Originally Posted by Wogsterca

Sometimes what happens is, a component supplier has OEM parts on hand when the model year changes and the newer one is a little different, so they sell the older parts off to get them out of the warehouse. Probably one of those, "mystery" trailer type deals, you make an offer for a given volume of goods, they load it on your trailer and you never really know what your going to get until you unload the trailer and check it. Sometimes you get lots of good stuff, other times you pack it all back up and call a scrap dealer hoping that the price of the metal is high enough that you at least break even. Of course what I mean by a trailer is a metal box 9' high, 9' wide and 53' long that has wheels under it.
Because they are OEM parts they don't have retail packaging.