Quote Originally Posted by gungatim View Post
My son just finished his first year at GVSU. I went and helped him move out of the dorms, bringing my big enclosed trailer, fully expecting to load up on the furniture, fridges, etc. that I saw last time. There was a lot of it. they had signs everywhere saying it was illegal to take any of the stuff the kids toss out. no dumpster diving, etc. said we would be prosecuted...I was totally bummed...

when I was in college, I used to take stuff all the time. I would even pull textbooks out of the trash kids would toss because it was too much work to stand in line for the buyback...times have sure changed.
replying to myself, ha ha...can't believe it's been that long.

son is a Junior now, and lives in off-campus apartments. Off campus they DO allow you to take stuff from the trash. so campus is off-limits but all the Apartments up and down the area are up for grabs. When moving him in I saw so much stuff I was drooling. coupla laptops, stereo, speakers, lots of furniture, and a couple small fridges. I grabbed what I could but in the Spring I'll be back with my trailer!