Funny funny! A lot of people have learned to do this so they don’t have to throw out everything they don’t want. Just set it by the curb and it’ll disappear before you know it.
Living in the country we have trash pick up or you can choose, like I do, to bring your trash to the local collection site. The site has a 45’ trailer body (no wheels) where you can leave unwanted and useful items for others who might want them. It’s a great recycling system and I’ve left and taken things over the years. Some pretty good finds too. And since the collection site is next to the local airport, the sign on the trailer says “Airport Mall”.
We had a leather sofa that started to mildew. We (thought) successfully cleaned and dried it up. However, it came back and decided we needed to get rid of it. No, not sell it; I couldn’t do that to someone. We called the trash company and arranged to have it picked up. The night before the pickup I hauled it off to the curbside and before I could get back into the house someone had stopped and picked it up. I’m sorry for them but they now had to deal with it.
I’ve noticed this phenomenon lately. You put something out for the trash the next day, but it’s gone in a couple hours. When did this start? Somebody took a bag of leaves I raked up last fall.
Someone put out an old-style laser video player by the sidewalk. This was during the pandemic when garage sales were not allowed. I saw it on a walk and was thinking of driving back to get it, but by the time I got home I realized I probably wouldn’t use it very much, and it should go to a better home.
There’s some law of nature that whenever you leave an old lawn mower next to the road with a free sign on it, some old guy in a pickup truck will stop for it and load it up.
I can hardly believe all the things I’ve seen sitting out by the curb. There really should be an organization to do something about it — take advantage of it, keep stuff from just going into landfills, sometimes including toxic waste if the waste management service isn’t strict about it — some of the stuff might be used by poor people, some might be sold a la Goodwill or Salvation Army, or be used by Habitat for Humanity, some could be used in Maker Spaces or schools for shop classes, science experiments, art…
Yakety Sax about 1 month ago
I don’t want to be filthy rich. I just want to be rich enough not to look at furniture sitting by the curb………
Da'Dad about 1 month ago
Like Arlo I also believe in letting the next guy have a chance to use what we no longer have a use for.
SpacedInvader Premium Member about 1 month ago
It either goes there or the Salvation Army. Someone can use it.
j_m_kuehl about 1 month ago
Put a price tag on it so the Thieves get a bargain
Rhetorical_Question about 1 month ago
Neighborhood scavenging?
nosirrom about 1 month ago
Curb side trash to treasure magic.
angier3824 Premium Member about 1 month ago
I furnished my first apartment that way!
ddl297 about 1 month ago
Better the curb, than in a filthy dumpster. (Do people still dumpster-dive? Ugh!)
Niko S about 1 month ago
Funny funny! A lot of people have learned to do this so they don’t have to throw out everything they don’t want. Just set it by the curb and it’ll disappear before you know it.
LONNYMARQUEZ about 1 month ago
are they moving or not?
Fontessa about 1 month ago
It’s really easy in a college town.
Egrayjames about 1 month ago
Living in the country we have trash pick up or you can choose, like I do, to bring your trash to the local collection site. The site has a 45’ trailer body (no wheels) where you can leave unwanted and useful items for others who might want them. It’s a great recycling system and I’ve left and taken things over the years. Some pretty good finds too. And since the collection site is next to the local airport, the sign on the trailer says “Airport Mall”.
David in Webb Premium Member about 1 month ago
We had a leather sofa that started to mildew. We (thought) successfully cleaned and dried it up. However, it came back and decided we needed to get rid of it. No, not sell it; I couldn’t do that to someone. We called the trash company and arranged to have it picked up. The night before the pickup I hauled it off to the curbside and before I could get back into the house someone had stopped and picked it up. I’m sorry for them but they now had to deal with it.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 1 month ago
I put out a lot of Christmas decorations one year and got a thank you note in my mailbox. That was keeping with the season.
well-i-never about 1 month ago
It it’s wood, it’s good.
Out of the Past about 1 month ago
I’ve noticed this phenomenon lately. You put something out for the trash the next day, but it’s gone in a couple hours. When did this start? Somebody took a bag of leaves I raked up last fall.
mepowell about 1 month ago
There’s the classic story about the NYC garbage strike. Some people simply bagged their garbage attractively and sure enough it disappeared.
uniquename about 1 month ago
This is why exists (as well as other sites and Facebook pages).
Ermine Notyours about 1 month ago
Someone put out an old-style laser video player by the sidewalk. This was during the pandemic when garage sales were not allowed. I saw it on a walk and was thinking of driving back to get it, but by the time I got home I realized I probably wouldn’t use it very much, and it should go to a better home.
LakeBill about 1 month ago
Take my stuff…PLEASE!
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 1 month ago
I think he is sleep walking…………
shorzy about 1 month ago
I have picked up nice stuff from the curb…and rehab dumpsters…University of Madison moving out week is a bonanza!
ladykat about 1 month ago
I may have a bookcase to put out by the curb soon!
dtdbiz about 1 month ago
Yeah, but it’s depressing when your stuff is still sitting there a week later. Your crap is so crappy nobody else wants it either.
mjpalmer about 1 month ago
Hell ya this is trending……I have picked up some good stuff on the curb.
MIHorn Premium Member about 1 month ago
Anything upholstered left by the curb could have bugs or other residents.
Mr. Organization about 1 month ago
Now I wonder where they live that setting furniture by the curb is acceptable.
Demo12 Premium Member about 1 month ago
There’s some law of nature that whenever you leave an old lawn mower next to the road with a free sign on it, some old guy in a pickup truck will stop for it and load it up.
DaBump Premium Member about 1 month ago
I can hardly believe all the things I’ve seen sitting out by the curb. There really should be an organization to do something about it — take advantage of it, keep stuff from just going into landfills, sometimes including toxic waste if the waste management service isn’t strict about it — some of the stuff might be used by poor people, some might be sold a la Goodwill or Salvation Army, or be used by Habitat for Humanity, some could be used in Maker Spaces or schools for shop classes, science experiments, art…
eced52 about 1 month ago
Put a sign on it that says five dollars and it wqill be gone in a flash.
Enoi about 1 month ago
This works well in our neighborhood, too, and I love it!
DebUSNRet Premium Member about 1 month ago
We do that here in coastal GA. Wanna get rid of something without paying the $25 fee at the dump just put it out by the road.