Comments on: The Dumpster Diving Advantage http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2008/06/16/the-dumpster-diving-advantage/ For all you bargain hunters, bargain shoppers, sales and sample sale shoppers. BargainsLA.com is your premiere guide to the best deals, bargains, sales and sample sales in Southern California and Los Angeles. Save 20%-90% on designer apparel, appliances, furniture, home improvement and more. Go shopping and never pay retail again! Zannee's Blog at BargainsLA.com is where bargain guru Suzanne O'Connor gets to vent. Enjoy and tell a friend. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Suzanne http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2008/06/16/the-dumpster-diving-advantage/#comment-9508 Suzanne Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:11:02 +0000 http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/?p=311#comment-9508 I just recently 7/20 had my new sofa delivered finally from Designer Interiors. Goodwill wouldn't take my old sofa. So we put the old sofa out on the street... tacky I know. But I left it upright with the slipcover off and folded on the side. Some sharp individual grabbed that thing within 24 hours. GoodWill has become snobby with pick ups. Though it's a form of trash picking and dumpster diving, furniture scavenging has is merits. S. I just recently 7/20 had my new sofa delivered finally from Designer Interiors. Goodwill wouldn’t take my old sofa. So we put the old sofa out on the street… tacky I know. But I left it upright with the slipcover off and folded on the side. Some sharp individual grabbed that thing within 24 hours.
GoodWill has become snobby with pick ups.
Though it’s a form of trash picking and dumpster diving, furniture scavenging has is merits.
S.

]]> By: pam munro http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2008/06/16/the-dumpster-diving-advantage/#comment-9479 pam munro Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:53:33 +0000 http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/?p=311#comment-9479 Oops - that's www.freecycle.com!!! Oops - that’s http://www.freecycle.com!!!

]]> By: pam munro http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2008/06/16/the-dumpster-diving-advantage/#comment-9478 pam munro Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:53:12 +0000 http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/?p=311#comment-9478 P.S. if you feel guilty about abandoning good stuff - try to list it on www.freecyce.com or on craigslist la! P.S. if you feel guilty about abandoning good stuff - try to list it on http://www.freecyce.com or on craigslist la!

]]> By: pam munro http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/2008/06/16/the-dumpster-diving-advantage/#comment-9477 pam munro Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:51:31 +0000 http://www.bargainsla.com/blog/?p=311#comment-9477 Just put up a post on scavenging at www.myfrugallife.com/blog_pamphyila.html As I just snagged some good stuff around Coldwater Canyon. I don't get to Beverly HIlls much - but I always keep an eye out in my travels around the city. I got a wood/glass vintage showcase cabinet off the street off Western Ave. because a friend alerted me. And I told him to come over quick to get the vintage 50's dining room table that had been put out in the trash in my neighborhood! Another tip - at the old apt. complex where we used to live - it always was a good idea to check out the area near (& in) the trash containers at the end of the month - as that was when everyone moved out & a lot of good stuff ended up in the trash! I furnished our whole patio with outdoor furniture I gleaned that way. And I have outdoor chairs I schlepped back to the city to put outside my apt. - because if they "walked" I wouldn't worry about it, as they were gratis to begin with! Just put up a post on scavenging at http://www.myfrugallife.com/blog_pamphyila.html

As I just snagged some good stuff around Coldwater Canyon. I don’t get to Beverly HIlls much - but I always keep an eye out in my travels around the city. I got a wood/glass vintage showcase cabinet off the street off Western Ave. because a friend alerted me. And I told him to come over quick to get the vintage 50’s dining room table that had been put out in the trash in my neighborhood!

Another tip - at the old apt. complex where we used to live - it always was a good idea to check out the area near (& in) the trash containers at the end of the month - as that was when everyone moved out & a lot of good stuff ended up in the trash! I furnished our whole patio with outdoor furniture I gleaned that way. And I have outdoor chairs I schlepped back to the city to put outside my apt. - because if they “walked” I wouldn’t worry about it, as they were gratis to begin with!

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