Re: [MBZ] might be interesting
On 2021-01-18 19:51, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Too bad you have to have a dealers license or use a broker for TN https://www.copart.com/lot/53868750/clean-title-1985-mercedes-benz-500-sel-tn-memphis Around here, the donation places don't want to mess with retitling, so they just leave it on the donor's title and sell it to dealers who can reassign the title. But that kills the auction value of the donated car. It's as if the charities don't care, because the car was free. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] might be interesting
They don’t care, because it’s essentially free money for them. My local NPR station has a guy that coordinates these donations. That is, he makes the calls to the service that disposes of the cars/boats/whatever. They never touch or see the vehicle, they just call a service that picks it up, determines the best way to get rid of it (many times it’s CoPart) and sends them the check after deducting his fees. -D > On Jan 18, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 2021-01-18 19:51, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> Too bad you have to have a dealers license or use a broker for TN >> https://www.copart.com/lot/53868750/clean-title-1985-mercedes-benz-500-sel-tn-memphis > > Around here, the donation places don't want to mess with retitling, so they > just leave it on the donor's title and sell it to dealers who can reassign > the title. But that kills the auction value of the donated car. It's as if > the charities don't care, because the car was free. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] might be interesting
There was some sort of charity outfit in Houston that would get donated cars and have a live auction once a month at a lot they had in a fairly rough part of town. I went to a couple just for grins. Some of the cars were total junk, others not too bad. I remember some kid and his mother were there once and bought a half-decent 300SD for $800, the kid was ecstatic. It was a reasonable deal at the time. Another one I remember was a clapped-out Vega 2 ol boys bought to make a dragster, it went for some fairly big money, like $2k if I recall but they were happy with the deal. The auctions lasted a year or two then faded away, no idea what happened to the organization. --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jan 19, 2021, at 6:52 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > They don’t care, because it’s essentially free money for them. > > My local NPR station has a guy that coordinates these donations. That is, he > makes the calls to the service that disposes of the cars/boats/whatever. They > never touch or see the vehicle, they just call a service that picks it up, > determines the best way to get rid of it (many times it’s CoPart) and sends > them the check after deducting his fees. > > -D > >> On Jan 18, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >>> On 2021-01-18 19:51, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>> Too bad you have to have a dealers license or use a broker for TN >>> https://www.copart.com/lot/53868750/clean-title-1985-mercedes-benz-500-sel-tn-memphis >> >> Around here, the donation places don't want to mess with retitling, so they >> just leave it on the donor's title and sell it to dealers who can reassign >> the title. But that kills the auction value of the donated car. It's as if >> the charities don't care, because the car was free. >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] might be interesting
I would imagine after their fees, and the copart fees, the check is probably very small. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2021, at 5:52 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > They don’t care, because it’s essentially free money for them. > > My local NPR station has a guy that coordinates these donations. That is, he > makes the calls to the service that disposes of the cars/boats/whatever. They > never touch or see the vehicle, they just call a service that picks it up, > determines the best way to get rid of it (many times it’s CoPart) and sends > them the check after deducting his fees. > > -D > >> On Jan 18, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >>> On 2021-01-18 19:51, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>> Too bad you have to have a dealers license or use a broker for TN >>> https://www.copart.com/lot/53868750/clean-title-1985-mercedes-benz-500-sel-tn-memphis >> >> Around here, the donation places don't want to mess with retitling, so they >> just leave it on the donor's title and sell it to dealers who can reassign >> the title. But that kills the auction value of the donated car. It's as if >> the charities don't care, because the car was free. >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] might be interesting
Which brings us back to government/charity think: free money beats no money. About 20 years ago, a local fire chief signed a contract with telemarketers. The telemarketers did all the work, and at the end of the campaign they'd cut a check to the FD for 4% of the gross. Which was all well and good, until the details became public, and the average working stiff was quite irate to learn that giving $100 of hard earned cash to the FD meant flushing $96 down the tube from their point of view. Mitch. On 2021-01-19 09:04, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: I would imagine after their fees, and the copart fees, the check is probably very small. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] might be interesting
You'd think maybe they'd find dealers who would be willing to provide title services as a donation-in-kind. Tax writeoff for the dealer, plus goodwill. More $$$ for the charity. Maybe not enough kind-hearted dealers around? On the other hand if the charity is volunteer-run, it sort of makes sense to keep the workload to a minimum, otherwise you lose volunteers. Allan Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > I would imagine after their fees, and the copart fees, the check is probably > very small. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 19, 2021, at 5:52 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> They don’t care, because it’s essentially free money for them. >> >> My local NPR station has a guy that coordinates these donations. That is, he >> makes the calls to the service that disposes of the cars/boats/whatever. >> They never touch or see the vehicle, they just call a service that picks it >> up, determines the best way to get rid of it (many times it’s CoPart) and >> sends them the check after deducting his fees. >> >> -D >> >>> On Jan 18, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> On 2021-01-18 19:51, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Too bad you have to have a dealers license or use a broker for TN https://www.copart.com/lot/53868750/clean-title-1985-mercedes-benz-500-sel-tn-memphis >>> >>> Around here, the donation places don't want to mess with retitling, so they >>> just leave it on the donor's title and sell it to dealers who can reassign >>> the title. But that kills the auction value of the donated car. It's as if >>> the charities don't care, because the car was free. >>> ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
