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Posted: 4/19/2024 5:47:37 AM EDT
Instead of putting all of my old shit out in the driveway and putting cheap prices and trying to make a few dollars, I thought of another way.
I attend area garage sales other people are having, and drop a few of my own items amongst other people's offerings. I could even put a sticker with a cheap price on it. I get rid of my old stuff, and the thrill of getting away with something without committing a crime, and the strangers may make a few dollars in the process. I don't see a down side to this. |
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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a 10mm at your side, kid.”
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Originally Posted By mikNtx: https://as2.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/02/02/98/29/1000_F_202982928_NpEfDVmFGMAT2u1N459Cyvh7h2tw4lrH.jpg View Quote I prefer darker leather |
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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a 10mm at your side, kid.”
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So now some poor sap who is trying to get rid of unwanted stuff, now has one more piece of unwanted stuff.
Yesterday, I took a bunch of odds and ends gun stuff I no longer had the gun for to the lgs. He gave me $290. I added $10 and went home with a 1977 Ruger single 6. Now gotta find a .22 mag cylinder I can trade more unwanted stuff for. |
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Trusting your life to the benevolence of an armed criminal is not a strategy, it is stupid!
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Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
I start tomorrow! |
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Grammer Nazis be dammed!!
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Just putting it all out front with a sign that says FREE is a lot less work.
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That is one of the dumbest things to be posted on ARFCOM.
Why would you waste your time and gas doing such an idiotic thing? Just post it for free or drive it all to a Salvation Army and be done with it. |
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Take it to the salvation army and take the tax deduction for the ridiculous amount they give for donated items
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Why not reverse theft instead? Break into someone’s house and leave stuff there.
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Originally Posted By cbr954: That is one of the dumbest things to be posted on ARFCOM. Why would you waste your time and gas doing such an idiotic thing? Just post it for free or drive it all to a Salvation Army and be done with it. View Quote Because life is supposed to be fun...remember? And that shit sounds funny as hell. |
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Originally Posted By NickGunar:
There is no shit show here. Everything is all in fun. |
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Originally Posted By cbr954: That is one of the dumbest things to be posted on ARFCOM. Why would you waste your time and gas doing such an idiotic thing? Just post it for free or drive it all to a Salvation Army and be done with it. View Quote I take it you've never read any political thread? It would be fun? |
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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a 10mm at your side, kid.”
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I don’t know, seems like it would be kind of fun just imaging the “seller” wondering where the hell something came from.
Not the most efficient way to get rid of things but sounds kind of fun. |
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Horrible thread maker, EE addict, Santa's Elf
ME, USA
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Just ship it to other ARF'ers in the Secret Santa thread...
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"And all that's left inside of me couldn't bring an heirloom seed to bloom..." Benjamin Tod
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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a 10mm at your side, kid.”
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Strength Determination Merciless Forever
PA, USA
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My grandmother, mom, and my neighbor do that to us when we have a yardsale
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Even easier. Leave random shit in the beds of random pick ups. Hit the mall on a weekend and get rid of everything in one trip.
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"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do."
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Originally Posted By AJE: Instead of putting all of my old shit out in the driveway and putting cheap prices and trying to make a few dollars, I thought of another way. I attend area garage sales other people are having, and drop a few of my own items amongst other people's offerings. I could even put a sticker with a cheap price on it. I get rid of my old stuff, and the thrill of getting away with something without committing a crime, and the strangers may make a few dollars in the process. I don't see a down side to this. View Quote People keep your stuff you leave. People throw your stuff in the trash. People sell your stuff and charge you for using their garage sale and workers. Yeah go ahead and just pull up to a garage sale and sit there trying to sell your stuff. Probably would make interesting videos. |
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Veteran of the Third Battle of Tannhauser Gate.
ID, USA
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Oh. I thought you were gonna open your garage, let people drop stuff off and let you give them money.
Sort of related: At a ham radio swap meet I had an old FM transciever with a CD sticker on the side. It was the size and shape of a desk and weighed a ton. One guy was sort of interested in it. I let him haggle me down from $50- 20- $5.. Finally I loudly said "Here's my final offer: I'll give you $5.00 and help you load it!" He took it away. |
"The Creator may be seen in all the works of his hands, but none so clearly in the wise economy of the honey bee."
Ungracefully surrendering the things of youth... |
Stuff I learned from A-Team: 1)Always pity da fool 2)Carry wire cutters (you may need to defuse a bomb or start a car) 3)Never trust a crazy fool 4)Carry grenade launcher/machine guns in the van 5)Know how to weld 6)Love It When A Plan Comes Together
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My daughter and I were just joking about something like this the other day...
Common for people around here to put a table out at the end of their driveway with random stuff for people to take rather than have it go in the trash. We were thinking we should keep some of our stuff in the car and drop it off here on those tables. |
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Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows. Charles Reade
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OP, I told my wife that she should do the same thing, going to garage sales and leaving stuff.
If I can figure out a way to smuggle a piano into someone's garage sale, I'll be very happy. |
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Originally Posted By AJE: I prefer darker leather https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Backroom_Casting_Couch%2C_Original%2C_Scottsdale%2C_AZ.jpg/1200px-Backroom_Casting_Couch%2C_Original%2C_Scottsdale%2C_AZ.jpg View Quote Your couch is in good shape, mine is showing signs of use. Attached File |
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Traveled the world, currently living in Indian Territory
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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a 10mm at your side, kid.”
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Originally Posted By AJE: Instead of putting all of my old shit out in the driveway and putting cheap prices and trying to make a few dollars, I thought of another way. I attend area garage sales other people are having, and drop a few of my own items amongst other people's offerings. I could even put a sticker with a cheap price on it. I get rid of my old stuff, and the thrill of getting away with something without committing a crime, and the strangers may make a few dollars in the process. I don't see a down side to this. View Quote Sounds like the perfect solution to the crap most people have but no one else will pay for. I say go for it! LOL |
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When I moved my mother out of her last house we put a table out with everything she was looking to get rid of. It took a couple of weekends, but eventually most items were gone. Everything that was left over went to the dump.
I'm now doing this myself with items I have picked up along the way in an effort clear out baggage. There is something to the whole "you will own nothing and be happy", I just don't agree with it being controlled by someone else. |
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Originally Posted By joekizanyu: Even easier. Leave random shit in the beds of random pick ups. Hit the mall on a weekend and get rid of everything in one trip. View Quote You know this may have just answered an old mystery for me. I always keep my vehicles cleaned and looking new as possible. Probably 15 years ago I went to go get in my truck at a store and saw something in the bed. It was a cardboard box full of car wash and detail stuff. I was baffled as to where it came from. I asked everyone I could think of if they put it there as I wasn’t sure if it was done it my house or at the store parking lot. Nobody ever fessed up. There was good stuff in there and probably several hundred dollars worth. |
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My one and only garage I had people asking me if I'd take a dime on some items marked at a quarter.
Ain't nobody got time for dat. I now give useful shit to friends or toss them in the garbage. |
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Originally Posted By jwb211: You know this may have just answered an old mystery for me. I always keep my vehicles cleaned and looking new as possible. Probably 15 years ago I went to go get in my truck at a store and saw something in the bed. It was a cardboard box full of car wash and detail stuff. I was baffled as to where it came from. I asked everyone I could think of if they put it there as I wasn’t sure if it was done it my house or at the store parking lot. Nobody ever fessed up. There was good stuff in there and probably several hundred dollars worth. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By jwb211: Originally Posted By joekizanyu: Even easier. Leave random shit in the beds of random pick ups. Hit the mall on a weekend and get rid of everything in one trip. You know this may have just answered an old mystery for me. I always keep my vehicles cleaned and looking new as possible. Probably 15 years ago I went to go get in my truck at a store and saw something in the bed. It was a cardboard box full of car wash and detail stuff. I was baffled as to where it came from. I asked everyone I could think of if they put it there as I wasn’t sure if it was done it my house or at the store parking lot. Nobody ever fessed up. There was good stuff in there and probably several hundred dollars worth. My dad found a bag of weed in his car once, thought I had left it there. I've never smoked weed in my life, and still haven't. Turns out his co-worker had the same car and his dealer stuck it in the wrong car. |
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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a 10mm at your side, kid.”
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I either take it to a thrift store or toss it in the trash. I've been dragging some stuff around for 50 years but i haven't seen most of it for 20. I don't care anymore. A lot of this was left to me. Other people's memories. I remember them, i don't need to drag their stuff around.
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“Nothing Awesome is ever simple.” - qualityhardware
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Originally Posted By Jkees: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRgbuT15w3VnQmmdq7iJb_ZNbFTTMr3aGyp1NXcuLKnPQ&s View Quote Yep Let em sort through it |
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it could be considered littering.
heck of a lot easier to just throw it all at a donation center or in the trash. |
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Horrible thread maker, EE addict, Santa's Elf
ME, USA
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Originally Posted By JustDaniel: I hear the new EE is pretty awesome so maybe post them there /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/th-463.jpg View Quote |
"And all that's left inside of me couldn't bring an heirloom seed to bloom..." Benjamin Tod
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Originally Posted By AJE: My dad found a bag of weed in his car once, thought I had left it there. I've never smoked weed in my life, and still haven't. Turns out his co-worker had the same car and his dealer stuck it in the wrong car. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By AJE: Originally Posted By jwb211: Originally Posted By joekizanyu: Even easier. Leave random shit in the beds of random pick ups. Hit the mall on a weekend and get rid of everything in one trip. You know this may have just answered an old mystery for me. I always keep my vehicles cleaned and looking new as possible. Probably 15 years ago I went to go get in my truck at a store and saw something in the bed. It was a cardboard box full of car wash and detail stuff. I was baffled as to where it came from. I asked everyone I could think of if they put it there as I wasn't sure if it was done it my house or at the store parking lot. Nobody ever fessed up. There was good stuff in there and probably several hundred dollars worth. My dad found a bag of weed in his car once, thought I had left it there. I've never smoked weed in my life, and still haven't. Turns out his co-worker had the same car and his dealer stuck it in the wrong car. Still sticking to that story, huh? Is your dad a member here? |
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Everything posted above is factual. Maybe.
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Originally Posted By AJE: Instead of putting all of my old shit out in the driveway and putting cheap prices and trying to make a few dollars, I thought of another way. I attend area garage sales other people are having, and drop a few of my own items amongst other people's offerings. I could even put a sticker with a cheap price on it. I get rid of my old stuff, and the thrill of getting away with something without committing a crime, and the strangers may make a few dollars in the process. I don't see a down side to this. View Quote |
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I'm not Retired, I'm a Professional Grandpa!
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Originally Posted By AJE: I prefer darker leather https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Backroom_Casting_Couch%2C_Original%2C_Scottsdale%2C_AZ.jpg/1200px-Backroom_Casting_Couch%2C_Original%2C_Scottsdale%2C_AZ.jpg View Quote if you put that thing under a blacklight it'd look like a Jackson Pollack painting. |
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As stressful and time limited as my MIL’s estate sale was, it would have led to a beat down if someone had been caught doing this. After everything was finished, it would have provided some laughs, though.
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Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle we humbly pray.
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Originally Posted By midmo: Just putting it all out front with a sign that says FREE is a lot less work. View Quote We have a MAGIC alley behind my house. If we put unwanted stuff out back, it vanishes within a few hours to a couple of days. I've cut old consoles into pieces with a chainsaw and someone took them. Wife drug home a beat to hell book case(?) with swelled up damaged particle board. She wanted the hardware, and someone else wanted what was left. I HATE dealing with selling crap. Paladin |
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Originally Posted By AJE: Instead of putting all of my old shit out in the driveway and putting cheap prices and trying to make a few dollars, I thought of another way. I attend area garage sales other people are having, and drop a few of my own items amongst other people's offerings... I don't see a down side to this. View Quote You are missing an important part of your plan...create a reasonable price..."leave" the stuff at Goodwill dropoff, deduct the value on your income taxes. The down side...where the down boys go. Warrant - Down Boys |
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They might be a little suspicious of someone showing up with a dresser and leaving it...
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If the enemy is range, so are you.
Don't mind Sylvan, he's fond of throwing intellectual Molotov cocktails. |
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Almost as much fun as going to the grocery store and putting random odd stuff in other people's shopping cart.
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Originally Posted By joekizanyu: Even easier. Leave random shit in the beds of random pick ups. Hit the mall on a weekend and get rid of everything in one trip. View Quote |
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