Re: [MBZ] Rich White Folks' Profligacy

2020-12-07 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-12-07 13:20, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: I can't believe someone just chucked it in a dumpster.  It's probably like a $150 unit, so not a high-end thing, but still... Where I live, a good find is a stack of drywall mud buckets with lids (two of them hold a 35# bag of dog food),

Re: [MBZ] Rich White Folks' Profligacy

2020-12-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
You can't believe what a builder friend of mine told me about houses he was remodeling over there.  Some rich dude buys it, his wife immediately wants it completely redone to suit her interests.  So they would go in and take out EVERYTHING down to the studs -- granite kitchens with very

Re: [MBZ] Rich White Folks' Profligacy

2020-12-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
This is why I belong to the RWF FB Marketplace group for a nearby development. Rich people’s trash/cast offs are usually pretty nice stuff. We scored a beautiful Kincaid cherry dining room table for the hacienda in Indiana a few weeks ago for $150. Ended up spending more on new chairs for it

[MBZ] Rich White Folks' Profligacy

2020-12-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I went over yesterday in the $720ML500 (Benz Content!) to drop off some recycling and a bag of trash at the Kiawah Island Community Association place, they have a big recycle bin and a small dumpster there that is about a 6ft cube with a door on the side to put trash in.  I opened it to put my