Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 23 hours agoSiphon ruleslrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down16
arrow-up1338arrow-down1external-linkSiphon ruleslrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·21 hours agoBecause they think people keep stealing their charge cables because they need one; and not that they want to want to turn that sweet copper into cash.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·18 hours agoa charge cable is like 500 bucks. it’s definitely worth more whole.
minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·18 hours agoFor the most part, the people who strip copper wiring for a quick buck would not know or care that selling it intact would make a lot more. They want cash now, not next week.
minus-squareNorah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 hours agoFor whatever reason this reminded me of folks that steal mufflers thinking they’re catalytic converters.
Because they think people keep stealing their charge cables because they need one; and not that they want to want to turn that sweet copper into cash.
a charge cable is like 500 bucks. it’s definitely worth more whole.
For the most part, the people who strip copper wiring for a quick buck would not know or care that selling it intact would make a lot more. They want cash now, not next week.
For whatever reason this reminded me of folks that steal mufflers thinking they’re catalytic converters.
fair point.