Dodgy eBay Item

[hippyhunter]

Is there a legitimate reason for buying a "portable catalytic converter cutter" and one that works silently at that?

Thieving B&stards

[ShinyShoe]

Scrap yard?

[Poly]

Originally Posted by ShinyShoe

Scrap yard?

Aye because silence is critical at a scrappy...

[ShinyShoe]

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

[willk]

Originally Posted by ShinyShoe

never heard if people nicking cat convertors

Only because you haven't been listening.

Catalytic converter theft | AA

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by ShinyShoe

Never heard of one, never heard if people nicking cat convertors

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.

[Ribochet]

Originally Posted by willk

Only because you haven't been listening.

Catalytic converter theft | AA

+1

Two nicked from 4x4's in our staff car park before the summer

[bedajim]

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.

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.

[ShinyShoe]

Ah we are still stealing copper from HT power cables up here....

[jyasaki]

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.

jky

[Hightower]

Yeah, I've just discovered another dodgy ebay item

Bashing b@+*&%ers

[jyasaki]

Put it in a press and you'll have an aluminum cricket bat...

jky