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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

We're plagued with them. One has just walked down our drive in a temper and ripped off the sign stating "no scrap".

What can you do?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blame the rise in scrap metal prices. £150-£200 a tonne depending where one goes. I collect scrap in my line of work which pays a lovely bonus at the end of the month.

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

Last year replaced our bathroom suite, guy came down the drive and asked if we'd renewed the piping, I said of course we had. He said he would take the old stuff away, I said ok

He took the bath, sink and loo and asked where the copper piping was.

I told him at the scrap metal merchants, I wasn't that stupid, as working with copper wiring I know the value of the stuff.

He just looked at me, rolled his eyes and left. Saved me a trip to the tip, thank you very much

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Last year replaced our bathroom suite, guy came down the drive and asked if we'd renewed the piping, I said of course we had. He said he would take the old stuff away, I said ok

He took the bath, sink and loo and asked where the copper piping was.

I told him at the scrap metal merchants, I wasn't that stupid, as working with copper wiring I know the value of the stuff.

He just looked at me, rolled his eyes and left. Saved me a trip to the tip, thank you very much"

Ok well that's cheered me up somewhat

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

"We're plagued with them. One has just walked down our drive in a temper and ripped off the sign stating "no scrap".

What can you do?"

if he had ripped off a sign on my property i would be going after him myself

if your not of that nature phone the police with reg number as surely its vandalism

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We're plagued with them. One has just walked down our drive in a temper and ripped off the sign stating "no scrap".

What can you do?

if he had ripped off a sign on my property i would be going after him myself

if your not of that nature phone the police with reg number as surely its vandalism"

Mr notts says I have to be careful because they have no morals and they don't care. I think he's worried if we do anything they'll be back again looking for more than just old metal.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Last year replaced our bathroom suite, guy came down the drive and asked if we'd renewed the piping, I said of course we had. He said he would take the old stuff away, I said ok

He took the bath, sink and loo and asked where the copper piping was.

I told him at the scrap metal merchants, I wasn't that stupid, as working with copper wiring I know the value of the stuff.

He just looked at me, rolled his eyes and left. Saved me a trip to the tip, thank you very much"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We have up to 3 a day here and whenever I hear them coming, if i'm outside with the gate open I shut it so they can't see into the garden. I also take any scrap myself to the tip or to be weighed in, depending on what it is- If I can get some extra cash- bonus, if it means they don't- double bonus

I've also had them poking round the drive when i've put stuff out to take to the tip when doing DIY, nothing valuable but if there was and they took it then its theft. As I now have a top notch CCTV system covering all access to the house (including one to record faces and number plates) they'd be stupid to try now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

when we hear them on the street we let the dogs out into the garden .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"when we hear them on the street we let the dogs out into the garden ."

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We have up to 3 a day here and whenever I hear them coming, if i'm outside with the gate open I shut it so they can't see into the garden. I also take any scrap myself to the tip or to be weighed in, depending on what it is- If I can get some extra cash- bonus, if it means they don't- double bonus

You've spent a few quid doing all that then ?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We're plagued with them. One has just walked down our drive in a temper and ripped off the sign stating "no scrap".

What can you do?"

Could have been a burglar wanting to know if you were in. Do you have anything lying in your drive that could have been of use to them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They are a pain in the arse where we live, they just come on your garden and take what they like, the amount of times they have jumped my fence and left the back gate open when they leave so when I let the dogs out they see the open gate and run for it is unreal, they don't seem to have any rules where I live it really does seem that if its on your garden its their's, they have taken my kids bikes and alsorts without asking

They have even been on my garden while the dogs are out and still left the gate open and let my dogs out, ive had to resort to putting a big pad lock on my gate, not to stop them getting on the garden but to stop them getting out via the gate, its lenths you really shouldn't have to go to

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

If you had put up a no scrap sign made of plastic. He wouldn't have pinched it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You've spent a few quid doing all that then ?!"

CCTV was following an unrelated theft but was relatively cheap as I know people in the trade and fitted it myself (also put it through the business account so its all deductible)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

theres loads round here too, they are the same, they spot something and they take it, but they dont bother with my property anymore as they have met "the bear" my german/belgian shepherd cross, if only they knew he was soft as shite, and just puts on a good show haha

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

You've spent a few quid doing all that then ?!

CCTV was following an unrelated theft but was relatively cheap as I know people in the trade and fitted it myself (also put it through the business account so its all deductible)"

I think we'll have to do something like this. My bf can put it through his business too good idea

thank you

Ps my sign was bloody plastic!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I collect scrap..and tbh if i seen scrap in any of your yards id take it aswell..why not,copper is like money..220€ per hundred weight

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I collect scrap..and tbh if i seen scrap in any of your yards id take it aswell..why not,copper is like money..220€ per hundred weight"

So you're admitting to being a common thief then? nice!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I collect scrap..and tbh if i seen scrap in any of your yards id take it aswell..why not,copper is like money..220€ per hundred weight

So you're admitting to being a common thief then? nice!

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exactly mate..problem?

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

"I collect scrap..and tbh if i seen scrap in any of your yards id take it aswell..why not,copper is like money..220€ per hundred weight"

If its in my garden it's still my property!! You dont just go round taking things from people's gardens!! Someone I knew got an old fashioned wheel barrow from an auction to use as a planter for the garden and the scrap metal brigade took it from the front garden (which had a fence and a closed gate) without asking. Luckily as they were further up the street the person had rang the police and they got caught and done for theft. Bloody right too!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I collect scrap..and tbh if i seen scrap in any of your yards id take it aswell..why not,copper is like money..220€ per hundred weight

So you're admitting to being a common thief then? nice!

Couldn't bring myself to reply to it. But I think you've hit the nail on the head

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

"I collect scrap..and tbh if i seen scrap in any of your yards id take it aswell..why not,copper is like money..220€ per hundred weight

So you're admitting to being a common thief then? nice!

exactly mate..problem?"

I think most people would have a problem with thieving yes!!!

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

I had some scrap in my front garden once which I was gonna tags to the dump, a guy knocked on my door and ASKED if he could take it. That's the correct way. Very polite bloke he was.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Anyway Pad1989 I love your profile pics. Any chance you can send us over a face pic please?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I collect scrap..and tbh if i seen scrap in any of your yards id take it aswell..why not,copper is like money..220€ per hundred weight"

because its theft

If you come onto my garden and take something without asking is trespassing and stealing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

on one occasion a couple of these guys ventured into my back garden to have a look around, looking from inside I was a little surprised that they just decided to go round the back on there own accord, i wasnt worried as i knew they would not be able to take anything,my rottweiler was out there having a nap,

when he woke to greet them one of the guys lept over a 6ft fence into the neighbours garden and the other jumped up on to the top of the shed roof shouting for help

it was hilarious

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I collect scrap..and tbh if i seen scrap in any of your yards id take it aswell..why not,copper is like money..220€ per hundred weight

So you're admitting to being a common thief then? nice!

exactly mate..problem?"

the problem is what people like you class as scrap and what I class as scrap isn't the same, my kids bikes was taken off my yard by the scrap man, that's not taking scrap, going on someone's yard and taking children's bikes is plain old fashioned theft and having a van to threw throw them on does not put you above the law, nor does it give you the rights to just wonder onto peoples yards to take a look at what you may want to take

Your idea of scrap is anything of value that's not tied down

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

But in this thread pad1989 has gone from being a scrap collector to admitting being a thief....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"on one occasion a couple of these guys ventured into my back garden to have a look around, looking from inside I was a little surprised that they just decided to go round the back on there own accord, i wasnt worried as i knew they would not be able to take anything,my rottweiler was out there having a nap,

when he woke to greet them one of the guys lept over a 6ft fence into the neighbours garden and the other jumped up on to the top of the shed roof shouting for help

it was hilarious

see that's what kind of dog I need, when they come on my garden my dogs help they carry stuff off

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I collect scrap..and tbh if i seen scrap in any of your yards id take it aswell..why not,copper is like money..220€ per hundred weight

So you're admitting to being a common thief then? nice!

exactly mate..problem?"

Lets turn it around then.

You pull up by someone house, get out your van and wander around looking for scrap and someone decides to take your van and weigh it in.....are we still happy?

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By *ricky_DickyMan
over a year ago

Mirfield

Just had one round the estate, it's not as bad as it used to be here, 6 in one day is the most that ever came round and when you told them 'their mates' had just been round would often get pretty pissed. Now a days we get one every couple of weeks just cruising down the street having a damn good nosey.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Ive never seen one in all my life or a rag and bone man

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Lol wow okay.

Well chucky egg if you ever want to satisfy that curiosity you're welcome to ours anytime. Can be quite entertaining ....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

you can always tell who's the tat men round here, its the house with a horse on the front garden

so if anything goes missing you just look for the horse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My son left a micro scooter in his dads driveway, his uncle had not long since bought it & as it was a 'stunt' scooter, it was £130 (ridiculous I know!).

Anyway, the scrap metal collectors just took it out of the driveway, luckily his dad has CCTV and got the number off the van. A phone call later, they said they'd only return it if we bought it back off them for £20.

Cheeky feckers, son had to part with his pocket money & the scooter was wrecked.

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By *inkershoes69Woman
over a year ago

maidstone

"Ive never seen one in all my life or a rag and bone man"
i dont see any either

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We are too remote for the thieving pikeys to bother

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We're plagued with them. One has just walked down our drive in a temper and ripped off the sign stating "no scrap".

What can you do?"

Stand in your living room window holding an air rifle, it looks like the real thing from a distance. And if they still ask, tell them you have some lead that you want to get rid of very quickly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My son left a micro scooter in his dads driveway, his uncle had not long since bought it & as it was a 'stunt' scooter, it was £130 (ridiculous I know!).

Cheeky feckers, son had to part with his pocket money & the scooter was wrecked.

if you knew who had took it and had proof and the means to contact them why didn't you just call the police?

I had to get the police involved to get my kids bikes back, the police round here hate them because they get so many complaints about them, it is classed as theft and the police will get involved

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I rescued a Victorian lamp post from a customers garden which builders had broken into three.

I found out how to rebuild the lamp casing and was working on a way of getting the cast iron stitch welded .

I came home and Mrs J said some pikeys had been asking what I was going to do with it and she told them it was a project of her husbands, that didn't bother them , they had nicked the lighter bit of the three.

Utter bastard scum !!!.

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By *asey369Woman
over a year ago

London

I've also never seen a scrap metal collector or rag and bone man. I've had my window boxes tea leafed twice if that counts!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I never realised this was such a big problem. Do some people have no class whatsoever?!

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

We have a man that comes round occasionally on his horse and cart ringing a bell. Which is fine as he knocks to ask before taking anything.

Then we have a few that go round in open back trucks that take anything not nailed down. I told some off the other week for trying to take some scaffolding poles off our driveway.

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By *eyondCuriousWoman
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

I'd love to know how they get away with it I bet they don't even have a waste transfer license!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So glad i have cctv covering the whole place after a break in last year,if i remember correctly they have to have a license to collect scrap metal so would be worth asking to see the relevant documents first.If they have none or are you suspect they are prentending to have them then a call to pokey should get rid of them.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I never realised this was such a big problem. Do some people have no class whatsoever?! "

Correct

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By *ogistical NightmaresCouple
over a year ago

Manchester Area

Get the scavengers round mine then its meet the dog time, if they aint got the message by then its meet the owner ..... end of

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"I collect scrap..and tbh if i seen scrap in any of your yards id take it aswell..why not,copper is like money..220€ per hundred weight

So you're admitting to being a common thief then? nice!

exactly mate..problem?"

Yes, the problem would be yours if I caught you on my property

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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago

near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack!

"I never realised this was such a big problem. Do some people have no class whatsoever?! "

I have a local plumber who off-loads all of his old radiators and boilers on me and it`s a constant battle of wits trying to hide it/tie it down/whatever and has been for several years where I live.

Next time you`re listening to the radio and you hear the travel news of "signalling problems" on the railway, chances are that some scumbag has made off with a few hundred yards of copper signalling cable, probably by tying it to the back of a motorbike and just ripping it out!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a copper cylinder and copper pipe to get rid of. Any suggestions which scrap dealer gives the best price.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

It isn't the guy who posted aboved Pad. He wanted it for free.... Without your permission.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"I have a copper cylinder and copper pipe to get rid of. Any suggestions which scrap dealer gives the best price."

You need to have a bank account and a vehicle for registration purposes, then they will pay you by cheque. This is to try and stop our "Irish friend" from helping himself to other people's property

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

If you want them to leave you alone place an old washing machine in your garden/driveway fill the osoap drawer with uurine cut off the waste pipe when the pikeys come to "recycle" the washing machine they will get a lovely golden shower when they pick it up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

well its sunday and as usual the neighbours next door have just pulled up in there flat back wagon,piled to the sky with scrap,and as always there throwing things straight from the wagon onto the driveway and garden so they can hammer and bang for the next 3 hours to take off all the parts the scrap dealers don't take,,totally pissed off with it now,oh and they've just blatantly refilled the wagon with barrels of red diesel

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By *icechap50Man
over a year ago

Dudley

Pain in the arse they are,too many of them

And those bloody horns!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

got a nice video on our phone of what they are doing so ,im sure I can find a way to send it to the council to let them know

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"got a nice video on our phone of what they are doing so ,im sure I can find a way to send it to the council to let them know

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By *its_n_piecesCouple
over a year ago

"I have a copper cylinder and copper pipe to get rid of. Any suggestions which scrap dealer gives the best price."

britton ferry salvage

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By *atelotmanMan
over a year ago

Chatham

Funny you say about taking the guys van, late brother in law did just that,mind you he was 6ft 6inches tall ex para and bloody bult like a shite house. The van was found the next day smashed to bits lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Okay I need a para. I think I can find space for one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The guys that come round Gloucester must be the nicest bunch as I've never experienced any nastiness etc from them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I have a copper cylinder and copper pipe to get rid of. Any suggestions which scrap dealer gives the best price.

You need to have a bank account and a vehicle for registration purposes, then they will pay you by cheque. This is to try and stop our "Irish friend" from helping himself to other people's property

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our Irish friends don't need bank accounts, they still can get cash, think they ate the only ones that can tho

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"well its sunday and as usual the neighbours next door have just pulled up in there flat back wagon,piled to the sky with scrap,and as always there throwing things straight from the wagon onto the driveway and garden so they can hammer and bang for the next 3 hours to take off all the parts the scrap dealers don't take,,totally pissed off with it now,oh and they've just blatantly refilled the wagon with barrels of red diesel

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the joy of living next door to a scrap man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

it dosnt matter if there paid by cheque,our next door neighbours just go straight to Ramsdens and get it cashed for a small fee so its still instant cash to them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Happy days our benefit cheating,Scrap metal wagon collecting,neighbours are using there wagon to move house today,,theyve been evicted

I know its only half past four but im celebrating and on the G & T's

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We are too remote for the thieving pikeys to bother"

that is a very abusive statement, you cant class everyone the same!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

its all kicking off,5 police cars 2 vans, 3 council vans, there refusing to be shifted,god knows why they moved everything out yesterday

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