Common questions about junk car buyers

From the car as you describe it: year, make, model, title status, whether it runs, what's damaged and what's missing. The form takes the first four; we ask about the rest when we call within 15 minutes.

No. A price that doesn't know whether your car runs or has its engine is a guess, and guesses are how offers end up changing at the curb. We give a number on the call.

No. It's part of our name. We don't claim to pay more than every other buyer, and we don't match or beat quotes. We give a straight number and tell you how to compare it. Getting a second offer explains how.

It depends on the car. Running cars often fetch more privately, wrecks with good parts from parts buyers, stripped shells from scrap yards. Who pays the most for junk cars goes through it.

Yes. Nothing is taken off the offer for the tow.

Same-day pickup is often possible. We'll tell you when we call.

Chicago, the Cook, DuPage and Will County suburbs (Joliet and Aurora included), and Northwest Indiana as far as Gary. The Northwest Side pages have neighbourhood pickup notes.

Six in the morning to nine at night, seven days a week, Chicago time.

Yes. One pickup can take more than one car; list them all when we call.

No, those pickups are fine. Sort out access with the shop or the lot first, and get permission where the lot needs it.

Yes. Any vehicle in any condition: fire-damaged, flooded, wrecked, stripped or dead.

Yes. Plenty of junk cars don't run; that's why we tow. Mention whether it still rolls and where it sits.

No title? We can still help. Say which papers you do have: a bill of sale, the registration, an insurance card. Illinois law, not us, decides which of those can stand in for a title on a scrap sale, and we'll tell you where you stand when we call.

Yes, repaired or not. Selling a salvage title car covers what to tell a buyer and how Illinois treats salvage vehicles.

When you're paid. With us that happens at the same meeting, at pickup. Never sign a title over, or leave the buyer's name blank, before you have the money. More in junk car buyer red flags.

At pickup, when the car is collected. Cash works, and so do app transfers: Zelle, Cash App or another digital payment.

No. The number we give you holds with no time limit, which is the point if you're comparing buyers.

Then the car leaves before the money arrives, and you're trusting a stranger with both. Ask when and how you'll be paid before you book any tow.

Give every buyer identical details, ask each the same five questions, and compare what you'd actually receive after fees. How to compare junk car quotes has the method.

It depends on how much of the car is left. Junkyard vs scrap yard vs junk car buyer compares the three.

If something valuable on it still works and the rest isn't worth fixing, possibly. See selling a car for parts before you pull anything off it.