re: Glad people are too stupid/lazy to fix stuff and leave it on the curb for the garbage man

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Just grabbed 2 chainsaws off the curb. Ordered carbs off Amazon $20 each. Fixed 20” and 18” bars. One had a brand new chain in a box with it.

Huge big arse shop van. Broken belt. $15. Fixed.

Mowers. $20 carb. Fixed.
Blowers. $20 carb. Fixed.
Weedeaters. Yup. You guessed it $20 carb. Fixed.

Dryer. Broken element. $50 fixed.
Washing machine. Broken pump. $30. Fixed.

I knows guys that ride around neighborhoods on garbage day looking for stuff people just toss because they are too stupid or lazy to fix it.

Thanks stupid/lazy people

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cool i guess...some people value time and their time is worth a lot and may not be cutting their own grass anymore. or they may not have a use for a chainsaw except a hurricane and no longer have trees that need to be cut, might want a new dryer etc etc etc


but congrats i guess

I bet your house looks like this....

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How much time did you spend driving around looking at trash piles (sure, sure, you just happened to see them while carrying on as usual ), ordering parts from Amazon, and repairing them. I bet you spent two hours per $120 chain saw when brand new. After expenses you probably made $30 per hour. Congratulations.

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There is a guy where I live who has.. I don't want to say its a flea market, but he has a store that has random shite in it. Antiques, etc. He goes around the parish.. Different parts have different garbage days... Rides around early before the trash is picked up to find inventory. A few years ago when I got new furniture, the old coach and love sofa went to the road.. It was put out there a day or two before the trash was picked up and it hadn't been out there 20 mins and him and some other guy is out there loading it up on his trailer.

It would take him less than an hour to make it as new as possible... then maybe sell both for $150... I am just throwing numbers out there, but for people who do that its usually about volume. If that person some the chainsaw and made $30, then that's and then sold other things in which he made $200 on, now he would have made $230.

I respect someone willing to hustle to make money. Its the people who pick shite up because they think one day they could use it for something only to store it away and it never get used.

My neighbor threw out a propane burner about 10 years ago. I haven't put a wrench 1 to it. I used it last night to boil some shrimp. I'll pick up things here and there but I mostly throw out good shite.

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I respect someone willing to hustle to make money.

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Sure, but are they rich? Even affluent? The dingbat OP is making fun of people who wisely budget their time and focus on what they’re good at and what brings in bigger dollars.

I’ve never been lucky enough to find a free mower on the curb

What a waste of time for extra money.


I just call random numbers and ask strangers for oh, say, $17,000. Works every time.