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Kerbside skip browsing - have you? Would you?

(66 Posts)
Callistemon21 Wed 19-Jul-23 22:33:29

What is more annoying is finding things in your skip that you didn't put in there.

Callistemon21 Wed 19-Jul-23 22:32:08

Whitewavemark2

It is theft unless you get permission from the owners.

Oh dear, I retrieved a newish Michael Palin book from a skip when a neighbour's house was cleared before she went into a home.
I'm sure she'd have gladly given it to me had she known.

Auntieflo Wed 19-Jul-23 22:22:18

Our neighbours recently had a skip and I asked if he had room for an old garden bench. He happily came and collected it, skipped the rotten wood and salvaged the cast iron ends. Both of us happy.
But while the skip was on his drive, people would drive past, having a recce, then help themselves to some of contents. They said they had permission. Hmmm?

Deedaa Wed 19-Jul-23 19:50:19

My daughter had a skip a couple of years ago and someone dumped a fish tank in it. My son was delighted because his fish were rapidly outgrowing their old tank.

MaizieD Wed 19-Jul-23 19:21:47

Whitewavemark2

It is theft unless you get permission from the owners.

You beat me to it, Wwmk2 grin

Whitewavemark2 Wed 19-Jul-23 19:19:09

It is theft unless you get permission from the owners.

MerylStreep Wed 19-Jul-23 19:17:44

The 2 terracotta pots you can see and the blue pot on the right were from a skip.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 19-Jul-23 19:12:30

Last time we had a skip I came home to a truck parked across my drive and two males in the skip.
They were rude and intimidating, I parked round the corner until I saw their truck go past 🤬

Georgesgran Wed 19-Jul-23 18:57:26

I had to get skips to clear out my Dad’s house. They were frequently raided through the night, much to the concern of his elderly neighbours, who weren’t happy with the skips in the first place! We call them skip rats round here, but had they only asked, they could have taken what they wanted in daylight and not terrified the old folk.

MerylStreep Wed 19-Jul-23 12:54:21

I’ve had a variety of lovely stuff from skips. And our local tip.

AreWeThereYet Wed 19-Jul-23 12:48:59

I have but knocked on the door and asked first. They were quite happy for me to take an old, small wing back chair as it emptied part of their skip. I had it cleaned and recovered and it's one of my favourite chairs. That was about 15 years ago, not done it since.

Don't think I would investigate the neighbours skips though.

sodapop Wed 19-Jul-23 12:43:27

My husband would and has, I have to stop him accumulating more junk useful stuff.

Tenko Wed 19-Jul-23 12:16:29

Our neighbours have a skip and my dh asked if he could have some pallets from it . They were happy to get rid , more room for their stuff

Charleygirl5 Wed 19-Jul-23 12:14:49

Say a bike had been dumped in a skip and I fancied it, I would call and ask. There is really nothing I can ever think of that I would retrieve from a skip. Recently I crept out in the dark to add something to one locally.

nanna8 Wed 19-Jul-23 12:13:24

No, I wouldn’t but a lot do. It is called recycling here.

ixion Wed 19-Jul-23 12:10:51

Following posts on another thread about watching a neighbour's skip browsers, would you be tempted?

Don't you have to do it in the dead of night anymore? 😉

Would you call and ask?

Would you offer cash?

Is it legal even?

There have been some high spots, over the years, on Antiques Roadshow of pretty valuable items 'retrieved'!