{"id":466,"date":"2009-09-16T00:13:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T04:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=466"},"modified":"2013-12-13T08:11:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T13:11:39","slug":"million-dollars-for-junk-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/million-dollars-for-junk-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"1 million dollars for a junk car!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I admit that my title is misleading. I wasn’t offered a million dollars for junking my car today, but relative to its cash value what one company did offer me seemed like almost that much.<\/p>\n

I want to junk my Chrysler LeBaron 1992 auto, or sell it. Several junkyards including reputable places I’ve dealt with in the past offered me modest amounts of money – GI Salvage in Pine Brook, NJ will pay nothing if they come to tow it, Deb & Dot in North Bergen will pay $75 if they tow it or $125 if I drive it over there. A nice guy in Newark offered me $100 guaranteed and up to $150 if original catlytic converter and other features are present.<\/p>\n

One Clifton company offered me $50 and a guy who found me through the Craigslist ad I posted to sell the car offered me $100. Then there was the doozy.<\/p>\n

Then I called 888-899-5185 and a lady told me that she could buy my car for $50-$75. Or, if I wanted to donate it I would get<\/p>\n

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  1. $500 gas card<\/li>\n
  2. $1000 tax deduction<\/li>\n
  3. $1000 in supermarket certificates, and<\/li>\n
  4. A 3-day free stay at a hotel which I could select from a list of many locations located across the nation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Did I want to book my 3-day stay?<\/p>\n

    The lady asked me this about 4 times – she seemed so interested in booking the free vacation for me I immediately concluded she’d get a nice sales commission if I booked that trip.<\/p>\n

    I replied, “No, I don’t want to go to any hotel. And I’m not listening to any sales pitch to buy a time share either.” Because that is what this is all about. I’ve heard these offers before and they interest me not a little bit. People often have to pay what may be hefty travel expenses to get to one of these “free” vacation spots, and while installed there (and a captive audience) the place’s sales team takes up half of your promised vacation time attempting to harass you into purchasing one of their time share programs. <\/p>\n

    The booking lady seemed a lot less interested in talking to me after I disclosed my stand on listening to time share sales pitches. I had a question of my own to ask, though. I wanted to know where I could get verification of the other offers she had cited. I was told me to visit THElibraryproject.org<\/a> on the internet and, “get more information there.” I asked if the website had “the” at the beginning or was just libraryproject.org and was told it was definitely THElibraryproject.org.<\/p>\n

    It turns out that there is no website THElibraryproject.org (no surprise there). There is a libraryproject.org<\/a> website. I visited but couldn’t figure out what they do exactly. There certainly wasn’t any visible information on the site about giving $1500 worth of gas cards and supermarket certificates in exchange for the donation of a junk car.<\/p>\n

    I hope somebody buys my car so I don’t have to junk it. It’s a nice looking little thing – white – with excellent suspension, good tires, a new starter, and its been well maintained. Although it does have a bad transmission. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I admit that my title is misleading. I wasn’t offered a million dollars for junking my car today, but relative to its cash value what one company did offer me seemed like almost that much. I want to junk my Chrysler LeBaron 1992 auto, or sell it. Several junkyards including reputable places I’ve dealt with … <\/p>\n

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