Scrappers: Back In The Yard BBC Two Tonight

[For Fiats Sake]

Although the price per tonne of scrap is low, shirley most money is made by the sale of parts off vehicles?

 

I paid £60 for a power steering motor, don't need to sell much at those prices to make a tidy profit!

 

Not watched the programme and looking at the "reviews" here I doubt I will.

[HH-R]

Fake tan expenditure tipped them over the edge, I reckon.

[noseypoke]

The cars that they scrap must go "thru the books" because of all the regs about documents for the car + the scrapping regulations (DVLC) but surely all the "spares" side is not going "thru the books"  (anyone can buy a Chit Book).Just in case any autoshite guys want to return fucked parts.

Last time I used a scrappy was for 4 plain wheel studs (non locking) for shite fucus,The guy delved his mitt into a bucket full,pulled out 4 rusty studs "£12.00 mate,take em or leave em?"

I took them as I had no choice at the time (shite was at home in the road on axle stands)

Bet that £12 went down well in the ale house that night! 

Used to be a great scrappy,the boss would say Yeah try over, there for whatever,you'd get what you wanted and extra switches etc (good pockets on thos Parker Jackets) take the part to him that you came in for ....and pay,and on the way home check out the little extras in your pockets.

The scrap firms nowadays you tell them at the counter and they pic the part themselves,if it's not on their shelves of tat.

Wonder if that scrappy in Burscough way is still going...that had cars stacked so high it resembled the New York Skyline!!

Probably all new house's there now...

[garbaldy]

/\ That first part is not entirely true though, I've had three taken now and I still have the log books,

[noseypoke]

/\ That first part is not entirely true though, I've had three taken now and I still have the log books,

Just goes to show,we've got ads in the local paper saying "we'll take it away and do all the paperwork,stay within the law" yet right above there's a big ad states "old and ugly or nice & new top prices paid "200-£10.000" no mention of any laws or paperwork??

[sierraman]

You'll never meet a rich scrap man, you'll only meet one that says he just scraping by. At least according to what they'll tell the HMRC.

[BavarianRetro]

Used to be a great scrappy,the boss would say Yeah try over, there for whatever,you'd get what you wanted and extra switches etc (good pockets on thos Parker Jackets) take the part to him that you came in for ....and pay,and on the way home check out the little extras in your pockets.

 

 

The scrap firms nowadays you tell them at the counter and they pic the part themselves,if it's not on their shelves of tat.

That'll because of the amount of thieving bastards helping themselves to switches and whatever else.

 

At the end of the day, the scrappy has to buy every single piece in the yard, why should people feel it's OK just to take what they want and not mention it?

 

It's theft.

 

You'll go to Morrison's, buy the milk and coffee and stick the biscuits in your pocket will you?

 

How do you justify plain theft?

[cort16]

No but I used to eat some of the pick n mix in Woolworths

[omegod]

It's probably possible to exist as a scrappie by just selling parts via the net, my paranoia would kill me if I thought people were nicking stuff. That said at one of the yards I go to it's the only way of getting anywhere near value for money given the mental prices he asks for shite parts  

[fatharris]

Going on a hunch here - is this the sort sort of genre as those "Storage hunters" and "Pawn stars" shows?

[JohnDeere]

An awful lot of 2003-05 Peugeots and Renaults meeting an early grave.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

This looks bollocks

[sierraman]

Thing is, you get caught pinching stuff from the scrapyard and you run the risk of a good hiding. They're usually a bit tougher than your average primary school teacher...

[HH-R]

This looks bollocks

On the shite scale it's above TOWIE and Downton Abbey, OK for killing half an hour but not something you'd put off plans to watch.

[ruffgeezer]

I must admit, we used to change "pocket tax" at the scrappy I worked at, allow a reasonable percentage over asking to cover anything that might be walking out of the gate.

[sierraman]

Gearbox tucked up your shirt or a propshaft hid in your hat...

[Guest bangerfan101]

Took the propshaft down your pants if you ever visit wellbourns in Barnsley. The girl that does part worns is fit as

[Robson3022]

Watched 10 mins and turned it off 😴😴😴😴😴

[UmBongo]

That job interview...

 

'Spanners?'

 

'No, I'm Italian!'

 

 

Also, the fat ugly burd in the office talking about giving the 'fit one t' job'.

 

Why is it always the fat ugly ones who say this kind of thing?

[trigger]

I like the way the father and son both have matching new high spec Mercs, you can really tell they are struggling. My heart bleeds for them.

[Pillock]

Last series he had a Hyundai or summat, looked like it was a scrapper that was still running so he took it home.

 

Now he's got an AMG Merc, his lad has a Merc, and his wife has a typically garish Range Rover. And they have a house filled with expensive pointless crap like a miniature open fire in the middle of a table.

 

I'd tap the fat lass in the office though.

 

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[trigger]

You can have her, I'll have the daughter.

[MikeKnight]

Could not stand more than one episode. Surprised I even sat through that, though I did have another window open at the time looking through forums so that probably explains it.

 

They only seem to employ scumbag morons, further pushing the public image that anyone who "spanners" a car must have clearly failed at school and is unworthy of an office job. Shit like this makes my blood boil.

[andrew e]

Absolute shite. I will never get that half hour back.

[Matt]

Also, the fat ugly burd in the office talking about giving the 'fit one t' job'.

 

Reverse the genders and the beeb would be bending over backwards to appease the feminist columns.

[laser wheels]

You'll never meet a rich scrap man, you'll only meet one that says he just scraping by. At least according to what they'll tell the HMRC.

 

As an employee of HMRC I can also confirm that I have never met a single taxi driver who earns more than £6000 a year. Aye, mate, chinny reckon...

[taxi paul]

Has a former taxi driver I would agree. To be fair though I know a few who had to pay £15,000 tax bills due to using some dopey chap to do the accounts for them because to qoute " I only pay £100.00 to get my books done, your an idiot for paying £350.00 to a proper accountant" . Yes I am , but I haven't got a huge tax bill have I ? I once knew a driver who put one amount on his tax return and a different amount on his tax credit application. He was then amazed when the inland revenue wanted a word with him.

[UmBongo]

That wife of his is quite sexy in a fake tan, smoker's laugh, munchkin kind of way.

[Bren]

Watched this the first time round, I thought it would be mildly interesting about the car scrap trade but it doesn't teach you anything. Its just a fly on the wall watching some knobs messing about, while the TV producers look for cliff hangers, there aren't any though.

 

Like The One Show, this is just filling airtime.

Yes but I spend half an hour slavvering over the gorgeous Alex Jones.

[overrun]

That wife of his is quite sexy in a fake tan, smoker's laugh, munchkin kind of way.

 

"Terreh, am gunna be fifteh!"

 

Is it wrong that I want the cafe to burn down?