Dumpster Diving For Electronics ?

[coollll068]

Hi guys I was just wondering if any of you go dumpster-diving and if you do where are your best places to go

 

im trying to find electronics 

 

I have had luck with staples in the past but its bad now

[thekeemo]

Recycling centers will often let you look around.

[Aytex]

got a bestbuy? or gamestop?

[reapersivan]

got a bestbuy? or gamestop?

I think it's illegal to do so because of private property

[iHardware Shelden]

Computer repair stores, we do collection at ours and are totally fine with people taking whatever after we go through it of course But ya you should have good luck with that

[coollll068]

Recycling centers will often let you look around.

NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS ! thanks

[Oberon.Smite]

Computer repair stores, we do collection at ours and are totally fine with people taking whatever after we go through it of course But ya you should have good luck with that

Looks like I'm off to Microcenter.

[coollll068]

I think it's illegal to do so because of private property

in ohio its not illegal only is it illegal if its touching and adjourned to the building other then that its Eminate domain

[App4that]

On campus. I also just picked up a free computer because here you have to pay to dispose of them. So If everyone knows you'll take stuff off their hands the parts come to you.

[12andCounting]

the only dumpster diving i've done is at game stop a few year ago and i went every weekend the day before trash pick up day with my friends and in 1 year we found 2 working ps3's 1 broken but easily fixable xbox 360 and a ton of game and random stuff like printers and walkie talkies and posters,. not pc stuff but still really cool stuff.

[Judahnator]

I look around Bars and Apartment Complexes.

 

Even if you dont find a working device, chances are you can still salvage parts from it. I have a ton of laptop hard-drives from doing this.

[vXhanz]

If you guys live close to a military base you can usually find stuff near the local apartments. The military is VERY strict about shipping weight limits for troops going oversea's, so you'll find a LOT of good stuff (electronics, furniture, household goods) around apartment complex dumpsters. 

 

Never thought about a recycling center... that's a very good idea...

[ShiftHitTheFan]

I have a local recycling center 1.5km away from me. The allowed me to dig through the computers last time I went. I paid $q5 for a dell xps 540, with a hd 3760, and core 2 quad /8gb ram. I got 3 120gb hdds for $1 each. One fail after about a week, but the other two are still running on my nas.

[Kalle Hänninen]

Warehouses have best the dumpsters. They throw away perfectly good stuff just because they have better stuff.

We even found hundred perfectly good pagers in one dumpster when mobile phones were pointless.

[WkdPaul]

On campus. I also just picked up a free computer because here you have to pay to dispose of them. So If everyone knows you'll take stuff off their hands the parts come to you.

This, you might be surprised to learn that some schools do give their old equipments because they usually have to pay to get rid of it. That's how I got a SSD.

[johnny5c]

Back in 2009 when Circuit City went under we ended up with a garage full of stuff.  The store manager was a friend of a friend and gave us permission to take anything that was in the dumpsters or sitting outside.  There wasn't much actual merchandise besides a pickup truck load of CD-R's, DVD-R's, mouse mats, cables, and media cases but most of the store's infrastructure was up for grabs.  Besides display shelves and racks we got a bunch of power supplies, A/V splitters, netwrking hardware, lighting, car audio displays, and a dozen C2D desktops with monitors.