Fair enough, as I am pressing myself to be resourceful, I'll be noticing ways that my friends, colleagues, and others around me are finding their own unique ways to by thrifty. So I am dedicating this page to blogging about the cool and neat ideas that others came up with to live large and buy on a bargain in Vancity. This is after all a Blog and I encourage participation, even if our not exactly in Vancouver, to comment and share complimentary stories of your thrifty ideas.
Others' Ideas Summary:
1) The Recycle Bin
The Recycle Bin
A couple who I am friends with live in a large high rise apartment building and about twice a month or so they take stroll down to the basement in their building on a treasure hunt. You see, people have this great habit of ridding themselves of perfect fine furniture, and due to the overwhelming popularization of hipster culture in Vancouver, these items are proving not only thrifty - but fashionable!
From a lazy old classic orange comforter chair to a stylish little vintage coffee table, and even a antique looking record stand, this couple has completely outfitted themselves with free things. Free, marvelous, things.
Now their is a big difference between dumpster diving or picking up those ‘sidewalk’ items left to be picked up as advertised on Craigslist and picking out items from an inventory of to-be-recycled goods. People specifically leave things their to be picked up by other people and they are in good shape...they simply are unwanted.
Good luck on finding similar gold mines in your neighbourhood! Once you found out where one is, you may want to keep it a little secret...for as you may have noticed, I have not revealed my sources either!
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