scrap copper

[Dannypipe]

i know lesson learned.

Oh so it was? Oh no!! What a bummer.

I once sold a Monkey Bike that I had purchased for £250.00.

I sold it to my mate for the same money as I didn't want to rip him off. The bloke I bought it off was emmigrating and had fully restored it, but needed it gone as he was leaving that week..told me I was getting a bargain, but I thought "yeah right!"

Well I was watching something on TV years later and the exact same one came up..... a monkey sand bike from the 70's. The exact same model, year and colour.

The one on TV was a heap and sold for over a grand. I quickly called my mate, who had left it rotting in a barn. All the seat was chewed by rats, and it had gone rusty, and he still sold it for good money on ebay. I was gutted, swine didn't give me any dosh!

 

[PETE 123]

It will go more or less back to normal like your not allowed to smoke in your van that lasted about a month. (i gave up anyway) you need some freedom or we will all end up like robots like films of the future

 

[lame plumber]

You don't need a Licence, yet, for carying scrap copper pipe; (page 4)

[DLMURL]http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/Who_should_register.pdf[/DLMURL]

I don't believe a van full of scrap copper equates to "cut offs"

 

[snowhead]

I don't believe a van full of scrap copper equates to "cut offs"

Correct, further checking shows if previously fitted in a building it's construction waste and you have needed a licence for a while.
If it's just brand new cut offs you don't need one till 2014.

If it's scraP from your own house removed by yourself you don't need a licence.

 

[Resolute]

Correct, further checking shows if previously fitted in a building it's construction waste and you have needed a licence for a while.
If it's just brand new cut offs you don't need one till 2014.

If it's scraP from your own house removed by yourself you don't need a licence.

Sorry officer, I just can't help renewing the pipework and wiring in my house on a yearly basis!

 

[Dannypipe]

Sorry officer, I don't suppose I can bribe you with two bags of clean copper off cuts?

 

[greyhound]

My local yard have taken photo id for some time,now they are having to take photo id, utility bill and pay with cheque or directly into bank. I have had a waste carriers licence since 2009. As a lot of my work is commercial air conditioning some customers want to see it and waste transfer notes for recovered refrigerant. I tried to take a boiler section into a large yard and the only way i could get rid of it with out full id etc was to give it to them!

 

[Mike Jackson]

I don't see what the hassle is with getting a waste licence. You may not agree with it but is it really worth the risk of getting fined for £50 a year? 1 decent scrap run will pay for it anyway.

 

[ndsmith]

I think with scrap not being able to be paid cash as of monday, the government will then have an easy trail of who is weighing in and no doubt check up on waste carriers licenses. They know how to squeeze every penny out of us!

 

[greyhound]

I also assume that the tax man will be having a look.

 

[ndsmith]

I'd imagine so too.

Oh this year you started weighing in scrap, have you done so in previous years?.....No, honestly never been near a scrap yard!

 

[plum ber]

just take it to another scrap yard.

*****STOP PRESS*****

Just open MadDan's Mobile scrap collection service £10 per tonne collected nationwide.

:75:

 

[plum ber]

I think with scrap not being able to be paid cash as of monday, the government will then have an easy trail of who is weighing in and no doubt check up on waste carriers licenses. They know how to squeeze every penny out of us![/QUOTE]



Yeah with duck pond's and houses "they" live in and also rent out ect Even Dick Turpin had the decency to wear a mask.....

 

[AWheating]

been to scrap yard today, nothing asked apart from name and where you live........ cash, done.

btw im Barry from up north.

 

[Roger Welton]

I see a solution to both this and the minimum alcohol price, load van, take ferry to France / Ireland, weigh in scrap, load van with booze, return and feel smug.

 

[SimonG]

What a crock the 'new laws' are. Just seen a bit on the news this morning and as of today 'you will be paid by cheque UNLESS you are of no fixed abode'. Really clamped down there on the people they need to.

 

[hammers4spanner]

Thats what i thought the people they need to clamp down on 'pikeys' still given licence to steal scrap metal !!

 

[Avatar]

They will have a 'Builders Bum' tax next - £250 to display your crack to the general public!

You can get free tickets from the council to take your van onto domestic tips if you live locally. You have to send proof of this and I got 10 tickets to use over a year . . . .

Not too bad!

 

[plum ber]

What a crock the 'new laws' are. Just seen a bit on the news this morning and as of today 'you will be paid by cheque UNLESS you are of no fixed abode'. Really clamped down there on the people they need to.

I have therefore just deleted Adobe of my lappy............:24:

 

[PlumbBobBob]

it's abode not adobe you fool lol

 

[plum ber]

it's abode not adobe you fool lol

Oh dear..............I was taking the michael............:wazzzup:

 

[jase158]

email from scrappy:
Good Morning,

The new law that comes in to force today is the actual payment for Scrap Metal.

As from today all Scrap Yards across the UK are forbidden to pay cash for any scrap metal, we here at ASM can pay you a cheque as well as
put the money onto your debit card.

Hope this helps

 

[Dannypipe]

Oh dear.

 

[Keefy]

This thread's brought back some memories of when I was serving my time. Me and the other lads would get the job of running the van up the scrappy to weigh in the Christmas bonus, we'd try all the old tricks like filling pipes with sand and flattening the ends, jump in the van while it was on the weighing bridge while Steptoe disappeared round the corner to check the scales or see what names we could sign and get away with. Bill Shankly, Fred Flintstone, Donald Duck..... I tried Mickey Mouse and almost got slapped.

Yeah, we thought we were tricking them but now I look back and realise Steptoe was well ahead of us; "It's okay lads, leave it on the van while it's on the weighbridge - I know the weight of the Renault Trafic so I'll just knock that off."

My god, we were muppets.

 

[Phil]

End of an era......... never again will I leave a scrappie with a fist full of dirty twentys and stuff them in my back pocket. :disappointed: