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> At a buck or two each, that adds up quick. Does it? That honestly seems like a waste of time unless you're doing 500+ a "job", and the time/energy needed to
by Andrex 6y ago
> At a buck or two each, that adds up quick.
Does it? That honestly seems like a waste of time unless you're doing 500+ a "job", and the time/energy needed to steal 500+ pallets seems like a negative return on investment. And who has 500+ pallets sitting around unguarded in one place? Enough to make pallet stealing profitable? I'm unsure.
If recycling a pallet was more in the $10-15 range each, I could maybe see the argument.
- stronglikedan 6y agoOne could easily make more than minimum wage.
- misthop 6y agoFor people who have no other options of making money to those who (less charitably) have an addiction to satiate there is no calculation of the investment. It's also a crime that has fairly small likelihood of meaningful prosecution. Most of us here think about ROI. People who are stealing pallets are either doing the calculation of "some money is more than no money" or as part of a more organized crime undertaking It falls into a similar bucket as stealing copper from the wiring of abandoned/in construction buildings
- bluedino 6y agoYou know people steal scrap metal, bottle returns, catalytic converters (way more valuable) for money, right? Even the trash pickers that drive around all day picking up scrap and might make $100 if they are lucky