Here¹s what troubles me. However insipid it might be, I watch HGTV. I see designers going to ³salvage² places where they get period¹ mantle pieces, gates, fences, stained glass, tiles, doorknobs etc. to use in their renovations and/or restoration designs.
I cannot help but wonder how they set up their businesses, where they procured their wares and how they get big time architects and designers to pay top dollar and why they appear on national television. So many times I swear I have seen housing parts being sold that I seem to recognize from West Philadelphia on TV designer shows. We know why criminals steal, but do we ever think about where stolen artifacts end up? Those who steal them will never get the money that those who sell them. Personally, I couldn¹t care less whether these thugs in the white van get caught or happens to them. I also don¹t want to see West Philadelphia Victoriana on HGTV or other stations from some up-scale vintage design shop or yard, while thinking their goods may have been stolen from our neighborhood. Who are these high-end procurers who rely on these criminals to steal their goods and ravage people¹s homes in our neighborhood? Can¹t we trace where the stolen goods go from here and how much the high-end design places make? It seems if the local thugs cannot make what little money they do because there is no one to buy it, perhaps... On 11/1/10 7:24 PM, "Lewis Mellman" <[email protected]> wrote: > Rick, > I have no formal legal training, so I'll take a stab at it: > "Legitimate" scrapping requires the permission of the property owner or their > designated agent (eg: plumbing contractor) to go onto their land in order to > haul away their unwanted metal. > Theft is when you don't have such permission, but you take their stuff anyway > because you think that no one will notice until you're too far away for them > to read your license plate number. > I believe that it's trespassing to go onto someone's property to see if > there's a lock and chain that will need to be cut. > -Lewis > > On Nov 1, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Richard Conrad wrote: > >> Leila, +/or whomsoever, >> >> If this is going to continue could you distinguish between something like >> metal scrap recycling from stuff put out for collection - and someone ripping >> off storm doors to resell as scrap. >> >> On Nov 1, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Lewis Mellman wrote: >> >>>>> They are, at this moment, picking up metal from a neighbor at 4612 Spruce >>>>> St. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "UCNeighbors" >> group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/ucneighbors?hl=en > >
