Originally Posted by
Fummins
The Canadian cash for clunkers program wasn't as good of a deal as the US one. We got $300 off a new car, a bus pass or a rebate on a bicycle or something else not worth flogging a $1000 car for. Car was then sold to wreckers for $25-300 at random, they'd just fire off bills of sale via fax or email and we'd go pick up vehicles from dealerships around the city or sometimes from people's residences if they didn't trade in their vehicle. The wreckers weren't allowed to sell drivetrain components...But nobody checked up on that, there was no way to know anyways. Couldn't resell the vehicles either....But the vin's weren't being flagged(deemed non-repairable) so yeah. Nobody followed the rules, drivetrain parts were sold, and entire vehicles got resold too lol.
There was a similar program that ran for a couple of years for old lawnmowers. The home depot near my old work called up and asked if we'd pick up the traded-in stuff and scrap it. SURE! Picked up truckloads of lawnmowers, weed whackers, hedge trimmers, and even a bunch of chainsaws! We got most of the stuff running and everyone at work ended up with upgraded lawn equipment lol Most of the stuff traded in was fairly new. Customers would walk out to the tire rack at work and come back in the office pushing a lawnmower asking how much...So a lot of those got sold.
Big gobment at its best ... sadly, that is about as good as it gets. It does get worse.
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