Originally Posted by
street_sweeper
freonjoe
While scrapyards don't typically buy more than $100 of scrap metal at a time from one person, Det. Alcantara says, some clever thieves have obtained business licenses &;using fake personal information & ;and are then able to sell larger quantities of valuable metal to scrappers.
Where i live i see the yards pay less then other parts of the country & there are really at best 4 places to sell in a 40 mile radius, wile i am sure there is metal theft it is very small scale and they will get you fast up here,I've seen guys show up with 300 lbs bright copper in a rice burner with a strung out look . They get turned away & reported . Also in a smaller town the courts have time to deal with them.
The yard men do watch what is tossed If they see (new) metal things being tossed by unknown scrapers they use walkie talkies to inform the main clerks I've seen people get arrested at the yard.
But 100 bucks come on a balanced load of copper AL and steel clears 100 fast
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