Car Disposal

Car disposal used to cost you something. The advent of inexpensive web marketing, increased competition for scrap metal and used cars, and the addition of many charities to the car disposal industry, all mean that you should end up making at least a little bit of money off any old car.

The car disposal industry has changed forever. Initially the world wide web made it possible for local car disposal companies, who could never afford expensive TV and radio spots, to compete against the guys who had been offering cash for junk cars for years on late night TV and drive time radio. The Internet has even allowed car disposal companies to increase their geographic reach offer car disposal services in wider and wider areas.

Add to that the dramatic increase in demand for scrap metal because of building booms in India and China. Car disposal most often produces a ton or so of scrap metal, and the cost of that metal has been much like the price of oil of the last five years. Up and down, but overall, at least double what it was in 2004. This has increased the number of car disposal companies able to make a profit by picking up your junk car.

Finally, the addition of many dozens of local and national charities has changed the business of car disposal. Charities with the correct tax classification have been able to over somewhere near a $500 Federal tax deduction and offer free car disposal. The charities generally partner with local towing and scrap metal business. The business promises free junk car removal, and a small amount of cash to the charity, in exchange for the charities aggressively marketing free junk car disposal. This has forced many businesses to offer more than the token $20-$40 that was the norm before the charities started to make inroads in car disposal.