Dumpster Diving!

ATIIsBetter said:
I work next to Staples... They are supposed to destroy software when they get rid of it. I know this for a fact. Guess they missed the memo. Lots of Symantec software to be had, with the occasonal Adobe stuff. No need for bit torrent on my comp. :cool:
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When i worked at officemax we had a guy in the back that did all the shipping and shit, he destroyed every printer thatw as being thrown away with a hammer. Allot of stuff like AV software and office copies got thrown away without being cracked though....But whenever it was my turn i destroyed EVERYTHING. No dumpster diver got my shit ;)

Last time i worked there we had a phone refresh, and the whole planogram was to be destroyed including working floor models- i personally threw each handset against the back wall, it was awesome...We also played frisbee with officeXP CD's ;)
 
not DD, but I got an HP officejet 5510 from a customer. The ink cartridge door broke off so they got another printer. I fixed it with a piece of duct tape!
A store in the same plaza I work in is remodeling, I walked by their dumpster and saw a bunch of wire but couldn't grab it. Wasn't going to jump in on company time :)
 
Dillusion said:
When i worked at officemax we had a guy in the back that did all the shipping and shit, he destroyed every printer thatw as being thrown away with a hammer. Allot of stuff like AV software and office copies got thrown away without being cracked though....But whenever it was my turn i destroyed EVERYTHING. No dumpster diver got my shit ;)

Last time i worked there we had a phone refresh, and the whole planogram was to be destroyed including working floor models- i personally threw each handset against the back wall, it was awesome...We also played frisbee with officeXP CD's ;)
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yea I work at staples and we now put all the cd's thru the shredders on display. Pretty smart. But there still are desks in that go in the dumpster!
 
c0ex said:
yea I work at staples and we now put all the cd's thru the shredders on display. Pretty smart. But there still are desks in that go in the dumpster!
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I want a desk :(
 
lol, my brother just brought one home. I got three desk's from them which all are nice!
 
Me and my friends went dumpster diving in Greensboro, NC. It was fruitless to say the least.

CompUSA: Compactor.
Circuit City: Compactor and locked dumpsters.
Best Buy: Compactor.
Pier 1: Nothing.
Office Depot: Nothing.
Tweeter (Speaker shop): Nothing.
EB Games: One sticky Xbox magazine. Ew. Demo disk removed. Decided not to take it.
 
Who originally started this thread? He must have been a really cool guy, for sure.

And smart too.

:p

:cool:
 
yoda634 said:
Who originally started this thread? He must have been a really cool guy, for sure.

And smart too.

:p

:cool:
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Yeah, but I hear he actually had no interest whatsoever in dumpster diving. :p
 
yoda634 said:
Who originally started this thread? He must have been a really cool guy, for sure.

And smart too.

:p

:cool:
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College campuses are a great place to dumpster dive. Especially at the end of spring semester. I'm sure GT students will throw away some cool stuff. ;)
 
I had never heard of this until now but I really want to try it! I love free stuff, especially when it has to do with electronics! Their are quite a few places I could think of, problem is I'm only 16 and I don't have my license yet. It would have to be done on bike, I'm going to talk to some of my friends about this :D
 
SpangeMonkee said:
College campuses are a great place to dumpster dive. Especially at the end of spring semester. I'm sure GT students will throw away some cool stuff. ;)
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Yeah, I'll be checking that out in a couple of weeks for sure.
 
For those of you in the Bay Area,CA, how are the finds? Are there any rules against DD? Anywhere good?
 
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I may have to try this around the Minneapolis area.. Brooklyn center/golden valley/plymouth/st.louis park area to be more precise. I'm scurred that the cops would show up though :rolleyes:
 
So I came across this section of the site just a couple of hours ago and I thought, why not go diving - tonite! So i got my brother and we went to a bunch of stores. First place we hit up was Sports Authority. It a big find, for our first time. Peeked into the dumpster and whaddya know, A brand New Bike, a slightly used Trampoline and a crap load of socks. The other stores we went to (comper, staps, the city) were either locked or were compacters. No luck there. So for the last place, we went to Peire uno and found some very nice candle/speaker stands. I will post pictures below of the finds.

This is the biike. Very nice with suspension. Back tires just needs to be put on and inflated
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These are the socks. I dont know what to do with them, might sell some on ebay, might give some to friends.
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I got two speaker stands. Very Nice. One is a little scuffed, but you cant see it as its facing the wall. Those are my speakers on top.
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And lastly, We scored a trampoline. Using it as excerise equipment.
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So all in all, it was a very successful first dive. This is quickly becoming a hobby. Thanks to this website, i know was well prepared for my first dive and everything went smoothly.
 
I found a set of Creative Inspire 2.1 speakers in the hallway of my dorm during the start of the past fall semester. Works like a charm!
 
Went to the city dump today because our house got a new kitchen, and we were getting rid of the old cupboards / sinks / etc. I found a Dell tower sitting in the rubble, so I snagged it. The old guy there said that there were constantly computers being thrown out there.

It didn't post, so I took out all the cards, which all worked (100mbps ethernet, creative digital eax sound card, geforce 2 mx400). swapped in a different gfx card, no go, put the ram (256MB 266 ddr) in my htpc, it works. It had a 20gb HDD in it, but I have tons of those I don't want anyway, along with a FDD and a CD-ROM. maybe I'll format the HDD if I need it someday.

So, I guess I got those cards, some fans, a PSU, some heatsinks + the p4 1.6 that came with it. I need to tell myself to get rid of the tower + hdd + CDROM + mobo, but me being a packrat I probably won't. :)
 
XtuRmN8r said:
It had a 20gb HDD in it, but I have tons of those I don't want anyway, along with a FDD and a CD-ROM.
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I have a couple of 20 gigers myself and am looking for more to make a big RAID array out of them. I'd be interested in a few if they were just laying around. PM me if you want to get rid of some.

Thanks,
Billz
 
Anyone in the Southeastern CT area My buddies all left and I've not gone alone, Send me a PM if you wanna get a diving group going. I've gone plenty in the past and found some REALLY nice stuff.
 
On the way home tonight I saw 17" Dell Flatscreen CRT sitting on the curb. I stopped the car and tossed it in the trunk. I tested it when I got home and it produces an awesome picture and looks almost new. I replaced my old yellow Dell 17" inch from 1997. :D

Hooray for trash!!!
 
Went to throw away some broken drywall, from a project in my condo, found a nice two-drawer file cabinet, by the trash bins. High quality steel, no lock, but still nice and in perfect condition.
 
vbrtrmn said:
Went to throw away some broken drywall, from a project in my condo, found a nice two-drawer file cabinet, by the trash bins. High quality steel, no lock, but still nice and in perfect condition.
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Nice find those things are friggin' expensive. Even the piece of crap one I bought at target was still like $50. Though, a new lock cost only like $10. ;)
 
I sure wish I could someplace to dumpster dive, you guys are finding some good stuff.
Every place around the outskirts of Cincinnati, either have: A. the building or place is near highway, B. is patrolled every night by cops, or C. have a trash compactor. When one person says something about I had someone pick through my garbage, everyone around where I live freaks out.
 
Scorpionjwp said:
I sure wish I could someplace to dumpster dive, you guys are finding some good stuff.
Every place around the outskirts of Cincinnati, either have: A. the building or place is near highway, B. is patrolled every night by cops, or C. have a trash compactor. When one person says something about I had someone pick through my garbage, everyone around where I live freaks out.
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Lets go diving in Florence, there may be some shit there to pick up with the huge Walmart and Office Max BB etc. LETS GO!!!!!!!!
 
i got 2 cisco 2501 routers and a broken allied telesyn switch from my high school the other day...and got some more phone cable/jacks from my dad's work. i guess its not dd'ing cause they give it to me, but it would end up in the trash...
 
Binghamton/Vestal FTW...my dad lived there for a few years growing up. We went there about 10 years ago..All i really remember was the Speedies place...great stuff.
 
Anyone live in Northwestern Indiana? A friend of mine is planning on scouting are area. PM me if you are interested!
 
Ive been scouting around work and found out that we grind up computer games, movies, and all kinds of other stuff to put in our mulch as a filler. you just gotta get to it before its ground up. I found this stuff, it was post grinding. Im gonna haft to be more aware and scope it out.

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i may be just a teenager but i still remember the days. we use to like in blacksburg virginia. Blacksburg was a quiet small "COLLEGE" town. when ever summer would begin and the students are about to move back to the whereever the hell they came from, they would throw away all their old and new electronics away (didn;t know why). in the apartment trach cans are filled with out computers, desk, and anything you can think of....porn. around that week or two we would just ride around on bikes in nearby neightborhood and we were just in computer scrap heave. once we found a imac G3 (the blue colored one) and it had a bad PSU. my friends brother who mods computer installed his old Mac psu into it and now i'm using that computer to type this post. we have gotten so much useful crap. best place to DD: College towns a week before and after class ends or the closest trach collection day. you will be in trash heaven.

Jack
 
Heh, I didnt know DD and CC was such a big fashion here at Hard :p

I kinda new to the whole scene of DD and CC, so I thought post what I found in my adventure.

Once went CCing

Found
-Old Apple IIe or a somthing broke
-Acer pc 733mhz p3 128mb of RAM 9 gig hdd ( Load with pics of some guy and his bird creepy)

Plus I get alot of free computer stuff from my neighboor and his office there office is getting new computers so they give me all there old stuff

like

2- Pentium laptops both broke :p
3- Pentium 3 computers one worked
over a dozen floppies (still good I dont know why)

So I think i'll get back into DD and CC :)
 
Found a P4 1.8ghz 256mb ram, integrated video, 80gb hard drive, cd-writer. Just found it today. Was sitting outside of my apartments garbage dumpster. Had the sides off, and they were laying in the grass. I don't know what was up with that.

Today is the ending of tons of people's leases if they didn't renew, so all of the trash dumpsters were full of couches, desks, lights, brooms, bookcases, and garbage. I also found a nice non damage standing silver lamp and a couple time used broom and dustpan. And a non-working DVD player :( .



 
Not quite dumpster diving, but close enough. Yesterday, I got a 24 port switch at the thrift store for $3.
 
MN Scout said:
Found a P4 1.8ghz 256mb ram, integrated video, 80gb hard drive, cd-writer. Just found it today. Was sitting outside of my apartments garbage dumpster. Had the sides off, and they were laying in the grass. I don't know what was up with that.

Today is the ending of tons of people's leases if they didn't renew, so all of the trash dumpsters were full of couches, desks, lights, brooms, bookcases, and garbage. I also found a nice non damage standing silver lamp and a couple time used broom and dustpan. And a non-working DVD player :( .



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Don't you people feel weird going up to the dumpster with the whole apartment looking on, and grabbing something to take back to your place? If/when I live in an apartment (hopefully soon!) I think I would just be to nervous to grab stuff
 
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