Approaching Scrappers

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Tue Oct 19 14:12:05 1999

>on them, but to no avail. They have bigger fish to fry
>(like aircraft fuselage assembly jigs, for example).

Man I am really suffering from rejection. One of the salvage joints I like
just made the back room closed to everybody including me. Bigger fish to
fry, insurance, theft, etc. and now nobody can look in the boxes. I'm
getting a bit shaky already, and the withdrawal hasn't even hit strong yet.
I gotta find a new yard to poke in soon, or who knows what could happen (I
might fix the upstairs toilet or something crazy).

Maybe my point is approach with caution. Like it or not, you aren't the
thing that pays the bills at the end of the month. They may like that cash
once in awhile, but don't do ANYTHING to disturb the main money flow. Help
out if you can and the person wants it, ie sort out a box of cables etc.

Nothing gets you in tighter with a scrapper than giving them leads. Give
them a contact that pans out with a contract, or even a one time deal, and
they may even answer your phone calls.
Received on Tue Oct 19 1999 - 14:12:05 BST