have you ever looked through other people's garbage?

hi.. you mean they actually throw cabinet into the garbage? isn't it a little too big for the garbage? haha.. well.. i don't open others garbage.. but if throw big things like cupboard, .. or maybe.. computer accessory.. i might consider having a look at it.. sometimes.. i get to bring back some useful tools.. like chairs.. tables.. it's still okie.. just.. maybe a little old.. just need to patch up a little and it's done isn't it? thanks =)

Yes, over the years when my mother and I would go out to garage sales and if she saw something that could use a little touch up that could be of use to us we would pick it up if it was out waiting for the trash person to pick it up. I also set things out so they can be seen in case anyone has use for them and hope they would pick them up before the trash truck come through. If it looked like anyone was home when my mother and I found something she or I would go ask them if it was ok to take and always they said yes. I have even had people come ask me about things thrown away. Now as for going through people's trash, no way ... that in itself just sounds gross to me.

I have lived a very frugal life. My mother did too. When I see useful items that are set outside for trash collection I often slow down for a closer look. If it is something that I feel we can use, I will pick it up. Often times even if the item is not something I can use, it can be spruced up and resold for a pretty penny.

no i never did it and do not want to did it evere

sometimes people do throw out perfectly good furniture and useful things. quite often they set it apart from the normal trash hoping someone will find a use for it. Yes, I have found some good stuff. I do not and never have just gone thru trash...yuck!

yes i have claimed a set of golf clubs,they were left handed,but my son plays with them,a mirror which i have painted and hung in the bathroom,some toys which were nearly new and cleaned up and allsorts of things we find on the side of the road.it is the old saying"someones trash is someones treasure".cheers sue

Nope, I have not personally taken something from someone else's trash. I know other people who have done this and were very happy with a piece of furniture they took and were able to refinish and use. We threw out many trophies several months ago. The next morning they were all gone. Might have been someone who wanted the silver used on the trophies. Hopefully it was put to good use or made someone some extra money.

It's one thing if someone puts a bureau or something like that on the side of the road with a sign that says "FREE" on it, but if it is IN the garbage, I would not touch it. Every now and then in Guelph we have something where everyone puts something out and people just take it (a special day to do that) or people just out them out with "free" signs on them, but I woudln't touch them if they came FROM the garbage.

I never look through other peoples' trash or garbage. I always rip up all of my bill information or any junk mail I get. I did a paper route for my aunt and uncle once though and spmeone had set their trash out at the curg and there was a working VCR there on top. I took that at the time because I needed one and nothing was wrong with it. It was Christmas and I guess someone got a new one and threw the old one out. that is crazy.

tHIS REMINDS ME OF MY SON WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY , HE USED TO LOVE TRASH DAY , i THINK HE WAS ABOUT 5 HE WOULD WALK AROUND FEW HOUSES AWAY AND BRING HOME ALL KIND OF THINGS HE THOUGHT WAS GOOD STUFF ONE TIME HE BROUGHT ME A SET OF 4 ASH TRAYS THEY WERE PRETTY HE WAS PROUD TO THIS DAY I STILL HAVE ONE OF THEM. I SHRED ALL MY MAIL SO NO ONE CAN LOOK AT MINE, BUT I HAVE A SON IN LAW WHO BRINGS GOOD THINGS HOME FROM THE TRASH JUST THIS PAST CHRISTMAS HE GOT A GOOD TV SOME ONE JUST DIDNT NEED CAUSE THEY GOT A NEW ONE AND HAD SET IT OUT TO THE ROAD, SO YA I THINK YOU CAN FIND SOME GOOD STUFF SOMETIMES.

I do not have the habit of rummaging through people's garbage, but I do know that there are many careless people around who would dispose of their confidential information like bills, receipts and charge slips without really thinking if their actions will compromise their security. I always make sure that such documents with my name, address, card numbers and even signatures on them are shredded away and not just thrown into the garbage. You never know who may end up harnessing this information and using these to do unauthorized transactions. I have picked up things that people dispose. Actually it is not rubbish they are throwing away in the dustbins. They usually leave unwanted things near to the recycle bins so that others can take them if they wish. In the past year, I have salvaged 3 CPUs. I have found usable computer memory chips, harddisk drives and CDROM drives in them. In fact, I am still using 2 of the harddisks I have retrieved, for keeping cliparts, graphics materials and some backup files. I recently also picked up several children's books which are in good condition and passed them on to my maid. Sometimes, when I have things I do not need, I also put them downstairs my apartment block for others to take if they can use them. It is better than if I dump them into the garbage bin to be disposed.

yes for what is another mans trash can be another mans treasure.But going thru anothers trash to get information on someone ( NO I will not do that for it is wrong). I have found papers that belonged to someone that they did not know got throwed away and after I contacted them to let them know I found them.I returned them to the rightful owners and they were very happy to get then back as they were very important papers that they thought they had lost. I found them in a drawer of a dresser that they had set out for trash not kniowing that the papers were inside the drawer under some old clothes.

actually im gonna be honest i have taken something from the garbage i mean if theres nothing wrong with it then i dont see whats so bad bout it as long as your gettin good use out of it right? so yup i have to admitt ive done it lol