Here's one for Mapgirl
Mapgirl is on a quest to become more frugal, save lots of money, learn about finance and take over the world. To help her (and any other frugal wannabes amongst our readership) become more frugal, I offer this tutorial on dumpster diving.
[wik] Added note for Mapgirl: knit sweaters are not appropriate for dumpster diving. Nor are open-toed sandals. Dive away!
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"Drive around your
"Drive around your neighborhood on the night or early morning before trash pickup, for example, and look for furniture or electronic items sitting next to trash cans, or randomly search dumpsters."
Why go through all the fuss? On my way in to work I pass through (well, technically, over) the local versions of Crackton and Little Newark. Every day I see new treasures left in the breakdwon lane. I drove past a loveseat someone left on the side of the highway just this very morning.
There are two sides to
There are two sides to improving the balance sheet. You could also start selling something illicit in order to increase the income.
Or hire a homeless bum to sell your dumpster treasures at the flea market. Split it 50-50. Instant entepreneur!
Dude. I've never done it, and
Dude. I've never done it, and it's really only worth it for good geek stuff. Formerly high value electronics are always good for dumpster diving.
Knit sweaters to be unraveled, washed, possibly re-dyed & re-knit is probably ok, but I'm too lazy for that. I hear there are a lot of frugal knitters who do this. I ain't one.