Dumpster Diving
I had someone below post how they love to dumpster dive! Well, this was a big hobby of ours when we lived in Idaho. We still do it here in Kansas it’s just not as common.
We lived in a small town of 400 away from the biggest city of 30K 60 miles away. (BTW, small town living is way overrated! :-)
People didn't have many yard sales and just threw most of their stuff away.
Dumpster diving really has a bad reputation. It's not the dirty, grungy thing everyone thinks it is.
Most of the time you can just see what's on top laying next to the trash can or dumpster.
No, it's not for everyone. Some people just have dumpster phobia and that's fine but here are some of the things we have gotten from dumpster diving.
A brand new glider rocker that needed one screw replaced. The screw cost .40 and we sold the rocker after using it with 2 kids for $40! Not to bad!
Many, plants and flowers. We even got fresh flowers after they threw out the plants at the cemetery after Memorial day.
An antique table I still use today as my microwave table and have dealers ask all the time if it's for sale at my garage sales.
Bricks that lined our entire garden.
An oak chair.
Pots for my plants.
Lawn edging for my garden.
Old chair for a "shabby chic" look in the garden.
There is tons of other stuff but I can't remember right now. I will ask Mike and add to the list as we think of other things.
Most of the time if I see something I could use and it's sitting by someone's trash can I just go up and knock on the door and ask if I can have it. If it's in an alley way then I usually don't ask unless the person is outside. Most people are more than happy for you to take it.
I don't go into areas like behind Wal-Mart where it's says Keep Out. Respect others property.
The point is don't think it's a bad thing until you have tried it. You can really save a lot of money and make some money by taking things that other people are throwing out and using them or re-selling them.
TJ
http://www.livingonadime.com/
We lived in a small town of 400 away from the biggest city of 30K 60 miles away. (BTW, small town living is way overrated! :-)
People didn't have many yard sales and just threw most of their stuff away.
Dumpster diving really has a bad reputation. It's not the dirty, grungy thing everyone thinks it is.
Most of the time you can just see what's on top laying next to the trash can or dumpster.
No, it's not for everyone. Some people just have dumpster phobia and that's fine but here are some of the things we have gotten from dumpster diving.
A brand new glider rocker that needed one screw replaced. The screw cost .40 and we sold the rocker after using it with 2 kids for $40! Not to bad!
Many, plants and flowers. We even got fresh flowers after they threw out the plants at the cemetery after Memorial day.
An antique table I still use today as my microwave table and have dealers ask all the time if it's for sale at my garage sales.
Bricks that lined our entire garden.
An oak chair.
Pots for my plants.
Lawn edging for my garden.
Old chair for a "shabby chic" look in the garden.
There is tons of other stuff but I can't remember right now. I will ask Mike and add to the list as we think of other things.
Most of the time if I see something I could use and it's sitting by someone's trash can I just go up and knock on the door and ask if I can have it. If it's in an alley way then I usually don't ask unless the person is outside. Most people are more than happy for you to take it.
I don't go into areas like behind Wal-Mart where it's says Keep Out. Respect others property.
The point is don't think it's a bad thing until you have tried it. You can really save a lot of money and make some money by taking things that other people are throwing out and using them or re-selling them.
TJ
http://www.livingonadime.com/
posted by Tawra Jean at 10:46 AM
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My husband had to dumpster dive once to retrieve about $15 that had been thrown away. He came home with two bags of new men's clothes with tags still on them! We wondered if someone had broken up with their boyfriend or something weird like that. Anyway, he got our money, and then some more!
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