Dumpster Diving

[onison]

Anyone ever go dumpster diving at gamestop? Seen videos of people finding cool things. Would you do it?

 

[Titan]

Anyone ever go dumpster diving at gamestop? Seen videos of people finding cool things. Would you do it?

Not at the mall my GameStop is at. I work there and its a nasty dumpster. Catch some unknown disease there, lol.

 

[onison]

Not at the mall my GameStop is at. I work there and its a nasty dumpster. Catch some unknown disease there, lol.

LOL. Yeah I don't think I would actually jump in but I'm curious now what kind of things I could grab from just standing next to it.

 

[GutterKeeper]

Around here the Goodwill's throw out a lot of cool stuff, but you have to be careful when you get it. Some of the local stores here press charges for dumpster diving. I did find out that it is Goodwill's policy to throw out anything that has a hard drive or flash memory that can not be easily pulled and thrown away. So PS3's, and 360's, computers, SD cards... they are all suppose to be thrown out.

 

[Titan]

Around here the Goodwill's throw out a lot of cool stuff, but you have to be careful when you get it. Some of the local stores here press charges for dumpster diving. I did find out that it is Goodwill's policy to throw out anything that has a hard drive or flash memory that can not be easily pulled and thrown away. So PS3's, and 360's, computers, SD cards... they are all suppose to be thrown out.

So, instead of selling them and getting use out of it, they throw them out in the dumpster. I know they do this for privacy reasons and people can pull personal info off hard drives....but if you throw them out in a dumpster, anyone who can rub two braincells together will take it out of the dumpster, go home, plug it in then have your information.

 

[mauricioq]

Never heard of that! LOL
But that actually seems like...a good idea, maybe I'll get lucky!

 

[GutterKeeper]

So, instead of selling them and getting use out of it, they throw them out in the dumpster. I know they do this for privacy reasons and people can pull personal info off hard drives....but if you throw them out in a dumpster, anyone who can rub two braincells together will take it out of the dumpster, go home, plug it in then have your information.

The manager at the local store told me the policy is that anything with a memory is suppose to be thrown out, but then she confessed that they always plug it in to see if it works and what kind of stuff is on the disk (pictures, music, videos, etc.). I found it very hypocritical that its okay for them to search the devices yet they cant sell them.

 

[Loyal2mysoil]

What? Why do the goodwill take those items then? Man I hope nobody steals my identity.

To the original posting question: I never dumpster dive before but always wondered what I would find. I'm sure there's a whole lot of nothing but there is also those hidden gems you might find. I don't think I want to go that route and find out though. lol.

 

[Fiverr Exposed]

Around here the Goodwill's throw out a lot of cool stuff, but you have to be careful when you get it. Some of the local stores here press charges for dumpster diving. I did find out that it is Goodwill's policy to throw out anything that has a hard drive or flash memory that can not be easily pulled and thrown away. So PS3's, and 360's, computers, SD cards... they are all suppose to be thrown out.

Wow, have they heard of this thing called FREECYCLE?!

They want people to not throw away items and give it to them, but they can't do the same? That is so hypocritical.

 

[RobDaCool]

Around here the Goodwill's throw out a lot of cool stuff, but you have to be careful when you get it. Some of the local stores here press charges for dumpster diving. I did find out that it is Goodwill's policy to throw out anything that has a hard drive or flash memory that can not be easily pulled and thrown away. So PS3's, and 360's, computers, SD cards... they are all suppose to be thrown out.

I always read about people finding classic NES, SNES, Genesis etc. games at Goodwill so I went there one day and all mine had was clothes, and not cool clothes. They had the, either wear this or freeze to death, clothes

 

[Titan]

The manager at the local store told me the policy is that anything with a memory is suppose to be thrown out, but then she confessed that they always plug it in to see if it works and what kind of stuff is on the disk (pictures, music, videos, etc.). I found it very hypocritical that its okay for them to search the devices yet they cant sell them.

They aren't looking to see if it works. They are looking for porn

 

[GutterKeeper]

They aren't looking to see if it works. They are looking for porn

lol thats pretty much what I gathered from it as well... I know thats what I'd be looking for!! HA HA HA