3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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never had this before in the 20yrs or so i've lived here.
some bloke and his son has driven up and down the road in a lorry ringing a bell asking for scrap etc  they had old washing machine and radiators in the truck.
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Yate, Bristol
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Pikeys?
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
Location: Armchair
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always used to get it in Wolves
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3CorsaMeal
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i reckon so, the young lad in the front was looking down my drive like a dodgy git
probably liked the escort
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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get that down my road everyweekend
Our oven packed up the other week, left it on the pavement and it was gone within 20mins
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3CorsaMeal
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i have some bent alloys wheel to scrap, but know the scrap man will pay me for them, he dug himself a hole when trying to sell me alloys, telling how much he could get by weighing them in, so had to charge me a certain amount to buy them.
i turned round and said well i'll be bringing the old ones here then
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Jakey
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Any old irrrooonnnnn.
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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Fucking hell Jim funny enough this happend to me this morning!!!
I had an old radiator in the garage but he gave me £10 for it as he knows he will get more in scrap.
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Yep, dodgy bastards. I know people that do it and it's been going on for decades.
The trouble is these days, rather than it being useful it's a nusiance as they are usually scouting the area looking for stuff to steal in the middle of the night.
When we had a skip on our drive everytime anything was put in an hour later it was gone.
Fucking scumbags.
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
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Your right Ollie i was very sceptical of letting them near the house so i had to open the garage from the front and his lad helped me out with the rad.Good luck if they wanna brake in here though it's wired up to fuck 
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
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Get various scrap iron people in Transit tippers at least 3 times a week around here. 
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random dav
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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It is annoying, its more so now as the price per tonne is up again. On a pub nearby that is being refurbed has/had a sign up saying 'all items of value have been removed including copper pipes and metal you pikey bastards'
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ssj_kakarot
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Registered: 29th Apr 03
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they can make quite a good bit of money from it now-a-days so for some i guess its more of a career so probs not going to have things stolen.
not to different from window cleaners i presume, just people trying to get a bit of cash, all you need is a scrap waste card for a couple of £100 pounds.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Where the hell do you live
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random dav
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
Where the hell do you live
it was near my garage/studio in between warrington and golborne
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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They get so desperate though, picking up a length of copper about 4 inches long and pleading with me to take it.
Fucking disgusting bastards.
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ssj_kakarot
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Location: hartlepool
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yeah got to agree, i wouldnt want to do it lol seems far to much like begging for loose change.
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Rag and Bone man?
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Ojc
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Yes indeed, apart from Rag & Bone men used to be handy decent people, these are just chavs in pickups rummaging through peoples rubbish and clocking anything else you might have in the garage.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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We have security at the end of our road to keep commoners like this out.
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Ive had man in a transit van bang the door asking if he could take a shell of a car away that was in the back garden before....dont think he had a bell though
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Did he look like this Jim?
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Colin
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Aaaarold....whats the price of copper!?
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random dav
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
We have security at the end of our road to keep commoners like this out.
do you have gates too? they will be next
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
We have security at the end of our road to keep commoners like this out.
A cattle grid doesnt really count as security.
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