Anyone else ever been banned from a salvage yard?

Discussion in 'Junkyard Jewels' started by dualqwad, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. dualqwad

    dualqwad ...just another lost soul

    In spite of the rainstorm that was about to begin, I was all set to field strip a certain previously mentioned '64 Special skylighted sedan last Friday morning. I was in the local self-serve yard the previous afternoon and watched them set it on the stands just before closing time. Perfect timing, huh?

    Well that didn't matter, as you will soon discover. There is supposedly a "rain-day" 25% discount special at that particular yard, and all of their other locations. It is not prominently mentioned on any of the yard signs and even though I had been there countless times for the past 20-something years, I did not have any knowledge of it until I read it that morning on their website. There it reads, basically, 'if it is raining when you enter the sale is on...' and 'Call your nearest location ahead of time...'

    I called and the voice on the other end says; "Yes, the rain-day sale is going on today."

    I said thank you and hung up. Then I grabbed my rain gear, met up with my brother, who had the day off. Soon we were tearing into that Buick like a couple of chop-shop pros despite getting my tool bag soaking wet.

    We decided that since the rain took a break around noon that we should do the same to get some lunch then return for round #2. We gathered up my tools plus a shopping cart full of the stuff we had yanked, made a detour to grab the things I had stashed the day before, and headed for the cashier's window.

    We run down the list of things, item by item and the cashier seems unaware that this should be "rain-day" pricing so I question her about it.
    "well. sir, it is not raining now." was her reply. :shock:
    "I called before I came and was told that the sale would be on all day." I said. :rant:
    This time, "I never said that." came out of her mouth. :Dou:
    "Well then," I replied, "It was not you I talked to then, was it?"
    Sounding completely indifferent, she now tells us those are the prices; take it or leave it.
    Now I have to give my brother the credit that he deserves for the following pearl of wisdom: "We can just stand here and wait until it starts raining again" he said. :laugh:

    By now there is a small crowd of others lining up behind us, standing in front of the only open cashier's window. Just as I turned around and noticed all of them, another voice was heard from inside the office. It shouted "JUST GIVE THEM THE D@&# DISCOUNT!"

    Problem solved? Not exactly...

    Before we can pass through the exit, here comes Mr. Outsourced Security Guard who assumes command, thinking that he was in charge, and begins a loud tirade of nonsense about yard policy that culminated with him accusing us of trying to steal the items that the cashier had missed. We offered to head back and pay for those, at the "rain-day" price but we were told "NO, you are not." and he began tossing those thing out of our cart and onto the ground. When he was all through he told us "You need to bring your car over here because I am not letting YOU take the cart out of the yard, YOU are liable to take it with you."

    So I did just as Officer Fife(?) had instructed me and the scene was too funny to describe in words. There is our Hearse parked right where he wanted it": right in front of the entrance/exit of the place, blocking passage for all in the process as we load up our stuff. :TU:

    Following his instructions completely only resulted in getting him even more worked up. He came around to our side to inform me that I would no longer be allowed to enter the yard and the police would get called out if I were to ever try again.

    I laughed pretty good at that and then asked him, "Who do you think the management will side with here when they get my complaint about you and how I was treated, some contractor's $7.50 per hour employee or the customer with the sizable long term spending history?" I followed that with, "I wouldn't be surprised if you get reassigned next week to somewhere else so I will never ever have to see your face any time I walk in here again." and then, "Game on, SCHMUCK, you just messed with the wrong guys!" :bla:

    He then turned and told my brother never to come back, too. His reply was perfect; "I've never even been in here before and I wouldn't come back if you begged me to, so F@@k Y## CLOWN! :moonu:

    Too bad I did not save a copy of the complaint message that I composed before sending it off to the Director of Personnel. It is currently under review, according to a reply from his assistant. :bglasses:
     
  2. whamo

    whamo 454 71 skylark custom

    They have rent a cops instead of junk yard dogs now?
     
  3. Prophet

    Prophet Well-Known Member

    Apparently the rent a cops panties were on too tight that day. Serious power play going on there.:Dou:
     
  4. K0K0

    K0K0 Jamie

    I like your brothers coments made me laugh
     
  5. D-Con

    D-Con Kills Rats and Mice

    Let's face it, most junkyards get employees that the 7-11 passed up.
     
  6. Rivman

    Rivman Senior Ottawa Buick Guy

    Nothing worse than getting barred from the yard ! :Dou: :shock: :laugh: :TU:
     
  7. nailheadina67

    nailheadina67 Official Nailheader

    Many of the yards around me don't even allow you to pull your own parts, although a few do. Usually those are the yards that have nothing but real crap to pick from, very few good parts left. I've never heard of a "rainy day discount" around her either. I've pulled parts in the dead of winter and the cheap sob's wouldn't even offer me a hot cup of cofee! That discount deal sounds interesting to me though.....good day to go hunting for a posi! :Brow:
     
  8. Dale

    Dale Sweepspear

    I wish there were still some local yards around here to get banned from.
    :ball:


    As if they will remember your faces, and that they banned you.
     
  9. Fullsize4speed

    Fullsize4speed Well-Known Member

    Never been banned from a salvage yard, but I did get kicked out of a Denny's once. How in the heck do you get kicked out of a Dennys?!?

    Obviously Officer Salvage just got done bouncing at Chucky Cheese, and still felt like pushing someone around. When the mgt. sees your lengthy purchasing record, I am sure the lifetime ban will be overturned. Did he come after you on his own accord or from a directive from the cashier? It is cool you stuck to your guns, though, because they said it was a rain day sale, so that means it is a rain day sale. Next time when it is a rain day sale (when you are allowed back in, that is), just get it in writing from the cashier before you go pull the goods, so when you go to pay and she suddenly forgets, you give her the note.
     
  10. 65specialconver

    65specialconver kennedy-bell MIA

    hey wait a second,i worked in one for 5 years and learned quite a bit....i think:pp
     
  11. 68GS400Conv

    68GS400Conv Hunting for parts

    Yeah that stinks. It is bad enough you guys laid around and tromped through the mud for the parts and then to have the cashier play a game with you. Maybe she thinks she gets a cut for making quota before noon! LOL
     
  12. staged70

    staged70 RIP

    In my experience most salvage owners are a holes. They hardly ever leave anything worth keeping on a car. I routinely see their workers dismanteling a car and they shove a crow bar into the dash and yank it to see if they can find anything of value because one day someone found cash or someother valuable down there . When you desperately need a good black a/c dash for your GS and they have 5 in there that have been destroyed it makes you wonder. Oh yeah the guys that own most of the u pick parts type yards here use Ebay for their good stuff now.
     
  13. Dale

    Dale Sweepspear

    There are also some customers of U-pull it yards that will destroy everything in their way when getting to a part!
     
  14. bobuick

    bobuick Well-Known Member

    EBay has changed a lot of the used parts biz. I remember when I could actually buy good parts at a swap meet for reasonable bucks. Now, you always have to contend with "the EBay price" when you go to swap meets. Actually, EBay has pretty much killed the swap meets out here in Northern CA. I'd complain, but I used EBay a lot anymore buying and selling.
     
  15. Electrajim

    Electrajim Just another Jim

    I recommend taking names when you get unique info over the phone.
    Dropping a name can usually get some accountability for empty promises made.

    I've seen JY owners/workers arguing with customers before. I think it was over price.

    I think their attitudes are from too much exposure to the elements, chemicals, and ding-bat customers that have nothing to do all day.

    ElectraJim

    P.S. Hi John & Terry
     
  16. GSXMEN

    GSXMEN Got Jesus?

    Robert - Only in SoCal could they have such a thing as a 'rainy day discount'!!:laugh:

    Regular day at the 'office' out here.

    What happens if you get snow??
     
  17. bobc455

    bobc455 Well-Known Member

    Wait. This sure sounds like you were caught taking parts that you didn't pay for. Why shouldn't he have called the police? Stealing parts is not cool. If I was working there, I would have banned you only after I called the cops to have you arrested.

    -BC
     
  18. D-Con

    D-Con Kills Rats and Mice

    Yeah I did for a while when I was in college, and got to be pretty good friends with the owner. But most of the employees funneling through there...:rolleyes:
     
  19. joy51872

    joy51872 Well-Known Member

    I wish my husband would get banned from all of them :laugh:
     
  20. Dale

    Dale Sweepspear

    At my old favorite yard Anoka Auto Wrecking, were a bank now sits, if they caught someone stealing you would see the perpetrator out picking weeds and trash wearing a bright vest that said "I am a thief!"

    I always assumed they gave the accused the choice between doing this, or having the police get involved.
     

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