Definitely... At the dealership we also sell, or try to sell old clunkers. Usually crap cars that still have at least half a year, before needing an inspection.
These cars are usually bought by university students, or poor immigrants.
But occasionally we get stuck with a junker that needs an inspection (it won't pass) and nobody wants to buy it, so as a business we need to pay to have the car removed and taken to the scrapyard. But because I like money, I take the battery out and the catalytic converter.
A decent cat sells for anything between 50 and 200 bucks. And I collect about 10-20 batteries, before I go and turn them in at the recycling depot for a few more Euros.
I split the profits with one of my mechanics who does the actual work and we buy a case of beer for every car to keep the other mechanics quiet.
I dont really drive much, whenever I need a car battery I take the old one down to the machine shop and trade it for one that somebody got replaced because it was old but still works. They don't care cause they're just turning them in for the core deposit anyway and it doesn't matter if the battery works.
Couple months back I found like 10 car batteries in somebodys dumpster of a house that tore down their garage. Made like $120 bucks. If you buy a battery from a lot of chain stores it's got a $5 core deposit but the scrap yard will give you $12-$14 for it.
IIN that I save computers or laptops people throw away?
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Definitely... At the dealership we also sell, or try to sell old clunkers. Usually crap cars that still have at least half a year, before needing an inspection.
These cars are usually bought by university students, or poor immigrants.
But occasionally we get stuck with a junker that needs an inspection (it won't pass) and nobody wants to buy it, so as a business we need to pay to have the car removed and taken to the scrapyard. But because I like money, I take the battery out and the catalytic converter.
A decent cat sells for anything between 50 and 200 bucks. And I collect about 10-20 batteries, before I go and turn them in at the recycling depot for a few more Euros.
I split the profits with one of my mechanics who does the actual work and we buy a case of beer for every car to keep the other mechanics quiet.
Extra spending money is always welcome.
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I dont really drive much, whenever I need a car battery I take the old one down to the machine shop and trade it for one that somebody got replaced because it was old but still works. They don't care cause they're just turning them in for the core deposit anyway and it doesn't matter if the battery works.
Couple months back I found like 10 car batteries in somebodys dumpster of a house that tore down their garage. Made like $120 bucks. If you buy a battery from a lot of chain stores it's got a $5 core deposit but the scrap yard will give you $12-$14 for it.