I was about 21 years old while i was out and about with a friend of mine in his beat up old 1980s model Aerostar minivan. It turned out a hot day and the minivan didn't have air conditioning, we utilized to call it the "Ghetto Tan Minivan" as it was beat up inside and out. We were going to the mall 1 day on a very busy and traffic filled Dallas highway in the event the brakes just died. When he had to make the repairs he just felt like he was throwing money in to a pit. It wasn't some time before the van just died period and was no longer drivable without spending a couple of thousand dollars to repair it.
What do you do in a situation like that? You have a low paying job and you really are driving around a 20 years old (at the time) clunker. What are you going to do in order to get that next car covered? At least to get the initial advance payment you might need to sell it.
Most people won't take your car or truck if it is broken down for just a scrap, but a number of people out there who buy your car for cash and that was who he called. He called some of those companies and you know what? Just a couple of days later once they gave him a bit money for his minivan and towed rid of it for him as opposed to him paying for it, he'd another car!
The moral with the story is that the car buyers saved my good friend and I think that people who use these services get a greater deal on their car as opposed to people who simply try to sell the cars to a junk yard. Sure a junk yard might tow off your car for scrap but you will get about 1/4 or less to the car.
Let's face it, itrrrs likely that most of these car buyers supply they need to fix the cars and resell them or perhaps have a specific higher paying scrap yard owner who may have worked out a better cope with them. In that case they're able to justify a higher price on your car!