Maybe the state I live in is just ghetto as shit. It seems like every air pump at the gas station has the top part that attaches to your tire to fill it with air stolen.
I don’t understand the value of this specific part. Why do people steal them?
They’re stolen to be used for smoking crack or meth.
It’s not. Nobody’s smoking crack out of the tip of a compressor hose. If people are stealing them for drug reasons the most likely answer is that they’re made of solid brass and have a decent scrap value. They’re selling them to the same guy they’re selling stolen catalytic converters and the copper wire they’ve stripped out of newly constructed homes to.
No, someone was actually doing it in a case I was in (case was unrelated). But it feels like you’re doing exactly what your irritated for me doing.
No, someone was actually doing it in a case I was in. It’s clear you just made a guess yourself but credited yourself 100%, but look forward to your downvote. 🙄
maybe they just wanted to decompress
Are you sure they’re being stolen and simply aren’t breaking off because they are cheap and/or people are rough with things they don’t own? I’ve had the tip break off twice when airing up my tires, and the gas station didn’t even replace them for months.
For some people, all they can handle is just the tip.
If I had to take a guess, its probably from folks running over it and breaking it off.
