In a message dated 6/7/2009 9:34:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lewismell...@mac.com writes:
Do you believe that the guy who took your freezer away for you pumped out the refrigerant and contained it as required? I suspect that he cut the copper and vented the refrigerant to the atmosphere. Maybe... in the past... but, at the moment, the freon is worth a lot more than the copper (scrap prices have tanked!) and many scavengers have invested in the relatively inexpensive equipment to recover it. Scrap dealers certainly have, and pay the itinerant collectors more when the freon is in an integral unit to recover than for the raw stripped-out materials. On another topic... People in our subsection typically leave furniture, clothes, utensils, etc at the curb -- and it tends to disappear quickly. Less from scavengers driving around in trucks as a business than from fellow residents who can use it. So, I was flabbergasted this past week by the following. One of my tenants moved on Sunday and set out a couch and chair in decent condition. By early Monday morning, the chair was gone, but the couch not. We got a $25 "trash ticket" from the city's street Nazis marked 9:00 am Monday morning. They seem to come around early on Mondays (around 44th/45th & Locust), so beware. Your participation in this valuable and traditional form of re-use may cost you $25. Always at your service and ready for a dialog. Al Krigman **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377042x1201454362/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62)
