TAKEN [Free: Microwave]

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Microwave has been taken.

But I saw the guy who pulled over and grabbed it. He took out the carousel, set it aside, and just left it there. Which seems pretty obnoxious to me, since it turned the situation into trash-on-the-curb. What's up with that? Why would someone want a microwave without the inside bits?

Comments

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

For the metal, maybe?

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Yup that's my guess -- he was taking it for the scrap metal.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

That was my only thought, but I wondered if anyone knew more definitively. Still obnoxious to leave trash behind on the sidewalk, though. If you want it, just take it, and deal with the extra bits yourself.

Hmph!

[ETA: Not to mention the rudeness of taking something perfectly functional to scrap that others would have wanted to actually *use*.]

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

I would also imagine scrappers. We tried to sell our old but totally functional stove, no one wanted it (and we were asking peanuts, $25!)... put it out and listed it free, and a scrapper had taken it within 15 minutes. I guess they make pretty good money just driving around on trash night taking stuff... but it was a shame that a completely functional stove was wasted.

[littlecitynames.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, it wasn't wasted if they made money that they could use to support themselves and possibly their family!

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I can't speak to that situation, since the person clearly tried to find another taker, but in my case, I think the guy was an unambiguous ass given that he left trash on the street.

[littlecitynames.livejournal.com]

Well yeah, I was talking about emcicle's post, not yours.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

old stoves are horribly inefficient, so it's probably better that it was recycled :)

[dial-zero.livejournal.com]

Did you put a note on it that says it works? That might have helped it get picked up by someone who actually needed it. I'd definitely be more willing to lug something home if I knew it worked. If you did put a note on it, well... ignore me. :)

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I choose to not ignore you! :)

Yes, I did put a note on it saying it worked, and I also ended up posting about it to CL after posting here, so he may have seen it there.