SCer being a "smart canuck"

[orv]

one persons junk is another persons treasure! Great finds!!!!!

[BewilderedBrunette]

Great finds! Good for you!

[tidytaurus]

Good shopping and you can't beat the price and bonus no tax!!! I wish we had that here instead it seems like yard sales is our alternative. We go alley shopping occasionally for gardening pots it can be rewarding.

[fayemercier]

I was walking to the park with my kids earlier this week when I noticed some Pampers boxes on the side of the road. I wanted the UPCs for a fellow SCer. So, I looked at the house and noticed the front door was open. I decided to knock on the door and explain myself just so the owner wouldn't think I was weird if he looked outside. It turns out that my neighbour is a police man! He said that technically, I could have taken the boxes without asking because they were at the curb but he was happy I introduced myself. I'm so glad I did too - what a nice guy! Also, it doesn't hurt to know someone in law enforcement is living in my neighbourhood!

[ahazaras]

if this is Toronto I would be VERY CAREFUL about picking furniture up in the trash there is a HUGE BEDBUG problem here. Please be very careful about what you bring into your house/apt. A free chair is not worth having to throw out tons of stuff, MAJOR cleaning/spraying and having you and your children BITTEN!

I read somewhere that if you spread cat litter with silica on the item it will kill the bedbugs. You need to let it sit for a while and then vacuum it away.

It has to be cat litter with silica, I think it is the silica that does the job.

[ontgal33]

Way to go, we also have those days here in Guelph, we had one not that long ago. We have put things out and they are gone with hours. And i am proud to say that all our furniture is free, off of freecycle or kijiji. Gotta love it. Good for you.

[Sabina]

Nice finds the best thing I have found free was two boxes of books for kids some where chapter books and the rest were math books from pre-school to grade 5 which is great

[cdylan]

omg you just reminded me, there was the cutest flower cart with a little horse pulling it up the street at the curb and I meant to go back and see if it was still there when I got back from my walmart trip yesterday,I'm sure it's gone by now, but I'm taking doggie for a walk right now..... I put stuff at the road all the time and it gets picked up pretty quick and I got a great 9 drawer dresser 2 doors down from me last year. My daughter doesn't mind curb shopping with me lol but my son says "MOM STOP DOING THAT" THAT'S GROSS!!!! lol

[cdylan]

Oh and the rocker i have to sit outside on was from 3 doors away, I asked if it was broken when she was throwing it out she said no, she was just making some room.....

[Tuktu60]

What great finds!! So glad you could get all those things - you must have felt like it was XMAS!

[c_mcarthur]

one persons junk is another persons treasure! Great finds!!!!!

I agree

[jonesy]

very well done - keep it up. Good for you and good for the environment. WIN - WIN.

[Sunraven]

Check out your local Freecycle too:

http://groups.freecycle.org/freecycleBarrie/description

[Eeyah]

I see no shame at all in putting to use what other can't Kudo's to you for saving $$ on items you needed anyway

[Sabina]

Need a new computer chair cause the one I had well two wheels came off so one day my husband brought me home a computer chair he was delivering windows to a work place and they were throwing out chairs cause they got new ones .