  
| Author: | Adjour  | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2023 18:02 | | Subject: | Re: LEGO Replay, a new Lego “charity” | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Media | |
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| In Media, Nubs_Select writes:
| | +1 the stuff people throw away is crazy. when I was a young teen I would go thru
recycle bins to collect bear bottles to return to the bear store for money and
then upgraded to scrap metal and while collecting I would find that people throw
away almost anything you can think of.
from boxes of lego to sealed bottles of brandy (one guy literally gave me half
a 24 pack of unopened beer bottles), computers (which I used for like 3 years
before I could afford one myself), laptops, TVs (which I still use in my room
to this day after I found it in the garbage like 5+ years ago). once I even found
an old electronic radio system thing which I sold for $300 in less then a week
(had to refund about half as it got damaged in shipping) but yah never underestimate
what people will throw out
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Indeed. I started looking for cans for extra cash. Found so many items I taught
myself ebay. 3 years of ebay I was able to put a down payment on my house with
the cash I made from *trash* and cans. I moved away and didn't have opportunities
in my new city.
I don't buy anything new at all to this day unless its impossible (food,
car parts, etc). Its all used. Getting on ebay is how I got back into the lego
hobby, which is also how I ended up here eventually. Weird world but I'm
grateful for the experiences.
Crystal
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Message is in Reply To:  Re: LEGO Replay, a new Lego “charity” - Nubs_Select (3820)  | +1 the stuff people throw away is crazy. when I was a young teen I would go thru recycle bins to collect bear bottles to return to the bear store for money and then upgraded [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 28, 2023, to Media) |
Message Has 1 Reply: | Re: LEGO Replay, a new Lego “charity” - Nubs_Select (3820) | [...] Same! ebay is what brought me to bricklink although it was because for me ebay didn't work out to well but bricklink did :D although I take the opposite approach [...]
(5 months ago, Dec 28, 2023, to Media) |
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