Re: The stupidest thing I've seen today -an open thread
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:59 pm
Yup, plus the environmental fee, then tax, and yes, they do charge enviro-fees and tax on the core fees too (a fee on a fee, a tax on the fee and a tax on the fee's fee. Whatever).
I recently took in a junked (and very disassembled) Toyota 22R block (and 22RE head) for the core fee on the L67 3800 SC I just bought for my Yellow Indy. I had most of a 3X00 starter, a random alternator and an A/C compressor from a something-or-other (a co-worker donated the engine, head, A/C compressor and alternator so I didn't need to give up my GTU's original 2.. They don't care, they just need SOMETHING back. I got over $80 for the effort -it was worth it! A few years ago, I pulled a complete 2.4 Twin Cam, and brought back a bare block (I mean BARE -I even took out the oil-passage plugs -I took everything that unscrewed from the old block, except for the toasted crank). Even without the pistons, rods, or head, they still gave me full core credit. I turned around and sold-off about half of the extra parts for about as much as I paid for the whole engine.
Another scam they pull is their "engine, complete with accessories". Accessories, as anyone in any part of the industry or anyone who has done any significant work to their own car can attest to, are things like the alternator, A/C compressor, P/S pump, usually even the starter although that is not technically driven by the accessory drive belt(s). At places like 'pick-n-pull', that complete engine you are buying for $180 does NOT include those accessories, despite specifically being called "engine, complete with accessories"! WTF? You want those things, pay the extra $10 each... Total scam. Does that make it a bad deal, or a bad price? Not necessarily, but it does make it dishonest, and a bad deal by principal. Yeah, I still shop there though. I just usually try to go on the half-price days...
I recently took in a junked (and very disassembled) Toyota 22R block (and 22RE head) for the core fee on the L67 3800 SC I just bought for my Yellow Indy. I had most of a 3X00 starter, a random alternator and an A/C compressor from a something-or-other (a co-worker donated the engine, head, A/C compressor and alternator so I didn't need to give up my GTU's original 2.. They don't care, they just need SOMETHING back. I got over $80 for the effort -it was worth it! A few years ago, I pulled a complete 2.4 Twin Cam, and brought back a bare block (I mean BARE -I even took out the oil-passage plugs -I took everything that unscrewed from the old block, except for the toasted crank). Even without the pistons, rods, or head, they still gave me full core credit. I turned around and sold-off about half of the extra parts for about as much as I paid for the whole engine.
Another scam they pull is their "engine, complete with accessories". Accessories, as anyone in any part of the industry or anyone who has done any significant work to their own car can attest to, are things like the alternator, A/C compressor, P/S pump, usually even the starter although that is not technically driven by the accessory drive belt(s). At places like 'pick-n-pull', that complete engine you are buying for $180 does NOT include those accessories, despite specifically being called "engine, complete with accessories"! WTF? You want those things, pay the extra $10 each... Total scam. Does that make it a bad deal, or a bad price? Not necessarily, but it does make it dishonest, and a bad deal by principal. Yeah, I still shop there though. I just usually try to go on the half-price days...