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  • SilentKnight
    Megan Fox's fluffer
    • Oct 2005
    • 24812

    #1

    File this one under "WTF?!"

    So I have this 25-year-old Zenith console TV that's been stashed in the garage that I finally put out to the curb for garbage collection in the morning.

    A dude in a truck drops by and asks if it still works, and if he could take it. I told him it still works, and he was welcome to it. His truck was full of junk at the time, but he says he'll be back shortly for it. He leaves.

    While he's gone, I ran an extension cord out to it, plugged it in and made sure it was in fact still working. No problem. Lights up right away. I unplugged it and put away the extension.

    An hour later he comes around again - so I go outside and he's looking the TV over. BUT NOW ITS MISSING THE POWER CORD!

    He explains that just as he was pulling on to the street, he sees someone in a black pickup truck drive up, jump out, cut the cord, leap back into the truck (with the cord) and takes off.

    WTF?!

    Luckily they left about an inch sticking out of the back of the TV, and the guy says he can easily splice a new power cord on, no problem.

    He loads the TV, thanks me...and takes off.


    What the fuck is with people these days? Sure, its a junker TV at the curb.

    BUT STOPPING BY TO CUT OFF A POWER CORD?

    This world just keep getting stranger by the hour.
  • aico
    Moo Moo Cow
    • Mar 2004
    • 14748

    #2
    It's a common thing for people to try to make you feel powerless.

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    • Sly
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      • Sep 2004
      • 31379

      #3
      LOL. That's pretty funny...

      An aside, you should not throw away TVs like that. Bad for the environment. :-)
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      • Deej
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        • Jun 2005
        • 24386

        #4
        Ok - properly filed...

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        • Marcus Aurelius
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          • Apr 2003
          • 14809

          #5
          Copper theft perhaps?

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          • Darkhorse
            Horsing Around
            • Sep 2002
            • 5883

            #6
            Ummm ya lol thats a weird one for sure.

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            • Barefootsies
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              • Feb 2005
              • 42635

              #7
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              • mikeyddddd
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                • Mar 2003
                • 16557

                #8


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                • Juicy D. Links
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                  • Apr 2001
                  • 122992

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Barefootsies

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                  • DixieDash
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                    • May 2008
                    • 339

                    #10
                    Geez, what the heck would they want that for?
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                    • sicone
                      Retired
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 18453

                      #11
                      Originally posted by MDCQ
                      Copper theft perhaps?
                      That's exactly what it is

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                      • Manowar
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                        • Dec 2003
                        • 71528

                        #12
                        they need the metals inside

                        god damn people will do anything now

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                        • TyroneGoldberg
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                          • Sep 2007
                          • 1081

                          #13
                          Originally posted by MDCQ
                          Copper theft perhaps?
                          no other reason, copper is what close to 4 bucks a pound.

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                          • Bird
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                            • Jan 2005
                            • 4365

                            #14
                            great story, i though you were going have some homeless out in font of yur yard watchingTV
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                            • Spunky
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                              • Jun 2002
                              • 133978

                              #15
                              Damn people are sure getting desperate for a couple bucks

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                              • SilentKnight
                                Megan Fox's fluffer
                                • Oct 2005
                                • 24812

                                #16
                                Originally posted by MDCQ
                                Copper theft perhaps?
                                If so...its a damn tedious way to make a buck. The cord was maybe 36-inches long.

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                                • mikesouth
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jun 2003
                                  • 6340

                                  #17
                                  as old as that tv is POSSIBLE the power cord was made with silver or a silver alloy, silver is a MUCH better conductor than copper and was sometimes used in high end electronics....just a possibility but i think that would be more the case with 40 or so year old TVs
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                                  • Marcus Aurelius
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                                    • Apr 2003
                                    • 14809

                                    #18
                                    its pretty common here in Georgia. Hell some guys actually stripped an entire radio station tower of all the copper and put the place off the air for a day or two. There have been cases where entire subdivisions come home to find the copper pipes from their AC units cut clean from the unit and the house.

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                                    • pornguy
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                                      • Mar 2003
                                      • 62910

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by SilentKnight
                                      So I have this 25-year-old Zenith console TV that's been stashed in the garage that I finally put out to the curb for garbage collection in the morning.

                                      A dude in a truck drops by and asks if it still works, and if he could take it. I told him it still works, and he was welcome to it. His truck was full of junk at the time, but he says he'll be back shortly for it. He leaves.

                                      While he's gone, I ran an extension cord out to it, plugged it in and made sure it was in fact still working. No problem. Lights up right away. I unplugged it and put away the extension.

                                      An hour later he comes around again - so I go outside and he's looking the TV over. BUT NOW ITS MISSING THE POWER CORD!

                                      He explains that just as he was pulling on to the street, he sees someone in a black pickup truck drive up, jump out, cut the cord, leap back into the truck (with the cord) and takes off.

                                      WTF?!

                                      Luckily they left about an inch sticking out of the back of the TV, and the guy says he can easily splice a new power cord on, no problem.

                                      He loads the TV, thanks me...and takes off.


                                      What the fuck is with people these days? Sure, its a junker TV at the curb.

                                      BUT STOPPING BY TO CUT OFF A POWER CORD?

                                      This world just keep getting stranger by the hour.



                                      Said power cord will be used in a murder that is high profile. You will be charged with that until the guy that took the tv can be located to verify your story.
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                                      • XoXo Cash
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                                        • Jun 2008
                                        • 257

                                        #20
                                        or they could could have done it for no other reason than to just be jerks....
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                                        • GrouchyAdmin
                                          Now choke yourself!
                                          • Apr 2006
                                          • 12085

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by aico
                                          It's a common thing for people to try to make you feel powerless.
                                          Oh man.. oh.. man.. the pun.. it STINGS IT STINGS.

                                          I dunno, if I dug through trash for parts, I'd probably take a power cable to stick onto a lamp, or something.

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                                          • MandyBlake
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                                            • Nov 2002
                                            • 17761

                                            #22
                                            two words
                                            people suck
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                                            • SilentKnight
                                              Megan Fox's fluffer
                                              • Oct 2005
                                              • 24812

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by mikesouth
                                              as old as that tv is POSSIBLE the power cord was made with silver or a silver alloy, silver is a MUCH better conductor than copper and was sometimes used in high end electronics....just a possibility but i think that would be more the case with 40 or so year old TVs
                                              Interesting - however the TV wasn't quite that old, bought it new in '86.

                                              According to http://www.scrapmetalpricesandauctions.com/

                                              The following is a a summary of scrap metal recycling prices in Canada. Prices are based on spot market prices and two prices are given - less then truck load and full truck load. Prices are in Canadian Dollars per pound (lb)

                                              Old Mixed Aluminium 0.34 0.44 lbs CND
                                              Old Yellow Brass 1.08 1.79 lbs CND
                                              No.2 Scrap Copper 2.71 2.87 lbs CND
                                              Mixed Lead 0.39 0.64 lbs CND
                                              Nickel Scrap 6.18 8.24 lbs CND
                                              No.2 Steel 369.73 462.17 ton CND
                                              Stainless Scrap 0.67 0.89 lbs CND
                                              Old Mixed Zinc Scrap 0.25 0.51 lbs CND
                                              Car Bodies 77.03 128.38 ton CND
                                              Aluminum Wheels 0.68 0.89 lbs CND
                                              Battery Scrap 0.10 0.17 lbs CND
                                              Catalytic Converters 28.27 47.07 each CND

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                                              • Iron Fist
                                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                • Dec 2006
                                                • 23400

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by aico
                                                It's a common thing for people to try to make you feel powerless.
                                                Nicely played sir.
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                                                • SilentKnight
                                                  Megan Fox's fluffer
                                                  • Oct 2005
                                                  • 24812

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by aico
                                                  It's a common thing for people to try to make you feel powerless.
                                                  nyuk, nyuk

                                                  Ok, I laughed

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