[TowerTalk] WSJ: Home copper thefts rise

[Rick Karlquist]

In this area, thieves would go into a hardware store and
grab a roll of copper wire and run out the door with it.
They now have to lock up the copper wire in a display case
next to the checkstand.

Rick N6RK


K4BEV at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/6/2006 11:37:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> k5uj at hotmail.com writes:
>
> ...that  the record high scrap copper price is causing a wave of copper
> thefts from  homes across the U.S.
>
>
> At least 10 years ago my wife and I were renting out a house in Memphis.
> Everything was FB when we did a walk through with the renters that were
> leaving... A couple of days later ALL of the copper was gone! Pipes, wire,
>  everything
> copper. This is not a new problem.
>
> Believe it or not, that really killed the value of the house when we sold
> it
> soon thereafter.
>
> Don - K4BEV
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