I'd like nothing better than to be selling all late model, newer used appliances. But one of my main sources is a new appliance dealer, who also sells used. What I get is what they don't want. Such as anything GE, or most of the older items, including belt drive WP's, GE FF's, and older Maytag's, harvest gold refrigerators, etc.
My customers are mostly low income, or landlords. A landlord will take a BD Kenmore, because I sell it cheap, usually $75.00 or less. And I'll give a 30 day guarantee. If a BD comes in and doesn't work, or needs something major, they get scrapped. But probably 75% of them need nothing but a cleanup.
The high price of scrap has eliminated a lot of my pickups in alley's, curbsides, etc. It's getting harder to find good ones to rehab and sell. That, and the fact that everyone thinks they can sell used appliances out of their garage. They'll make a deal with a Lowes store, to take everything that comes in, not realizing that a good Lowes can generate 20 or more trade in's a week. Pretty soon the stuff starts backing up at Lowes,because the garage dealer can't keep up, or can't sell that many. So Lowes gets ticked, and bring in a dumpster, and NO ONE get's them but the scrapyard.
I have no problem with the way Runematic runs his business, it obviously must be working for him. Like he says, you can't keep them all. I have a storage building that has some things I've been saving that should be scrapped. Cost's me $75.00 a month to store them.
stepping down from my soapbox.....
kennyGF
