So someone has been leaving shopping trolleys on my street. The other night I saw some neighbours pushing a trolley up to their house and then dumping it just outside on council property.
I didn't take photos and I'm not sure the best way to proceed to dob in these butt holes.
What do ozbargainers recommend I do?
location: innerwest nsw
"An electro-magnetic transmitter generates a low power signal that travels along the boundary antenna marking where trolleys are allowed.
If a trolley is pushed near or over the line a braking shell clamps down over the trolley wheel to stop it moving."
http://www.news.com.au/national/new-technology-stopping-trol…
Magnetic fields.
5 years it's been in play for.
cool ~ I never use trolleys :) but thats pretty fancy
Wow… just 5 years? I saw these trolleys in supermarkets in a Middle Eastern country almost 16 years ago.
I recommend not getting high and mighty. As far as stealing goes, pushing a shopping trolley away from Coles so you can get your groceries home is nothing compared to the business model of multinationals who actively work to raise their profit and raise inequality, and put locals out if business. I don't see commenters here getting angry about large scale crime committed by the wealthy, just the easy targets who who don't have much
That is also how people justify stealing items when doing the self checkout. It is still WRONG.
It's only wrong if you don't have bucket loads of cash
cool, so I can sell drugs because big pharma…..
Now that you mention it there's a whole lot of people with chronic or terminal illnesses who would be in a lot less pain if they had access to legal marijuana, but of course big Pharma would like that not to happen, so yes
I often push trolleys back from where I live to coles. But I've actually stopped doing it unless it's early mornings. Pretty much everyone judges me as being that (profanity) who's going to dump the trolley.
I like to borrow books from the library and then when I'm finished with them I just leave them sitting on my neighbour's letterbox or a parked car or whatever.
That's a terrible example. You would get fines, then you wouldn't be able to borrow from the library any more because you keep on losing the books. I actually don't think anyone would think that is acceptable.
It's the attitude I was trying to highlight. It's not cool. People should take responsibility for the things they borrow, not just make it other people's problem out of convenience.
@3 Hyenas:
I wish people would apply your logic to their everyday actions. As it happens we have baby boomer politicians who want to leave the problem of climate change to the next generation, mining companies who love to pull up minerals out if the land they borrow, then refuse to clean it up properly, people who describe driving a car as a right while that action contributes pollution, the need to build roads etc but then don't give a stuff about pollution or complain about having to pay taxes
I live near a major university in Sydney and have a number of share houses in my street, primarily occupied by international students. There's a woolies in between where I live and the uni. Whenever I see these students walking their trolleys down our street I always pull them up and insist they walk these trolleys back. Dumping has been an issue on our street for years.
Fortunately it does seem to be improving. I think the best response would be to encourage your neighbours to speak to the people stealing these trolleys (if it is safe to do so) if they see them, in an effort for all neighbours to work together to keep the street clean. Dumped trolleys are a bad look for any street.
In my case, it seems the perpetrators do it more out of naivety rather than out of malice.
good suggestion. Honestly if it is bothering op, write a note and put it in their letterbox. "I've seen you walk trollys home. Please stop dumping them in the park. I will call the council on you if you don't take it back once ur done"
I used to deliver newspapers when I was in early high school near Doomben ave and surrounds. I always told the pricks that dumped the trolleys in plain eyesight off, but they would always feign ignorance and pretend they don't speak English. Shameful.
Write them a legal looking letter, from a legal looking company, stating that they have been reported to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and that they will have their Centrelink payments docked for any repeat trolley recovery fees…
Okay after trawling through all your awful ideas and suggestions I think I've come up with a good plan.
I think it could work! Except for the fact I don't have any photos. Hope it will be enough to scare them, I really don't want to get the police involved.
Why not start with 1. First pop a nice letter in their mailbox not threatening them in any way and just saying as a neighbour you'd appreciate it if they stopped leaving trolleys in the street as it's a bit of an eyesore.
This guy, world needs more of you
Yeah, definitely start off nice. Chances are they probably hadn't really thought it was impacting anyone, and (I presume) most people would respond better to a polite letter rather than a threatening one. That, and if they are anti-social they could just see a threat as a challenge and you could end up with 10 trolleys in your front yard to deal with.
If you did this to me I would start dropping them in your front yard with photographic evidence proving it was me. After you try and waste the cops time with shopping trolleys they might drop a few there too.
Or maybe I would get you charged with bullying and harrassing me in my home and use the photos you cited as evidence of stalking. Who knows, maybe if you are not born in Australia a couple of stikes and you will be deported and I put my trolleys anywhere I want.
Really why would you think it's a good idea to threaten and extort your neigbours?
Have the same problem with mattress dumping in inner west. I lived in a street whith mamy, many apartments where it was an epidemic. My Housemate and I came very close to collecting them all and making a huge pyramid in the middle of the street and setting them all on fire as a statement. Kinda wish we did.
I would move the trolleys to that person"s drive way.
"What do ozbargainers recommend I do?"
Buy a couple of slabs invite your mates round and go for a spin, WEEEEEEEEE!
I have crazies (for other reasons apart from this) who do it on my street,sometimes it piles up to about a dozen until someone collects it =S
Ask the council to install a sign saying dunpibg there is prohibited or a $$$ fine will be issued. If they wont do it install a fake secuirity camera and a cctv sign in that area and hope it will deter them
Plenty of homeless people use these as houses on wheels. Perhaps I should report them to the police?
Nah, I'll ask them if they want a cuppa, it's pretty cold here!
I think I might do that Charlie, thank you for the suggestion:)
Perhaps next time you see a homeless person you can lecture them on the subject, march them down to the local supermarket and return the 'stolen' trolley. Perhaps then proceed to empty the contents of the trolley and return to your abode full of warm and cheer.
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I use a wheelbarrow for all my grocery shopping needs.
Gone off your trolley?
Completely. I'm building up to one day doing my shopping with an ambulance gurney.
Err, report it to the shop and council. Or am I missing something here?
To be honest I haven't pushed a trolley home for over 2 decades. I always thought that you are allowed to push a trolley home with the goods and leave it on the footpath outside your home to be collected. Since when this is illegal?
The illegal part is the dumping on public land of anything you don't want anymore.
The inconsiderate part is that many people don't enjoy having trolleys dumped near their home.
The other inconsiderate part is that it costs the supermarket in terms of retrieval and possibly additional wear and tear or even damage to the trolleys. Which can lead the supermarket to raise prices to cover the cost, or install trolley locks which can catch people out if they forget to bring a gold coin or token.
It's not murder, but it's not without impact on others.
Inconsiderate, yes. Stolen and illegal? No.
One day I was carrying something super heavy on foot and lo and behold a trolley presented itself to me. That was pretty swell. Well, that's my cool story…
you are lucky its only a trolley. I have got mattresses, furniture, and tree branches dumped along our lane just this year. Also in IWCouncil.
I would record them doing it and then write a complaint to council with the evidence, and also send this evidence to the supermarket.
I didn't realize so many people were so passionate about trolleys. #trolleysincrisis
It's a massive global issue. #firstworldproblems
Seeing as how the major argument seems to be it will depreciate your house value lets consider the possibility of an alternative result.
Shopping trolleys equal,
People with money to buy more groceries than they can carry
People buying groceries instead of drugs
People shopping locally and creating local jobs
People who walk places so don't contribute to traffic and vehicle pollution
People who walk places so are fitter, healthier and better role models for children
People who walk places so don't to have a second car parked on the street creating an eyesore
These are reasons to view the presence of shopping trolleys as a positive and therefore increase your property prices.
And the absolute best reason to encourage trolleys in your street based on above comments,
It will stop people moving into the street that,
Will whinge behind your back
Report you to police and council to try and get you fined
Take secret photos of you
Sneak around your yard at night trying to create hazards
Think your a criminal and master thief for borrowing a shopping trolley.
Leave threats in your letterbox
yes i know who i would rather have living next to me. At least that neighbor doesn't whinge about their problems they just battle on keeping to themselves. I would be a nice neighbor and drive them for the weekly shopping and i have done this for people.
I love you Tonka
Nah, there's middle ground to be had here.
Why can't a person say to their neighbour, hey I don't mean to be a pain but this thing you do in our street a lot impacts on my enjoyment of my home.
Surely it's ok to talk to my neighbour about a problem. If I'm reasonable and care about my neighbour's feelings, can't they do the same?
Yeah mate, absolutely support you in this. Anybody should be able to ask for something that makes them happier.
Take the approach though that there is no right and wrong just a matter of preference.
Maybe use it as an opportunity to get to know your neighbor. Possibly there's a spot where they can leave it that's out of your line of sight so you are not constantly annoyed by seeing it.
Maybe they have a sad story behind why they do this and you will stop finding it annoying. Who knows.
Explain to them your mild trolley phobia :-) maybe they will be supportive. Of course if they are a-holes then all bets are off , then you teach your cat to pee in their letterbox your dog to poop on their lawn and start playing the drums.
I love deprecating house values. It means yuppies are less likely to move into my area. You know your area is going down hill when yuppies appear
Council needs to impose a law where they having locking trolleys past the car park. I don't know why this is so difficult in Australia. Common practice in UK US Canada
Pick up 100 trolleys
Stack them silently infront of his house at 3am
When he wakes, have a video tape going to capture the carnage.
Personally, i would say people who use the trolley should return it either to the shop or its designated area, eg. trolley bay in the car park. People who can do that deserve a big thank you, especially if you are a parent, you are setting an excellent example for your child or children.
I worked in a retail shop before and collected trolleys for the shop, i know how difficult or physical it is to push along more than 3 trolleys at one time, let alone 10+ trolleys when you see the trolley collectors do.
Respect other people's work, that's all i want to say. I understand they get pay doing that job, but do your bit!
This topic makes me want to vent my frustration on some parents that do not look after their child or children in a shop. Please understand the shops you go to are not your home, please ask your child or children behave themselves. Please do not mess up the products on the shelves and open the packages of the product etc. I absolutely hate those parents that let their child / children do whatever they want in the shop and don't say even a word to ask them to stop. Respect other people's work!
Hahah, trolley is nothing, there's a house around the corner from me where the owner has decorated the entire front yard is absolute rubbish. It is all very well laid out and draped carefully over the trees and bushes but it is covered in JUNK. I'm talking soft toys, plastic crap, junk in boxes, broken suitcases, I mean… seriously, nobody can do anything about it though but it would be great if it burnt down…
I got nothing of use to add but found this thread to be entertaining to read all these comments…..too bad some comments are hidden even whilst logged on so I could read what they had to say that was supposedly hidden for whatever reasons… ☺
This is all over the place now. Essentially one of the wheels on the trolley reacts to a radio frequency. The shopping centers have devices that emit this via a wire which is embedded into the ground.
When the trolley goes over it or close to it the wheel locks. Then the trolley dude comes with a magical unlock wand, which is emitting another frequency that allows the wheel to unlock.
This stops most, but not all - as some people just push harder.
http://www.trolleycontrol.com.au/cartcontrol/