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Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by eigen on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:05PM (#27259443)
yet Prius catalytic convertors are apparently a big market, so much so that it is a regularly stolen item. so someone is buying these parts to install when a car is serviced.

[1] https://www.inquirer.com/business/toyota-prius-catalytic-con...

[2] https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/thieves-target-toyota-p...!

[3] https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/feb/01/catalytic-conv...

> The thieves make about £300 to £500 from every converter stolen, fenced through scrap metal dealers, with car manufacturers warning that a gap in the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 enables dodgy dealers to buy them without checks required on where they came from.

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Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by girvo on Sunday May 23, 2021 @11:41PM (#27260896)
Catalytic converters are filled with valuable metals (platinum, palladium, among others). They're torn apart and the expensive metals are resold. The cat isn't being put on other peoples cars.
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Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by sudosysgen on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:56PM (#27260094)
They're not making money by installing the converters into Priuses.

They are making money by selling the platinum inside.

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