ITV. Fri 9 Jan, 8-8.30. PART 2 NOW Living Without Money

PasturesNew

My hot tip for free money from the floor is: in town centres, cars near to nightclubs that shut about 2-3am, if they have a barrier that you open by sticking coins in the slot.

At 2-3am, with a car full of mates and a queue of cars building up behind you, if you drop £1 coin you don't start fannying about reversing up to get it.

If you can pass one of these at first daylight, you can pick up £2-3/day.

bo_drinker

ecoelle wrote: »

ok, quick question. One of his rules was no stealing...'liberating' food and clothing from M&S's bins is theft so he broke his own rules...shame on him!

Gives them more bin space to throw good things in to.

ecoelle

my tips are... the floors of pubs near the bar at closing time...lots of small change, it all adds up we used to make more money picking coins up off the floor at the end of a bar shift than we did in wages for the nights work. Also and sort of vending/parking meter which gives change , the number of people who forget to take their change is huge.

ecoelle

bo_drinker wrote: »

Gives them more bin space to throw good things in to.

don't understand your point sorry

bo_drinker

PasturesNew wrote: »

My hot tip for free money from the floor is: in town centres, cars near to nightclubs that shut about 2-3am, if they have a barrier that you open by sticking coins in the slot.

At 2-3am, with a car full of mates and a queue of cars building up behind you, if you drop £1 coin you don't start fannying about reversing up to get it.

If you can pass one of these at first daylight, you can pick up £2-3/day.

There's a bloke that does this all year round here. He walks round eyes on the floor and does all the car parks etc, anywhere folk may drop money. When he's got enough goes and buys the cheap stuff in the supermarkets. He doesn't work and lives in a det bungalow probably inherited, curtains very 60s. He is smartly dressed. The funny thing is he has a 1970s Escort in the garage, he doesn't drive, probably was his parents. He doesn't realise it but the Escort is a rare one worth a fair bit. :rotfl:

bo_drinker

ecoelle wrote: »

don't understand your point sorry

If someone takes some items from their skip then that frees up space in the skip so as they can throw more perfectly good products in.

flissh

I lived rough for four months when I was a teenager. Lived in squats, a car park cupboard, an old pub. It was bloody freezing (sept-Jan) and I was always starving. I mostly lived on food from bins and milk I'm ashamed to say I nicked off doorsteps.
I spent most of my days picking up dog ends that I got the tobacco from and rolled up into skanky, dry old fags!
Best thing were the disabled loos, cos I could have a strip wash in them in privacy.
Oh, happy days...Not!

ecoelle

bo_drinker wrote: »

If someone takes some items from their skip then that frees up space in the skip so as they can throw more perfectly good products in.

but it's still theft, my point is not whether the items should be in there or not, the point is he made the rules and he should stick to them

bo_drinker

ecoelle wrote: »

but it's still theft, my point is not whether the items should be in there or not, the point is he made the rules and he should stick to them

Yes t b f I did think he was bending them a bit. :T

ecoelle

If it were up to me then companies should have to donate all unwanted even damaged items to charity. Our local M&S used to donate all their unsold daily reductions to the local homeless shelter until some bloody insane lawyer told them to stop in case someone sued them for food poisoning! i hate waste, i recycle everything i can and i refuse to even buy certain products because they have too much packaging but i'm a stickler for rules!!!