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Salvage intake is where a recovered item is checked against what a buyer actually needs. A Lancer may have brought back a complete window, but its size, condition and missing fittings still affect the offer. Preserving an item can earn a better price than scrap. The buyer has to decide whether it will solve the problem they're paying to fix.
A frame can arrive with intact glass and still need a replacement seal. That may be an affordable repair if the size matches an opening at South Stair. The same window is less valuable to a customer whose building needs something else.
The Lancer is trying to recover the cost of careful removal, protected transport and time spent on the job. The buyer is trying to avoid paying for another problem. Intake records and inspection let both sides work from the same object and its known condition. A useful sale connects the effort already spent recovering it to a job that can be completed now.
