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Pre-pandemic, I used to go dumpster-diving with an acquaintance. This guy had a garage _full_ of stuff that he salvaged from dumpsters. Clothing, furniture, bic

Pre-pandemic, I used to go dumpster-diving with an acquaintance. This guy had a garage _full_ of stuff that he salvaged from dumpsters. Clothing, furniture, bicycles, phones, laptops, non-expired canned/boxed food, you name it. It was something of a hobby for him, he used what he could and gave away the rest to friends, family, or donations. One of the best times/places to go is university housing during move-out week. Lots of perfectly good stuff that people just didn't want to take with them for whatever reason We always tried to be respectful of the property owners, never left a mess. Very rarely, someone will come along and tell us to go away. We always apologized and did so.

reaperducer 4y ago
This guy had a garage _full_ of stuff that he salvaged from dumpsters. Clothing, furniture, bicycles, phones, laptops, non-expired canned/boxed food, you name it You can re-live these days by shopping on eBay, Amazon, and Walmart.com. Lots of people sell dumpster-scrounged goods on all three platforms. But now you can get it delivered!
- SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago
  It’s a great market when you’re looking for spare parts. I wanted a second pitcher for my drip coffee maker so that we could have one for regular and one for decaf. Naturally the vendor doesn’t sell replacements. Lo and behold, one was available on eBay for a very reasonable price shipped.
Scoundreller 4y ago
> One of the best times/places to go is university housing during move-out week. Had a friend that would make a few thousand every September selling the stuff he scavenged in April/May. Helped that he was an athlete and ran around anyway and could go back and forth running with a cart.
notjulianjaynes 4y ago
>One of the best times/places to go is university housing during move-out week. We call that Hippie Christmas where I'm from. Some of my better scores include: -Imac - 1 year old Acer Gaming laptop with dented palmrest. Worked fine. - A like new pair of Hermes shoes - couple bottles of Ativan - probably a dozen older macbooks at this point - handles of strange flavored vodka - abandoned bicycles (need bolt cutters, only take the ones with flat tires, or other clear signs of abandonment) You can sometimes find lab equipment and shit like that if you lurk around the academic buildings too

reaperducer 4y ago

This guy had a garage _full_ of stuff that he salvaged from dumpsters. Clothing, furniture, bicycles, phones, laptops, non-expired canned/boxed food, you name it You can re-live these days by shopping on eBay, Amazon, and Walmart.com. Lots of people sell dumpster-scrounged goods on all three platforms. But now you can get it delivered!

SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago
It’s a great market when you’re looking for spare parts. I wanted a second pitcher for my drip coffee maker so that we could have one for regular and one for decaf. Naturally the vendor doesn’t sell replacements. Lo and behold, one was available on eBay for a very reasonable price shipped.

Scoundreller 4y ago

> One of the best times/places to go is university housing during move-out week. Had a friend that would make a few thousand every September selling the stuff he scavenged in April/May. Helped that he was an athlete and ran around anyway and could go back and forth running with a cart.

notjulianjaynes 4y ago

>One of the best times/places to go is university housing during move-out week. We call that Hippie Christmas where I'm from. Some of my better scores include: -Imac - 1 year old Acer Gaming laptop with dented palmrest. Worked fine. - A like new pair of Hermes shoes - couple bottles of Ativan - probably a dozen older macbooks at this point - handles of strange flavored vodka - abandoned bicycles (need bolt cutters, only take the ones with flat tires, or other clear signs of abandonment) You can sometimes find lab equipment and shit like that if you lurk around the academic buildings too