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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
In our neighborhood it is relatively common, if you have some stuff that is still usable but you don't want to go through the rigmarole of advertising and selling it, to leave it on your lawn by the edge of the street, usually the afternoon before the garbage is picked up. Apparently there are people who drive around and look for that sort of thing. My new printer gets here on Wednesday so I plan on doing that very thing with the old one.
My thought is that thieves as a rule probably don't steal things like lawn and garden tools, though I am sure there are exceptions. Hand lawn and gardening tools aren't worth much unless you plan on using them and my thought is that thieves steal things so they DON'T have to work. Maybe the tools were seen and the assumption was made that they were left out there free for the taking.
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Very often people put out stuff by the curb of some value that they do not want anymore the day before garbage pickup and the logical assumption is it is free for the taking.