Use of advertisements: There are many sellers who advertise in local newspapers for selling gold. There may be people who wish to sell precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum to pay off their debts. Since such sellers may be in urgent need of cash, you may be able to strike a profitable deal. However, you will need to identify sellers who appear genuine, as you may not be able to differentiate between pure gold and gold alloy.

There are two main types of buyers in the gold-buying industry. First, there are brokers. They buy gold jewelry and scrap gold from consumers, and sell these items further up the food chain. Brokers make money by selling the items at a higher price than they paid.

Before you get down to finding a scrap yard, there are things you must do to ensure that you squeeze out the last bit of profit you can make out of your scrap car. After all, why let some one else profit out of your car, if there is any money in the car it is only fair that you should make it. Scrap car yards have no requirement for anything that is not metal, they want only metal and anything else will only bring down the money you make out of it. So before you send your car over to the yard you should dismantle it and remove everything that is not metal. And, while you’re at it you should also remove those parts that you think you could sell through ebay.

If a particular junkyard does not happen to have the part you are looking for that day, they can make a search through a computer network especially for donate junk car and locate that part in seconds.

Most people will end up at their local dealership, ordering parts from them. That is of course, after the smelling salts kick in from passing out when shown the cost. It isn’t cheap to buy parts from any car dealership, let alone, Mercedes dealership. There are better places to buy your parts that will not send you into sticker shock.

Work out deals with your local scrap yards in advance. The spot price for metal is generally the best price you can get with a large homogenous quantity of some metal. You’ll likely be bringing in many different types of metals and the quantities may be limited to what you find or what you can haul. Work out a deal where the yard gives you a good price in exchange for consistent influx of scrap metal.

Eighteen karat gold pieces make up the majority of quality pieces, and may also be marked 750 parts per thousand. You’ll find twenty-two karat gold mostly in pieces from Asia and the Middle East. It’s very yellow and soft. At the top of the list is twenty-four karat gold, the softest and purest available.

This is great for homeowners who want to upgrade to modern chrome radiators. There is a market for their cast iron radiators from people who make a living out of refurbishing and restoring these fixtures. You can still get something out of your old radiator and put that towards buying your new radiator.

Fortunately enough there are a few tell-tale pointers that can give some degree of assurance that if you take that salvage car home with you, it is not going to disappoint you.

What about dented cans? Usually a small dent is not a concern. The only dents that concern the USDA, who regulates these stores, are dents of the seals on the top of a can or on a side seam. I have eaten many of these cans of, not allowed to be sold food. I have had only one can I opened that was bad. I have occasionally thrown away a couple cans that were bulging as we sorted through a load of groceries.