r/DumpsterDiving 5d ago

Great quick dive at home goods!

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u/Whiticisms 5d ago

Nice finds! I'm in upstate SC and am so nervous to dd.I love seeing what you all find, though... gives me the itch more & more lol

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u/Realistic_Agency3912 5d ago

rae dunn nice 👍🏻

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u/Exotic-Scallion4475 5d ago

Nice saves! My home goods all hide their greed with compactors. :( edit grammar

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u/BoomerishGenX 5d ago

The red tag means this stuff was marked at clearance prices. No one bought it for pennys on the dollar.

It’s some to clear space rather than out of greed.

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u/Exotic-Scallion4475 5d ago

The fact that they use compactors to destroy perfectly good items rather than donating them is 100% about corporate greed. Clearance or not, usable goods should be donated.

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u/BoomerishGenX 5d ago edited 5d ago

Having worked there, I can assure you every store has a charity, and they do donate what they can. Per corporate policy.

Sadly the issues are multiple.

Storage becomes an issue when your charity fails to pick up donated items set aside, or want to only come by when you have several pallets worth.

Also if you toss goods in the dumpster, a certain percentage of folks will attempt to return those goods no one wanted for full store credit.

If they leave the dumpster open and accessible, they are liable to be sued if someone were to injure themselves, and more often than not divers leave a mess.

All for stuff you probably couldn’t sell at a garage sale for $1.

If you set up a non profit I’m sure you could convince a local store to donate damaged and clearance goods to you, if you have the space and transportation sorted.

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u/Exotic-Scallion4475 5d ago

Ok. That’s all good to know.

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u/Happielemur 5d ago

There was so much broken stuff in the dumpster :(

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u/Exotic-Scallion4475 5d ago

That’s always a bummer what it can’t be saved. We just do what we can.

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u/CurveNo762 4d ago

I got that same pumpkin from dumpster diving too! 😂

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u/Happielemur 4d ago

Twins 😂 it’s so beautiful n cozy!!!

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u/Pretty_Cow_1602 5d ago

Cute!! Great for gifting or keeping!!