I can certainly sympathize with the newbies here, hell I'm not far from one myself. I used to leave the house for a single TV. That's right, I said it! The thing is that while at first I may have given away my time and lost money on gas, I was cultivating relationships the whole time and I wasn't too short sighted to see that. Like several others, I have been to quite a few pick-ups where either they asked what else I took and it resulted in much more on the trailer or (much more often the case) I'd see something lying around and 'randomly' comment on it; next thing you know it's on the truck. Quite a few of the people that I did that with would give my crappy handmade business cards to friends/family/neighbors and that really put me in the game.
Now I'm not sure I'd leave the house for a TV today, but maybe the next up-and-coming scrapper will and that makes me wonder if I don't leave, what kinda connection will HE make instead of ME? BTW, you know who doesn't want you to pick-up TVs and other low-end stuff for free? People who charge to pick-up that's who... Think about it men!
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