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[TD]

I have been to the tip twice this week, each time ive sat in the queue for 1/2hr 
I deliberately waited until this week, as I was assuming most people are back at work 
So I can see the temptation of fly tipping if you don't want to wait in the queue!

The junk room is looking emptier now 

One combi oven (knackered)
One upright vacuum cleaner (working but too heavy and cumbersome)
One 14" CRT Sony TV (working)
One Sony VHS player (working)
One DVD player (working)
Pair of wifi speakers (working, but rechargeable batteries knackered)
One DVD/HD recorder (knackered)

Still more to go but its a start 

One thing that did surprise me a bit, was the container for the TV's, just full of flat panels, no other CRT in sight! Some of them were really big as well, that you just know cost £1000's a few years ago 

[aaronjb]

no other CRT in sight!

That's because most people dumped them 15 years ago 

[Kevin Wood]

no other CRT in sight!

That's because most people dumped them 15 years ago 

My back has never been the same since, either!

[TheBoy]

no other CRT in sight!

That's because most people dumped them 15 years ago 

Ignoring the 2 scopes I had in the old garage, I've not had a CRT anything here for 10+ years

[TheBoy]

no other CRT in sight!

That's because most people dumped them 15 years ago 

Ignoring the 2 scopes I had in the old garage, I've not had a CRT anything here for 10+ years

Actually, that's 'dangle berries'.  I had that big heavy Sony in the dining room to hide the moth damaged carpet. Got rid of that at same time garage went.

And have a portable telly in spare bedroom.

So I lied. I still have a CRT telly in the house

[TD]

no other CRT in sight!

That's because most people dumped them 15 years ago 

Mine has probably sat in the junk room for 10 years or so.....it just irks me to throw something away that works 

[Varche]

Well I am going to be controversial now( no change there then).

half an hour wait And that is a problem?  Book? Conversation with your passenger. Chill to some music.

Half that stuff might have sold on Ebay or gumtree . Or been given away on Freecycle to a good home.

We do live in a throw away , now society.

I thought you were going to say when you got to the actual tipping area a jobsworth said "you are in a van, can't take a brick it is building rubble, can't take a tyre " type comment. Now that sort of thing makes my blood boil. I helped a friend empty a flat in leicester last year. On the Friday took some stuff to the tip by car. Asked Mr Bouncer " can I bring a double bed down on Monday in a Luton van?" yes he said. Hired a van and took stuff to a car boot . On the Monday took a bed and a small bedside table to tip. Same Mr Jobsworth Bouncer said " No Vans. " till I reminded him what he had said on the Friday. 

[TheBoy]

Half that stuff might have sold on Ebay or gumtree

I can't be arsed with the retards that frequent those sites, its usually less hassle to spend ages making out you live in a different town at our nearest dump (different county, so they don't allow Brackley boys in).

[Mister Rog]

Half that stuff might have sold on Ebay or gumtree

I can't be arsed with the retards that frequent those sites, its usually less hassle to spend ages making out you live in a different town at our nearest dump (different county, so they don't allow Brackley boys in).

There are some time wasters on Freecycle as well.

When I moved from London I needed to empty my office that I had been in for many years, selling or even giving would have taken ages. I had great fun with an electric saw hacking desks etc into pieces for the dump. Even after some interest on OOF I ended up dumping quite a pile of very good Dexion racking. Selling etc sounds all very well, but not always the quickest and easiest way to just get rid of stuff.

 

[Nick W]

Queuing 30minutes at the tip to get rid of junk is far less frustrating than trying to sell it. Any advert for cheap stuff is an open invitation for all the nutters, cheapskates and other time wasters to come to your house and waste oppsing hours of your time.

[tidla]

Left some wooden posts on a job under the hedge , ready to be fitted next day. Gone.

Decorator left paint covered dust sheets at the same location under the stairs, Gone.

Someone once said, if you want to get rid of stuff, leave it at the end of the driveway with a "for sale" sign on it.

[Toledodude1973]

Yep best way to move stuff

[Fraggles Rock]

Our tip is pretty good, they'll take pretty much anything from tyres and oil to chunks of bodywork...

All depends on the council I guess

[Auto Addict]

I leave stuff on the front lawn, gone in an hour, don't need to go down the tip

[STEMO]

I leave stuff on the front lawn, gone in an hour, don't need to go down the tip

Can TB park his battlebus there, please?