The charity shop I can sort of understand, there wasn’t much room left there, they already had heaps of stock. The yard and shed at Aussie Junk was full of stuff that was broken/scratched/damaged/dirty whereas my stuff was clean and not damaged so can’t work that one out. I too have had bad experiences with Aussie Junk and charities not being interested in stuff I have been trying to give away. I recently upgraded my computer monitor so advertised my old still working monitor on several websites for a token sum of $10 but after a fortnight had no interest so left it in front of a charity bin and overnight it dissapeared. One sign will read along the lines of goods left near the charity bins are property of and people found taking goods will be reported to the authorities for stealing, but then I’ve seen other signs stating that leaving goods near charity bins and not in them is littering and people found dumping stuff will be fined. There seems to be conflicting messages at charity bins. I will admit to the odd bit of skip-diving in my time (as well as acquiring things left outside charity bins, but that’s another issue). The lesson, bein “if you don’t want it stolen or taken without permission, tie it down” This bemused me, so I changed my stride from forward and calm to testosterone in reverse, back to his window, and said “if you dont get the out my Street in 2 seconds flat you lying I will be 2 seconds more closer to calling the cops”. Sitting in his car frozen stiff as I walked up the middle of the street, with Mr 15″ 10,000 candle watt shining in his windscreen, I proceded straight past his window without saying a word to him, took that tryc out of his utility, walked back past his window, as he muttered the words ” I was just worried s.one would steal it, I am puting it at your front door for you”. Then it clicked, and I was out the front door in a flash, Mr 15″ Mag light in hand. This is weird I thought, until I saw he had my daughters tryc in his grip, being loaded into his ute. Then the chap came back past my house on the 3rd occassion, parked 1/2 way up the verge and started walking into my front yard, the house lit up like the “parden the pun” proverbial Xmas tree. No houses for sale, car I didnt recognise (my neighbours call me Esmey Watson), cars lights being turned off every few houses. So I thought I would share a true but funny story with you! Just before xmas 1 year ago, a car was driving up and down our street and into the culdesacs. I did after all pay for all that stuff….except the wardrobeĬommon courtesy seems to be a thing of the past i feel. Is Canberra full of hoarders and bin-fillers, do you people also go to the dump and hang out waiting for that perfect free gift? Maybe next time I should just dump all the stuff on the nature strip and wait a week? I only have issues with people putting stuff in my bin without asking, take away as much as you want, but a thankyou or please would be nice. Im looking at you taking away that old piece of furniture and not even thanks? People going through the rubbish and taking stuff out while im watching them, and still not asking. I did scare them off though with a loud voice though. haha I thought this was funny, those mags were pretty old. Young teenagers taking the old soft porn mags. Hell take that wardrobe thats not mine…ģ. Sure I didn’t want it, and to be honest I dont really care, but could you at least ask? I’ll even help get it out since it gives me more room in the bin to throw more stuff out. People who go through the rubbish when im not looking and take what they like. Why pay someone to take that away when you can just use the bin i hired for free? I know the size of the object probably makes a difference, ie a mars bar wrapper is a bit different to a wardrobe, but is there a size limit before you can grab that item and put it back on the street so you can continue to fill your bin with your own rubbish?Ģ. People putting their own rubbish in the bin, ie old chairs and what not that wont fit in a standard green bin. Over the course of the week I filled it up and was a bit disturbed by what people will do when you’re not watching, or think you’re not watching, or even watching them in full view.ġ. These things cost about $200-$300 depending on size and for how long. Old books, furniture, kids toys and so on. I rented a 3×3 skip-bin for a week over the last long weekend to get rid of some rubbish around the home. Time for some of your views on skip-bin etiquetteīackground.
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