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    Time to get out of first gear

    I am not a narcissist But as to finding scrap off the street I am a top contender . Any place I visit with family like different states ,
    on the first day I go for it I am in business like as if I was home . Further more maybe its my mellow or a sad sap look but 99% of any dumpster I go I am never chased away .
    I have amassed a collection of stuff wile scrapping for 5 years that is more then I can handle .

    I have not to my choice shared my stuff with Drug Heads - - HEY !!! Theres enough for every one !!!!

    OK it's clear in my life - i will never have the time to take apart all the vac motors AC sealed units - WITH OUT having to share my stuff with unknown thieves SO it's time to shift the trans and sell cause I AM DONE SHARING MY SCRAP ,
    wile I contemplate should i take apart this or that or save that item
    to clean .



    S**T the drug heads are smarter then me they take my Wish List bucket of trans formers (for future dismantling like I'll ever really get to it ) and they take it (steal ) & sell for $25 instead of my wish dismantle $60 .

    Cameras wont work I heard form my Boss who has a system, the individuals know there way around
    they put on hats keep faces down stay low . My boss said his harbor freight system just ain't cutting it .

    Sell Sell Sell - get more - Sell Sell Sell -
    thats what these drug scrappers have taught me .
    I am done finding it for them
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    sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with theft of your scrap

    I can feel your pain on a different level, while I don't have a big inventory of to do scrapping projects waiting to be stolen.

    I do live in a very rough part of Chicago and have fallen victim to many many many property thefts or attempted break-in's in the past 10 years

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    Same story around my parts , most of my steady customers call me to avoid just this problem . Thieves are everywhere sadly

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