I managed to tick off 2 people yesterday, hope it wasn't any of you!!

I had come down the middle of 3 off shoot streets and sitting in front of me across the way were 2 mowers and 2 bikes. I waited for the all clear and pulled straight across into her driveway. Next thing I hear an engine revving and tires squealing and another truck pulling out behind me in a tiff!!

I think what happened was he passed them on the main street and went around to pull in and get them like I did and by the time he got there I was already in the driveway!

I'm sure he was letting out some cuss words from the way those tires squealed!!

the lady came out and said she had just put them out like 5 minutes ago lol.

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Yard roller:

Next thing, some car pulls into my drive and says he had seen it out on his way to work (across at the neighbors)and sent his wife over to ask about it but nobody was home.

What happened was, before I could go get it (it was in the neigbors front yard) because I was loading all that stuff from the weekend up, apparently he stopped and moved it further up into the yard and I never noticed . Well, he came to my house that night before I left on my big run (stranger) and said they told him they had given it to me and to talk to me about what he wanted. He said he told them he saw it first and had even sent his wife to ask about it, I guess he was real adamant with them over this issue.

Anyways, he said he needed the frame because he already had the roller just not a frame. He started walking over to it with a pair of pliers like he was going to take it apart before I could even say ''sure, go ahead and take it.''

Now, IMO, they gave it to me - the guy pulled into my yard and said go ahead and get it. it just took me a bit to get over there because I was busy and only have two hands!

I let him take the frame because I wanted to be nice but, I didn't have to. He just seemed like he wasn't going to let up pushing for it you know?

What would you have done?

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What would you have done?

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Totally depends on his attitude, if he was pushy he would have been told to hang it in his @ss, if he was nice then I might have helped him load it.

The old saying of "more flies with honey than vinegar" applies here.

please tell me you got the two mowers... mowers are my thing!! I was picking one night and i saw a competitor of mine.. then i turn out onto a street and he is behind me. I was going the speed limit (about 30mph) and he was going slower. Suddenly i see a pile of shop lights.. and i overshot it. Then my competition was there when i overshot it. Dang. But i never heard a story like yours.. i would have said tough s***. Unless he was a dad or something and needed the bikes for the kids, then i would give him the bike, but not the mowers.. :)

Spring is definitely here.

Passed what looked like really huge coils of wire on top of the cans last night...said "holy sh*t, copper" turned the truck around in a blink, had a guy pull up behind me as soon as I stopped, thought oh boy here we go "trash wars"...got out, some kind of hollow empty plastic casing. Got back in the truck...other guy checked it out and got back in his truck. Passed up 2 more checking it out before I left the area.

Someone was probably setting inside the house looking out the window and having a grand old time.:D

I got the mowers Benny!!

yes! glad they are in good hands! if you come by erie sometime, id buy em!

Had a guy get mad at me for wanting his broken dishwasher he set out at the curb. When I asked him about it, he said "you don't want that! That thing leaks everywhere!" When I said I wanted it for scrap metal, he looked at me like I was an idiot, shrugged his shoulders, and said "you better move your d*amn truck, cuz' im leaving" even though my truck wasn't even blocking his driveway. I hopped In my truck and drove off. I didn't feel like being treated like crap. Soneone else can have it.

I've also had a lady get pissed at me for taking wire that was sitting on her trash can. She marched out and started interrogating me like I was some crack head digging through her trash for credit card information. I told her I was just taking it for recycling, but it was a huge deal to her. I put it back and will never go down that street again. I guess scrappers are like rats in richer neighborhoods, everyone hates them.

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Originally Posted by Gravitar

I've also had a lady get pissed at me for taking wire that was sitting on her trash can. She marched out and started interrogating me like I was some crack head digging through her trash for credit card information. I told her I was just taking it for recycling, but it was a huge deal to her. I put it back and will never go down that street again. I guess scrappers are like rats in richer neighborhoods, everyone hates them.

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I blame it on the media who will say/repeat anything just to fill some space/on air time, the politicians who will say/repeat anything to get re-elected and the actual thieves who will destroy anything to get a bit of scrap. Also I blame it on the unthinking and too lazy to utilize their brains to figure out the truth who listen to the media and politicians.

I think you handled it the best you could, wealthy in appearance or not she was not worth your time to educate and no doubt unwilling to learn. Mike.

You only ticked off two people? Amateur! ;-)

Found a a/c compressor on the curb about 2 weeks ago. Looked like a fire hydrant. Pick it up, putting it in the truck and dude from across town pulls up, gets out and says "hey, I was comming back for this." Well, i drove passed his house about 15 minutes earlyer and his truck was at home but all I said was sure you were. As hes walking around in circles throwing his hands in the air saying "oh its ok cause you got it, its ok" Get in the truck pull away while hes still rambling, I get down the street and theres a generator. As im putting that in the truck he drives passed with a pissed off look on his face and floored it. Yeah, ur cool guy. room room.

+1 to what mech said
If a person asks me for some scrap they need, I have no problem helping a fellow out. come to my house and say that my scrap is theirs, walking towards it with tools..well... chchk... not anymore it's not ;)

Sounds like the guy was headed for the bike with out asking. Here in Fl. I woulda reminded him of the Castle law.

If someone is there the same time as you are and causing problems. Offer or split something. Not worth fighting over. Lately I noticed people are really getting aggressive and willing to fight for something. I'm not willing to fight some drug heads for a few dollars.

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Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Totally depends on his attitude, if he was pushy he would have been told to hang it in his @ss, if he was nice then I might have helped him load it.

The old saying of "more flies with honey than vinegar" applies here.

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I tend to be overly generous with people that want to use parts off my scrap pile to repair their stuff. sometimes it leads to more scrap, but at the very least it promotes a rumor about at least one respectful scrapper. However I have low tolerance for idiots and trouble makers.

The tougher times get the tougher some people get. Those who don't starve.

I think it was a "oh she's just a girl, I can push her around" type of dude. We've all met them. Proud of you for not punching him in the nose, or throwing him off your property. Come on to my property, with tools in hand an start to take my stuff, we'll have issues. Last I checked..with curbco , it's pretty much first come first serve. How you gonna get mad over something like that? I got better things to get pissed off over then..ooh no, someone beat me to some metal! Dude was a douche, with his attitude.

I like letting people get parts off my pile to, but if your going to be a **** about it, go somewhere else...to quote the old In Living Color show..."Homey don't play that.". You come an ask, show a bit of respect an you can have what you want, try an push me around to get my stuff, your biting off more then you can chew. I've had people try this before, pull in my drive way an try an brow beat me into giving up my pile. Nope, nada, not happening. I've had a couple get an attitude, I just laugh an tell'm to keep on moving. To not move gives them few choice..deal with the law, or deal with me an the way I'll defend my property an home.

Stupid people make the world go around.

Sirscrapalot - There more stupid people needin' fixin then there is time to do the fixin'.

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Originally Posted by newattitude

I had come down the middle of 3 off shoot streets and sitting in front of me across the way were 2 mowers and 2 bikes. I waited for the all clear and pulled straight across into her driveway. Next thing I hear an engine revving and tires squealing and another truck pulling out behind me in a tiff!!

I think what happened was he passed them on the main street and went around to pull in and get them like I did and by the time he got there I was already in the driveway!

I'm sure he was letting out some cuss words from the way those tires squealed!!

the lady came out and said she had just put them out like 5 minutes ago lol.

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Yard roller:

Next thing, some car pulls into my drive and says he had seen it out on his way to work (across at the neighbors)and sent his wife over to ask about it but nobody was home.

What happened was, before I could go get it (it was in the neigbors front yard) because I was loading all that stuff from the weekend up, apparently he stopped and moved it further up into the yard and I never noticed . Well, he came to my house that night before I left on my big run (stranger) and said they told him they had given it to me and to talk to me about what he wanted. He said he told them he saw it first and had even sent his wife to ask about it, I guess he was real adamant with them over this issue.

Anyways, he said he needed the frame because he already had the roller just not a frame. He started walking over to it with a pair of pliers like he was going to take it apart before I could even say ''sure, go ahead and take it.''

Now, IMO, they gave it to me - the guy pulled into my yard and said go ahead and get it. it just took me a bit to get over there because I was busy and only have two hands!

I let him take the frame because I wanted to be nice but, I didn't have to. He just seemed like he wasn't going to let up pushing for it you know?

What would you have done?

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Punched them in there face! LOL

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Originally Posted by olddude

The tougher times get the tougher some people get. Those who don't starve.

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And I totally understand that. however, I've been in the position of ''just missed that by a hair'' and you never see me squealing tires and tearing off like that.

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Originally Posted by newattitude

And I totally understand that. however, I've been in the position of ''just missed that by a hair'' and you never see me squealing tires and tearing off like that.

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Cause you got class, like the majority of folks here. Unlike the two fellas in your original post. Temper tamptrums are uncool at any age, those guys proved it. ;)

Sirscrapalot - The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. - Lucille Ball

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Originally Posted by olddude

Sounds like the guy was headed for the bike with out asking. Here in Fl. I woulda reminded him of the Castle law.

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Hey Olddude; I'm in Florida and I don't think I've ever heard of the "Castle Law" could please explain? I have heard of the "Stand Your Ground Law".

I'm not Olddude (not for another 40 years.. ha!) but..this might help, lists the castle laws state by state.

Castle Doctrine from State to State

Basically the right to defend your home, or so as I understand it. Stand your ground if I remember right is..you don't need to be at home to have it be justified, just feel threatened. That's my short an dirty take on it, I know it's more complicated then all that(or not?) but I'm a scrapper not a lawyer. ;)

Sirscrapalot - He with the most money wins in the eyes of the court.

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Originally Posted by MattInTheHat

I tend to be overly generous with people that want to use parts off my scrap pile to repair their stuff. sometimes it leads to more scrap, but at the very least it promotes a rumor about at least one respectful scrapper. However I have low tolerance for idiots and trouble makers.

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And here's the kicker, after I let him take the part he needed, he told me he had had scrappers pull into his drive and take bags of cans from him. then he noticed they broke his door to get into his garage and take stuff. Apparently he has a lot of stuff and he stayed home one day to catch them. he called the police and they were caught. So, he was upset about that yet proceeded to pull into my drive and do almost the same thing, he was of a mindset that, I have no doubt if I wasn't home he'd have taken the part anyways. He intimidated the lady across the street who gave it to me and myself as well. And yet here he was upset over the scrap being taken off his property so he never thought maybe its not all scrappers and he could see I'm just working hard at this and not take an attitude with me, maybe adjust his approach? I guess he was just tired of being burned by scrappers, I don't know.

Hubby told him, keep us in mind if you ever have scrap and thats when he told me about all his stuff and he was going to turn it in himself. Lol, I didn't make a future contact here but, I also didn't cause trouble about it so I feel good about that. It was just the oddest thing to have happen to me.

People who take scrap from other peoples yard without permission are thieves. I'm tired of people calling them scrappers, it gives the rest of us bad names.

I googled the Castle Law, it basically states that anyone being threatened on or in their own property becomes an "officer of the law" with the ability to use "defensive force" to protect themselves.

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Originally Posted by parttimescrapperMD

People who take scrap from other peoples yard without permission are thieves. I'm tired of people calling them scrappers, it gives the rest of us bad names.

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Have to agree, No matter where you go for scrap ask permission, often when you do that, it can lead to more business. A honest friendly approach has often lead me to the peoples work place to get more good stuff, as well many times they have offered more scrap that have had sitting in the garage for years.