[Gigi3000]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Frankly I'm sometimes tempted myself with some of the stuff people put out! Often it is put out with the intention of having it taken by someone.

I'll tell you where some good picking is.. I live close to Ohio State University(or any major university should do). At the end of the school year, those kids just throw big screen TVs, computers, couches etc right in the trash instead of bothering to take it home or sell it. Mommy and Daddy will buy them new in the fall. Amazing.

[goodwillie]

Gates mean nothing in The Villages. All you have to do is push the red button and the gate opens. People of all, as you put it, classes live here

[chasandvalr]

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

just watched a fairly young couple in a pickup truck pull up to our trash pile at the end of our driveway and pick through it.

clearly not residents.

I hadn't realized locals were doing this? Is this typical? Not that I really give a damn (not like they strewn the stuff about) but its not something I ever saw in the previous places I've lived

When talking with my neighbor lady the other day, she told me she does this!! She watches some Youtube videos about couples driving the streets - looking in trash and then reselling it. My neighbor wants to do this and now has accumulated a large pile of trash in front of her house. Knowing her, she is all talk and now HER neighbors gets to look at all the trash.

[LateBoomer]

yes, I realize there are no "hard gates" here as where I came from, which may account for some of this. just an observation, not a complaint

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by gdennis317

May be harmless but may be looking for Documents with your info on them. Shred !

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

good point

Originally Posted by RICH1

I live on North side, I have seen two ladies in a white pickup truck pickup trash bags from the new buyers home..., definitely looking and selling confidential info! Shred it and forget it...

Originally Posted by Cobh521

I would just advise that you shred any identifying information from the mail, bills, etc. They may be looking to compromise your identity. I have had mine stolen 3 times since I moved to The Villages. Now everything is shredded and my credit accounts are frozen so no one can open a new account.

Originally Posted by Luggage

First I'd like to say that toilets and bathroom sinks are one of the best things selling. There's a junkyard on Main Street going towards Leesburg that is famous for those items and windows. Secondly it is great if someone can take your you're trash and make a few dollars selling it. Third we are a society of excess. People throw out perfectly good TVs VCRs and computers because they are two years old. And yes you should shred everything because it's too darn easy cuz it is too darn easy 2 take a few pieces of paper and steal your identity these days

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

its a little creepy however. i mean it's still my stuff on my driveway. I guess I will now have to shred all documents first.

Originally Posted by Jimf2018

Make sure you are shredding anything important or anything that gives personal information. This is a good way for identity thieves to get information.

I guess you should shred.

[Barb.callow]

My brother always said “we don’t care how you do it up north” — In our northern area we use trash bins that a truck comes around and picks up and dumps into the truck. That eliminates people going through trash bags or picking them up. I, personally, think that the bags sitting out looks rather sloppy compared to the bins neatly lined up along the road (stop laughing). I was quite surprised when I moved here and became aware of this method of collection. For a “city” that is so tidy about everything else this just doesn’t fit the picture.

[debb3c]

FBI? Police Department?

[Scorpyo]

This was a most depressing tread. It made me realize something. Now I understand why my wife keeps suggesting I sit at the end of the driveway on Mondays and Thursdays (trash pickup days). She says it’s a great time for bird watching? Worse yet, every now and then a pickup will drive by, look at me, and one of the occupants will say “no thanks”! I guess one mans garbage is another mans garbage as well. Depressing!

[DDToto41]

With scrap prices of aluminum between $1.03 and $1.17 per pound and 24 cans per pound, it's not too hard to make money.

[Nannyof3]

Why are they "clearly not residents"?

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

just watched a fairly young couple in a pickup truck pull up to our trash pile at the end of our driveway and pick through it.

clearly not residents.

I hadn't realized locals were doing this? Is this typical? Not that I really give a damn (not like they strewn the stuff about) but its not something I ever saw in the previous places I've lived

[frostola]

This happened to us a couple of years ago when recycle and garbage were separate. Since then I make sure to shred anything with our name and address on it, I have always shredded the credit card offers. What I don’t understand is our bag is food garbage (we cook a lot) why would they go through that?

[Albany]

I live in an upscale development up north in the summer and the pickers are welcome here, and I have seen them come by for decades. It is possible you just never saw them, but I bet you have them. Last winter in the Villages I left out a vacuum I had come to hate, gone in an hour. A push lawn mower I never used. Gone. A beat up Weber grill, needed new parts for the second or third time. Gone. Just an example.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Barb.callow

My brother always said “we don’t care how you do it up north” — In our northern area we use trash bins that a truck comes around and picks up and dumps into the truck. That eliminates people going through trash bags or picking them up. I, personally, think that the bags sitting out looks rather sloppy compared to the bins neatly lined up along the road (stop laughing). I was quite surprised when I moved here and became aware of this method of collection. For a “city” that is so tidy about everything else this just doesn’t fit the picture.

We have the cans up north, smelly, noisy and people walking by actually walk on my property to deposit their dog’s doo in them, sometimes in the wrong bin. I have to bleach the bin out turn it upside down to dry. The raccoons come for them, they have learned to turn the expensive raccoon proof handles the city insisted we all pay for. What a night mare!

I love our system here in TV. Not even one animal ever looked into my bags, food goes into garbage disposal. Garbage men drive by, pickup QUIET bags, throw in truck, gone in seconds. Come twice a week. Classy!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Velvet

We have the cans up north, smelly, noisy and people walking by actually walk on my property to deposit their dog’s doo in them, sometimes in the wrong bin. I have to bleach the bin out turn it upside down to dry. The raccoons come for them, they have learned to turn the expensive raccoon proof handles the city insisted we all pay for. What a night mare!

I love our system here in TV. Not even one animal ever looked into my bags, food goes into garbage disposal. Garbage men drive by, pickup QUIET bags, throw in truck, gone in seconds. Come twice a week. Classy!

I'm with you. Had the cans--smelly, would get invaded by racoons, squirrels, and even a cat once, and they blew all over the street while people were at work. I always thought they were an eyesore. I really appreciate the bag system down here. We rarely see a bag invaded by wildlife in our area. Sometimes a bird will peck a hole and drag out a napkin.

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by Barb.callow

My brother always said “we don’t care how you do it up north” — In our northern area we use trash bins that a truck comes around and picks up and dumps into the truck. That eliminates people going through trash bags or picking them up. I, personally, think that the bags sitting out looks rather sloppy compared to the bins neatly lined up along the road (stop laughing). I was quite surprised when I moved here and became aware of this method of collection. For a “city” that is so tidy about everything else this just doesn’t fit the picture.

With twice a week trash pickup here there would ALWAYS be trashcans at the curb. When we first moved here we thought it was a strange way of doing it. Now we love it.