Looking for help/suggestions on internet business

[GrayZee]

I've been doing some thinking on how to make some extra income and came up with selling auto parts on ebay. I've noticed in my travels that junkyards can have quite a different philosophy from region to region. I am lucky to live in a place where we have wrecking yards that do the pick and pull thing. One local business sells parts DIRT cheap.. basically they have a master list of every kind of part you can think of and charge X amount of dollars based on what TYPE of part it is.. For example.. you might be able to buy a engine for $100, a engine is a engine.. don't matter if it's a ford escort engine or a viper engine, the price is the same. Granted, you won't find alot of viper engines there... It's mostly older stuff, under 95 usually. However there are often parts to be had that would be worth a good buck on ebay.

Supposing I was going to start hanging around there alot picking parts for a sweet deal, what sort of parts would you say are always sure to be worth a ebay auction? I'm thinking mostly small light stuff that is easily stored and shipped.. Certain injectors and ecu's, gauge clusters,come to mind. Perhaps certain taillights? Anybody got any suggestions? My problem is I mostly know what is of value to a Z owner.. but what about hondas and other cars?

[WickedWild]

I've done some auto part selling on Ebay. Besides the power train the hotter items are interior and side molding. When I parted out the Supra I searched through a couple BB's and found what item were in high demand (S30 Dash for example here). It helps that the parts you go after have a following. No one fixes up a '92 Grand AM for example. If they offer $100 engines sign me up for an LS1 w/t56. Look for older imports and domestic "sports" cars with good interiors and pick through and always include in your description that they are still parts available from this vehicle with a separate email account to keep things easy (I always recommend running a just Ebay email account to keep things in order). If someone is looking for something special from a car you can go back and see if it's available. A lot of ppl do not have the advantages of going to a pick and pull or are just too lazy or intimidated. And I have found that when ppl email you looking for a part they will normally offer more than you would consider listing it for. Oh and I highly recommend running a packaging and handling fee. I always charge $5 for S&H by the time you pay Ebay & Paypal your shipping company screws your for $1 difference from quote to actual price YOU CAN LOOSE MONEY.