I love double dipping...

Got a customer who just HAD to be serviced today on Labor Day. Since I have to pay my guys time and a half to work a holiday, i told her charges were increased by 50% as a holiday charge. She was okay with it, which surprised me.

The next surprise? Here's what the load consisted of:
About 50% books and papers I can sell to the recycling place.
Three bikes.
Lots of computers and electronics.
Several typewriters.
I figure I got about $200 of resellable/recycleable stuff, and the only thing I have to pay to dump is an old sofa.

Some days I LOVE my job!

Is the sofa so tattered that Goodwill won't take the tax-deductible donation? If so, that would make this a homerun!

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Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

Got a customer who just HAD to be serviced today on Labor Day. Since I have to pay my guys time and a half to work a holiday, i told her charges were increased by 50% as a holiday charge. She was okay with it, which surprised me.

The next surprise? Here's what the load consisted of:
About 50% books and papers I can sell to the recycling place.
Three bikes.
Lots of computers and electronics.
Several typewriters.
I figure I got about $200 of resellable/recycleable stuff, and the only thing I have to pay to dump is an old sofa.

Some days I LOVE my job!

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I wish I had a place here to buy books. I just donated close to 100 books 2 days ago to Goodwill!

Anyways, good job on the awesome deal. And yes you are right, it is always surprising when customers are willing to pay extra.

George there is always someone on cl looking to buy books.

Goodwills around here quit taking most old furniture....They say it's to big and most of the times they just end up having to dispose of it

Used book stores around here will buy almost any books in any condition. If they're all junk they offer you payment by weight. I believe the name is half price books not sure how big the chain is.

I love paid holidays!

Good job, I had to help my dad bring two rolls of carpet in a house today, because apparently he wants to get a head start on it and work on Labor Day.. What ever. I made 10 bucks. Wish I got a call today lol.

powells.com buys books online. They also pay for shipping! It's a time-consuming process but you occasionally get 3 or 4 bucks for good books! Try it once, I've had better luck with them.

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Originally Posted by keh1959

Is the sofa so tattered that Goodwill won't take the tax-deductible donation? If so, that would make this a homerun!

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Yep, it's too far gone, but I think this one is already a home run with 2 RBI's... ;-)

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Originally Posted by GeorgeB

I wish I had a place here to buy books. I just donated close to 100 books 2 days ago to Goodwill!

Anyways, good job on the awesome deal. And yes you are right, it is always surprising when customers are willing to pay extra.

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I think she knew no one else was going to come out today...

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Originally Posted by mikeinreco

Goodwills around here quit taking most old furniture....They say it's to big and most of the times they just end up having to dispose of it

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in highschool I was a donation attendant at a GW...people would bring old nasty couches and other furniture in all the time...as soon as they left the lot we would wheel it back to the compacter and load it in....then there were times it went in crooked or got jammed up, so we'de jump in with bow saws and cut them up...so I can understand if and why they quit taking them...

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Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER

George there is always someone on cl looking to buy books.

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Well, I never see any ads for anyone looks to buy any kind of book.

I do know there is a few places here that will buy them, but I doubt they want to go through 100 books. Plus, it was about to storm, and I had to figure out what to do with them, before I was forced to take them to the landfill.

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Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

I think she knew no one else was going to come out today...

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Regardless of the reason, still good! lol

My wife almost killed me when I told her that I had a pickup. Luckily, I said it was for tomorrow, before the tombstone was made lol

Oh, I forgot to mention, there were about 8 moving blankets, which I always have a use for.

George check with the paper recyclers in your aera, they might buy them but only pay about .02 or.03 I you have a place to store them till you get serval hundred lbs.

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Originally Posted by happyscraper

George check with the paper recyclers in your aera, they might buy them but only pay about .02 or.03 I you have a place to store them till you get serval hundred lbs.

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I don't know of any around here.

Start your own personal library. I keep the ones im interested and chuck the rest. Kinda need to find some books again i just finished reading the last box i got.

i worked at a store similar to goodwill and let me tell you what a pain in the a** it is when people dump old furniture off... we throw away zoo much goodstuff its rediculous though, metals everything. well they dont throw much metal away anymore :)

BONUS:

I take injections of certain vitamins and testosterone, and I've been out of syringes for a few days.

Well lo and behold as I am throwing away stuff from this Doctor's junk I find two unopened boxes of syringes. One more thing I do not have to pay for!

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Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

BONUS:

I take injections of certain vitamins and testosterone, and I've been out of syringes for a few days.

Well lo and behold as I am throwing away stuff from this Doctor's junk I find two unopened boxes of syringes. One more thing I do not have to pay for!

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Is there a reason you take injections for the stuff you mentioned? I am pretty sure there is pills for it all?

Not meaning to come off as a smart a**...just curious.

I gotta tell you. Living in the country, with a very large burn-pit makes dealing with tattered furniture very easy. Most of the time you don't even need any gas to start the fire. :)

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Originally Posted by GeorgeB

Is there a reason you take injections for the stuff you mentioned? I am pretty sure there is pills for it all?

Not meaning to come off as a smart a**...just curious.

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Gets into the bloodstream faster and more effectively. Doesn't have to go thru the digestive system.

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Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

Gets into the bloodstream faster and more effectively. Doesn't have to go thru the digestive system.

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Makes sense. I generally take a one a day vitamin, but supposedly there is a new one that has them all in one pill, so Idk lol. I just try and stay healthy as possible lol

Regarding the books we were talking about earlier in this thread, I now take them to my local auction house, and she sells them in box lots and sends me a check.

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Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

Regarding the books we were talking about earlier in this thread, I now take them to my local auction house, and she sells them in box lots and sends me a check.

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Nice!