Who Dumpster Dives - Stories Please

[simple987]

I live back to back with an elementary school, which means easy access to dumpsters approx 50ft from our back fence. I couldn't begin to tell the goldmine treasures that have come out of the brown dumpsters and recycling dumpsters.

When I was little we used to find fun school supply stuff and books to play with that the school had discarded.

Also, the people in my neighborhood will use those dumps for large trash, so I have scored a wide range of goods, including cameras, tools, antiques, kid stuff, and furniture. After years of putting it on ebay I have profited thousands (no exaggeration), and most of the books we find can be taken to Half Price Books for a few dollars here and there.

[Snave]

Originally Posted by sakigt

I certainly dont dumpster dive, but I have stopped and picked up furniture on the street ready to be thrown away. I know others do the same. In my dad's neighborhood anything we put out to be tossed was taken in at least 15 minutes

We were at my in-laws one evening when I helped my father-in-law take an old bench out to the corner for the trash the next day. We noticed it was gone about 30 minutes later. Then, when we pulled out of the neighborhood, we saw the bench down the street on someone elses curb. I guess they had a better piece of trash and the person decided to "trade up" and left my in-laws bench behind.

[m3racer]

Originally Posted by Ima saver

I have never even been tempted to dumpster dive!! ugh!!

What she said.