Especially for older cars or antique vehicles being restored, used car parts may very well be the only answer to your parts needs. You may not find any auto supply outlet with access to car parts for a ’49 Studebaker pickup or a ’32 Ford, but you may very well find salvage yards with cars that are being sold for parts.
Prior to contacting a 2003 saturn vue do an inventory, if possible make a list of the working parts. Make sure you have listed the make, model and year as well as mileage. Other things such as wear and tear on tires and items that have recently been purchased will help you define the value.
Many buyers will also be happy to send a postage-paid kit to your home in which you can mail your items. The kit will be have a tracking code and be insured through the post office up to a predefined dollar amount.
Traditionally, salvage companies offer you $ 200 or less for your car and even tow it from your house to the yard. However, if you feel the car has mint parts, you can evaluate them by asking a mechanic or a car buff for guidance. Further, you can check out the online NADA guide which gives you details of a cars worth based on its make, model and manufacture year etc.
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Most gold brokers use the pennyweight scale to place a value on your scrap gold. The pennyweight scale can be quite confusing to someone that has never been exposed to it and there are a number of ways it can be manipulated in the buyer’s best interest. You will always get a better idea of what your scrap gold is worth at the retail level if your gold is measured and valued in the gram scale. Unfortunately most people don’t have a concept of what a gram of gold is and without a working knowledge of the gram it’s easy to underestimate it’s value. Recently a gram of gold was worth $32.00. Some speculators believe this is just the beginning of a surge in the price of gold and it will be worth even more soon.
The Penny Bid. While you may not actually be able to bid one penny at a time, the idea behind this strategy is to bid the minimum increment very quickly after your opponent bids. After a few times, your opponent may just give up, thinking that no matter what he or she bids, you will always top her. At the very least you may push the price past your opponents limit this way. Beware. I have actually had people that I was bidding against this way, come up and give me an earful for my “poor sportsmanship”. People hate to lose and they hate to lose even more when it’s only by a few cents.