Dumpster Diving

[Sunfire]

Who has done dumpster diving before? I've seen things that were thrown away that really were worth a pretty penny.
Some of the things we normally see that are related to our hobby;

2-3 foot fish tanks with stand.
overhead filters
canister filter (eheim!)
habitrail hamster cages

I personally picked up:
An ikea chair in good working condition

Now with CNY coming up, I think I'll expect to see more valuable junk lying around.

[bryan]

I've met a pair of golden hamsters stuffed into a tauhuay tub, thrown from a flat and land on the grass verge infront of me(Talk about killer hamsters). They survived and having no place to house them, I gave them to the pet store. I hope I did the right thing.I 've seen 2ft tanks complete with stand, filter and live Louhan outside the dump. People are evil.

[David Moses Heng]

Every morning as i walk my daughter to school, i can see countless tanks some are 4ft by 2 by 2 being thrown away opposite Unity Primary. That's where the RC uncle got all his tanks from. Just last week, i saw 2 2ft cube tank near Yew Tee Shopping center as i was walking there for dinnr. Perfect condition. If only i have the green light form my "S4", i would surely bring it home.

Sad...

[benny]

In the last few weeks, I have seen at least 6 tanks that were thrown away just downstairs my block. Mostly 2 ft and 3 X 3 feet. Sometimes with stand and other stuff too. What a shame.

But I remember once I picked up a box of 5 lovely hamster. With the cats around my area, they were not safe. So I brought it to a pet store at Holland Village. The staff had a look and determined that they were of good pedegree and good health so they took it. Shame on their previous owners for being so irresponsible to dispose of their pets this way.

Cheers,

[taygu]

A Chinese tradition? Throw away old and buy new.

[XnSdVd]

Urgh.. tell me about it. I've seen people throw out their dogs. It's a ridiculous tradition if you ask me. I don't mind if they want to throw out perfectly good inanimate objects. It's good for me and the economy.

But when they start doing it to pets... it's just disgusting enough to make you look at your race in a different light.

[griffin1]

yup, we do:

1 angora cross bunny (with us right now)
cupboard, towel rack, easel
1 hamster - kept till it passed on
fish tank - given to friend since we have enough
plants - with us, or given to friends

eta
lego, assortment of toys


barbara

[griffin1]

Every morning as i walk my daughter to school, i can see countless tanks some are 4ft by 2 by 2 being thrown away opposite Unity Primary. That's where the RC uncle got all his tanks from. Just last week, i saw 2 2ft cube tank near Yew Tee Shopping center as i was walking there for dinnr. Perfect condition. If only i have the green light form my "S4", i would surely bring it home.

Sad...

next time could you save them for our family

barbara

[Shadow]

how come never see someone throwing tank with stand in my block

[bryan]

I'm going to throw away my newly setup 2nd hand 2ft tank tomorrow. DO NOT PICK IT UP if you are aorund CCK North Area. It's one of those 5-plan type ones with new blue oyama paper. Reason, it's leaking away in my kitchen as I am typing.