My dad caught scrappers loading up my scrap

Im guessing they thought nobody was home. He is retired and keeps his truck in the garage. I bet they just go around durring the day when nobody is home. My parents live in a real rough neighborhood and I've been trying to get them to move.

Load your shot gun loads with rock salt. Pepper there a**.

Hmm, I guess better them getting away with it then you having to deal with a dead guy's lawsuit...and they didn't get your scrap!

We get thieves stealing our stuff every night. My clients tell them "No scrap, we have a guy" and they'll just come by at night.
They are always hitting our two furnace and a/c guys. I ask if they can keep it inside but they don't have the floor space.
The stupid thing is, there's camera's at both spots. However, the property owners don't want to get involved.
Any how Karma is a *****, and the "Scrap Gods" are still good to us. They steal one unit, we get two units some where else.
As a side note, When we first started scrapping in 1995, in Vancouver, all the scrappers had baseball bats and we used them.
Now that we are older and wiser, that is no longer an option for us.
Scott and Betty
DivaPickers

Originally Posted by divapickers

We get thieves stealing our stuff every night. My clients tell them "No scrap, we have a guy" and they'll just come by at night.
They are always hitting our two furnace and a/c guys. I ask if they can keep it inside but they don't have the floor space.
The stupid thing is, there's camera's at both spots. However, the property owners don't want to get involved.

If it were me I would get the clients to sign a contract that says once they put it outside it is yours. Then you would have standing to go to the police and say this is my stuff, the contract says so, and here is the video of these guys stealing it.

Starbits

Originally Posted by starbits

If it were me I would get the clients to sign a contract that says once they put it outside it is yours. Then you would have standing to go to the police and say this is my stuff, the contract says so, and here is the video of these guys stealing it.

Starbits

We have found that no one will sign contract due to liability. We even have our own workman compensation and liability insurance and people still won't sign contracts.

Thank god I live in colorado. You show up in my back yard im going to empty my 40 round clip of 7.62x39 in your arse.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Dead men tell no tales, I'm sorry if you don't agree but that is my opinion and right to have it.

They dont come back for seconds either

I parked my truck out front on garbage night once. Fully loaded. It came to 1320 lbs when i went to the yard later that week. anyways, it was about 2am. Im still out in the back and a van drove passed with 4 or 5 bed mattress on it. It came by a couple more times really slow. So I went out front with my bootleg double barrel shot gun. (made it from a weed wacker handle and 2 black alum pipes and duct tape) Waited, they came back again. I stood there. They saw me and floored it. Haven't seen them again. Crack heads ruin it for everyone.

Originally Posted by dmm2442

These are the kind of people that are going to end it for us. There will soon be laws that you cannot drive around and pick up scrap.

I know that i DD & curb shop which technically is illegal even by me . But once the police get used to seeing you around with Zero complaints they leave you be. i'll pick & a police car will just drive by the other type will get caught in the end .