Why are there so many car parts in Lithuania?
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gamefreaks said:
My guess is regulations...
To sell car parts on eBay you need enviroment permits etc so you can't just buy scrappers and dismantle them on your driveway.
I suspect this is easier in places like Lithuania...
I guess selling the odd part here and there does not require all that paperwork as I have often sold car parts on eBay as a casual sort of thing... not for business reasons. To sell car parts on eBay you need enviroment permits etc so you can't just buy scrappers and dismantle them on your driveway.
I suspect this is easier in places like Lithuania...
ingenieur said:
Anyone ever noticed scrolling through a certain internet auction site how many second hand car parts are available from Lithuania?
Just wondered how / why it seems to have become the car breaking world capital?
I don't know, but the blokes who stole my Range Rover were Lithuanian. Just wondered how / why it seems to have become the car breaking world capital?
Louis Balfour said:
ingenieur said:
Anyone ever noticed scrolling through a certain internet auction site how many second hand car parts are available from Lithuania?
Just wondered how / why it seems to have become the car breaking world capital?
I don't know, but the blokes who stole my Range Rover were Lithuanian. Just wondered how / why it seems to have become the car breaking world capital?
Grumps. said:
Louis Balfour said:
ingenieur said:
Anyone ever noticed scrolling through a certain internet auction site how many second hand car parts are available from Lithuania?
Just wondered how / why it seems to have become the car breaking world capital?
I don't know, but the blokes who stole my Range Rover were Lithuanian. Just wondered how / why it seems to have become the car breaking world capital?
It was on false plates, which I think were nicked from a sales forecourt. My guess is they pinged ANPR.
grudas said:
I love the “stolen” comments. Because that’s what every Eastern European does, steal. Mad.
Not every eastern European, no. However a selection from the first page of Google seems to suggest that stolen car parts appear to have an attraction to Lithuania. But it must be stressed that Lithuania is an equal opportunities stolen car parts magnet with spares finding their way in from all over Europe and not just from the UK.https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6559630/ernestas-luk...
https://www.facebook.com/metpoliceuk/photos/lithua...
https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2020-03-10---int...
https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/gang-...
Lower per hour labor costs and lower storage / workplace costs means what is uneconomic elsewhere is a viable business in places like this.
When you add in global reach through the likes of eBay and you have a number of specialists who do very well. From what I understand, there are a couple of companies who do super rare cars like Maybachs and similar.
When you add in global reach through the likes of eBay and you have a number of specialists who do very well. From what I understand, there are a couple of companies who do super rare cars like Maybachs and similar.
It's not just used parts, around a month ago I was looking for a microswitch for the roof mechanism on a Boxster I recently sold, the only place I could find for a new part was a seller in Lithuania via eBay, even Porsche Germany was on back order for the part with an 8 week waiting time.
I ended up buying a used part from a U.K breaker instead simply because of cost.
I ended up buying a used part from a U.K breaker instead simply because of cost.
Jamescrs said:
It's not just used parts, around a month ago I was looking for a microswitch for the roof mechanism on a Boxster I recently sold, the only place I could find for a new part was a seller in Lithuania via eBay, even Porsche Germany was on back order for the part with an 8 week waiting time.
I ended up buying a used part from a U.K breaker instead simply because of cost.
I've never ordered from Lithuania before. But I also try not to order anything from China either. Just the logistics of getting something from so far away mean it's almost inevitable there'll be a delay waiting for it to turn up. Having said that... since I've not experienced post from Lithuania before it's probably unfair to say the delivery couldn't be efficient. I've been lucky enough so far to find all the parts I've wanted in the UK. Been burnt by the China deliveries many times though. The worst is the lamp for the utility room, took 3 months to arrive.. then it broke and I have had to order a spare part and that looks like it'll be 3 months waiting for that. I ended up buying a used part from a U.K breaker instead simply because of cost.
ingenieur said:
I've never ordered from Lithuania before. But I also try not to order anything from China either. Just the logistics of getting something from so far away mean it's almost inevitable there'll be a delay waiting for it to turn up. Having said that... since I've not experienced post from Lithuania before it's probably unfair to say the delivery couldn't be efficient. I've been lucky enough so far to find all the parts I've wanted in the UK. Been burnt by the China deliveries many times though. The worst is the lamp for the utility room, took 3 months to arrive.. then it broke and I have had to order a spare part and that looks like it'll be 3 months waiting for that.
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