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Re:Catalytic Converter Theft by emodendroket on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:20PM (#27621788)
How often does your average person sell scrap parts? I don't think the situations are analogous.
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Re:Catalytic Converter Theft by beerandt on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:27PM (#27621885)
The gross sum of time spent tracing the origins of scrap will be greater than money lost due to theft.

The answer is mitigated risk via insurance and prevention, not a preemptive policing of all privately owned items of value.

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Re:Catalytic Converter Theft by emodendroket on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:37PM (#27626213)
> The gross sum of time spent tracing the origins of scrap will be greater than money lost due to theft.

I am quite skeptical that this is true.

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Re:Catalytic Converter Theft by throwaway0a5e on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:28PM (#27621899)
The people that do it as a hobby/side gig probably go through 2-25 cars/yr with the people on the higher end doing more scrapping and less individual part selling.
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Re:Catalytic Converter Theft by emodendroket on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:38PM (#27626218)
Yes, we can always dream up some extreme case where somebody would find it onerous. How should we weigh that against a lot of people who are just trying to use their car to get to work having their catalytic converters stolen?
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