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Copper wire pays big.

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Piste.Off
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So my dad works for an air conditioning company and they do some pretty big jobs that require a personal transformer for the building. So a few days ago they got all new transformers for the buildings and all the old transformers were just left at the junkyard. So me my brother and my Dad go and pick up the transformers, bring them home and start operating on them. Long story short there are coils of copper wiring that run around each metal rod in the transformer. We take the 560 lbs of copper wire to the scrapyard to sell and we get $1200 for everything.

go hunting for some copper NSers i made $430 in just a few hours today.
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Jul 21 2008 9:14PM
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babujib
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that looks more along the lines of $461 but shit thats rediculous how much per lb is copper
Jul 21 2008 9:17PM
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Spillway_East
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in my town theres a scrap metal place and the prices have gone up so much that there are lines there everyday its crazy
Jul 21 2008 9:23PM
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birdshake
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people have been stealing the sewer grates around here its like $75 for one
Jul 21 2008 9:28PM
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Peter.
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people steal it from my grandpa's hardware store

hes had people that have their boss send them to buy copper, but they buy it, bend it so it looks used and then sell it to the scrap yard
Jul 21 2008 9:37PM
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Obsessedwski
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takin from the junk yard and backalleys and shits fine but don't go stealing the stuff

People've stolen whole statues and war memorials and shit in Vancouver, not long before the roof on parliment goes
Jul 21 2008 9:37PM
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followCam
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people are stealing manhole coverss and stuff like that nowadays arent they?
Jul 21 2008 9:40PM
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Piste.Off
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$275 a lb  and
Jul 21 2008 9:42PM
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hoodSlayer
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In portland all the meth addicts will steal pretty much anything made out of metal that isn't bolted down
Jul 21 2008 9:43PM
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Obsessedwski
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Haha bolts don't do shit
the guy who stole the statue just cracked the concrete around it
Jul 21 2008 9:45PM
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MadSteezin
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Here in Washington people have been stealing copper out of the ground along the highway which is for the lights and were talking about two miles worth and they take it to scrap yards and make bank.
Jul 21 2008 10:33PM
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ThaLetterM.
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this isnt a new thing..if you go to pretty much any crack/drug/abandoned house in any major city, you will see huge holes in the walls where someone has busted through the drywall and taken all the wiring..pretty common
Jul 21 2008 10:49PM
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smooticus
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Ive got a trailer full of old steal framing that was in my old barn thats being torn down. He said he didnt know what to do with so im just going to take it down to the recyclers and keep the money. Its like a couple tons
Jul 21 2008 10:53PM
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toominator
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Someone in my town got busted earlier in the year stealing the copper downpipes on the outside of the prison.. you have to wonder.
Jul 21 2008 10:55PM
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JamesR
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haha. dumbasses around where i live die trying to steal copper out of electrical wire. yes electrical wires that run alongside roads, they actually lean a pole against it to try to divert the current then they climb a ladder to try to cut it out. needless to say, must of them end up dead.
Jul 21 2008 10:56PM
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smooticus
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Sorry for the double post, but does anyone know where i can find out how much scrap steel is by the ton. I dont want the guys at the recycling place to screw me
Jul 21 2008 10:59PM
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ATLskier
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1/3 of the worlds copper is in use,
1/3 is still in the ground
1/3 is in landfills. People will be mining landfills soon.


Jul 21 2008 10:59PM
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Scolson
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no, gold and platinum are more expensive than copper I'm pretty sure.
Jul 21 2008 11:06PM
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juliana.
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my dad caught a guy at his work stealing a ton of copper, he would come at like 2 in the morning and cause he was one of the owners they didnt think anything was up cause the alarm would always never stay on but then my dad set up a camera and was like a spy and caught him in the act! needless to say the guy was fired and is like a car salesman now hahah sucks for him
Jul 21 2008 11:39PM
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birdshake
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it wasn't just any old cemetery it was a VETERAN cemetery what the fuck is wrong with people
Jul 21 2008 11:47PM
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