yellowstone
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posted on October 8, 2000 02:31:25 PM
......I took a load and I brought a load back. I found a big box of old telephones, you know the old heavy bakelite type, a box full of old lamp parts and a couple of boxes of books and old magazines. I just cant believe that people are throwing this sort of stuff out. I know from past sales that I will be able to clean up and sell most of what I found for a nice price. At the city landfill they generally dont allow persons to pick up and take stuff, but if you are quick about it and hide it in your vehichle then they really cant do much. It kinda makes me wonder about all the good useable/saleable stuff that gets crushed and covered over. Do any of you ever take a load and bring a load back? If you look at it ironically it's kinda like an exchange, hehe.
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helnjoe
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posted on October 8, 2000 02:47:49 PM
That's why my husband won't let me go to the dump! He said he would leave me if I ever come back with someone's garbage - but it's OK to pay for it at a tag sale. 
[ edited by helnjoe on Oct 8, 2000 02:49 PM ]
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mauimoods
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posted on October 8, 2000 02:53:53 PM
Nobody is allowed to take it out because the dump people do the scavaging themselves and dont want you to get what they consider THEIRS.
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jeanyu
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posted on October 8, 2000 03:01:20 PM
Allright Yellowstone!! Yes--just an exchange of property. That's what we do when we occasionaly donate to Goodwill or another donation booth. It's like Christmas! We leave our unwanted goodies and sorta kinda help ourselves to what others do not want that are outside on the curb--never inside a container. Will I burn in hell for this? Nah---just a matter of priorities. Has anyone seen the Goodwill auction site online? They are doing very very well!
Some may gnash their teeth and say heathen--I say--come on--lighten up--it takes a good eye to realize a treasure among the trash 
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seyms
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posted on October 8, 2000 03:22:44 PM
I didn't go to the dump today but a good dump story nonetheless.
Friend of mine closed up her and deceased husband's store. They bought/sold everything.
Think of it as a one stop flea market with 25 of the item you want.
Along with many thousands of other things she dumpstered 12 Olivetti Divisumma 18 calculators from the late 60s. These were new, mint in the box Divisummas with manuals, covers and chargers. This calculator is in the Museum of Modern Art and is a design icon by an Italian designer. There has been only 1 in this condition ever offered on ebay to my knowledge. The young kid who put it up found it in his grandfather's home. It started at $20 and ended at $800+.
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heavnsqt
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posted on October 8, 2000 03:45:02 PM
my girlfriends kids took her "stuff" to the dump she climbed the fence after closing and got it all back lol...I live in a city so we we dont have a dump...Had another friend who lived in Manhatten furnish his whole apartment from the street. He would go up Park Avenue before the trucks on trash day
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HartCottageQuilts
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posted on October 8, 2000 03:46:40 PM
Obviously you don't live in these parts, jeanyu, where "donation box shopping" is a criminal offense.
I'm sure, of course, that when you "exchange" goods, you make sure that what you're taking away is equal in value to what you're donating...
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DoctorBeetle
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posted on October 8, 2000 03:48:08 PM
You help yourselves at Goodwill donation sites? And because it isn't actually in the container yet it miraculously isn't theft? You know Walmart is doing fairly well, have you seen their stock prices, why not just help yourself to some stuff on their loading dock, after all, it hasn't made it into the store yet.
You are absolutely right, it's just a matter of priorities... your greed has a higher priority than your ethics. There may very well be treasures among the trash but they don't belong to you and taking them is stealing no matter how you choose to rationalize your actions.
Dr. Beetle
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jeanyu
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posted on October 8, 2000 03:50:49 PM
AWWW! Knew I'd get roasted for the truth. You guys are better than Church.
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rarriffle
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posted on October 8, 2000 04:22:20 PM
yellowstone, I'm lmao, for some reason I am picturing the pickup truck from "Grapes of Wrath". In Ohio it is only against the law if it is in the container. I know, we called the police on a lady. They said, if it is still on the ground, its trash, in the container is private property.
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yellowstone
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posted on October 8, 2000 04:52:25 PM
Incidentally, what I dumped was household garbage and not good useable stuff. It was not exactly an exchange of property and what I picked up was someone elses garbage, no matter that it was good useable stuff to me. The fact remains that it was about to be crushed and covered over in a couple of minutes, hey it was garbage. I would never stoop to the snakelike level of jeanyu and steal from a thrift store.
Some may gnash their teeth and say heathen--I say--come on--lighten up--it takes a good eye to realize a treasure among the trash. I think you missed the point jeanyu it's people like you that cause other people to just throw out their good useable stuff to the dump instead of donating to thrift stores. Hey I guess I now have my answer as to why people throw out this kind of stuff.
I donate alot of stuff to thrift stores, stuff that i've tried and failed several times to sell. I guess in the future I will have to physically take it inside of the
store rather than leaving it at the drop box, so that I can be assured that the thrift store will actually get it.
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argh
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posted on October 8, 2000 04:53:31 PM
Jeanyu wrote:
"You guys are better than Church".
This has nothing to do with church, IMO.
I'm an atheist and I still know what's right and what's wrong.
Maybe in some locations the determining factor on illegality might be whether the item is IN the container or next to it, but as far as I'm concerned that doesn't make it ok. Legal or not, it's still highly unethical behavior. Not as Jeanyu puts it, "a matter of priorities" (principals maybe??)
"it takes a good eye to realize a treasure among the trash"
SO? How does that make it right??
Argh
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jeanyu
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posted on October 8, 2000 05:03:06 PM
Slithering to and fro--Watch Out!!! I'm going to get your garbage!! LOL!
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mauimoods
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posted on October 8, 2000 05:28:08 PM
Jeanyu...sometimes the things you post surprise me.
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jeanyu
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posted on October 8, 2000 05:39:19 PM
Hi Maui--taking the role of trash dumpster Goodwill bin raider extrodeniere! Of course--what I wrote and what was understood are two entirely different things. So---going with this slithering slimy snake kind of thing. I know who I am and quite honest about it---if it makes others feel better to trash me---so friggin what!!! I just get a kick out of it all----- don't you dare take my trash. It's a hoot!
Ooh ooh ---edited to add--Yellowstone's reply that people will take their items to the dump rather than let other people pick their trash and maybe make a few dollars on it. Priceless reasoning.
[ edited by jeanyu on Oct 8, 2000 05:44 PM ]
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mauimoods
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posted on October 8, 2000 05:51:02 PM
Jeanyu..I just commented that I am surprised sometimes. Everyone has their own ideas of what is right or wrong or comfy versus uncomfortable. Myself, I drive by the Goodwill thing and see all those boxes out there stuffed with things I would dearly love to rifle thru. I just keep driving. It wasnt given to me. It was given to GW. But thats me. No offense meant to you.
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jeanyu
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posted on October 8, 2000 05:52:51 PM
Maui--no offense taken
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yellowstone
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posted on October 8, 2000 05:53:38 PM
I think that trash dumpster raiding and goodwill box raiding are 2 different things.
Of course--what I wrote and what was understood are two entirely different things If you can adequately explain jeanyu what this means then you may deserve an apology, otherwise I think I and everyone else read and understand what you wrote correctly.
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argh
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posted on October 8, 2000 05:58:07 PM
A bit ago it was "treasures". Suddenly it's "trash". Which is it, Jeanyu?
Like I believe anyone would to to the trouble to take trash from the Goodwill. And then list it on eBay. Sure.
Oh, Yellowstone: sorry this has strayed so much from your original post. I applaud your taking things from the dump. That really was unwanted, and having saved it, you've left that much more room for real trash.
Argh
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jeanyu
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posted on October 8, 2000 06:04:20 PM
Yellowstone not looking for an apology--really. But this is what I wrote:
"That's what we do when we occasionaly donate to Goodwill or another donation booth. It's like Christmas! We leave our unwanted goodies and sorta kinda help ourselves to what others do not want that are outside on the curb--never inside a container."
Read--- OCCASIONALY--reality once! Geesh!
Get on with your perfect world and I'll sliver through mine, OK?
Would I do it again--in a heartbeat. Cause I know what I donated and what I retreived for reuse. It's sorta between me and the box---and I can live with it.
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yellowstone
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posted on October 8, 2000 06:17:03 PM
jeanyu, i'm sorry but I dont think that quite does it. Are you saying that you pick up and take stuff that has been donated to thrift stores even though it is not in the donation box? Or do you go thru the trash at thrift stores when you go to the thrift store to make a donation? One is trash and IMHO is ok to take and one is not, which is it with you?
edited to remove the word "dumpsters" to make my post easier to understand
[ edited by yellowstone on Oct 8, 2000 06:24 PM ]
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thriftysalez
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posted on October 8, 2000 06:31:47 PM
Jeanyu-No one else here wants to call you what you are, so I will. Thief. Plain and simple. You and people like you are the reason I have to spend extra money hiring a guard to stay next to our drop box so that no one can pull up in the middle of the night and steal our donations. I have seen families take their children by their heals and put them in the drop box upside down to retrieve stuff out of our drop box. Makes me sick! And people wonder why some of the thrift stores are raising their prices, this is a perfectly good example. Jeanyu, do yourself and all the rest of us a favor and get some morals, what you did is stealing, nothing else.
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helnjoe
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posted on October 8, 2000 06:34:30 PM
jeanyu
Geesh is right. Don't let them know where you live. They got the scent of blood and won't rest till they nail your hide to the barn door. You just replaced mboyko.
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MichelleG
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posted on October 8, 2000 06:35:49 PM
Ahem!
There are a lot of comments very,very close to crossing the line. Please, everyone, keep the CGs in mind when you post - stick to the topic and do not insult other posters. If this thread continues in it's current tone I will have no option but to lock it.
MichelleG
Moderator
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jeanyu
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posted on October 8, 2000 06:35:55 PM
Oh this is getting real special. Dropping children by their heels? Thief? Bring it on--wanna have a scapegoat? Here I am
edited to add---on second thought--I have been called a friggin thief. Michelle G----stop with the posturing and either sanction the person or put us out of our misery and please end this thread. Yikes!
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nofishing
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posted on October 8, 2000 06:51:19 PM
A friend told me that the guy at the donation center informed her that he hates to see all the stuff outside the center when he comes in the morning and that she should help herself if she sees something she wants.
One day the guy left early as I was about to leave my stuff. A great whatchamacallit was there, so I grabbed it.
I started having all kinds of bad luck. I'm sure I was being punished for snagging that thingie. (see what years of Catholic school does).
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MichelleG
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posted on October 8, 2000 06:57:50 PM
jeanyu No posturing - I simply didn't see that particular post before submitting mine.
thriftsalez
Your comments are a direct insult to another User and violate the Community Guidelines. I am issuing an informal warning and urge you to keep the CGs in mind before posting again.
MichelleG
Moderator
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thriftysalez
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posted on October 8, 2000 07:16:10 PM
Moderator Michelle- I apologize to the community for my poor choice of words, and it will not happen again.
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outoftheblue
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posted on October 8, 2000 07:45:40 PM
jeanyu
If it is not stealing, then I am sure you do it in broad daylight while the Goodwill employees are watching?
Just wondering..
If you only sneak around and take stuff after dark or when no-one is around to see it, then, well...I won't say what I think.
[ edited by outoftheblue on Oct 8, 2000 07:49 PM ]
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fountainhouse
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posted on October 8, 2000 07:53:34 PM
In our area, the local TV investigative reporters stake out the various Goodwill boxes and secretly tape the people helping themselves. It's hilarious watching the culprits trying to explain their actions on the 6:00 news.
Just something to think about next time the box looks inviting.
thriftysalez, you may want to re-think your decision to hire that guard -- alot of the thieves were Goodwill employees. 
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