Scrap metal?
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on
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They do steal nice bikes though. I've heard from two of my friends who have caught scrappers red handed in their backyard.
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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on
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They'll "pick up" anything that isn't chained down -and if it is dark and nobody is watching they'll cut a chain and take THAT too.
At least they pick up and get rid any junk laying around that is metal. Whenever I have scrap metal I need to get rid of I leave it out near the alley in my parking space and by the next morning it is ALWAYS gone. Too bad they don't also pick up all the garbage from McHeartattack that the losers who live behind us in the large subsidized housing facility seem to leave in the alley daily thinking it is a big open-air landfill.
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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on
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Not an uncommon site, if you have not seen bikes in a scrap truck before you haven't been paying attention to them.
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I only said I knew of two instances, that's not really a blanket condemnation.
I don't have a description of the persons involved, but I can give you a brief description of the incidents:
1.) My friend came out of their back door to find a woman attempting to cut a cable lock off a bike locked to the bottom of the porch. There was a scrap truck waiting in the alley. The woman played dumb, and asked if the bike was scrap.
2.) Two of my friends were on their way to get married at the cultural center and were planning on riding their tandem downtown to the ceremony. After leaning their bike against their house, they both hopped inside to finish getting ready. When they came out the tandem was in a scrap truck in front of their house.
Both of these incidents were peacefully resolved and happened 2-3 years ago around Kedzie and Bloomingdale.
H3N3 said:Careful-- all scrappers are not created equal-- not fair to the honest ones to speak about them as if they're all thieves.
Any chance I could get some more info on this thievery (or attempted thievery?) E.G. description, location . . .
Kelvin Mulcky said:They do steal nice bikes though. I've heard from two of my friends who have caught scrappers red handed in their backyard.
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If only 1 in 10,000 people are really bad apples one has to remember this is Chicago. We have people piled on op of each other like cordwood in this city. It doesn't take a very big area to hold 10,000 people so the really bad apples are only a short walk apart.
I'm sure there are plenty of honest scrappers out there who wouldn't steal something locked up for pennies a pound in scrap value. I'm also sure there are a few folks out there who would steal the wheelchair out from under their own grandmother to make a few bucks.
H3N3 said:Careful-- all scrappers are not created equal-- not fair to the honest ones to speak about them as if they're all thieves.
Any chance I could get some more info on this thievery (or attempted thievery?) E.G. description, location . . .
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Permalink Reply by Amy on
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I see bikes on scrapper trucks DAILY. My guess is that whatever scrappers find (or "find," depending on your view), they take.
Also, the whole bike (or at least its parts) is probably worth more than the metal it's made of (these days, anyway), so not sure that these bikes are getting junked for $, unless they're really in bad shape.
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Permalink Reply by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on
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Oh, that's the white truck always parked next to St Boniface! I am almost certain they are the guys my apartment hired to clear out the basement and who cut the lock on my Marin MTB.
I've talk to the driver's brother (or at least that's what I gathered) asking if I could buy my bike back but the language barrier and the fact that I just surprised him while he was loading that truck ruined any chances of recovery.
It was two weeks after the incident so it was most likely gone anyway. Oh and I have reached out to a lawyer regarding this. More to come.
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But my point is, these particular scrappers, seems shadey as all fuck and I watch them in my neighborhood like a hawk.
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H, you talking to me or James? I was providing my coincidental experience with only these scrappers. Take my limited data and clear invested bias into account.
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Permalink Reply by pjc jr on
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I have seen these guys go after anything, I think they drive around with SawZaws!
Also, I damaged a steel frame beyond use and brought it in myself to recycle. Got a whole $0.92 cents for a stripped down frame. I think all the scrappers and recycle guys were laughing at my attempt. So why (except for if they plan to fix and resell themselves) is it worth them going after bikes? Yet I see trucks all over the north side with bikes at top of their piles. (hard to climb up into a scraper truck to pull a bike off the top) Sad, even junked bikes I always find a couple useful parts to recycle into a new build.
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It's just English.
I'll try again at a lower reading level:
Even if there are only a very few bad apples in the scrapper bunch, because there are so many scrappers wandering around out there these days nothing is safe from thievery by the (albeit small) minority of Ethically-challenged-Americans.
H3N3 said:Not sure exactly what you're trying to say, but I have several documented cases of scrappers stealing (or trying to steal) bikes recently, so if you're assuming I was trying to say that it doesn't happen, you're reading something into my post.
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