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Location: New Jersey
Nomad
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<Reply # 60 on 12/18/2010 2:53 AM >
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Wrong.
There's more states in the US than just yours, and the laws vary.
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There are? I had no idea there were more states.
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Noss4ra2
 
Location: Delaware
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 61 on 12/18/2010 4:35 PM >
| | | | In my line of work I usually get to see some sites a few days before they are demo'd. That's the only situation when I feel comfortable removing anything, and I always have permission demo crew.
I feel that if I don't rescue/ask for that interesting object, later that week it will be under a pile of rubble and lost forever. It's usually a sign or something small.
"Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage."
Ray Bradbury |
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jeepdave
 
Location: Anderson, SC
Gender: Male
It's also a gun.
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<Reply # 62 on 12/18/2010 7:03 PM >
| | | | If demo is comming, and you KNOW its comming, not just guessing, then go for it. If its not comming, find the owners and ask. There is a difference between personal ownership and corporate ownership. A person will be more willing to work with you. A corporation wants to know why the fuck you know there is something in there you want. Its just kinda damned if you do, damned if you dont. Just don't ever get caught.
Ezekiel 25:17 |
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unlink
Location: The ole Brantley place
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<Reply # 63 on 12/18/2010 7:13 PM >
| | | | Posted by jeepdave
If demo is comming, and you KNOW its comming, not just guessing, then go for it. If its not comming, find the owners and ask. There is a difference between personal ownership and corporate ownership. A person will be more willing to work with you. A corporation wants to know why the fuck you know there is something in there you want. Its just kinda damned if you do, damned if you dont. Just don't ever get caught.
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sometimes its not so black and white. for example, i found an old house full of stuff. lots of neat junk. ended up talking to a neighbor and found out the parents had died, daughter came along and took what she wanted and sold the property to the city. a week later the house was gone. if i had never talked to the neighbor i would have assumed, as i usually do, that people just up and left, and left the stuff they didnt want. i would have never known the city owned it and wouldnt have known who to "ask" for permission.
I am covered in filth, at least it's my own
My smell, well, you know you can't get higher |
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BMONEY313
Location: Dearborn, MI (HOMETOWN OF HENRY FORD!!!!)
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 64 on 12/20/2010 4:49 AM >
| | | | Posted by Neptune
Definitely try and contact the owner first. I'm sure they'll be more than happy to make a buck on some "junk" that was just going to get bulldozed anyway. Ever see the show American Pickers?
However I wouldn't take anything from a site, no matter how worthless, because if you get caught by the cops (as a friend of mine did) they will definitely charge you with burglary. My friend only took a few small pieces of copper wire and I think a nut and bolt, and wouldn't you know it, it was the only time we were ever busted. he got in pretty big trouble for taking items that weren't worth their weight at the scrapyard.
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The American picker guys don't pick inner city abanonments but instead rip off some hoarder with mental problems most of the time instead.
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unlink
Location: The ole Brantley place
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<Reply # 65 on 12/20/2010 4:53 AM >
| | | | Posted by BMONEY313
The American picker guys don't pick inner city abanonments but instead rip off some hoarder with mental problems most of the time instead.
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i wouldnt they say they rip people off. ive seen them pay big money for rusty bike frames. those people dont have to sell anything and if they choose to sell a 100$ item for 5$, thats on them.
I am covered in filth, at least it's my own
My smell, well, you know you can't get higher |
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BMONEY313
Location: Dearborn, MI (HOMETOWN OF HENRY FORD!!!!)
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 66 on 12/20/2010 5:05 AM >
| | | | Posted by unlink
i wouldnt they say they rip people off. ive seen them pay big money for rusty bike frames. those people dont have to sell anything and if they choose to sell a 100$ item for 5$, thats on them.
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Sometimes though the people they deal with aren't 100% with it and they rip em off when the person has an obvious mental problem or they're mentally slow.
I buy and sell junk and collectibles too but I pay better prices then those 2 crooks. I watched that Frank guy pay like $10 for a old coke cooler that was prolly worth $150-200 easy.
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\/adder
Location: DunkarooLand
Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
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<Reply # 67 on 12/20/2010 5:08 AM >
| | | | Posted by unlink
i wouldnt they say they rip people off. ive seen them pay big money for rusty bike frames. those people dont have to sell anything and if they choose to sell a 100$ item for 5$, thats on them.
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It's only worth $100 if you can find someone willing to buy it for $100. They probably got the item for free, and I'd rather have $5 in hand than a shitty antique lawn ornament that I got for free anyways.
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
escensi omnis... |
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Jonno23
Location: Phoenix, Az, Sector zz9 Plural Z Alpha
Gender: Male
This space for rent
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<Reply # 68 on 12/20/2010 10:56 AM >
| | | | Posted by BMONEY313
Sometimes though the people they deal with aren't 100% with it and they rip em off when the person has an obvious mental problem or they're mentally slow.
I buy and sell junk and collectibles too but I pay better prices then those 2 crooks. I watched that Frank guy pay like $10 for a old coke cooler that was prolly worth $150-200 easy.
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There was also an episode where the seller only asked for a very small amount and they stopped him and told him what it was worth and paid him considerably more than he had earlier asked for. Who knows how many people they have underpaid off camera, but it isnt always an unfair price that they pay. If something is worth $200 retail, you cant expect them to pay $150. They are in it for profit. they have expenses and overhead. if they make $100 dollars on something, you have to factor in travel expenses like gas, food, and lodging. that cuts into the profit margin. yes they mostly deal with hoarders and the like, but thats because normal people dont have a room in their house full of rusted junk and old motorcycle parts. ya kind of have to be a little nuts to live in a junkyard where 99% of the stuff that surrounds your place is crap and 1% is a valuable antique.
Blah Blah Blah. Shut up and open the damn door.
"It's ok Officer, I watch a lot of cop shows on tv, so i am practically one of you guys." - sadly, that didn't work.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonno23/ All my photos suck. |
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unlink
Location: The ole Brantley place
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<Reply # 69 on 12/20/2010 2:07 PM >
| | | | Posted by Jonno23
There was also an episode where the seller only asked for a very small amount and they stopped him and told him what it was worth and paid him considerably more than he had earlier asked for. Who knows how many people they have underpaid off camera, but it isnt always an unfair price that they pay. If something is worth $200 retail, you cant expect them to pay $150. They are in it for profit. they have expenses and overhead. if they make $100 dollars on something, you have to factor in travel expenses like gas, food, and lodging. that cuts into the profit margin. yes they mostly deal with hoarders and the like, but thats because normal people dont have a room in their house full of rusted junk and old motorcycle parts. ya kind of have to be a little nuts to live in a junkyard where 99% of the stuff that surrounds your place is crap and 1% is a valuable antique.
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commercials pay for that stuff im sure
I am covered in filth, at least it's my own
My smell, well, you know you can't get higher |
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Lord Awesome
 
Location: Valparaiso IN
Gender: Male
Arbiter
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<Reply # 70 on 12/20/2010 3:05 PM >
| | | | Posted by Rockle
You're in Valpo and you've never seen Manteno? Ridiculous.
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Haha, I have seen everything else around here and there, and over there. Just never did get out there.
Hey yeah you, fat ass. Not interested. |
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DanWhitham
Location: Providence, RI.
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 71 on 12/20/2010 3:35 PM >
| | | | I never took anything whilst exploring in ever, ask anyone...
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MonkeyPunchBaby
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<Reply # 72 on 12/20/2010 5:51 PM >
| | | | Posted by DEDZ0NE
I never took anything whilst exploring in ever, ask anyone...
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you took all that cooper when we explored that location.
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Rockle
Location: Chicagoland
Gender: Female
Aint no walk in the park
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<Reply # 73 on 12/20/2010 7:42 PM >
| | | | Posted by Lord Awesome
Haha, I have seen everything else around here and there, and over there. Just never did get out there.
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Well, I guess you can't miss what you've never known.
Side note; You're preeeetttty close to me, distance wise; so if you'd ever like to meet up, yeah.
I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream. |
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prettyflowers
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 74 on 12/21/2010 7:55 PM >
| | | | Way cool stuff in sites doesn't look that hot away from the location that you find it in. I've been to lots of places that have really interesting stuff - for example books from the 1950's about healthy sexual relationships, which are anachronistic compared to our views today. They look great great at the site, but out of context at home they don't look the same.
I scuba dive, and many of my diving friends will remove stuff from wrecks. What looks interesting in situ usually looks like garbage away from the site.
I was at a great location in the Catskills a couple of months ago, and saw some lamps that I thought looked amazing. It's the most tempted I've ever been to take stuff, but in the end I didn't because away from their context they really wouldn't look as good, apart from the fact that it's theft, they belong to someone and that if I take them, they aren't there for other UE types to enjoy...
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littlemockie
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<Reply # 75 on 12/24/2010 10:16 AM >
| | | | Posted by Esoterik
I've seen things in abandonments that look cool but didn't take them since sitting in my house they would look like dirty, rusty pieces of shit. And things like no smoking signs, exit signs, etc are only cute if you're decorating a dorm room.
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This 100%. Although I have found stuff I would love to have, chances are that as soon as I take it out of it's surroundings it will look stupid and like shit.
It has to be something pretty freaking awesome for me to take it, and then I can only justify it if it is just going to end up as garbage.
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Tupsumato
Location: Finland
Gender: Male
How close can you go?
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<Reply # 76 on 12/24/2010 10:46 AM >
|  | | | Most of the stuff taken from sites ends up in someone's garage until they throw them away in the next cleaning.
[last edit 12/24/2010 10:47 AM by Tupsumato - edited 1 times]
All information and details given in good faith but not guaranteed! |
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earthworm
Location: General Area
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 77 on 12/27/2010 10:04 AM >
| | | | Posted by Tupsumato
Most of the stuff taken from sites ends up in someone's garage until they throw them away in the next cleaning.
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I use what I find, but I do resell it as useless shit. Oh art world, what are you actually worth?
Tourism, human circulation considered as consumption is fundamentally nothing more than the leisure of going to see what has become banal. |
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Soldat
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Gender: Male
The Mayor of Noobtown
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<Reply # 78 on 12/27/2010 6:06 PM >
| | | | Here are what happens to 99.5% of valuable or interesting things in abandonments. The other .5% are saved by the property owner.
A: You take it
B: Somebody else takes it
C: Some person destroys it
D: The elements destroy it
E: The demo destroys it
[last edit 12/27/2010 6:07 PM by Soldat - edited 1 times]
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Tupsumato
Location: Finland
Gender: Male
How close can you go?
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<Reply # 79 on 12/27/2010 6:14 PM >
| | | | Posted by earthworm
I use what I find, but I do resell it as useless shit. Oh art world, what are you actually worth? |
Oh, I forgot that. Exploring and "salvaging" for fun and profit. Especially profit. Disregard ethics, acquire hard currency.
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