one man's garbage
 

is obviously another mans treasure. I took down an old chain link fence this weekend and put the posts and fence out for garbage today. woke up and someone had taken it before garbage men could. no idea what they plan to do with it but at least its gone from my yard.

this happens all the time over here. i put out halloween decorations and a cheesy lamp both were gone that day. unbelievable the garbage pickers out there

they do that all the time near me they tried to steal stuff out my driveway till i saw them and chased them out

chris i think he means when he throws stuff out, not just stealing stuff.

lol, my parents get that when they put stuff out. they never have to worry about the garbage men not taking it because its gone before they get there!

i bet the scrap guy came around and took it

its not worth it in scrap, scrap is so low its cheaper not to take it, its like .5 for every 100 or something.

I was gonna say that, but the economy f'd that up to. Scrap prices are way down, steel/metal aint worth $h!t. I went two weeks ago, wasn't worth the gas!

lol, you beat me to it!

Damn! scraps that low? me and my friend went around on the big pickup days and took all scrap metal.. i kinda felt weird about taking people's garbage.. but then i had a $100 in my pocket :p but that was when scrap was at 7.00/per 100 i believe

yes, it is horrible

I'm betting scrap too. I made a run to the scrapyard back in Sept. My parents took down their above ground pool and the entire thing fit in the bed of my pickup. Got just over $400 for it.

yea its bad from what i herd from a few sorces is that in march or so it will start to go back up, witch is fine with me i been saving alum, starters, alts and so on. so we shall see what happens.

don't hate on garbage pickers!

i've gotten a dirtbike, 3 computers, 2 TV's, a sombret hotdog stand umbrella, an insane amount of speakers, the list goes on and on.

it's insane what rich people throw out

Uh oh! Now what are all the meth heads going to do to raise money! :lol:

:stupid: I scored an older snap-on toolbox filled with tools a couple of years ago

U guys are lucky. Where I live garbage is really garbage. With that being said the ppl around here will take ur grandmother if you leave her outside 4 2mins

I had to yell at some people that were ripping my bags open and pulling things out because I had tossed a few old broken toys in there. They started taking pens and markers that I tossed....broken toys....it was disgusting. Then they wanted to argue with me that I threw it out. Not for them to go ripping thru my bags....:!:

Anyways....trash guys were right behind them and then left.

Check out the local 'freecycle' posts....sometimes people just give shiznits away....FREE....

if you put it on the curb, it is public property.

craigslist has a free section, usually people post up yard sale items to the curb and crap like that.

i work in a rich community...the company that does garbage pickups has a bulk day like once every 2 months...you can find some real good stuff in there, we just ride around in the morning before we actually do any work :lol:

thats how he got his mustang

Scrap is very worth it. Even at only a few cents a pound, you fill the bed of a pick up truck and you can walk away with a enough for a tank of gas and lunch just by stopping at the curb on your way home.

It's not gonna make you an over night millionaire, but money is money.

old batteries(car) are $4 each, i made over 100 bucks last time i turned in my old ones

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That's the first time I laughted at something in this section in a long time!

are you selling that hotdog stand umbrella?

At the current price for Steel mc73 is right, it isnt worth the tank of gas unless its your crap already. Going around and scavenging isnt really cost effective now.
I am going to keep some of my crap and wait until prices go back up :nod: