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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: garry22 on December 09, 2011, 06:51:35 pm

Title: Sign of the times...
Post by: garry22 on December 09, 2011, 06:51:35 pm
Everyone in our village lost telephone and broadband services for the whole of last week. A real pain this close to Christmas.

I found out today that someone had dug up and removed the copper cable (for scrap!) Shame they didn't fry on an elictrical substation instead.
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: Mike Halliday on December 09, 2011, 07:01:59 pm
they nicked the railway signal cable from near us last week, they put the scrap value at £130 but it cost £30,000 in repairs and lost revenue
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: Andrew Briscoe on December 09, 2011, 07:06:44 pm
I hired a guy recently for a high access job, he worked for one of the top 4 rail companies.
We were talking about theft from railways, he said biggest culprits were the employees, they can just drive onto sites un-noticed and load a van full of cables, often worth thousands.

Andrew
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: wynne jones on December 09, 2011, 07:26:04 pm
Hello Mr Scrap man dealer I've got some railway cable here I found in the loft, how much you give me for it?

Oh bejessus, I'll give you twenty quid.
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: Mike Halliday on December 09, 2011, 07:55:59 pm
Wynne exactly!!! thast why the goverment is trying to stop scrapyards giving cash payments... they want all payments to be trackable
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: Mark Lawrence on December 09, 2011, 09:24:09 pm
We've had phone cables and even drain covers nicked round here. Everyone knows who they are, maybe thats why they drive round in Audi's & bm's.

Mark
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: Kinver_Clean on December 09, 2011, 09:29:42 pm
Someone nicked the postbox at the end of the lane a while ago.
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: Craigp on December 09, 2011, 10:17:57 pm
Fried!  It has happened!!!  Check this link..

http://goall.com/article/two-detroit-copper-thieves-got-fried.html
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: Jamie Lindsay on December 10, 2011, 09:07:02 pm
poor guys  :(
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: Ian Rochester on December 10, 2011, 09:11:53 pm
There's a factory on the industrial estate close to us, it closed about a year ago, I've just walked past it with the dog tonight and can hear the scum inside ripping out the copper etc.  The police even drove past when I was there and didn't even get out the car even though I told them there was people inside stealing!

Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: craig melvin on December 11, 2011, 03:19:17 pm
what horrible photos
really shocking!

Craig
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: wynne jones on December 11, 2011, 04:00:59 pm
Fried!  It has happened!!!  Check this link..

http://goall.com/article/two-detroit-copper-thieves-got-fried.html

Cops must have been there in minutes as one guy still has his trainers.
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: jasonl on December 11, 2011, 04:58:05 pm
2 weeks ago someone ripped out copper piping from the top floor of a 5 storey office building  causing water damage to 10000ft2 of office space , caused 12k worth of clear up and drying work  for me . and around 100k of equipment and building work for someone else.
Title: Re: Sign of the times...
Post by: AshWhite on December 11, 2011, 06:54:58 pm
2 weeks ago I ripped out copper piping from the top floor of a 5 storey office building  causing water damage to 10000ft2 of office space , caused 12k worth of clear up and drying work  for me . and around 100k of equipment and building work for someone else.

Fixed that for you, Jase  ;D