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05 November 2014, 18:58
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Town: Hereford
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Dodgy eBay Item
Is there a legitimate reason for buying a "portable catalytic converter cutter" and one that works silently at that?
Thieving B&stards
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05 November 2014, 20:29
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Country: UK - England
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Scrap yard?
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05 November 2014, 22:01
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Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Aye because silence is critical at a scrappy...
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05 November 2014, 22:35
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Where does it say 'silent' in the listing? It says 'no pump required' that says to me you don't need to spend money buying or maintaining other kit.
If it is purely a tool of crime it should be reported to eBay / police.
Never heard of one, never heard if people nicking cat convertors, but looked to me like 2+2 = 64
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05 November 2014, 22:39
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Originally Posted by ShinyShoe
never heard if people nicking cat convertors
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Only because you haven't been listening.
Catalytic converter theft | AA
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06 November 2014, 06:26
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
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Never heard of one, never heard if people nicking cat convertors
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Pretty common occurrence & the damage is devastating for the vehicle. Costs around £3000 to put right, for a couple of hundred £ in scrap value on the cat. I personally know 2 people that have been robbed, Vito vans seem to be a particularly easy target.
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06 November 2014, 08:31
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Country: UK - N Ireland
Town: Rostrevor
Boat name: Ricochet
Make: Redbay
Length: 7m +
Engine: Twin F115 Yams
MMSI: 235083269
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Two nicked from 4x4's in our staff car park before the summer 
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06 November 2014, 11:08
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Country: UK - England
Town: Rutland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
Pretty common occurrence & the damage is devastating for the vehicle. Costs around £3000 to put right, for a couple of hundred £ in scrap value on the cat. I personally know 2 people that have been robbed, Vito vans seem to be a particularly easy target.
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They we're doing the pre-work gym car parks around here anything they can easily crawl under, 4x4's are the vehicle of choice.
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06 November 2014, 20:48
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Ah we are still stealing copper from HT power cables up here....
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07 November 2014, 16:33
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Town: Oakland CA
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The college I work at had a string of converter thefts; in all, over a 2 week period, probably 40 or 50 cars hit, daylight hours, with people walking through the lots.
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08 November 2014, 18:18
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Country: UK - England
Town: Fareham
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Yeah, I've just discovered another dodgy ebay item
Bashing b@+*&%ers 
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09 November 2014, 07:45
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Country: USA
Town: Oakland CA
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Put it in a press and you'll have an aluminum cricket bat...
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