Nope, now Home Depot is locking up their copper ground wire. And that ain't bad enough, no...the guy who unlocks it for you is also required to walk it up to the register for you because apparently we're children who can't be trusted with wire.

If I hadn't needed it bad enough I'd have told him to take a long walk off a short pier.

Of course, their copper pipe isn't locked up, nor is the smaller gauge copper wire or any other copper product. Jesus H. Christ on a bicycle I'm getting tired of this crap.

Walmart is locking up the spray paint and you have to go to the automotive service center to have a person authorized to open it up.

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Haha, I saw that last weekend. Craziness....

All of the Romex is locked up at HDs around here.

My state won't let you order insulin pen needles shipped to your house. You have to buy them at the pharmacy behind the counter for $$$$$. In almost 14 years as a cop, I've never seen a junky use a pen needle to shoot up .

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Originally posted by dking271:
Walmart is locking up the spray paint and you have to go to the automotive service center to have a person authorized to open it up.

And mens underwear, in Charlotte.

It's surely a nightmare for Elon.

Coppper thieves cut the charging cables at a Tesla Charging location in addition to other branded charging stations.

I'd giggle if Tesla and other branded charging stations had to add an automatic $39.95 mandatory fee to the charging bill for "security guard services". Yes, Sir, swipe your card again right here.

Sure am glad I have a gasoline vehicle.
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Seems to me the solution is fairly simple. Make it a crime for the buyers these crooks are selling to. Recycling centers, junkyards, etc. are the outfits purchasing this stuff. If they can't sell it...why would they steal it?

While moving to a another house lately, I rediscovered a 250 ft roll of Romex left over from the construction of my previous house in 1996. If I didn't have a few electrical projects to do at the "new" house, imagine what I could get selling it.

That's nuts.

In my neighborhood some months ago, they replaced an underground line from the main street along some easement to a group of houses. While that work was being done, they had a security van day and night. I figured they didn't want someone coming along and stealing the copper.

When I was a kid airplane glue was locked up. Makes huffing difficult.

I'm still trying to figure out why the local supermarket locks up and requires picture ID in order to buy chenille pipe cleaners. The last time I bought a couple of packs from there I asked the gal who was helping me why such a seemingly innocuous cleaning thing needed to be secured like actual tobacco products. She immediately responded by asking what I needed them for. I looked straight at her and replied that they work pretty well at cleaning out the gas tubes and other orifices on my AR-15s (emphasis on multiples). That shut her pie hole up quite effectively.

My sister needs a new gas range, so my cousin and I bought her Home Depot gift cards at Kroger for her birthday in March. The Home Depot spot on the gift card rack said they had to be purchased at Customer Service. When she went to order her stove a couple of days ago, the nice kid helping her tried to tell her she couldn’t use the cards on appliances because of theft problems. She told him to get the manager-she had the purchase receipts with her. Added about thirty minutes of BS to her trip because people assholes. She did get to use them.

I was able to fish the ground wire out from behind the cage. But, the 12/2 was not available without assistance. The helpful person said he would allow me to check myself out, seeing a 62 year old white male as the buyer. Was he profiling me?

Don't blame it on the stores blame it on thieves and politicians that have legalized theft. The Lowes in my area has wire locked up, some power tools locked up because of theft. Anything of value a thief can steal and sell gets locked up, unfortunate but its the reality of the times we live in.

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Originally posted by monoblok:
She immediately responded by asking what I needed them for. I looked straight at her and replied that they work pretty well at cleaning out the gas tubes and other orifices on my AR-15s (emphasis on multiples). That shut her pie hole up quite effectively.

I like where you heads at.

If I remember correctly the OP is an anesthesiologist. The irony of an anesthesiologist having to jump through hoops to get copper wire is mindboggling.

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Originally posted by dking271:
Walmart is locking up the spray paint a.

10-15 years ago where I live.