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Re: BESIDES MD DOES ANYONE GARBAGE PICK OR DUMPSTER DIVE FOR TREASURES New 3/14/07
My older sister and brother used to clean out their dressers and desks about once a year. Being much younger than they, I'd go through their throw aways and ask them if I could have what they didn't want. They always said "sure" and that's how I began recycling long before recycling was popular. I must have been about 7 years old when I started.
Although I rarely pick through the trash of others now, I do like to scavenge along the roadways. I've found all kinds of stuff that would need little to nothing in the way of repairs. Once I found two matching recliners that had been dumped along a country road. I stopped to inspect them and saw that they were in pretty nice condition - and they were good quality besides. So I loaded them in the truck and found out they only needed to have a couple minor repairs made to make them good again. They were fixed, cleaned up with a damp cloth, and I used them until somebody came to buy a double bed I advertised for sale. When the guy came to get the bed, he saw the recliners and asked if they were for sale, too. I thought what the heck and then asked what he was willing to pay for them. He said $200.00 for the pair. I said make it $300 and you got a deal - he bought them and I laughed when he left the house with the two recliners that cost me about $4.75 in replacement parts.
I've found hundreds of tools, a nice step ladder, brooms, a small dresser with only a couple small dings in it (probably from when it flew out of the vehicle at 55mph and hit the shoulder of the road), money, a nice tailgate from a 1966 Chevy Pickup, etc. It's always a fun part of a long drive to see what I'll scavenge from along the route. The stuff I find usually isn't worth much, but it does have some value. It's all good!
My older sister and brother used to clean out their dressers and desks about once a year. Being much younger than they, I'd go through their throw aways and ask them if I could have what they didn't want. They always said "sure" and that's how I began recycling long before recycling was popular. I must have been about 7 years old when I started.
Although I rarely pick through the trash of others now, I do like to scavenge along the roadways. I've found all kinds of stuff that would need little to nothing in the way of repairs. Once I found two matching recliners that had been dumped along a country road. I stopped to inspect them and saw that they were in pretty nice condition - and they were good quality besides. So I loaded them in the truck and found out they only needed to have a couple minor repairs made to make them good again. They were fixed, cleaned up with a damp cloth, and I used them until somebody came to buy a double bed I advertised for sale. When the guy came to get the bed, he saw the recliners and asked if they were for sale, too. I thought what the heck and then asked what he was willing to pay for them. He said $200.00 for the pair. I said make it $300 and you got a deal - he bought them and I laughed when he left the house with the two recliners that cost me about $4.75 in replacement parts.
I've found hundreds of tools, a nice step ladder, brooms, a small dresser with only a couple small dings in it (probably from when it flew out of the vehicle at 55mph and hit the shoulder of the road), money, a nice tailgate from a 1966 Chevy Pickup, etc. It's always a fun part of a long drive to see what I'll scavenge from along the route. The stuff I find usually isn't worth much, but it does have some value. It's all good!
