Co-Founder · President
Marc Skirvin
Marc brings 12 years of experience in the auto recycling industry and plays a key leadership role at the company, driving growth through strategic partnerships and sales initiatives.
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Cash Auto Salvage started in Rochester, NY in 2014 with a simple goal: pay sellers a fair offer, tow for free, and not waste anyone’s time. Twelve years and 42,000+purchases later, that’s still the goal.
42,000+
Cars purchased
12+
Years in business
50
States + D.C. covered
What we stand for
Three things we actually mean
The junk-car industry has a reputation for the opposite of these. We've built our business on the opposite of the reputation.
Free pickup, no exceptions
Free tow within our coverage areas, regardless of distance, condition, or time of day. The number we quote is the number you get — no tow fee deductions at pickup.
Honest offers, real numbers
We pull from 42,000+ historical purchases plus current scrap-metal prices. The offer you see is the offer we pay. We don't lowball at pickup or invent reasons to drop the number.
Responsible recycling
Every car we buy gets parted out, fluids drained, batteries recycled, and the steel returned to circulation. The auto-salvage industry recycles more steel than every other industry combined.
How we got here
A short timeline
2014
Started in Rochester, NY
Cash Auto Salvage launched as a regional buyer in the Rochester, New York area. Goal: pay sellers a fair offer, tow for free, no nonsense.
2017
Expanded across the Northeast
Coverage scaled out from Western New York to neighboring states — adding Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, and the rural pockets most national buyers skipped.
2019
Nationwide partner network
Built relationships with licensed tow operators in all 50 states + D.C. — that's how we maintain free pickup nationwide without flying our own crews around.
2024
Live offer system
Launched our instant-offer system pulling from real ledger data. 90-second quotes, no callback required. The number you see is what we pay.
2026
42,000+ purchases
Crossed 42,000 vehicles purchased in our 12+ years. Working trucks pay strongest; ledger medians publicly published. Still climbing.
Leadership
The team behind Cash Auto Salvage
Two co-founders with a combined 27 years in the auto recycling industry. We don't outsource the operating decisions — these are the people who actually run it.
Co-Founder · Director of Operations
Joe Sebastian Jr.
Joe brings more than 15 years of hands-on experience managing one of the largest auto recycling yards in Western New York, bringing deep operational expertise and industry insight to the team.
How the business actually works
We buy your car. Our partner tows it. The car goes to a salvage yard where it’s parted out — saleable parts (engines, transmissions, body panels) are inventoried and resold; the rest goes to scrap-metal recycling. The numbers work because the parts-and-scrap market for old cars is bigger than most people realize.
Why we can pay more than your local junk yard: we operate at scale and we don’t carry a lot of overhead. We don’t buy ads on every podcast you listen to. We don’t maintain a fleet of company-branded tow trucks. We work with licensed local tow operators on a per-pickup basis, which keeps our fixed costs down and means we can pass more of the offer to you.
The pricing reality
Average payout across our ledger is $400. Top 10% of cars pay over $1,090. That’s honest, broad data — your car’s actual offer depends on year, make, model, condition, location, and current scrap prices. A 2009 F-150 in working condition typically pays $1,200-$2,200; a 2003 Civic that won’t start usually lands $300-$600.
We don’t inflate ledger numbers, and we don’t cherry-pick the best deals to show on the homepage. The recently purchased page is pulled straight from real data, sparse rows and all.
Where we don’t go
We cover the lower 48 contiguous states + D.C. + parts of Alaska and Hawaii. Coverage in Alaska is region-specific (Anchorage and Fairbanks areas typically reachable; bush Alaska requires a call). Hawaii pickups vary by island. We don’t cover U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, USVI) — call us, but expect us to refer you elsewhere.
Ready to be car #42,000+1?
Real offer in 90 seconds. Free pickup. Cash or check at pickup. No haggling.