Bad day

Came home today to find that some one had helped them selfs and emptied my scrap copper barrel. All in all about 100# worth. Ticked me off.

It's becoming very common all over the country.

sucks to be robbed. a real violation when its at your home. a buck a pound here in jersey for clean scrap copper. highest i've seen.

Copper Pirces

the highest that they have ever been....in my life

we got 160 per pound for plumbers copper about a

month ago, which was hard to believe.....


Winos
go down our alley and pick up any scrap
that they can get their hands on


they even get into our dumpster and dive for it...


I smeared some roofing tar inside the dumpster to
really make them work for it... LOL

The only thing worse than your copper scrap being taken is your roughed in copper pipes being taken.

Back in 78, when I was plumbing a large apartment complex, the scrapper came by and demanded my scrap.

I told him to get lost.

The next moring, the lock was broken off of our storage box and every copper fitting we had, even those in boxes was taken. He also took 8 tub and shower valves that had been soldered up and ready to install.

I had to send six plumbers home that day, nothing for them to do.