Dumpster Diving!

buschman31 said:
has anyone done any DD in the ATL area? may want to try out the stores here if there's any prospect of finding something.
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I havn't yet but I think you should have some pretty good luck. My advice would be to try office buildings if you can. I have seen a few 19" monitors in the dumpster at my office before but honestly didnt need a monitor at the time and didnt want to risk any complications with security at my place of work since they have 2 cameras on the dumpster. Friend of mine scored something like 10 P3 computers from her office dumpster when some engineering office upgraded or something. All of them still have win2k and AutoCAD on them too.
 
I had a good night, I stood out until 2am. I must apologize now for not having pics, i will get them here as soon as possible.

1- Collapsable canopy tent (Thing is Huge) BLOTS
2- 7 1/2' Xmas tree prelit500 bulbs. BEALLS
1- Cast iron bench (needs assembling) BLOTS
2- 17 monitors. local computer store
1- case w/ asus 1.8 processor and ddr 256 local computer store
1- lexmark z23 printer dumpster
1- 5.8 gightz phone w/ 2 phones and bases. Radioshack
1- pepper grinder made from glass filled with pepper TJMAX
1- shower curtain TJMAX
1- wood picture frame TJMAX
1- power adapter seems as to a laptop local computer store
1- Womens clothes still in packages TJMAX
1- and a squishy football. BLOTS
 
tredlite said:
I had a good night, I stood out until 2am. I must apologize now for not having pics, i will get them here as soon as possible.

1- Collapsable canopy tent (Thing is Huge) BLOTS
2- 7 1/2' Xmas tree prelit500 bulbs. BEALLS
1- Cast iron bench (needs assembling) BLOTS
2- 17 monitors. local computer store
1- case w/ asus 1.8 processor and ddr 256 local computer store
1- lexmark z23 printer dumpster
1- 5.8 gightz phone w/ 2 phones and bases. Radioshack
1- pepper grinder made from glass filled with pepper TJMAX
1- shower curtain TJMAX
1- wood picture frame TJMAX
1- power adapter seems as to a laptop local computer store
1- Womens clothes still in packages TJMAX
1- and a squishy football. BLOTS
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Wow wow wow. nice finds man. What area of NYC is this? I live on Long Island.
 
Ive never been DD but I wanna go, NOT to mention I have a useful toyota pickup truck to gather this stuff.

I need a partner in crime.

I live in south jersey, near cherry hill. Send me a pm if you got room for another or loojking for a partner for yourself!
 
essi1553 said:
Ive never been DD but I wanna go, NOT to mention I have a useful toyota pickup truck to gather this stuff.

I need a partner in crime.

I live in south jersey, near cherry hill. Send me a pm if you got room for another or loojking for a partner for yourself!
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Maybe you should not do it if you're going to think of it in that light. You should not do anything against the law.

Just remember to be decent and put things back and don't break ANYTHING.
This will lead to a fruitful life for you and for others after you.
 
tredlite said:
Maybe you should not do it if you're going to think of it in that light. You should not do anything against the law.

Just remember to be decent and put things back and don't break ANYTHING.
This will lead to a fruitful life for you and for others after you.
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ehh i meant it only as a cute expression, Ive never stolen anything before nor do I ever plan on it. But im not about to be stuck in a dumpster alone late at night. :)
 
tredlite said:
Maybe you should not do it if you're going to think of it in that light. You should not do anything against the law.

Just remember to be decent and put things back and don't break ANYTHING.
This will lead to a fruitful life for you and for others after you.
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Think partner in crime is a heavily used saying, not like he will knowingly be breaking the law.

EDIT: How weird, me and essie(sp) posted at the same time :D
 
travis712 said:
Think partner in crime is a heavily used saying, not like he will knowingly be breaking the law.

EDIT: How weird, me and essie(sp) posted at the same time :D
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jinx hehe

If i wasn't in class lighting may have struck a second time :)

So I scoped out my local best buy, compusa, and circuit city today before class, and luckily it looks like no compactors, as well as no locks on dumpsters. Ive never been so excited to jump into a dumpster before in my life :)
 
i dont know if this counts as dumpster diving but i was walking around a shopping mall today and i nsaw a creative muvo nano on the ground so i picked it up and it had cable ties and plastic around the middle so i just thought it was a shop display that someone tried to rip off and dropped thinking it was fake but i kept it cus it looked cool so anyway i got home and was taking off the plastic and stuff and the battery compartment opened so i thought id try it out seeing as it had the spring and everything so i put a battery in it and it turned on voila free 1gb mp3 player
:)
 
Picked up a Fax machine from in back of a Cingular store, seems to be in ok condition.
also, picked up some pottery nicknacs from in back of Jo-ann fabrics.
Baby stroller from BLots. looks like its in good condition. not too much this week.
 
XteriorMotive said:
i dont know if this counts as dumpster diving but i was walking around a shopping mall today and i nsaw a creative muvo nano on the ground so i picked it up and it had cable ties and plastic around the middle so i just thought it was a shop display that someone tried to rip off and dropped thinking it was fake but i kept it cus it looked cool so anyway i got home and was taking off the plastic and stuff and the battery compartment opened so i thought id try it out seeing as it had the spring and everything so i put a battery in it and it turned on voila free 1gb mp3 player
:)
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Cool, and you did not have to get dirty for it. NICE.
 
I think i might go later. Im trying not to b/c im waiting for my interview at staples and i dont wana get caught by a store employee.
 
c0ex said:
I think i might go later. Im trying not to b/c im waiting for my interview at staples and i dont wana get caught by a store employee.
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That would be hilarious!
 
anyone from san jose, ca? pm me. id be interested in seeing where you go. i'll have to try this sometime
 
Friday night I hit up:
BigLots - nothing but garbage (real garbage) and a bum's bed...soaked.
Comp USA - freshly dumped dumpster but found a 2 drrawer stackable CD storage box (in box was a return fro a crack in the front door...still useable and nice)
Some mom and pop computer stores - nothing major, dead PSU's and crap. Took a motherboard plate though. I collect them for some reason )
Staples - absolutely nothing, even though the dumpster was overflowing with cardboard.
OfficeMax - (12) 3 ring binders, (5) 2 packs of highlighters unopened, (6) 2 packs of glow in the dark erasers unopened (who uses erasers in the dark?????), (4) packages of vinyl letters unopened, (3) daytimer note inserts unopened, (2) staple pullers upopened, a 12" paper cutter missing the blade, (3) magazine holders, and an unopened case of individual pot size Foldgers coffee bags (debating drinking....may donate to work...make them think I care about their sorry asses), (15) assorted colors Sharpie markers, (2) clear plastic desk paper trays and an EPSON S1+ Digital projector!!! I was like SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRE!!! I picked it up and said to myself, hmmm...awefully light....and then realized....it was a demo model. Empty! BAH!! I should sure OfficeMax for the mental durress...Ohhwell, looks cool still....

I had not been out diving in a while and that night got it back in my blood, plus I have allways gotten decent scores out of the CompUSA dumpster, and that night the meager haul left me feeling empty. So, I went back Sunday night!! I fidgured the weekend returns might be good. The dumpster was full!! There were about five smashed pc cases and motherboards, a binch of CDROM drives, some floppy drives, three Epson Printer/copier/scanners and an HP one two. A smashed set of Moto Talkabout walkies, about five smashed keyboards, and some other misc software....all smashed...and smashed good. All I kept was the moto batteries (have a pair at home), some WinXP home Certificate of Authenticities (keycodes), misc thumbscrews off the cases, a USB cable, a few misc. power bricks, about 20 Epson Inkjet cartidges and a copy of Battlefield 2 CD's are still great....keycode ripped off the booklet though .

So, all in all it was a healthy weekend and a good way to get back into it. I think from now on, I will just stick with the roadside scores and the bignamers and be picky about what I take. I dont want to piss off my new wife with a garage full of stuff (I just spent the Saturday before last cleaning it out).

A few questions now:
1) Are the WinXP C.O.A.'s sellable? Legally? I know that you need the certain "flavor" of OEM CD to get it to accept though, they are easily fouund on the web too.
2) Does OfficeDepot still trade used injet cartidges for a ream of paper?

|d|
 
Here is my dumpster diving story. I was working near a telemarketing company that was going out of business and noticed they were throwing everything thing out. The dumpster was huge. I went back that night and loaded up. I found (12) Sony Tape Recorders (30) Red/Black Cotton Office Chairs On Rollers (4) Office Phones With 10 Lines On Each Phone (10) Operator Headphones (12) RGB Monitors and bunch of keyboards,tables,cubical walls,a load of printing paper. I grabbed all recorders and two chairs before the security (rent-a-cop) came around and told me to leave. When I was leaving I happen to look back in my rear view mirror. The rent-a-cop who told me to leave was looking in the dumpster. Bas-tar-do! ! !:eek: But it's all good. Because I sold the tape recorders $150.00, not bad 20 mins of gathering.:D
 
When i was a kid we jumped in and found our first porn mag, we all hovered around that for weeks.

Then I found some left over yellow paint for parking lot lines. i painted the drivers side of a car that never moved. It turns out there was an owner after all. He wasnt pissed. But not sure how mom got me out of that one.
 
EVERYTHTHING I GO TO IS LOCKED/CONTAINERS

I live in LA, CA area, anyone else?????

I'm thinking of going at 3am, parking the car 2 blocks down, and scouting on a bicycle, if all's clear, cut the locks, check it out, anything usefull, take it out, go back, get the car, quickly load and leave. :cool:
 
kohan69 said:
EVERYTHTHING I GO TO IS LOCKED/CONTAINERS

I live in LA, CA area, anyone else?????

I'm thinking of going at 3am, parking the car 2 blocks down, and scouting on a bicycle, if all's clear, cut the locks, check it out, anything usefull, take it out, go back, get the car, quickly load and leave. :cool:
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I'm pretty sure cutting the locks could be construed as criminal trespassing just about anywhere you go. In many places, DD is legal, but almost certainly not if you are destroying company property (and yes, the lock would count as company property). Furthermore, if you were caught, you'd no doubt get nailed hard. If you weren't caught, it'd prob. be the last time you hit the same place, esp. if there was anything good there, because no doubt the cops will patrol the area far more after a call (cops tend to protect local businesses....its just the way it works). I would really reconsider the lock cutting idea (or rather, just don't do it).
 
kohan69 said:
EVERYTHTHING I GO TO IS LOCKED/CONTAINERS

cut the locks,
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People like you are the ones who ruin it for the rest of us. Man, if I came across someone like you trashing my sweet spots....well....lets just say it would be pretty embassasing telling your friends that you got your ass beat over a dumpster.
 
kohan69 said:
EVERYTHTHING I GO TO IS LOCKED/CONTAINERS

I live in LA, CA area, anyone else?????

I'm thinking of going at 3am, parking the car 2 blocks down, and scouting on a bicycle, if all's clear, cut the locks, check it out, anything usefull, take it out, go back, get the car, quickly load and leave. :cool:
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Wow. That is a terrible idea. It will work at most once(do you honestly think the people who have the dumpsters will appreciate someone cutting their locks? Do you think they would put anything remotely of value in the dumpsters after they notice someone cutting their locks?).

Bottom line - don't do it.
 
|distortion| said:
People like you are the ones who ruin it for the rest of us. Man, if I came across someone like you trashing my sweet spots....well....lets just say it would be pretty embassasing telling your friends that you got your ass beat over a dumpster.
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oh my lord, I nearly messed myself with the last line. LOL
 
kohan69 said:
EVERYTHTHING I GO TO IS LOCKED/CONTAINERS

I live in LA, CA area, anyone else?????

I'm thinking of going at 3am, parking the car 2 blocks down, and scouting on a bicycle, if all's clear, cut the locks, check it out, anything usefull, take it out, go back, get the car, quickly load and leave. :cool:
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It'll be a snatch and grab mission huh?
:D
 
Yeah, some of my friends and I picked up a "Extended-capacity Maintence Kit" for a Phaser 8400 Color Printer in a Staples dumpster. It looks to be used; these things retail for over $100 on froogle; any idea how much it might fetch used on eBay? :p
 
JaYp146 said:
Yeah, some of my friends and I picked up a "Extended-capacity Maintence Kit" for a Phaser 8400 Color Printer in a Staples dumpster. It looks to be used; these things retail for over $100 on froogle; any idea how much it might fetch used on eBay? :p
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Searching completed listings will usually give you a pretty good idea of how much something will sell for.
 
kohan69 said:
Damn, stop the :flame:

I just can't find a single NOT locked one ANYWHERE
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think thats more in the line of constructive criticism than flame
;)
 
StOoTs26 said:
Went again but this time I kind of cheated. I work for a construction crew and we are remolding a church. Well today I over heard the pastor talking about his new printer and how he got rid of his old one. Well today after work I went behind the church and there it was a HP DeskJet 690c..
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So basically what you are saying is you stole from the church. Now Im no prude but I wouldnt even do that, that took a set.
 
Ice Czar said:
salvage is a long way from stole
sounds like what he did was save the Pastor from adding to a growing toxic morass

Hallelujah :p
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So we dumpster divers are "Tree Huggers", I have been diving since I was 16 and never once thought of myself as saving the world from the"GROWING TOXIC MORASS". But so as not to start an argument I can see where your coming from. I do however still think it takes an enormous set to dive behind a church.
 
well Id say as far as reaching conclusions
any electronics left out for the weather is "trash"
and fair salvage, regardless of its location
and that accusing folks of stealing tends to create problems more often than not :p
 
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