What I've been seeing during my rounds makes me sick - Page 2

Originally Posted by TheRecycler

Not very safe, the gas release will affect you. Just do the right thing.

That "gas" is about as harmful as the "gas" that pops when you open a jar.

I collect the gas and then extract the palladium from it. LoL

Originally Posted by Gnraxlrose88

My parents live in an apartment complex, and when people move out or clean they throw their furniture/tvs/etc by the dumpster....the maintenance guy comes along with a saw, cuts it up, and dumps it in the dumpster. Before I know what TVs were worth I saw him dump a couple in the dumpster. So, once I started scrapping, I started dumping my tubes there. Nobody has said anything. I once gutted a tv (in 3 minutes) next to the dumpster, and dumped the junk in, threw the good in my car to bust up at home. I have seen people break up tvs on peoples lawns though, which is really sad/pathetic. Especially the big screens. If you can't take it all and deal with it leave it alone. Just sayin.

maybe you can get him to set aside stuff for you. that way he doesn't have to lift it. Maybe you can help him or buy him lunch occasionally

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

If I saw a scrapper actually doing something like that, I'd be screaming out the window shaming the crap out of him. He wouldn't want to see my car come around the corner again.

take a picture, get plate#, call cops.

I get really annoyed by this as well. I used to put TVs out for grabs when I didnt know about E-scrap. I have had a few busted up and left scattered around my yard and had to clean them up. I was livid because those shards of glass are very hard to ensure you get out of the lawn. I have kids that play in my lawn... people dont think about this stuff or care and that is why we get a bad rep.

Now I keep and process them myself and don't have to deal with it anymore. While I would like to say I have never dropped one and made a mess, I cant say that is true. I have occasionally lost my grip and dropped one. The difference is I carry a rake and broom / dustpan in the truck and clean up my mess as best as possible the rare occasions it has happened. Home owners will occasionally help out even if they see what happened, just because they are glad not to do it themselves. It also helps build up your reputation especially if you have a name on your vehicle when doing it.

If you leave the yard looking better than when you stopped you will find it seems to grow more treasures for you at a later date. Also, if there is only a small pile of trash with a few items take it all and call it a cost of business. "cherry picking" as described above while not as bad as making a mess is still reflecting bad on us in my opinion. take one, take all.

Originally Posted by newattitude

Yesterday my mom and I were out and passed one of those huge tv's that sit in the wood frame, it had to be at least 36 inches or more - I think they are the ones over 42 inches. When we went past it the first time it was upright, when we came back down the road it had been knocked over and the back busted out by some no good scrappers that have NO respect for themselves, the business or the homeowner. We were in absolute shock at the mess they had made, glass in the yard and street. I felt soooooo bad on top of the I was feeling. That wasn't the first one we saw but the others were smaller. I mean, take the **** tv with you and take what you want and throw the rest away at your curb. Have some respect for what we do out there, take pride in your job, have respect for the homeowner who has to clean that up because the garbage man isn't going to clean that up. I have also seen sinks - porcelain ones, that have been shattered at the roadside to get the knobs and pipes from them. THIS is what gives ALL of us a bad name. Deplorable, absolutely deplorable.

I would had gone up to the house to let them know someone made a mess and why. I would take that opportunity to clean it up for them and give them my card so they can call you next time to keep that from happening to them again. You would be A+ on there list and they would tell there friends to.

Its a shame those guys are giving us good guys a bad wrap...