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Get Cash for Junk Cars in Buffalo

Let Local Buyers Battle. You Pick the Winner.

Local Buffalo junk car buyers compete for your car on your board. They see the car, your first name and your area, but never your phone number or email.

Only 8 of 113 Buffalo listings made our list

How selling a junk car for cash works

  1. Describe your vehicle online

    Fill in a short form with the year, make and model, whether it runs, the title and how fast you want it gone, which sets how long buyers have to bid. Add photos, the mileage and the VIN if you can, because buyers who can see the car bid a price they can stand by. There is no phone call to make and nobody to wait on hold for.

  2. Let the buyers battle

    Buyers around Buffalo who take cars from your ZIP bid on your board, each bid with the earliest time they can pick up. Your board shows the three who can come soonest beside the three who will pay the most, each bid shows the buyer's name and town, and you can message any of them through our site.

  3. Take your pick and get paid

    Take the bid that suits you, whether that is the most cash, the soonest pickup or one near the top of both, and book that buyer's time or a later one they have open. The buyer tows the car for free and pays you the full amount when they collect it.

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4.6/5average rating of Buffalo buyers
1,392customer reviews behind those ratings
101listings removed: call centers, fakes, non-buyers
The price you accept is the price you get.

Each buyer gets one bid, and it never goes down. If a buyer tries to pay less at pickup you can say no, and after pickup we check that you were paid the full amount.

Find trusted buyers for junk cars in Buffalo

A few of the screened local businesses that buy junk cars around Buffalo, shown in a different order each time you visit.

Our Buffalo screening

Buffalo listings we checked113
Made our list8

Call centers, listings named after search words and businesses that don't buy cars were left out.

How BeaterBoss connects you with Buffalo buyers

We researched the businesses that buy junk cars around Buffalo, read what their customers say about them, and kept the 8 with the strongest track record: real local buyers who actually buy cars and treat sellers well. Call centers, listings named after search keywords and businesses that don't really buy cars were left out.

Enter your ZIP and tell us about the car once. Buyers who cover your ZIP bid cash on your board. You compare price and reputation, take your pick, and book the pickup. You never have to give a buyer your number.

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Buffalo's 8 screened junk car buyers

The eight are seven junk car buyers and a salvage and used parts yard, based in five towns around the city. Each buyer sees your photos and answers, then decides whether to bid and how much.

8 buyers

Skyway Auto Parts Inc

4.0 Buffalo

Skyway has been buying junk cars on Buffalo's south side for decades, and several sellers say it beat other quotes. People had a broken car towed the next day with cash in hand, and one sold three junkers there for a good sum. Reviews are mixed, though. A recent seller got about a fifth less than the quote once the car was on the lot.

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Route 20 Auto Parts Inc

4.6 Angola

Out on Route 20 in Angola, this small family yard has bought junk and totaled cars from people in southern Erie County. Past sellers say the owner kept it simple and paid a fair amount, and one had an old car picked up from home. Most reviews are about used parts rather than selling a car, and many are several years old.

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South Buffalo Auto Parts

4.1 Buffalo

South Buffalo Auto Parts is a busy parts yard that will also come get a junk car and pay cash on the spot. Past sellers had trucks and cars hauled from home, and one sold a car that had no title. Most of the reviews are about parts and are several years old, and the parts side gets mixed marks for slow callbacks.

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Wilbert's U-Pull It of Buffalo

4.6 Elma
Chain location

Wilbert's runs a big pull-your-own-parts yard in Elma, and it buys whole cars too. Recent sellers set up a pickup on the website and had a truck haul off a car that had been sitting in the driveway. Most reviews come from people pulling parts, and a few of those grumble about core charges, but the car sellers felt the price was fair.

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Junk My Car Buffalo

5.0 Buffalo

Junk My Car Buffalo is a small cash buyer that covers the city and the Southtowns. Recent sellers in South Buffalo, Lovejoy, Hamburg and North Collins had a dead car, an old Pilot or a beat-up Trailblazer picked up within a day, with cash handed over at the curb. Nearly all its reviews are recent, so its track record is shorter than the old yards'.

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Instant Cash for Junk Cars

5.0 North Tonawanda

This North Tonawanda buyer often shows up the same day, sometimes within an hour of a seller getting in touch. Sellers had Hondas, a Durango and cars with a locked-up wheel hauled away, with cash paid on the spot and offers that often topped other quotes. One seller felt lowballed on a clean SUV that still ran, so its offers suit junk better than good used cars.

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Buy My Car

5.0 Lake Erie Beach

A one-man buyer based near Lake Erie Beach who will drive a long way for a car. Sellers in Dunkirk, Cheektowaga and out in Conewango Valley say he showed up, towed it for free and paid cash the same day. One had two cars sitting by a barn full of mice, and he took both without a fuss. Its review history is short.

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Buffalo Auto Wrecking Inc

4.4 Buffalo

This wrecking yard in North Buffalo mostly sells used parts, but it has bought junk cars too. Sellers over the years got a price up front and had a tow truck at the door within the hour, and a recent one said junking a car there went smoothly. Car-selling reviews are few and mostly older, and some recent parts buyers were unhappy.

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Star ratings come from public online reviews and are shown for reference, and the write-ups are our own. How we choose buyers.

More about selling your junk car in Buffalo

Junk vehicles in any condition

You can list a junk vehicle in any condition. It can be a car that still runs or one that has not started in years, an old truck or van, a car with parts missing, one that was in an accident, or one your insurance company totaled. The buyers who cover your ZIP see your photos and answers, and each one decides whether to bid. Some buy almost any junk car and some pass on cars they don't want, which is why it helps to hear from several at once.

How a buyer works out a cash offer

Most buyers start from the same sum. A scrap buyer looks mostly at the metal: what the car weighs, times what a scrap yard pays per ton that week. A salvage yard can add what it will sell from the car, like the engine, the transmission, the catalytic converter, body panels and wheels. Each buyer then takes off what it costs to send a truck and tow the car back, and keeps a margin for the work. That is why offers on one car can be far apart, and why photos help: a buyer who can see the car does not have to guess. Our guide to what a junk car is worth goes through each part of the sum.

What happens to junk cars after pickup

Most junk cars are recycled. The yard that ends up with the car usually drains its fluids, pulls the parts it can sell and crushes what is left, which is sold for recycling as steel and other metals. A tow company that buys cars usually passes them on to a yard that does this work.

To get cash for your junk car in Buffalo, enter your ZIP code at the top of this page and describe the car. Bids from the buyers who cover your ZIP come to your board, and you take the one that suits you.

Get cash for your junk car without the phone calls

Get bids, not calls

Tell us about the car once and buyers bid on your board. We text you when a new top bid comes in, and nobody gets your number.

Choose with the reviews

Every buyer here passed our screening, so you can weigh each price against the buyer's reputation and message anyone before you decide.

Paid at pickup

Towing is part of every bid, and the buyer pays you when they collect the car. Say no to anyone who tries to add a fee.

Getting cash offers vs. calling around

Bids on BeaterBoss

  • You describe your car once, and every bid lands on your board.
  • You see the bids side by side, so the best one is obvious.
  • Every bid says when that buyer can come, so you know before you pick.
  • Each buyer gets one bid, and it never goes down.
  • Your number stays private, because calls and messages go through our line.
  • Every buyer here is a screened local business.
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Calling yards yourself

  • You answer the same questions on every call.
  • Every yard quotes a different price, and you have nothing to compare it with.
  • You find out when each yard can come only by asking each one.
  • A price quoted on the phone can drop once the truck is in your driveway.
  • Your number ends up on every yard's list, and the calls keep coming after you sell.
  • Some listings that look local are call centers that sell your details on.

New York rules

What you need to sell a junk car in New York

  • PlatesYou take them off
  • Signing the titleNo notary needed
  • Take your plates and windshield registration sticker off before the sale. Unless you move the plates to another car, turn them in to the New York DMV.
  • Turn in your plates before you cancel your insurance. If you do not, the New York DMV will suspend your registration and can suspend your license.
  • A New York title does not need to be notarized when you sign it over to the buyer.
  • You sign the transfer section on the back of the title and a bill of sale, form MV-912.
  • Lost the title? If your car is at least eight model years old and worth $1,250 or less, you can sell it to a DMV-registered dismantler using form MV-35.
  • Federal law: if your car is a 2011 or newer, write the mileage on the title when you sign it. A 2010 or older car is exempt.

Questions about selling a junk car in Buffalo

How fast can a Buffalo buyer pick up my car?

Every bid says the earliest time that buyer can come, and your board shows the fastest pickup near the top, so the quickest Buffalo buyers are easy to spot. If you choose ASAP, bids close in an hour (at 10 AM when you list after 2 PM or before 8 AM) and the list starts with the soonest pickups. You book the buyer's time or a later one they have open, up to a week ahead, so you can pick the time that suits you.

Can I call the Buffalo buyers listed here?

We don't list their phone numbers. Enter your ZIP and the buyers who cover it bid on your board, so you compare prices side by side instead of calling yard after yard. Once you pick one, calls go through our number, so neither side's number is handed out.

What do I need to sell a junk car in New York?

In New York, you take the plates off the car and the title does not need a notary. Every rule, with its official source, is listed above under "What you need to sell a junk car in New York". If you can't find the title, say so on the form and message buyers before you take a bid, because some can still take the car.

How does BeaterBoss work?

Tell us about your car, your ZIP code and how fast you want it gone, which sets how long buyers have to bid. Screened local junk car buyers bid cash on it, and each bid says the earliest time that buyer can pick up. Your board shows the top bid and the fastest pickup up front, and you take the bid you want.

How long do buyers have to bid?

You choose when you list. ASAP gives buyers 1 hour, and By tomorrow closes bids at 10 AM the next day, where your car is. ASAP is there until 2 PM, and an ASAP car listed before 8 AM takes bids until 10 AM, so buyers are up to see it. A clock on your board counts down, you can take a bid at any time, and your bids still stand for a day after bidding closes.

What do Top, Fastest and Best of both mean?

Top is the biggest bid on your car. Fastest is the buyer who can pick it up soonest. Best of both marks a bid that is among the three biggest and the three soonest at once. They only point things out, so you can still take any bid you like.

Do I need photos, the mileage or the VIN?

No, but the more you add, the more accurate your bids. Buyers price a car from what they can see, so photos of the front, the back, the dashboard showing the mileage (with the engine running, if it runs), the inside, any damage and the VIN plate let them bid a price they can stand by when they arrive. The VIN is on the dashboard by the windshield, or on the driver's door frame. Please don't add a photo of the title: it shows your address.

Is it free for sellers?

Yes. It costs you nothing to get bids or sell. Buyers pay us a fee only when they win your car, and it is on top of their bid, never taken out of it.

Will I get a lot of phone calls?

No. Bids arrive on your board and we text you when they do. Buyers never get your phone number, not even the one you choose: calls go through our number.

Can I sell my car without a title?

Often, yes. Many buyers accept cars without a title if you can show ID and proof of ownership. Rules vary by state, and the bids may be lower.

What if the buyer lowers the price at pickup?

You can say no. The bid you took is the price. Tell us on your board and we will step in.

Why isn't a Buffalo business I found online listed?

It may not have met our bar, which is a rating of 4.0 stars or better, usually from at least 10 reviews, and signs that the business actually buys vehicles. We also leave out call centers and listings named after search keywords.

Why are some buyers shown first?

Buyers who bid through BeaterBoss are shown first, because you can get their price here without a phone call. They pay us a fee only when you pick them and they pick up the car; you never pay anything. Everyone else is shown in a different order on every visit, so no one is stuck at the top or the bottom.

Nearby towns

Buyers on this page are based across the Buffalo area, and most pick up well beyond their own town. Pick a town to see the buyers there.

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