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Pretty good Staples haul!

I don't check the Staples dumpster near me all that often, but today turned out to be a great haul!

I found two boxes of Swiss Miss kcups, and a bunch of different candy! (I passed up on the chocolate candy bars that were in there, since it was over 80° out, and they were all soupy 😆)

I did however take almost all the sour Skittles, sour patch kids, and nerds clusters, and told another diver buddy about it, so he's hopefully going to get the rest of it!

I also took all the gum that was in there, so I think I'll be good on gum for the next few months 😂😂😂

u/Frostb1te898 — 6 hours ago
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How do you keep a persistent dumper out who is getting by a lockbar?

I'm exhausted dealing with my dumpster situation. I keep having someone break in and dump in the dumpster, and I am now having to pay extra to have more pickups made. I put a lockbar on the dumpster, with a heavy padlock, and whoever it is is using something to pry open the plastic door so they can work around the lock being on there. They've done this 3 of the last 4 months. My normal monthly bill is $66 a month, but I've gotten billed for an additional $140 3 of the last 4 months because I ran out of free extra pickups, so now I'm paying over $200 a month for trash pickup. I'm going to have to stop trash pickup at this rate. I'm just a small business and I've run out of free pickups and can't afford to pay triple the bill every month. This month they dumped an entire large trash bin (5 feet tall) with metal and everything in there after prying the door off.

So, what is something that would keep even determined people out of a trash dumpster? The only solution the waste collection service offered was a heavy metal door apparatus that would be about $1,000. That would cost more than my entire year bill for trash pickup. Business is hard enough without this added burden and I'm growing to hate these people and have murderous fantasies about confronting them.

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u/chickenandouille — 8 hours ago
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I hope this made you chuckle too

Just wanted to share what happened to me today! Thought I got lucky with this bracelet I found. 😅 It definitely gave me a good ole belly chuckle! 🤣

u/KEPRO-Seductivesnap — 23 hours ago
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Found Xrocker - keep it?

Someone in my mom’s building was giving this away. I grabbed it and threw it in the truck and came home. Only after arriving back did I notice it needed wires. I have an adapter that fits it but looks like it may have had an external receiver. Is that true and if so readily available?

I don’t want to use hard wires because based on my home layout there’s a lot of potential for my dog or one of my kids to trip, or worse, knock down the Xbox.

Thoughts? Next steps?

u/Key-Cabinet-5329 — 1 day ago
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Dumpster diving in Singapore

Had to use the brush to remove the faux leather, other than that its a solid find at a nearby dumpster

u/Total_School_4198 — 1 day ago
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Tossing out yellow-tag clearance items

Seen today at a Marshall’s in South Florida. I was told they are removing all yellow-tag clearance items store wide, boxing them up, and they will be thrown out. Not sure how accurate they are regarding throwing them out… they just did another round of yellow-tag markdowns on Thursday, only to toss everything 4 days later.

ETA: just stopped at the TJMaxx down the road and they’re almost done boxing up all yellow tags.

u/Small-Talk2912 — 2 days ago
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recent meat scavenges

today and yesterday's finds awakened the true hunter gatherer in myself these were my meat finds the past few days copious amounts of brisket, antibiotic free chicken, bacon and pork chops/steaks and some expired pork jerky that I'm gonna use to fish this week too (sorry vegans)

u/Haunting_Antelope283 — 2 days ago
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Crazy finds

Got a whole bag of kids books in great condition. No tears, pages drawn on or anything. Was able to get it out and dropped it off at my local thrift library. Also found simpsons hit and run?? I have no idea if it works but I’m hoping someone might take a change and buy it lol.

u/AnnualWishbone1197 — 3 days ago
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Found on side of road.

The guy was putting to trash with other stuff said the one speaker didnt work. Fully working. Watching rookie of the year

u/re__cyclops — 3 days ago