One special warning: the growth of the counterfeit parts industry is causing fits for retailers and consumers. If you suspect that you have purchased a bogus part, return it to the retailer for a full return. One more good reason to learn what a company’s return policy is before you do business with them.
A.M. I did it with perseverance and persistence. I wanted to create a better life for me and my family and show other young men that whatever you set your mind to, you can achieve.
Before you take all of your items to the scrap yard, you should call first and make sure they will accept what you have. It can be very aggravating if you leave the scrap yard with half of what you brought. You should also follow proper procedure when dealing with hazardous materials. Cutting yourself on a rusty piece of metal can cause serious damage. You never know what kind of scrap will contain harmful material and you should always handle items that you think are hazardous properly. Being in the scrap metal injury will increase your chance of an accident. It is very important to be careful and know what type of scrap metal has what kind of materials in it and if they cause a risk for injury or harm to the environment.
Frankly, when I got back to Utah, I set it on a shelf for a couple of weeks before doing anything with it. I thought it probably had some metals, mostly silver, and wasn’t worth much, so no hurry! I finally took it to my refiner and asked him to melt it and get an assay. Final score: dirt – 40%; metals – 60%. The metals were silver and gold. The gold ran almost 18K (75% pure gold) and the jar yielded almost a pound of pure gold!
You may wonder what I am talking about, well it is a Mercedes Benz car. Whatever happens around the car industry, Mercedes Benz is a car that is among the top range makes. Even if this type of car is very old, you will always trust its reliability. If you decide to visit a Mercedes junkyard parts showroom, yes you read it well, Mercedes are there any junkyards near me parts showroom, you will be surprised to find countless sound parts there too.
Another option is to purchase auto parts via the bidding process held by auto parts auctions. Auctions are best known for great bargains. For one is the price control. You pay what you think the part is worth. The downside is the time it can take to for the auction to end. There are different types of auctions and many have the “Buy It Now” option to speed up the process.
They say that a car starts losing its value the minute you drive it off the lot. Well if that’s true, then that old thing in your driveway, yard, or garage (or wherever else you’re hiding it from angry neighbors) is probably in the negative numbers by now. Just kidding, it does have a little value, but not as much as some people try and trump it to be.