There are a lot more now than there once was but the money to be made has almost vanished

Many reasons why

1, A lack of cars left to buy

Most i go and see are just total scrap and there is hardly anything on them worth selling

2, Lack of customers

There are less and less cossies / RS cars on the road now so less of a demand for the parts

3, Ebay

Need i say anything

4, Prices of cars to buy

I am now paying more for cars than i was 3/4 years ago and parts are worth much less

5, Type of customer

sadly when i started it was 90% decent easy to deal with people 10% complete time waisting wankers
Now 10% decent folk and 90% idiots who expect brand new parts from 20 year old cars but want the parts at ebay junk prices

6, The financial state of the country

Like any other business its hard going

7, The amount of ebay / internet part time traders ( these have grow over the years )

This obviously has a big impact on legit traders as these fellas pay nothing in overheads and nothing to the taxman so can undercut us no probs

There are many other reasons but there the main

Times sure have changed in the 10 years i have been around

some good some bad , but for the lrgit trader who does it for a living , sadly more bad than good

Good job i have other fingers in other pies , lol