Someone stole all the AC units off our roof last night - GoFuckYourself.com

ADL Colin · 03-27-2008, 07:31 AM

Guess they are after the scrap copper. Copper = $3.90/pound.

Not sure why they took the whole units though.

J. Falcon · 03-27-2008, 07:36 AM

That sucks.

dav3 · 03-27-2008, 07:40 AM

Damn! That's pretty crazy, seems like a lot of work.

ADL Colin · 03-27-2008, 07:41 AM

My bad. They were on the back of the building. Police were just here.

AssPirate · 03-27-2008, 07:47 AM

wtf...that's really crazy...i hate those kinds of people

Holly · 03-27-2008, 07:48 AM

That's a huge problem in the city near where I live. Happens all the time.

The other thing they're taking now is catalytic converters. I think they have platinum in them. I may be wrong about that, but I know it's not copper. Some other kind of metal.

Jace · 03-27-2008, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Holly

That's a huge problem in the city near where I live. Happens all the time.

The other thing they're taking now is catalytic converters. I think they have platinum in them. I may be wrong about that, but I know it's not copper. Some other kind of metal.

wow, I never knew

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Due to the exterior location and the use of valuable precious metals including platinum, palladium, and rhodium, converters are a target for thieves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalyt...onverter_theft

Holly · 03-27-2008, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Jace

wow, I never knew

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalyt...onverter_theft

I know someone who prosecutes for the city and they have the druggies in court all the time for that crap.

Sosa · 03-27-2008, 08:13 AM

people will do anything for money

BuggyG · 03-27-2008, 08:14 AM

yeah couple months ago there was reports on catalytic coverters being stolen from cars. have not heard much of it since. Last thing was people having their snow shovels stolen during the night if they were left out in front of garage

dav3 · 03-27-2008, 08:15 AM

And to think I hollowed out my Cat and threw the innards in the trash!

AmeliaG · 03-27-2008, 08:18 AM

How surreal.

rowan · 03-27-2008, 08:21 AM

Is that an apartment building or a freestanding house?

Sucks either way.

I had someone try to siphon petrol from my car recently when I made the mistake of parking in an "overflow" area of a car park that was out of sight. There was less than $30 worth in there.

Tom_PM · 03-27-2008, 09:28 AM

Landmines.

ADL Colin · 03-27-2008, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by rowan

Is that an apartment building or a freestanding house?

..Office

mona · 03-27-2008, 09:42 AM

In Central America, they say, "Better chain that down, someone may try to 'recycle' it" Gotta love their euphimism for robbing you blind!

DaddyHalbucks · 03-27-2008, 09:53 AM

The joys of city life.

woj · 03-27-2008, 10:03 AM

damn savages....

how much is that stuff worth anyway? I can't imagine a AC unit sold to a metal recycling place can be worth much more than $10, catalytic converter is probably worth about the same... you have to saw it off, make noise, it's a lot of drama for $10...

rowan · 03-27-2008, 10:06 AM

Are you going to build some sort of enclosure when the units are replaced?

justinsain · 03-27-2008, 10:48 AM

Around here the thieves were going after the catalytic converters for the precious
metals and I think they were getting between $30 - $50 for each one.

They were targeting Toyota Tundra trucks because they were easy to slide under and
saw them off. Only took a few seconds.

JasonSmokes · 03-27-2008, 11:09 AM

I had the Aluminum siding stolen out of my drive way. About a hundred pounds worth. luckily I had completed the renovation... Nobody saw anything, happened in the middle of the day. That stuff is loud when moving it around. The balls of some people maybe Anal Hobbit? lol

ADL Colin · 03-27-2008, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by rowan

Are you going to build some sort of enclosure when the units are replaced?

Dunno. Right now we have just opened the windows. ;-)

ADL Colin · 03-27-2008, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonSmokes

The balls of some people maybe Anal Hobbit? lol

TDF · 03-27-2008, 11:14 AM

blame the darkies

Jenny S. · 03-27-2008, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by woj

damn savages....

how much is that stuff worth anyway? I can't imagine a AC unit sold to a metal recycling place can be worth much more than $10, catalytic converter is probably worth about the same... you have to saw it off, make noise, it's a lot of drama for $10...

You get about 50-100 bucks for the metal in a $ 3000 AC unit. Its rampant down here too, we even had cases where they pulled copper wire out of the drywall of an unfinished home. Lot's of people are hungry right now, not just druggies. We went from 400 building permits per month down to 6 in our town, which leaves everybody that worked in construction without a job.

AC snatchers do take a high risk down here. Castle Law, plus, where I live people have AK47s and street-sweepers at home. There is a fair chance that you bite the dust for 80 bucks in copper.

ADL Colin · 03-27-2008, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Jenny S.

AC snatchers do take a high risk down here. .

I'm gonna start a blog.
http://www.acsnatchers.com/

Zebra · 03-27-2008, 11:32 AM

We had some people stealing power lines here last summer. Two guys got fried trying to steal copper lines from a substation and caught the whole place on fire and blew power out here for half a day.

Jenny S. · 03-27-2008, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ADL Colin

I'm gonna start a blog.
http://www.acsnatchers.com/

You might have the wrong neighbors. Nobody is stealing my AC, they first have to get by Henry's house.

Henry's favorite quote: "It's gonna get ugly".

ADL Colin · 03-27-2008, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Jenny S.

You might have the wrong neighbors. Nobody is stealing my AC, they first have to get by Henry's house.

Henry's favorite quote: "It's gonna get ugly".

Errr, well these were stolen from our office buildings.

ADL Colin · 03-27-2008, 11:40 AM

[QUOTE=Zebra;13985501] Two guys got fried trying to steal copper lines QUOTE]

nice.

LiveDose · 03-27-2008, 11:44 AM

Jesus...

dav3 · 03-27-2008, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Zebra

We had some people stealing power lines here last summer. Two guys got fried trying to steal copper lines from a substation and caught the whole place on fire and blew power out here for half a day.

About a year or so ago, in a small rural WV area by where I used to live, some fuckers cut down a portion of a main telephone line straight from the pole. Left a small community without phone service for a few days.

ADL Colin · 03-27-2008, 12:05 PM

12 units. Total copper value $2000-$3000. AC units worth $40,000

pr0 · 03-27-2008, 12:12 PM

legalize the drugs & shit will stop being stolen

people will stop getting shot etc.

fucking let them overdose on cheap shit

CurrentlySober · 03-27-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by LiveDose

Jesus...

So its the Mexicans then?

quantum-x · 03-27-2008, 12:48 PM

Happens a lot.

It's harder to explore train tunnels in Paris for the same reason:
There has been a gang of copper strippers who hit the live train tunnels and strip them - They can get 25m^3 of copper for each tunnel section.

There are 6 x 750V [but about ~100A] DC lines for the trains - they cut 5 of lines and steal them - the next train that goes through melts / explodes the last cable.

Crazy shit.

Also, when places get abandoned, normally for about a week after, you can't explore them - they're the domain of copper strippers, who are really, really aggressive about their territory. I remember hearing from one that they do 4 - 5 good strip jobs per year and come out w/ a 50 - 60k wage.

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VeriSexy · 03-27-2008, 06:20 PM

Wow.. those damn thieves

tony286 · 03-27-2008, 06:22 PM

thats so fucked up

StarkReality · 03-27-2008, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jenny S.

You might have the wrong neighbors. Nobody is stealing my AC, they first have to get by Henry's house.

Henry's favorite quote: "It's gonna get ugly".

Now, that's the neighbor I'd like to have

Just make sure he doesn't shoot down the whole house when aiming at an AC thief.

quantum-x · 03-27-2008, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ADL Colin

12 units. Total copper value $2000-$3000. AC units worth $40,000

AC unit theft is common in hot periods for resale too. They're practically untraceable

Profits of Doom · 03-27-2008, 09:51 PM

I really get pissed when I hear this shit. For all of you boxing fans that is why the world famous Kronk Gym in Detroit is no more. Back in September 2006 some shit bag thieves stole all of the copper pipes that pumped it's water, and Emanuel Steward ended up closing the gym rather than spending all of that money to replace the pipes...

aico · 03-27-2008, 10:01 PM

How do you know they just didn't steal them so resell them? Summer is coming

L-Pink · 03-27-2008, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rowan

Are you going to build some sort of enclosure when the units are replaced?

Good idea, be careful the units need lots of airflow to prevent overheating. There are metal cages which bolt from the inside to the concrete pad and have a padlockable door. The idea is to make your neighbors units more attractive.

crockett · 03-27-2008, 10:10 PM

So you live in Florida too...

crockett · 03-27-2008, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JasonSmokes

I had the Aluminum siding stolen out of my drive way. About a hundred pounds worth. luckily I had completed the renovation... Nobody saw anything, happened in the middle of the day. That stuff is loud when moving it around. The balls of some people maybe Anal Hobbit? lol

Yea I bet it was Anal Hobit.. he stole my gas cap and hocked it on e-bay.

Jenny S. · 03-28-2008, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by crockett

Yea I bet it was Anal Hobit.. he stole my gas cap and hocked it on e-bay.

He got shot last year, trying to syphon diesel out of my neighbor's 3/4 ton truck.

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