Scavenging...

caffeinehit

Just thought of another prime pen source...charity mailings! Always makes me feel a bit guilty but hey, they'd send them anyway.

I don't think I'd donate to a charity that gave away too many free pens.

moggins

I took part in a local transport questionaire thingy over the phone and they'vejust sent me a beautiful Parker pen to say thank you

calleyw

Some companies will take legal action and they are within there rights.

And with most supermarkets they will keep the bins that they throw food away, behind locked gates. And if you tried to raid them that would be trespass.

Most people will not mind you taking stuff out of skips. And they are with in there rights to ask you to put it back. Most will not care.

In the US they call it dumpster diving. And there is even books written on the art of it.

Yours

Calley

beadysam

Me, hubby and son were collecting apples from a tree by the off ramp of the by-pass. We heard a shout and turned to find, parked up at the traffic lights, a policeman on a motorbike :eek: ! he shouted "Oi! Thats theft!". We all just stood like statues, and then he started laughing and shouted "Throw me one then!". Thankfully the lights changed and our blushes were allowed to fade in peace....
SAM x

Rave

calleyw wrote:

Some companies will take legal action and they are within there rights.

The only time I've ever heard of anyone being done for bin raiding is a guy who used to go through famous people's rubbish and sell the stuff- which was a lucrative career which he continued with for years until he was finally convicted of 'stealing documentary waste'. I'll bet a penny to a pound that nobody taking goods (as opposed to information) that have clearly been put out for disposal will get into any legal trouble- I've never heard of it happening. Still- I can't really complain if people choose not to do it for whatever reason- that means less competition, and thus more stuff for me to find:).

And with most supermarkets they will keep the bins that they throw food away, behind locked gates. And if you tried to raid them that would be trespass.

Well of course it's a given that to be able to raid the bins you have to have access to them. My local large supermarket (begins with a T) simply leaves their bins in the general service area (which is above the arcade of shops, reached by a ramp), as does the charity shop which is 50 yards away. The discount supermarket (starts with an L) is on a small retail park and again the bins are easy to access. The other discount supermarket has a trash compactor unfortunately:(. I have also on several occasions walked into the service areas of a couple of larger retail parks (one of which is right next to a police vehicle station) and have never been challenged (although obviously I went while the shops were closed). The last time I went there I snagged a working 25" video monitor (basically a TV with no tuner).

http://www.naturenet.net/law/common.html

Trespass is not a criminal offence, although jumping a fence to take stuff from the supermarket obviously increases the chances that the police might regard it as theft (IMO from 'no chance' to 'some chance').

In the US they call it dumpster diving. And there is even books written on the art of it.

Indeed- I still post on these forums: www.dumpsterworld.com from time to time, same username. There's a thread called 'Rave's Finds Thread' which lists all the stuff I've acquired:).

culpepper

If there is a common near you,you can find all manner of free fruit.We had one near us and also a reservoir when I lived in London.I used to pick Blackberries,crab apples,Sloes and elderberries. My OH works in London and has brought home the odd interesting thing from peoples (commercial)rubbish.We have a huge framed picture of Nelson on the victory (about 4ft X 2ft 6) which only needed a new piece of glass, christmas decorations and An old trunk . Shop fitters put old shop shelves in skips quite often.

chitty

caffeinehit wrote:

- Harvest perfume and cosmetics samples from friends' or housemates' old magazines

Or you could go into Boots and ask for some free samples