hurricane sandy creats more scrap, video available

I have been so busy with at least 5 to 6 calls a day to come and remove hot water heaters, dish washers, dryers, stove, boilers and beyond. if your out there scrapping in NJ please show some respect and ask before you take any items you may see sitting in front of some-ones house.

How about electronics, are you finding any computers?

I am going out the door now - to hunt and I am happy my area was not hit as it was supposed to , Not a nice way to earn income.
Happy scrapper If people lost it all - and 99% of people have computers I am sure there out there along with the police . Last year no permission meant jail and a big fine .This is what is most important in the ethics of a curb hunter NOW ,remember All of USA are watching and ready to group you along with the common thief .

Thanks for putting that out there HMS and Copper Head, it is appreciated. I will add that some residents are being told to put belongings on their property and NOT the curb while waiting for insurance to review. Although they are cleaning out their home, it is still their property. Please ask or you will be considered stealing.
Long Beach Island and many other areas are still under curfew. Residents only allowed for now, so be careful where you drive too.

Originally Posted by HeavyMetalScrap201

if your out there scrapping in NJ please show some respect and ask before you take any items you may see sitting in front of some-ones house.

Last year upstate got hit , I did ask and also helped some out so the pay for help was often the items . We had towns like Johnson city though was hit so bad . I did not even venture there as common sense dictated that. As much as can be made . i remember the feeling of helplessness as my normal rout was kinda off limits. It was very tricky actually staying in business during that time cause of all the scrutiny.

With the earthquake in Christchurch NewZealand there was a lot of scrap, and a lot of looters....

The one thing you do not want to do is be the first looter caught.
They will make a example out of you. You will end up on the news & in the newspaper & everyone, from then on, recognise you as "The Looter".

We had one guy here, who got over a fence & stole a lightbulb, he got 'the bash' & was arrested, chucked in jail, thrown onto Tv & locked in a cell for a few months.

In reality, he is Asbergers, small, frail, gay & has a bit of a fixation for lightbulbs, fittings & switches & didn't want the -not valuable or collectable, or even working- single lightbulb that he found.

If you get metal or anything, get something from the owner saying you can have it. Get a photo of you 2 & make sure they actually own it in the first place.

After the tornado in Pittsburgh (about 15 years ago), I saw a scrapper get arrested while picking up aluminum siding off the street, hundreds of feet away from the houses it came from...

I hear along the south shore of LI, where a lot of flood damage took place, stuff was strewn at the curb galore, and there have been people picking through it. I chose not to since I feel I would be profiting off of someone else's misery.

I would write up like a bill of sale or permission statement from owner includeing name address. DL# And check the id to the address just to cover your butt