been diving in Blockbusters dumster latley?

[ThisIsMatt]

Dumpster diving is great Don't knock it.

 

[AurtherDent]

beta? thats really old, before VHS, i dont think blockbuster ever sold them

 

[SinNisTeR]

<< getting looked at by some very confused latinos. >>


BWAHAHAHAHHA, youre a mess!

man that story was hilarious!! you sir are a hobo!

 

[WhiteWonder]

man, the only thing i can ever find while dumpster diving is...... well..... trash.

 

[MichaelD]

<< common theif? its just a waste of them, i just "liberated" the movies >>



I agree. They were just either gonna get picked up by someone else or dumped in a landfill somewhere. Good for you. Keep what you want and sell the rest for $5 each out on the street. YOu'll make some dough.

If you're questioned where you got them, you can honestly say "I found them."

 

[Spikesoldier]

Haha I got quite a few laughs from this thread. Up it goes!

 

[Thump553]

Why isn't this posted in the Hot Deals forum?

Mods, please correct this.

 

[Triumph]

Some things I've found while dumpster diving:
-Nearly full weight set, including a chrome dumbell with the threaded ends
-A full college loft made of expensive pressure treated lumber
-HP Deskjet 630
-Super Nintendo with two controllers, TV connector, and AC adapter
-Stackable storage crates

It's great living in a college town. Kids move out every July, and they don't feel like taking stuff with them. I'll take it from them!

 

[Jerboy]

<< Some cities and counties have "nuisance laws" against dumpster diving specifically because of the inherent value of trash. >>



Well the most probable purpose of that law is to keeps transients from digging through for food on regular basis and making a mess. I dived a dumpster a few times to collect some rare electronics so I can salvage parts from them. The dumpster was behind a family owned electronics repair place. You simply can't buy those parts easily and dumpster can be a great source. They saw me and told me to be careful, that's all. A student or two digging through a dumpster to get material for their project once in a while isn't all that bad and won't bother me,but transients in their dirty stinky clothes, habitually digging through dumpsters all over the place grosses people out.



<<
People Recyclables are not the only valuables in trash. The old adage, "a man's junk is another man's treasure" held true in your case. But, I still think its yuck... >>



Absolutely. If someone else can put something to use before you toss it out, that person won't have to buy it and reduces overall trash generated and this is especially so for furnitures not worth a crap. People don't want to pay for such crap, but won't mind taking it for free. We usually try to get rid of large stuff by putting it on bulletinboard. If no taker, I'll post it on classified for free. An easy way to get rid of big heavy stuff like fridge.

I'm sure Blockbusters didn't minded selling those VHS in store. They were probably bound by contract by their headquarter, the producers and such to not do so as there's issues over intellectural property.

 

[Koing]

<< Dumpster diving is great Don't knock it. >>



Ditto.

Dumpster Diving. Never heard of that pharse before.

People in England call it *Bin Raiding*

Nice find anyway AurtherDent.

 

[aphex]

<< VHS :Q

What is this VHS you speek OF? >>

 

[kitkit201]

i guess this doesn't fall into the statement "no horseplaying in or around the dumpster" does it? nice find though.. i use to work at blockbuster and i don't think we through away the tapes, many sent it back to the local HQ.

 

[gooseman]

Is it just me or does anyone else notice that FFMCobalt thinks he is sitting at God's feet?

 

[Rickten]

couldn't you always put a piece of tape over the little hole on the tape and use the tapes to record off tv and stuff. Thats what I'd do. Free tapes for recording hell yeah.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

<< Some cities and counties have "nuisance laws" against dumpster diving specifically because of the inherent value of trash. Recyclables are not the only valuables in trash. The old adage, "a man's junk is another man's treasure" held true in your case. But, I still think its yuck... >>



You might think it's yuck, but the fact remains that the day before Blockbuster was selling that stuff for $10-$15 apiece. If you could wait a day and get it for free you would. I've never tried dumpster diving... but I would if I knew of a good place to try it. Lets face it; with the monetary level of current college and lower level students, dumpster diving is a good way of getting things that would ordinarily be way out of reach.

 

[Mandrill]

And what is so yuck about a Block Buster Dumpster? It's not like it is a Mc Donalds dumpster or a supermarket dumpster where you'd have rotten food and such. It's probably 99% card board, packing materials, etc...

 

[killface]

I think one of the other major reasons for the laws against dumster diving is people being able to climb in and get credit card numbers and whatnot out of the garbage.
Anyways, good job on a good find man.