Quote Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner View Post
Scrappers are stealing things illegally. If they could make money off of stealing the wood, they would! Instead they leave it a valueless carcass.
They *could* make money off of the wood, but pulling out paneling and trim without damaging it takes skill. Doesn't take a lot of skill to pull plumbing out of a house, just an axe and a hacksaw.

Go check out Materials Unlimited in Ypsilanti, they have whole rooms of mahogany paneling pulled out of demolished mansions in Grosse Pointe, running for thousands of dollars.