SS MAYFLOAT
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My friend Lonnie is an auto scrapper. He makes his money by buying cars and then scrapping them out.<br /><br />Yesterday he went to an auction with an partner that shares his business. When his friend showed up, a man (we will call AL) that owns a large wrecking yard confronted Lonnies partner. He handed him a wad of cash and told him to leave if he knew what was good for him. Al had his sons and other workers there bidding on cars/trucks. Al's intentions was to buy everything there. Al noticed Lonnie bidding on the cars and confronted him. Al wanted to know who he was, what he was doing and that he should just leave. <br /><br />By the end of the auction, Al was getting mad. Lonnie bid on everything driving the price up and then backed down making AL pay more for the stuff.<br /><br />After the auction Lonnie was told he was going to have a bad month in August. Sounds to me like they are threating him. <br /><br />It seems as if AL is trying to corner the whole market on scrap vehicles in this area. His tactics I don't think is legit. His competition ironically seems to get put out of business due to accidents and injuries. There isn't any proof except circumstantial.<br /><br />I'm just worried for my friend. He is aware of what he is up against. Just don't know what he can do.