Catalytic Converter
Not sure where to post this, but here it goes. Just got my Motorhome back from a visit to Midas today. About two weeks ago I went to the storage lot where it was normally parked, since moved facilitie...
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I tried to do the right thing. I had the truck bed full of a bunch of scrap metal. I do my own vehicle maintenance and I have older vehicles. I had brake rotors, old radiators, and a bunch of other odds & ends.
The recycling center wanted my ID. Okay, fine. No big deal. However they scanned it. Hmmm... A little worried about my privacy there, but still within tolerance. Then they asked for my fingerprints. I asked who has access to my ID & fingerprints, they did not understand the question.
At that point I was done. There is no way I am providing copies of my identification along with my biometric information to someone at a scrap yard who barely speaks broken English! I have no idea what they are doing with that information or who has access to it.
It was only about $25 worth of metal and I spent that much in time & gas driving over there. It simply isn't worth the risk to my identity, so I no longer take metal to the recycle center. I live out in the country, so tractor, hole, fill, and dirt solve the problem.
Like I said, I tried to do the right thing. But I am not going to put myself & my identity at risk over a few bucks of recycled metal.
The recycling center wanted my ID. Okay, fine. No big deal. However they scanned it. Hmmm... A little worried about my privacy there, but still within tolerance. Then they asked for my fingerprints. I asked who has access to my ID & fingerprints, they did not understand the question.
At that point I was done. There is no way I am providing copies of my identification along with my biometric information to someone at a scrap yard who barely speaks broken English! I have no idea what they are doing with that information or who has access to it.
It was only about $25 worth of metal and I spent that much in time & gas driving over there. It simply isn't worth the risk to my identity, so I no longer take metal to the recycle center. I live out in the country, so tractor, hole, fill, and dirt solve the problem.
Like I said, I tried to do the right thing. But I am not going to put myself & my identity at risk over a few bucks of recycled metal.
