Who else likes to go out bargain hunting at their local tip shop? The stuff you can find out there can sometimes be a bloody good deal you might have never expected. Me and a good mate go out nearly every weekend to go have a look (as well as the garage sales).
Squash rackets, fishing rods, fishing rod holders, Holden hub caps, computer gear, surround sound speakers, camping chairs, games, my bedside shelf, a UHF radio, some old HTC android phone which still worked, just to name a few. And its almost always just a few bucks.
My number one find is some computer which still worked ($10) which booted up first go, to a Windows XP login screen. For a laugh, I said to my mate, imagine its just "password". AND IT WAS!!! FIRST GO!!! We did end up getting in touch with the old owners, and they didn't care too much about getting back the files so I wiped it, got some new parts off eBay and now I use it as a main desktop computer.
Unfortunately our local tip shop has been struggling a bit lately because council hiked up the fees to take rubbish out there, so less people dropping things off out there.
I know that the idea of getting stuff from the tip might sound a bit unclean or unhygienic to some, but so long as you give it a wipe down and don't plan on eating anything off it, what's really the issue?
Any tip shop bargain hunters on Ozbargain? What stuff have you found?
I visited the local Hobart ones a lot around 15+ years ago, often got good bargains, then they got trendy and the people running them got greedy, the prices went through the roof so I quit visiting, from what I hear they're still much the same these days, often asking near new prices for second hand items and junk…