Oh dear Rainbows

I wouldnt leave anything outside that i wanted

I leave any scrap outside and its usually gone within the day

saves me taking to the scrap yard

They frequently go in the back of the wagon accidentally, on bin day. Once in, they don't come out again!

Brian

perhaps i didnt make clear

if heres something you want rid of leave it on the pavement and it will be picked up in short time by scrap collectors

This has happened in sheffield for many years im sure also in most northern citys

Having said that Rainbows attempted to hide his prize and it still went

A guilty admission – In days gone by I (and many of my friends) got rid of old engine oil by putting it into the new oil tin, then 'accidentally' leaving it just behind the car, usually in a supermarket carpark, or some such, then walk away for a few minutes – the 'new' can of old oil invariably disappeared. Not a good thing to do, I know, but I often hoped the thieving s**s put the old il in their cars. Some people will nick anything.

Rainbows, If you have a Facebook account, search for the local interest and local neighbourhood watch groups.
they are quite good at spotting and reporting on vehicles behaving suspiciously.
From what I saw around North Sheffield before I moved away, I'd be surprised if it showed up locally in one of the scrapyards, though it's obviously worth a look.

I regularly saw transit pickups around our way collecting "scrap" but found it hard to believe that the piles of new kids bikes, good condition garden furniture, and fine cast iron ornaments, could all have been voluntarily "donated". I'm even aware of central heating radiators, both brand new, and even still with the paint drying, have been liberated.
Personally I've lost various large lumps of metalwork, that wasn't visible from the road or even a cursory glance around the back.
Also a full car engine, 4 motorbikes over the years, and someone tried nicking a Landrover gearbox whilst I was there fitting it, similarly the bonet, whilst I was working on the engine on a different day.

I have it on good authority that some of this was collected by a particular extended family, who were known to be rather violent. A little later, this moved on to a different community "litter collection group", also very threatening, perhaps moreso. Be very careful if you have to challenge them.

It's hard to mooch around scrapyards these days, but it's good that, officially at least, they're not allowed to purchase for cash.

I honestly believe that leaving real scrap out on the pavement only encourages these lowlifes to proliferate.

Hence my comment "officially at least"
Since we moved, I've fortunately no longer felt the need to keep a pick-axe handle by the back door, though thefts aren't unknown even in Buxton.

No, the garden implement, that I forgot to return to the shed, isn't the product of a paranoid mind, but has been in my possession whilst chatting to a couple of our local visitors in the past.

p.s. where's the scrappy, I've got loads of lead acid batteries to dispose of.  

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 11/10/2019 02:26:35

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I’m wary of your closing smiley, Bill, but you may like to know:

John Swindells [in Macclesfield] is excellent

… and despite the family name, an honourable man

MichaelG.

I've personally seen a scrap dealer who had a cheque cashing kiosk right next to the payment desk. I'd hazard a guess the bank never saw any of the checks they took.

Robert G8RPI.

Our local scrap yard did, dunno if he still does. It's quite legitimate if they follow certain rules although it's largely redundant now since they nearly all use the 'card loading' system where they pay the money onto a pre-paid cash card and it's then available for instant withdrawal from the ATM.