Owners in Perth with a car that has been in an accident, has a failed engine, or has sat unused for a long time have three main selling routes: a private buyer, a licensed wrecker, or a scrap metal yard. The piece compares these options on price, effort, and risk, and is aimed at people who might otherwise list the car privately out of habit. It is published by a Perth wrecking business, so its conclusions are worth reading with that in mind.
Selling privately usually brings the most money for a roadworthy, tidy car with a clean history, but for damaged or unregistered vehicles it tends to mean weeks of low offers, unreliable buyers, payment risk, and handling the transfer paperwork yourself. Wreckers value a car for its reusable parts and metal, so they accept vehicles in almost any condition and generally pay a fixed amount on collection with towing included, though often less than an ideal private sale would bring. Scrap yards pay only by metal weight and give nothing extra for working components, so they only come close to a wrecker's offer for a stripped shell. Any offer depends on make and model, whether major components are still present, the vehicle's weight, and how easy it is to reach. In Western Australia, sellers must also keep their number plates, lodge a disposal notice with the Department of Transport, and show photo ID.
The best choice depends mostly on the car's condition and how much time you're willing to spend. A clean, roadworthy car is generally worth the effort of a private sale. A damaged, old, or deregistered one will usually fetch more from a wrecker than from a scrap yard, because the parts are counted in the price as well as the metal.
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