core part to keep the chain of rebuilt parts going. Big difference.
 
I didn’t mind the core charge when I bought a door and fender...Having a place to dump the old door and fender and getting a little money back was a bonus. But I agree, the core charge is something they expect to keep.
 
A friends father had a wrecking yard back in the 50's.
He told me they charged for cores to make extra money plain and simple.
Scrapped or sold cores turned in
Great money maker.

This is no different than all the added charges from Copart.....

No used getting upset - just need to ask yourself if you need the part bad enough

Just like all businesses everybody's trying to make a buck
This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
Well yeah it is different. First off,all a scrap yard does with true rebuildable cores is scrap them. Secondly, like he said in his original post, you caint rebuild a sway bar anyway, so putting a core charge on something like that is just theft.

Parts stores need the core part to keep the chain of rebuilt parts going. Big difference.
The core charge is so they get their scrap back. You buy a rear end and return the old broken one back they get their scrap back. You just paid for the part. Core has nothing to do with rebuilding like a parts store does unless they sell those parts to rebuilders. No waste at scrap/salvage yards.
 
The core charge is so they get their scrap back. You buy a rear end and return the old broken one back they get their scrap back. You just paid for the part. Core has nothing to do with rebuilding like a parts store does unless they sell those parts to rebuilders. No waste at scrap/salvage yards.
Well it would not be as bad, if their core charge wasn't more than the value of said part as scrap
 
Hey, I'm not cheap. I don't mind spending a few bucks to get the right stuff.
I love going to junkyards and finding a good used part for my projects. Our stuff has really thinned out but sometimes a classic car shows up.
I have noticed that some guys will look to later model cars and trucks for parts that they can modify to work on their old cars.
In 2001, I noticed that the front sway bar on my '70 Charger had similar contours to the one in my Chevy truck. I went to a "Pick-N-Pull" yard and got one from a 1 ton 2wd 73-1987 Chevy GMC truck.
With a little work, you get a 1 1/4" bar for a fraction of the cost of a new one. I've modified 5 or 6 of them since for Dusters, Darts, and a '71 Challenger.
Today I went to a PNP yard to grab another one.
Here is where I get annoyed.
For years, these clowns have added in an environmental fee to each sale.
They also have core charges for many parts.
The base price on the wall seems cheap but once you add in the core charges, environmental fees and state sales tax, the deal is no deal.
This is some stupid bullshit. Core charge.... like these idiots are really going to rebuild a sway bar. This is their way to screw customers out of a few more bucks. Yeah, they refund it when you bring one back but what the ****....If I HAD one, I wouldn't be buying one. They know that most people won't bring one back so they make extra money because of that. If they are just trying to offset what they lose in scrap value, why is it $10 for a fender? No fender is worth $10 in scrap, not even one from an Imperial.
The environmental fees is another bullshit pick-pocket move.
JUST set the prices and don't have any tack-on fees. The way they do it now, it looks like they are being petty and trying to shake down their customers.
That sway bar is listed at $25 but with all the fees, it came in at $41.50. **** that.

So, you saved like $200+ versus buying a new sway bar, and you’re throwing a full on toddler tantrum over it?

And really, you’re complaining because you thought you were going to pay $25 and you paid $41.50? So, all this whining is about $16.50?

Yeah, you’re just cheap.
 
The core charge is so they get their scrap back. You buy a rear end and return the old broken one back they get their scrap back. You just paid for the part. Core has nothing to do with rebuilding like a parts store does unless they sell those parts to rebuilders. No waste at scrap/salvage yards.

Well if there's "no waste and scrap" why do they need my core?
 
So, you saved like $200+ versus buying a new sway bar, and you’re throwing a full on toddler tantrum over it?

And really, you’re complaining because you thought you were going to pay $25 and you paid $41.50? So, all this whining is about $16.50?

Yeah, you’re just cheap.

LOL
 
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