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#121
09-21-2009, 03:55 PM
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99% of the TV's that me and my flea market friend see at the dump have had the CRT bashed and the yoke robbed. Around here, you pretty much have to be at the dump when the TV arrives because these "copper grabbers" do nothing but make the rounds all day. I think the most upsetting case was when a friend called to say there was a nice '50's Zenith B&W console at the dump. I tried to get him to save it; but, it was too heavy for him. So, about 30 minutes later, I made it to the dump; only to find a busted up mess. The only thing left was the cabinet and a bunch of busted glass. Now, I'd just rather not know about a TV at the dump unless it's already been saved. This junk of "there's a TV at the dump but I can't get it" is for the birds because there is a 99.9% chance the TV will be smashed by the time I get to it.
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#123
12-17-2014, 03:31 PM
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Around here, I feel that curb-finds will have ONE LAST RUN... Here's why. I just got a flyer in the mail from the Dept. Of Sanitation, that, starting on Jan. 1, 2015, it will be illegal to discard any electronic item on the curbs of NYC. They won't take it, and you can be ticketed. Instead, you'll need to take your electronic waste to a recycling event.
Sooo.....Until the New Year, I will be expecting to be in direct competition with the 'scrap-vans' to find the VERY LAST of the vintage TV and audio gear. If there is one final burst of stuff, as people get ready for the January 1st ban.
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#124
12-17-2014, 05:28 PM
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That's pretty funny......
All it really means is that they won't be tossing in front of their house.... It'll be down the street at some un occupied lot/house/etc. .
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#125
12-17-2014, 07:00 PM
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For a while I saved the yokes from TVs and monitors I was parting out, but when I took them in they didn't bring much. From memory it was less than the rate for motors and transformers. To get more I'd have to separate out just the copper wire from all the other material.
I've often wondered if when the copper scabs aren't making their round are they sitting down unwinding all their yokes and transformers? Even at the higher rate for clean copper wire I wouldn't have thought it would be worth the time. I guess there are worse ways to make money though.
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