See #5. And not everyone who deals in scrap metals is a thief... 9 out of 10 who deal in scrap are legal. Please don’t stereotype.
Easy karen
People put appliances out so others can fix and reuse them, then the low IQ scrappers come along and cut off the cords. That’s all they take. Just the power cord. Friggin’ idiot low class moron slum dwelling scrappers. I see them living on the hills of trash in third world countries — it would have been nice if we could not have them here. Oh well.