I do most of my "shopping" at Curbco and cut wires seem to be the norm. I have to admit, I will cut them off a vacuum cleaner, they are just too much of a pain.
On another note, I've stopped scrapping appliance cords. A guy emailed me a while back (from my CL ad) and asked if I had a 3 prong dryee cord. I happened to have one on the trailer, so I offered to meet up with him for $5. He threw me a $10 and said he wasn't able to find the cord anywhere else! I figure I'll just sit on those for a while!
Also, I think it is incredibly rude to disassemble scrap at the curb! Shortly after we moved in, we put out a big screen TV. The next morning, we woke up to an awful noise at 7am. An inconsiderate scrapper was beating it apart with a hatchet and sledge! Mr. Scrapzilla blessed him out and made him put the trash in the can. I see his work all over my small town and it just irritates the pee out of me!
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