Scrapping Scams
I’m on the move, off to London and Portugal to hunt down some street swindlers I’ve heard about. Then I’m off to Iceland to hunt down some Puffins.
Since I don’t need my car, I’ve sent it off to the scrappers.
Paul from the scrappers tells me that the car recovery is full of swindlers.
He takes the car, drains all the fluid from it and then crushes it into a cube. He then gets paid around $100 for every ton of car he has.
Apparently, some dishonest swindlers will put cinder blocks and lumps of rock in the car before crushing it to artifically up the weight.
His buyers now have to check the make and model of the car before weighing it to make sure it hasn’t been tampered with.
It reminds me of the old Jockey’s trick of holding weights under their saddle to make them appear heavier then they real are.
I’ve never seen a jockey crushed for scrap. Seems cruel to me.
Surely the notice buyers would notice the cinderblocks in the car when they go to crush it?
Hmmm.
Like the look of the blog on the site. Nice adaptation by your lads.
Interesting the old tricks of some trades.
Iceland is fun! I’m born and live currently in Iceland. A must see is “Akureyri”.
Iceland is indeed a great place!
We didn’t get as far north as Akureyri but we did see they Northern lights and the blue lagoon and the whale meat and all the other things visitors are expected to do.
Icelanders would have to be the hippest people I’ve ever met.