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In my neighborhood people put a sign marked FREE for stuff. Its an easy way to pass along usable items.

On garbage night around here there are people who actually have routes they drive weekly for whatever it is they want. Good stuff on the curb here rarely lasts for long. That is where I got my computer and sewing chair. Also my DD kitchen chairs, a basketball hoop for my GS and too much stuff to list here. Since I sold my truck I have missed a few things because I couldn't get them in a car. About a month ago I knocked on someones door and asked if I could have them hold a little tikes playset from their trash until I could get a larger vehicle. She laughed because she had gotten it from someones trash 2 years before. My GS now has a nice playset.

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Originally Posted by scisyb220 (Post 5153833)

My kids tease me, but I always gawk at "treasures" put out by the street on the day prior to trash day. Yesterday while babysitting at my DS's I noticed the neighbor across the street putting out some furniture including some pink painted pieces. I texted by DDIL to ask if she wanted me to snag any. Before she could get back to me, someone grabbed the tall dresser & a bookcase. I went over to look over the pieces left, with my 4yo nonverbal grandson in hand, and the two guys there carried across a nice long dresser with 4 center drawers & a door cabinet on each end, along with the bookcase. I was really happy when DS & DIL got home & were really happy with my "treasures". You would not believe the goodies I have gotten this way---best one of all was a washing machine for the cottage! Just needed a hose unclogged & it's been running fine for over 8 years!! Just goes to prove: one man's junk is another man's treasure!

I used to get things at THE YUMA STORE (AZ). I had all kinds of outdoor furniture (very nice, etc). Had a friend talking about a new bamboo chair I had and how cute, ect... She said she would love something like that for her house (lol), she wanted to know more about "The Yuma Store". She told me she had never seen it??? Still talking about my chair - I told her that it came from the lady that lived next door to "HER". With mouth open, she said NO! That lady only had "OLD" stuff and she had not had a yard sale (lol). I told her that the husband was hauling this stuff out to sit in front of the house (for free), so he helped me load up what I wanted (after my last visit to her house). After I came home I sanded it and painted it. She now looks on the street as she is going some place too. In Oregon they call it re-cycling, but people have been doing it and getting great stuff - O!!! and the stock changes EVERY DAY!!!! lol

I can't believe what people throw out, i find a lot of toys, still in unopened boxes, i grab for the grandkids, my DIL and her sister do this all the time and its fun

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Originally Posted by Lalanne (Post 5155697)

My sister won a new side-by-side refrigerator so they put their other refrigerator at the curb with a "free" sign on it. Two days later it was still there so they turned the sign over and wrote $50.00 on it. It was gone the next morning!

Sounds like my neighborhood. Haha At least it was gone.