alissa1 Â Â 10 #1 Posted January 7, 2012 why does everyone hate scrap men? i hate tramps that leave crap in there garden and make the whole street look like a scrap yard!!!! there cleaning ur rubbish up and you complain???? dont get it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Gazza58   10 #2 Posted January 7, 2012 why does everyone hate scrap men? i hate tramps that leave crap in there garden and make the whole street look like a scrap yard!!!! there cleaning ur rubbish up and you complain???? dont get it  That would be great if they asked first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Snook   10 #3 Posted January 7, 2012 I don't think anyone complains about those that come around and ask to take your rubbish. However, there are a lot who go around and steal things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Tomm06 Â Â 12 #4 Posted January 7, 2012 Most people don't hate what they do, it's the fact that they take without asking. I've had an exhaust system and a washing machine stolen off my front with-in a day of them being there (not that I mind, since they saved me a job) but they still should knock on the door and ask first. They would find they would get more stuff aswell picture this; Â ''Hi, we're scrap men, and wondered if that old wheel barrow was wanted? or can we take it?'' Â ''Oh sure, yeah take it...infact heres some old such and such that I need shifting...want that too?'' Â Everyones happy, no ones a theiving gypsy bell end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alissa1 Â Â 10 #5 Posted January 7, 2012 if a scrap man takes something off a garden then it obviously looks like scrap, if it looks like scrap then it is scrap if a scrap man ever took anything off my garden i would be embarressed to admit it, nothing in my garden looks like scrap and nothing ever will Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
speedy69   10 #6 Posted January 7, 2012 if a scrap man takes something off a garden then it obviously looks like scrap, if it looks like scrap then it is scrap if a scrap man ever took anything off my garden i would be embarressed to admit it, nothing in my garden looks like scrap and nothing ever will  Scrap doesnt always look like scrap (ie metal gate) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Snook   10 #7 Posted January 7, 2012 if a scrap man takes something off a garden then it obviously looks like scrap, if it looks like scrap then it is scrap if a scrap man ever took anything off my garden i would be embarressed to admit it, nothing in my garden looks like scrap and nothing ever will  So all the metal garden furniture that goes missing around Sheffield every year looks like scrap? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
medusa   16 #8 Posted January 7, 2012 If you are walking in off the street into my garden without permission then you have no reason being there.  If, whilst you're there, you pick up something that doesn't belong to you (which is not visible from the road, it's in my back garden) and take it away then that's theft.  Plain and simple, no 'well it looks tatty' takes away from the fact that it belongs to me and it's on my private property and it may well not be rubbish at all.  I caught someone trying to remove a brand new radiator that had only been put outside the door a matter of a couple of hours after being delivered- he was escorted off the premises by a very protective german shepherd. I also caught someone trying to make off with garden tools which were in the outhouse and someone trying to reach tools in my neighbour's outhouse by bending back the hasp on the padlock to get his arm inside.  I understand that those who are genuine scrap dealers would be horrified to find themselves lumped in with those who are just thieves, but I'm afraid that's the truth these days when there are so many people around who take children's bikes from their own back garden. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
growup   10 #9 Posted January 7, 2012 if a scrap man takes something off a garden then it obviously looks like scrap, if it looks like scrap then it is scrap if a scrap man ever took anything off my garden i would be embarressed to admit it, nothing in my garden looks like scrap and nothing ever will  I have had an old washing machine on my garden before, looks like scrap and was scrap but I took it to be cashed in. Some scrap men take it and they get money for it that should be my money. Yes sometimes I am happy for the scrap men to take things, such as an hour after my flue was taken out of my chimney someone came asked for it and I was happy for them to take it but not everything that looks like scrap is scrap or for the someone else to make money from. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
TJC1 Â Â 10 #10 Posted January 7, 2012 A scrap man tried to take my metal mirror frames when I was moving house-I'd laid all this stuff out on the garden. It doesnt look like scrap. Â He asked me but only because I came out of the house, otherwise he would've stolen the lot. Something really should be done about thieving scrap man, not the ones which are trying to make an honest living, the ones that trespass and steal other peoples property. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Tomm06   12 #11 Posted January 7, 2012 if a scrap man takes something off a garden then it obviously looks like scrap, if it looks like scrap then it is scrap if a scrap man ever took anything off my garden i would be embarressed to admit it, nothing in my garden looks like scrap and nothing ever will  It isn't just scrap, it's anything worth money. If I come and take your nice new patio set, which could be worth some okay money, and tell you I thought it was scrap...is this okay? 'cos if it is, I might sell my car and buy a flatbed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
medusa   16 #12 Posted January 7, 2012 It's that 'asking you because they've been spotted loading it into their van' thing. If you've already picked it up and put it in your van already then you weren't about to leave it behind when you went, were you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...