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Trash Connoisseur
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You threw away what?!
June 21, 2012 at
05:05 PM
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I decided to put my log book on this forum so you can all see the crazy amount of free stuff in good condition that I find while walking my dogs at night in NYC. My girlfriend and I recently moved into a new apartment on the Upper East Side and we had been noticing how much brand new (or antique) stuff is left out on the curb.
So for fun (and because we are both as cheap as they come), we started grabbing stuff that is in good condition. Either we use it, try to sell it, or give it away.
Oh, and keep in mind, bottles and cans have a $0.05 deposit on them so we return those.
We just started keeping track, here is what we have so far:
6/18 - 18 books, 1 milk crate, 4 deposit cans ($0.20)
6/19 - Aero-Swiss Humidifier (Valued over $100), Keurig Coffee Machine ($120), Small Dust Buster, Best Fitness Leg Developer (Over $100), 11 deposit cans ($0.55)
6/20 - 7 deposit cans ($0.35)
6/21 - 37 bottle deposit cans (took the dogs on a long walk this afternoon) ($1.85)
That's the last four days, I'll update this as we get new finds.
Anyone else do this either out of necessity or as a hobby?
Stephen
Check out the new blog @ http://youthrewawaywha
So for fun (and because we are both as cheap as they come), we started grabbing stuff that is in good condition. Either we use it, try to sell it, or give it away.
Oh, and keep in mind, bottles and cans have a $0.05 deposit on them so we return those.
We just started keeping track, here is what we have so far:
6/18 - 18 books, 1 milk crate, 4 deposit cans ($0.20)
6/19 - Aero-Swiss Humidifier (Valued over $100), Keurig Coffee Machine ($120), Small Dust Buster, Best Fitness Leg Developer (Over $100), 11 deposit cans ($0.55)
6/20 - 7 deposit cans ($0.35)
6/21 - 37 bottle deposit cans (took the dogs on a long walk this afternoon) ($1.85)
That's the last four days, I'll update this as we get new finds.
Anyone else do this either out of necessity or as a hobby?
Stephen
Check out the new blog @ http://youthrewawaywha
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Last Edited by stephenNYC
July 30, 2012
at
06:41 PM
Here is the master list of all of our finds to date! It also includes what has sold, the upcycle projects and any other benefits we have gotten from our trash!
Found:
TOTAL: 8 milk crates
TOTAL: 635 My Coke Reward Points
Upcycled:
Converted to Cash:
Found:
TOTAL: 8 milk crates
TOTAL: 635 My Coke Reward Points
- 18 books
- Aero-Swiss Humidifier
- Keurig Coffee Machine
- Small Dust Buster
- Best Fitness Leg Developer
- Giorgio Armani Sunglasses Case
- June issue of Backpacker Magazine
- Verizon Phone charger
- 7 dresser drawers
- 2 Wilson Titanium Tennis Rackets
- Large Kitchen Garbage can
- Michael's Arts and Crafts drawers
- A crochet purse
- Shannon Hand-Crafted Lead Crystal Cake Plate and Server
- Cooks Panini-Maker
- 3 Magazines -- Elle, Cosmo, and Glamour
- 2 Picture frames in their original plastic
- Film Quarterly magazines from the 1960s and 70s
- CAT5e Ethernet Cable
- DesignForLiving Water Bottle
- Broyhill Nightstand
- Cheese Grater
- NIB Wilson Titanium Tennis Balls
- Some eating utensils
- Two Hard Rock Cafe Glasses, NIB
- 254 my coke rewards points.
- Black and Decker mixer
- Frying pan
- Lemonade pitcher
- Coffee table
- HP1040 Fax Machine
- HP Floppy Drive & Smart Card Reader
- Dell Keyboard
- BodyBlade Classic 4
- Bake King Cupcake Pan
- Step stool
- United States Annotated Code Chapters 28 (Federal Rules of Evidence) and 42 (Public Health and Welfare), 2001 edition with the 2012 supplements.
- A Trash Can
- Laundry Basket
- Kelty Kids Ridgeline Backpack
- Budweiser Billiard Cue
- HP Toner
- CAT 3 Cable
- Holmes AccuTemp Window Fan
- "The Naked Nude Nude" screen print art
- HP OfficeJet Pro K850
- 2 Electronics Stands
- Laptop Desk with Built in Fan
- Signed Artist Proof, Fragment by Arline Sherman
- Small screwdriver set
- Players Image Alignment Golf MIRROR Training Aid
- 2 Family & Friends CPR Training Kits with Manikins
- Pantone Color Tint Selector by Pantone Library of Color
- 3 Books on Woodworking
- 10Base-T Concentrator
- A bunch of cedar shoe-horns
- S-Video Cable
Upcycled:
- Two dresser drawers into kitchen shelving
- Film Quarterly Magazines into Art for wall
Converted to Cash:
- HP1040 Fax Machine, Recalled for $100 rebate. Used to buy new printer
- Bottle Deposit Returns: $16.30
- HP Toner and HP1040 Ink Cart, HP OfficeJet Carts/Toner (11) -- $26 @ Staples
- BodyBlade Classic 4 -- $68 via Ebay
- Michael's Storage Drawers -- $25 via Ebay
- Air-O-Swiss Humidifier -- $25 via Ebay
- Both Wilson Tennis Rackets -- $27 via Ebay
- Kelty Kids Backpack -- $36 via Ebay
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I did find an ornate pool cure with wood carved handle and mother of pearl inlay. Cant remember what i did with it.
I did find an ornate pool cure with wood carved handle and mother of pearl inlay. Cant remember what i did with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBNZtVL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBNZtVL
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It's been interesting following your blog. I definitely think twice before throwing things away now!
I've spent many occasions at Ft. Gordon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBNZtVL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBNZtVL
I had 14 serious stalkers at one point. Most were pretty creepy. It was just because I worked at a convience store as a cashier and was 21 and "hot" in other peoples words. I had a lot of regular customers who said they came by everyday to see me but the stalkers ones would follow me around town or other somewhat creepy things. Like try to catch me when I was not behind the counter and touch me or feel my ass.
This thread is cool, but I have way to much stuff already. I would be the one tossing it out. Although your posts still make me wan to go on the hunt. Except not in the trash. Everyone around here has bin trash so the bins already reak really bad empty let alone full. I've never spotted anything curbside that I wanted to take home.
What about that Keurig? Did you ever get it working? I have one on my "find on clearance" list. I roll gift cards at Target so I don't really pay for much, as long as Target carries it and I can find it at a decent price.
I have recycle bin dived for coupons in the paper only bins. Actually I am thinking of doing that on Monday for today's coupons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBNZtVL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBNZtVL
This thread is cool, but I have way to much stuff already. I would be the one tossing it out. Although your posts still make me wan to go on the hunt. Except not in the trash. Everyone around here has bin trash so the bins already reak really bad empty let alone full. I've never spotted anything curbside that I wanted to take home.
What about that Keurig? Did you ever get it working? I have one on my "find on clearance" list. I roll gift cards at Target so I don't really pay for much, as long as Target carries it and I can find it at a decent price.
I have recycle bin dived for coupons in the paper only bins. Actually I am thinking of doing that on Monday for today's coupons.
The hunt is more than half of the fun. It has been a quiet garbage week actually, so we have been focusing on moving what we have via Ebay and Craigslist. I will post our numbers as soon as we have some of our auctions finished. The BodyBlade is going well so far.
I keep forgetting to grab vinegar for the Keurig. I'm really hoping that fixes the issues. If it does, I'll have to make the decision whether its something we want to keep and use, or try to sell. Seems like they don't go for much more than $50 on ebay for the most part. I feel you on the actual garbage bins -- I wouldn't be doing this if I had to dig through those nasty things. It's just so damn easy here because everything is just sitting out on the street, and now I'm getting hooked on selling it on Ebay. It's pure profit and takes me little effort to do. I listed a ton of my old electronics (phones and ipods) and I've raked in over $300 in the last 24 hours.
Doing this dumpster diving def makes me think about the stuff that I own and how much I use it. Since we don't want to get cluttered here, I have been taking a hard look at every single thing I decide is worth keeping.
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Doing this dumpster diving def makes me think about the stuff that I own and how much I use it. Since we don't want to get cluttered here, I have been taking a hard look at every single thing I decide is worth keeping.
We were walking through downtown Bellevue yesterday and saw a dumpster ahead with, from that angle, what looked like a wooden desk sticking out of the dumpster. So I got all excited but as we got closer you could see it was a broken plywood cabinet with white laminate on the other side, wasn't salvageable at all. Oh well.