Thrift store dumpster score

[nathan104]

There is a really small thrift store in town that I check their dumpster once or twice a week. They throw away probably half of what gets donated. I always come away with something. Stopped by there Friday and it was full of cassette tapes and pillows. Most of the cassettes were gospel music so I didn't grab any of those but there were some boxed computer games mixed in. I grabbed all of those and along with some newer games was a box called "GATO", I opened it up and it was complete and the game disk was a 5.25" old school floppy! It was for IBM, PC, AT, XT. Got it hom and checked on ebay. Saw one or two others that were for Atari or commodore 64, but not this one. I put it on ebay and it sold within an hour for $34 delivered! I pull stuff out of that dumpster all the time that is in the $10-$20 range but that was my nest score so far. I also found a gift wrapped packaged, STILL WRAPPED, so they didn't even look to see what it was before they threw it away. Opened it and it was a Silver plated "Babys first bible". Sells for $10-$15 but who knows what could have been in that package? Its my favorite local honey hole.

 

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[G.I.B.]

You ever get any Twizzlers?

I don't care if they are expired or not- I'm addicted.

Nice find on the game...

 

[allenkeeton]

they use a compactor at the local goodwills around here. the old "if we can't use it, neither can you"

 

[Professor of Engineering]

You never know unless you look!

 

[Tinse]

We have a large thrift store just down the street from where we live. DH and I check their dumpster every morning. DH does a 're-con' during the wee hours, taking along his flashlight, and once it gets light enough, I go, and I take my shopping cart with me.

Sometimes a nearby social club for seniors uses the dumpster instead of filling up the one behind their club, and we find canned goods, and other non-perishable food items. The expiry dates on the items have just passed; the food is still good. DH found six cans of peas this morning!

 

[Tinse]

You ever get any Twizzlers?

I don't care if they are expired or not- I'm addicted.

Nice find on the game...

We've found some, two packs of red ones. DH likes them. I'm sure that they were thrown in the dumpster by someone from the local seniors' club. (See my previous post).

 

[Tinse]

Earlier this week, DH hauled home a karaoke system and a cable digital box. Like the OP mentioned, this store must toss away half their donations. I imagine the store gives the items a certain amount of time to sell and if the items aren't bought, into the dumpster they go.

I found a huge aluminum bowl yesterday morning - the price tag was still on it - $1.50.

DH will sell it for scrap along with the other metal he collects.