Almonaster Auto Salvage

Lady at the front desk was very friendly, but all the workers are lazy and in no rush to help. Poorly organized inventory and bad pricing to top it off.

I called ahead to make sure they had the piece I needed for my car. I would have been wise to heed a previous reviewers (Justin’s) warning regarding the ineffective GPS location. That was my mistake and it’s a desolate creepy area to be lost. I haven’t been that scared on what felt like a road trip in quite sometime. It’s a wasteland and a good location for a junk yard I suppose.
I called back and had them give me VERY explicit directions on how to get there. I again confirmed the piece was there and I was on my way.
When I got there, I was greeted and told that the exact same car and color was in the back and they would get the piece (driver’s side mirror) for me. The guy came back empty handed. The piece was missing off the vehicle. I explained/​inquired that I had confirmed it was there and was curious to know if it had possibly been placed aside for me or something? No dice.
Clearly, I wasted my time in going «out there» which was unfortunate. They were nice people though and depending upon the specific part and potential savings possible, it may be worth the trip.

I am being a bit generous the Four, but it isn’t unwarranted. So story time:
When I called asking to see if they had a Honda Civic jack and lug tool, he said he did. So I drive over (do note that if you map it, you will be 3 miles off so be careful and know that it is in New Orleans East!). I walk up and he directs me to back where the junk yard to go look for myself.
I walk around the junk yard and find only two civics and NO spare jack and lug. Fail. But I scrounge around and find a Honda Accord and pull its jack and lug b/​c it should work. Then I stumble across a Toyota Tercel and pull it’s spare tire screw thing.
I come back to the front to check out, and am quoted by the manager while I’m outside $ 35 for 4 pieces or $ 20 for 3 pieces minus the jack. When I go inside the office, the lady who was sitting at the desk asks if I want the jack. I say No. So… she throws in the jack and sells the whole lot for $ 25 (plus tax) — so I save $ 10 b/​c she wants me to come back, which I would b/​c she threw me a deal.
Overall, nice people. Not wholly organized but it’s workable. Good luck.

There is a miracle-​worker in the office named Kim. She kept it cool while people were coming and going and phones were ringing and walkie-​talkies were blaring. She was like a little island of peace. Well spoken, well mannered and seemed to genuinely care that we got what we needed. And we got half of what we needed. Which was more than we had when we started.
She even tried to find the part we needed at another salvage yard… but they never called her back. but that’s another review.
I would definitely go back… and with my luck, I probably will need to.

What can one say about an auto salvage place? Heck, it’s a junkyard!
But when I called around looking for a tailgate for my truck, the lady on the phone here was very polite and said that they probably had what I wanted, and that she’d call me back. Lo and behold, an hour later she called me back and said they had it. And she told me how much it would cost.
When I went out there, the young man who helped me carried a relatively heavy tailgate out to my truck, twice. The first one wouldn’t fit right. Anyway the second one fit, and he helped me attach it (needed to replace the side cable latches, which we extracted from another truck).
It was interesting to come across friendly, helpful people way out there in the middle of the Almonaster wasteland. Also, they have the obligatory junkyard dog, who didn’t seem overly concerned about me.