Comments on: Martha’s in the Trash Again

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:10:20 +0000

Where I used to live, they had spring cleanup every year and, by the time the garbage people came to pick things up, at least half had already been acquired by someone converting trash to treasure! I also had a old friend that used to go to yard sales, pick things up cheap, clean them up and sell them on E-Bay at a tidy profit.

In this economy, it’s not as easy to do those things, but I have a feeling that my friend at least partially paid her kids’ (she was a divorced single mother) college education through her “recycling” program!

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:48:21 +0000

I don’t know for sure, but I have heard that once the trash bin is on the curb, it is public domain. That is how those paparazzi guys get info on the stars without going to jail.

If anyone knows for sure, it would be cool to find out. I shred everything with my name on it just to be on the safe side.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:42:58 +0000

This is questionable because it could have compromised my safety and perhaps that of others – when I was compulsively saving aluminum cans I would often jump out of the car at a stop light and grab any and all smashed roadside cans before the light turned green again. I only did this if I were the passenger. I had to give it up because my sweetheart threatened to drive off and leave me if I kept doing it.

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By: ~Dawn

~Dawn — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:28:34 +0000

David~
Now a days I would see it as an invasion of privacy, but that is because times have changed AND we don’t know our neighbors as well as we used to. Plus I don’t have anything to hide.

I don’t recall doing anything questionable to save money, maybe taking home some white-out or tape from the office so I didn’t have to buy it at the store. But that is all I recall at this time.

By: ashleyd

ashleyd — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:27:26 +0000

i work for a commercial real estate company. every time a tenant moves out of a space i’m the first one there to dig through the left overs… i use what i can, sell the rest!

By: Myrna Garren

Myrna Garren — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:43:45 +0000

I was homeless about 10 years ago. After I moved into subsidized housing I acquired almost all of my furniture from junk pile and curbs. I looked off an on about 10 years since then and pretty well got all of my household items. In 2006 I retired and moved to where I live now. They have junk day 2 times a year so I don’t do it any more. I did get a sofa from an apartment that empty, but the junk pile is non-existant here. I go to yard sales now.