How to get money quick?

[brandontw 10+ year member]

coppers worth a boatload of money actually, i used to work at a telecom recycling place, and i took a bunch of scrap copper bus bars from rectifiers and turned them in i got well over 1000 bucks

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Stealing copper is the "hot new thing" at Lowe's. It is easier to sell copper than DeWalt combo kits.

 

[stayTUNED 10+ year member]

would your mom be willing to work the corner //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/greedy.gif.5a53e6246569d7ab79867170f3b06629.gif

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

sell drugs

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

lots of ppl steal copper //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

Sell your testicals to research. I heard you can make like 5k. I have no idea for sure though.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

copper theft has been around for a while, it got bad during this past summer, because it is worth a good bit, and its everywhere. hell, every single wire in a house copper. as are several pipe fittings. and in older homes, they could be plumbed entirely with copper... its available, its costly, its what people steal when they need a few unexpecting dollars.

 

[steveyblack 10+ year member]

uhmm go to mafiabattle and build up an acount and sell it...lol i want to do that

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Verizon is warning its West Virginia customers about an increasing number of criminal acts that have caused major telephone service outages, creating risks to public safety for thousands of customers across the state.

Over the past 12 months, thieves have been responsible for nearly 45 incidents involving theft of copper telephone cables and electronic equipment, as well as vandalism to Verizon's telecommunications network. More than 17,000 customers have unnecessarily experienced telephone service delays - up to five days in some cases - and endured serious risks to their personal safety.

"These thefts are just incomprehensible in that they put people's lives in danger and cost thousands of dollars to repair," said H. Stan Cavendish, president of Verizon West Virginia. "It's fortunate that there's been no loss of life due to these senseless crimes."

A majority of the acts have occurred in southern West Virginia, primarily in Boone, Logan and Kanawha counties. But incidents have occurred in other parts of the state as well, such as Wood and Brooke counties. Some incidents date back to 2005 and earlier.

The most recent incident occurred in the Weirton area, where a 20-foot section of Verizon cable that housed 600 telephone lines was stolen on Jan. 27, affecting not only residential customers, but police and fire departments in Colliers as well.

"Cable thefts continue to be a major public safety issue to the citizens in West Virginia," said Jimmy Gianato, director, West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. "When phone lines are cut, citizens lose their ability to call 911 and other emergency services. This loss of emergency communications can also result in deaths due to delayed response. Individuals seeing anyone attempting to steal lines or break into phone or power facilities should immediately call 911."

Verizon employees usually travel in company vehicles when working on telephone lines, and in all cases employees carry Verizon photo IDs, which they will show on request. Other utility company employees also carry identification.

Last year alone, more than 26,000 feet, or nearly five miles, of copper cable was stolen, causing more than $240,000 in damages to Verizon's telecommunications network. The criminal acts have forced Verizon technicians to focus on repairing damaged facilities, rather than on other construction projects and service improvements across the state. A recent service upgrade in the Barboursville area was delayed when newly installed copper cables were stolen the night before they were scheduled to be put into service.

"We are working closely with other utility companies and law enforcement officials to find and fully prosecute those responsible," said Cavendish.

State lawmakers recently introduced House Bill 2748 to address the growing problem of cable thefts. The proposed legislation would require recyclers and salvage yards that buy scrap metal to collect additional information from sellers, such as a photocopy of sellers' driver's licenses, and would increase the penalties for those who fail to comply with the law. The bill also would allow police to confiscate metal from scrap buyers if they believe the materials had been stolen.

Verizon urges anyone with information about specific incidents to contact Verizon's Security Control Center at 1-800-997-3287 and select option three. Those who witness any acts in progress should immediately call the West Virginia State Police at 304-792-7200.

Posted on Feb 07, 2007

http://www.tvover.net/2007/02/07/Verizon+Warns+Customers+Of+Copper+Thefts.aspx

 

[Relax 10+ year member]

My dad works for a major power company- some crack head guy tried removing a major hookup to my college a month or so back. Turns out the guy didn't know what he was doing and died in the hole. Only reason they found him was because he tripped a main switch at the transformer station down the road when his dead body laid on the wires.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

My dad works for a major power company- some crack head guy tried removing a major hookup to my college a month or so back. Turns out the guy didn't know what he was doing and died in the hole. Only reason they found him was because he tripped a main switch at the transformer station down the road when his dead body laid on the wires.

you'd be surprised to hear how often people die from trying to remove the copper ground wires on electrical poles

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

its showing $3.15/pound for me (from april of 06). and copper is a pretty dense metal. ask UCP about people stealing copper for money. he worked on a job where a 10' section of pipe was taken out of a building, iirc he said it was about a $600 piece of scrap.

$3/lb.....$600 piece...so 200lbs. I'd like to see one crackhead carrying a 10ft 200lb piece of copper down the street //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif. Plus a crackhead will be lucky to get 50% of the value...most folks buying dont like crackheads because they know people like them steal their copper lol.

Anyhow you can find a full, little tool box....worth way more. I don't steal, but if I did...I'd find something better to steal than copper. Shit an ounce of gold is worth as much as that 200lb piece of copper.

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

donate some blood or sperm or booth just dont donate bloody sperm

LOL this guys only post. Ever.

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

In all seriousness though

1. If it was easy to make a lot of money quick, everyone would be millionaires.

2. Its not that easy to just go donate sperm. They give you a physical, an IQ test, other types of tests like SAT/ACT, grill you on your lifestyle, ask about your family health history, etc. Basically get every last little bit of information out of you. Hell, they'll probably know more about you than you do at the end of it. Its kind of like actively enforcing natural selection.

 

[puka_bum 10+ year member]

change your avatar
you ****

That is a very gay avatar on there