

| Subject: | Re: online air-cooled junkyard? |
| From: | Richard Kurtz |
| Date: | Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:48:01 -0600 (CST) |
Tom wrote... > A friend/partner of mine just dragged in a 70-ish Sundial--this brings the > number of air-cooled's in his backyard to about 45. Nothing really > special, but lots of good parts. It has occured to me that an on-line > junkyard might be a viable side-line business. Fenders and such would be > out of the question because of shipping costs. However, small chrome > trinkets and the like could be shipped very reasonably. My thought is to > set up a web page with photos of the yard and when a request for a part > comes in, to take a digital photo of the part in question and email it back > along with pricing info. I would try to keep Greed under control and keep > prices cheap. What do you all think? Should I forget it? Should I buy a > digital camera tommorow? Would you shop on-line? What am I forgetting? > Any and all comments would be greatly appreciated. I feel this would be a great service, but doubt if it would pay for itself. As a sideline, it may add to the bottom line, but I doubt if you would get enough business to make it a full-time endeavor. Richard
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