• Troy@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    Our city made it illegal for scrap dealers to accept catalytic converters, and suddenly theft vanished entirely. Weird.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      I was driving a busload of kids home one evening outside of Philadelphia, and I passed by a mechanic’s shop that had a big lit-up sign that said “WE BUY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS”. I’d like to assume it was a honeypot but I have no idea if it was or not.

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      15 hours ago

      Same, but my state. It was maybe 6 months after mine was stolen.

      (technically, you can still sell them but the rules are strict. One of the ways was if the catalytic converter was attached to a car at the time. I think the other way was just more paperwork.)

      ETA link to legislation