Scraping on sad times

Originally Posted by c4f5

Some scrapper is going to profit from this situation. It may as well be you. If you have the word power to deal with people who are already feeling devastated, then more power to you. Sorry the trespassing thieves are making things difficult. May your towns people get through this quickly with the least amount of anguish possible.

Well it is from my hart & i seem to have the word power I am going back to install screens in a basement (so it will dry out) for free to a 80 yr woman who gave me lots of items.also as i looked i found things she still wanted so i feel better of my work now. As long as i can help i feel ok about taking. Some body yelled at me on another block, The bottom line is this if you don't have permission you will get arrested I found out that's the new rule

Originally Posted by Copper Head

Well it is from my hart & i seem to have the word power I am going back to install screens in a basement (so it will dry out) for free to a 80 yr woman who gave me lots of items.also as i looked i found things she still wanted so i feel better of my work now. As long as i can help i feel ok about taking. Some body yelled at me on another block, The bottom line is this if you don't have permission you will get arrested I found out that's the new rule

LOL that's always been the rule. That's what bothers me sometimes about folks on here. There's always the "I took a walk and found this.." or "I saw a broken fence and this" or "somebody had their house totaled and this happened and I got this..."

That's not how scrapping works. You will eventually get plowed in the chocolate starfish by the fuzz, you're just making out because the fuzz aren't around. That's cool and all, but eventually you will get popped.

Try this. Google map the location, look for a house in the vicinity, talk to the owner. If there is no home, hit up the address and then use the net or your local county office and find a land owner's address and contact info. You always ask. Always.

Times of tragedy are even worse. You think your local cops are jerks now, wait until they catch you after fit hits the shan when floods or tornadoes happen. They will make an example out of you and you'll go from having a profitable sole proprietorship to being in the police beat with a little blurb about you. It's a reputation buster.

It's free when it's considered trash. How do you know if it's trash? When it's usually away from the residence, on the curb, in a proper receptacle labeled by a trash company. Otherwise, just ask. You'll save yourself thousands in oopsy daisy legal fee's.

It's all gravy until a dude with a gun starts asking questions, homeowners and johnny law alike.