Our two promises
We will beat a junkyard quote, and the number will not move
Two commitments, and one question we want you to ask every buyer you call,
including us.
1
Bring us the junkyard’s number and we will beat it
Show us a written quote from a junkyard or scrap yard on the same vehicle and we will
beat it. Not match it. Beat it.
That is not a stunt, it is arithmetic. A yard prices your car by what it weighs. We
price it by what it is: year, make, model, trim, mileage, and where the damage sits. On
anything late-model those two numbers are not close. A 2016 Sonata was quoted $475 as
scrap. We paid $1,350.
2
The price we quote is the price you are paid
Your offer is issued in writing before a truck is dispatched. It does not change when
the driver arrives, it does not get revised once the car is on the deck, and there is no
discovery of a problem on pickup day that costs you a few hundred.
The only thing that can move the number is discovering the vehicle is materially
different from how you described it. Describe it honestly and the number you accepted is
the number you are handed.
Ask every buyer this before you accept
“Will this price change when the driver gets here?”
Ask us. Then ask everyone else you call, and listen closely to the answer. A buyer who
will not commit to the number on the phone has told you what happens next. The most common
complaint we hear from sellers is not that an offer was low. It is that the offer was
lowered in the driveway, after the car was already loaded and saying no had become
difficult.
What counts, so you know before you call.
- The quote is in writing. A number someone said on the phone is not something either of us can hold the other to.
- It is for the same vehicle, in the condition it is in now. Not a similar year and model, and not the car before the damage.
- It is from a junkyard, scrap yard or parts yard. This is a comparison against weight-based pricing, which is the thing we are saying we beat.
- You show it to us before you accept our offer. Once a number is accepted, that is the number we pay, which is the other promise on this page.
The one exception, said up front. On a very old, high-mileage shell,
scrap weight may genuinely be close to what the vehicle is worth, and there may be little
room to beat. If that is your car, we will tell you on the phone rather than waste your
afternoon. We would rather lose the sale than talk you into a bad one.