WHY do people do this??

[user181]

It's amazing how some people scrounge up the tiniest bits of copper, thinking they're going to get any significant amount of money.

While in college, I worked as a telecom installer, and one time when we were pulling a lot of network cable (4-pair CAT6) in a large building, one of the janitors kept gathering up our cable scraps, which were only a couple feet long or so. He thought he was going to get big money for it.

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by user181

It's amazing how some people scrounge up the tiniest bits of copper, thinking they're going to get any significant amount of money.

While in college, I worked as a telecom installer, and one time when we were pulling a lot of network cable (4-pair CAT6) in a large building, one of the janitors kept gathering up our cable scraps, which were only a couple feet long or so. He thought he was going to get big money for it.

There is a place nearby with a sign asking for ANY copper wire.
You see a guy sitting inside a box truck stripping insulation off it.
Wonder how that pays off. At least theyre not burning it off.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by user181

It's amazing how some people scrounge up the tiniest bits of copper, thinking they're going to get any significant amount of money.

While in college, I worked as a telecom installer, and one time when we were pulling a lot of network cable (4-pair CAT6) in a large building, one of the janitors kept gathering up our cable scraps, which were only a couple feet long or so. He thought he was going to get big money for it.

Isn't that the type of cable where the conductors are copper clad steel?
If you take a magnet to the wire, it's attracted to it.