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Location: Brisbane
Registered: May 2004
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Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Sat, 23 July 2005 23:01
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Hi
I know in Melbourne & Sydney they have wreckers that you pay an amount for what ever you can carry, and I want to know if anyone knows a wrecker here in Brisbane that does this sort of deal.
I havent seen or heard of this deal in Brisbane and this way it will save us a lot if we are planning to buy expensive parts that we are able to carry in one go.
Cheers
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I supported Toymods
Location: Epping, Sydney
Registered: May 2002
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Re: Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Sat, 23 July 2005 23:02
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where is this place in sydney?!?!
and filling your pockets at PNPL doesn't count
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I Supported Toymods
Location: Lwr Templestowe, Melbourne
Registered: August 2004
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Re: Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Sat, 23 July 2005 23:06
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draven wrote on Sun, 24 July 2005 09:02 |
and filling your pockets at PNPL doesn't count
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Location: Brisbane, QLD
Registered: February 2003
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Re: Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Sat, 23 July 2005 23:09
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draven wrote on Sun, 24 July 2005 09:02 |
and filling your pockets at PNPL doesn't count
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Friend of mine always tops his pockets up, has a semi false bottom to his tool box that aquires some goodies and usually has a few soft lines\cables rolled up and stuffed down his socks. The bloke is a horder extreme.
I havnt been to the wreckers with him in a couple of years, but it wouldnt surprise me if he's started taping gearboxes under his shirt
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I Supported Toymods
Location: Casula
Registered: January 2005
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Re: Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Sat, 23 July 2005 23:12
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I'd like to know where in Sydney they do this.
I have some big strong mates that could carry a lot.
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I supported Toymods
Location: Epping, Sydney
Registered: May 2002
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Re: Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Sun, 24 July 2005 01:59
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the way I figure it, I'm getting my $2 entry worth. all I ever take is annoying little screws, grommits, and occasionaly pissy trim piece, wire, or hose.
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Location: new castle
Registered: July 2005
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Re: Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Sun, 24 July 2005 03:26
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my mate knows of the address for the place in sydney i'll get it for you's when i go see him today... but yeah its all catagorised aswell so you dont spend half a day piss farting around looking for the car you want.
not sure about how much it actually cost's
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Registered: November 2003
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Re: Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Sun, 24 July 2005 03:53
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There is a subtle difference and a bit of a game between the "five finger discount" method of harvesting bit no one else recognises as being worth "anything"..I have been at the $2 shop when a person has been detected massively overstepping the mark...it was very loud,very rude and overall not pretty...crying mum and kids as dad was hauled off in the wagon..they call the cops..This was when they had roaming security guards to stop the drug dealing..so maybe thats what it was about - not sure.
My experience there is that in many cases they knowingly let a lot pass and most often the phrase on the little bits you do offer up is 'get you next time'...this makes for good customer relations...which I think they have...there have been a very very few times in the past years where I have not been prepared to pay what is asked ..because I feel I have just about always been treated fairly...which in a wrecking yard can be rare..I have only felt ripped of once..and hey I could have said no..
I did go to $5 an item yard closing at Campbelltown a couple of years ago..Still got most of it..
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Location: Brisbane, QLD
Registered: February 2003
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Re: Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Sun, 24 July 2005 09:08
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draven wrote on Sun, 24 July 2005 11:59 | the way I figure it, I'm getting my $2 entry worth. all I ever take is annoying little screws, grommits, and occasionaly pissy trim piece, wire, or hose.
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they make you pay to go in the wrecking yard?
how rude!
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Registered: November 2003
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Re: Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Sun, 24 July 2005 09:29
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Its good value...wander around as the jam packed 20 acres as long as you like..lots of checking and test fitting and comparison/measurements ..trial and error and "finding" things,
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Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Aust...
Registered: September 2004
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Re: Brisbane Wreckers - All you can carry deal exist?
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Mon, 25 July 2005 08:34
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I drive to the Pick-a-Part in Melbourne just to browse. At $2 entry it's cheap entertainment.
Sometimes they have really odd/rare cars in there. Saw a sixties Skoda 1000MB last time I went. Crap car, but very rare.
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