My experience in Phoenix is somewhere between the California/Deep South extremes, though it's been a while since I've looked for Vanagon parts in a wrecking yard.  Usually walk in, find what I need, and either pull the parts myself or ask them to pull them for me and come back a while later. 

I've always shown them the odd widgets I've taken (collateral damage?), and never been charged more than a couple bucks. Usually get a "Thanks for showing us" type of response. 

Karl Wolz
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> On Mar 7, 2014, at 8:38 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:
> 
> They are
> run more like tight ships and they have guards and cashiers.