Dumpster Diving?

[gtpgirl19]

Anyone Do it? Thoughts for or against it? lemme know your expeirences..

 

[Aidensmom]

Holy crap, this thread was listed right under the one asking if you could tell if someone was poor by looking at them.

If you are dumpster diving, you just may be....

Actually, I am no where near rich, but I am not under the poverty line either. Before we lived in our house, we lived in a very large apartment complex, and everyone had their own "garbage" area behind their patio. My neighbor and I used to go "garbage-picking" on the last weekend of every month when people were moving out. We found a LOT of great things, even a perfectly good bed and a working 26" TV. (Yea, I shop at Walmart too. )

 

[dcgrumpy]

I never have, but when the Wiz went out of business DH went nuts

 

[mudnuri]

Anyone Do it? Thoughts for or against it? lemme know your expeirences..

actually in a dumpster? thats just plain nasty... my X owned a trash company for many years......there is NO way you'd catch me pulling anything out of a container.......

Brandy

 

[Meezers]

When I worked for a private ambulance service...the business next to ours was a wholesale florist. Yep....I checked the dumpster every day....fresh flowers every day...and trust me....with that job....I needed it!

 

[mommaU4]

Dumpster diving? Seriously? Ok. Everyone needs a hobby. Personally I collect antenna balls but hey, to each their own.

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

I don't like to get dirty so no dumpster diving for me.

 

[capnblackbeard]

Yes I have done it but not much. Better than dumpster diving is the recycle bin for magazines.

 

[nwdisgal]

Nope, I've never dived into a dumpster. The worst I've done is pick food off a platter in a back kitchen.

 

[KristaTX]

DH and I were married during college, and we used to dumpster dive with some of our other married friends at the dorms when school got out for the summer. We found tons of great, like-new stuff that the single college students simply didn't want to lug home.

 

[nwdisgal]

DH and I were married during college, and we used to dumpster dive with some of our other married friends at the dorms when school got out for the summer. We found tons of great, like-new stuff that the single college students simply didn't want to lug home.

That sounds like a flea market find.

 

[tone.def]

Yeah - back in the college days, that was how I got some of best and most prized cd's! Who would throw out a cd???

I got some books and school supplies too....

I don't think I'd do it now, but if something nice was hanging over the ledge...

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

Yep but only because something great was sticking out of the top and easily grabbed without having to get IN the dumpster!!

 

[PixieDust32]

what? please! we not that poor, besides we got lots of junk at home already.

 

[Lil_Tink]

Nope..So has anyone actually dived in a dumpster. But I have been tempted to go down the garbage shoot, until I realized it was a straight 40FT drop, then my mind changed.

 

[chrissyk]

OK, I'll admit it...I used to dumpster dive ALL the time! I still would if I could find a partner in my area (never dive alone...not safe). It's not the "dirty" hobby that people think that it is. Retail stores throw out unused merchandise all the time rather than donating it. My friend and I would dive and then donate the stuff. I'm not talking about food here...I'm talking brand-new household items that would have otherwise ended up in the landfill.

If you are really interested in starting to dive, the group alt.dumpster is a great place to start...you should check your county ordinances, as some counties consider the contents of a dumpster "abandoned property" and some consider it the property of the refuse company. You should only dive where it's considered "abandoned property". You may even want to check with your local police first to make doubly sure.

BTW, we even had a manager of a local store who would TELL us what merchandise was in the dumpster and how many trips we'd need to make with the truck to haul it all to the place where we were donating it She was a peach! Half the time, the stuff was still in the original cases that it was shipped to the store in...unopened. Now, is it better to have that stuff end up in a landfill, or to have it end up with people who have nothing and can really use it

 

[gtpgirl19]

Well Thanks For all the responses i was thinkin about it i have a freind who does it... And she doenst work "Single Mom" She picks stuff out of dumpsters and sells them at flea markets... Just the other day she came by my house with 4 50 LB Bags of dog food and an IPOD Hrmmm Im wondering how that got in there right? It had a Defective slip on it saying it was scratched and she found a 4.1 Megapixel Camera That a defective slip all it said was Memory card was not in there when it was suppose to have one. She has Also Found TONS of Towels And B/Clothes and Sheets Expensive ones that have been taken out of the wrapper..... I want to Dumpster Dive so Bad But I dont wanna get dirty.. But theres a first for everything...

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I did a dumpster dive at my church thrift shop. Noticed several pieces to a climbing set. I went inside (the store, not the dumpster) and asked them if I could take it and they said I could.

Turned out to be a Kangaroo climber---at the time about $150..had the ladies figured out how to assemble it--they could have made good money on it.


(The container was used solely for the thrift store cast offs...they had a separate dumpster for "trash").

 

[the kabuki]

While not necessarily "dumpster diving" I have snuck out late at night to snag the neighbors' almost new recliner chair that perfectly matched our cabin up north. I had to drag DH outside to help me get it into the garage, he was sooo embarrassed.

Of course, now we can never invite those particular neighbors' up to the cabin for the week-end LOL

Oh, and I have found quite a few good items for our Halloween Haunt that we have. Things such as old dining chairs, gilt edged mirrors, and my favorite was a really old looking picture with a cool frame. Of course these things are for Halloween , so the older they look the better. Just grabbing these from the end of people's driveways on garbage day though, not actually dumpster diving.

 

[pattyT]

Once I REALLY wanted to o to the neighbors and nap a REALLY OLD window they were throwing out - it was sitting on the side of the road -
I thought it would make an awesome mirror if you broke the glass out -
youcan't just go BUY an old window like that...
DH promised he wold get me one from a job site Before the house is done
(I was too chicken anywyas!)