Just trying to spread the word God will welcome u if u ever want to turn to him please think about it before it's to late like before you die or before Jesus returns and that could happen at anytime so be ready God is real they have found pieces of Noah's ark and God created us and how could something so complex like the universe and humans that if one thing was off we would die be made from bacteria or rocks or evolution we and everything just couldn't God made us all and everything 💗 your never to far to turn back to God we have to be ready no one knows when Jesus will return or when we’ll die God bless u have a good day😊❤
@@luna0520 Just trying to spread the word God will welcome u if u ever want to turn to him please think about it before it's to late like before you die or before Jesus returns and that could happen at anytime so be ready God is real they have found pieces of Noah's ark and God created us and how could something so complex like the universe and humans that if one thing was off we would die be made from bacteria or rocks or evolution we and everything just couldn't God made us all and everything 💗 your never to far to turn back to God we have to be ready no one knows when Jesus will return or when we’ll die God bless u have a good day😊❤
Someone should start a free outside library to put all those books in. We have 4 in our town and 3 in our neighboring town. It is one of those take a book and leave a book. I hate seeing books thrown in the trash.
They don’t purposely throw it away, if a customer goes to return something and it is opened they can’t sell a product that is open so they have no choice but to throw it away.
Just trying to spread the word God will welcome u if u ever want to turn to him please think about it before it's to late like before you die or before Jesus returns and that could happen at anytime so be ready God is real they have found pieces of Noah's ark and God created us and how could something so complex like the universe and humans that if one thing was off we would die be made from bacteria or rocks or evolution we and everything just couldn't God made us all and everything 💗 your never to far to turn back to God we have to be ready no one knows when Jesus will return or when we’ll die God bless u have a good day😊❤
It seriously boggles my mind why companies throw away perfectly good items like clothes and books and movies instead of donating them. Makes me so angry 😡
Agree. And many stores in NJ for example take these things and put them into truck containers with key so nobody can get to them. When I worked at Target I asked the manager why dont they sell it to the employees for really cheap and he said corporate does not allow it. He actually let me have a set a drawing markers I wanted to buy and they were going to "throw away"
@@ivonnecastro3569 hi 👋 it goes on at almost every single stores!!! Think 🤔 about all of that FREE stuff you don’t have to buy !!! That free stuff could add up quickly!!! Think 🤔 of all that wasted foods, clothes and other things you could be savings and getting for free
I use to work in retail. Corporate made us damage out anything that looked like it had been worn, washed and had a stain on it. It’s sucks you would think they would donate it to like a women’s shelter or something. For inventory we had to damage it out. I would be careful going through dumpster too.. the company I worked for had cameras.
I gotta say you make me so nervous lol the way you and other divers stand there and talk about the stuff and go through the stuff.. I say "grab and get gone" go through it all later at home or a parking lot or something lol keeps my nerves on edge girl🫣
Great finds! I'm so glad you were able to save some stuff from going to the landfill - that's honestly always my biggest motivator if I dive. Unfortunately out here you see a lot of the mixing trash w/ salvagable goods. Also I can confirm as an ex-employee of Half Price Books, EVERY SINGLE NIGHT we pulled at LEAST a huge box full of items to toss in the dumpster. It's all perfectly good, HPB just gets so much new inventory daily that they have to cycle product that often! It always crushed me, and I was so happy whenever our local divers came by. Happy hunting, everyone!!
A little insight to those who don’t know.. as someone who has worked a few retail jobs, there are a few different reasons companies end up having employees destroy and toss merchandise. (Yes I agree it sucks). One of the reasons items are destroyed is because people who do take the items out of the trash might then take the merchandise back into the store and get a non-receipted store credit for items they never purchased to begin with and basically the company is then paying someone for “stealing” their merchandise. And a lot of times those people end up selling those store credit gift cards to make money. Also big companies don’t have the payroll or time to donate from each and every store the amount of things that get toss daily. Another big thing is they cannot let employees or anyone else just take the items because what ends up happening is unfortunately certain employees will take advantage of that and then all of the sudden there is an increase in purposefully “damaged” items so that people can take them for free even if the item was perfectly fine. So they really have no choice but to say destroy it and throw it away. Not to mention sometimes people will throw things in the trash and have someone else then come pick them up to resell so they try to avoid that as much as possible im sure. And most of the items that get thrown away are obviously damaged things that they can’t sell at a discount cause no one wants them.. stuff that gets recalled for cancer or safety issues etc. … or returns that can’t be put back on the shelf. There are other reasons too that’s just some of them. Anyway hope that kind of helped even though no one will probably see this!
But that does not explain or excuse the WHY they’re throwing out food items that are not expired. Our local food banks will pick up food from stores so it doesn’t go to the landfill. It’s just insane that stores are allowed to fill up our landfills with merchandise!
Hi, I haven’t seen you in awhile… What I would do with some of those books. Take some to the hospital’s emergency room, senior citizen homes, ask some of the schools if they could use some books, shelters, you’d be surprised on what you can do with those books.
as someone who works for one of those companies that starts with V, we actually don’t do that! all of our damaged product gets recycled, so we ship it out to our damage facility (same place where online returns go) and they get recycled
That’s a great 👍 idea 💡 a give away table and that way people would come there for the free books but it would bring in a lot of business and at least it wasn’t going to the landfills !!! If I ever get back over there 👉 I’m going to take a bunch of books to the blessing box. People are so grateful to get nice things and Everyone can use a few books to read and for free ❤. That shirt that is cut if it can’t be fixed can be used for a garland or junk journaling pieces with the materials
sometimes companies cant give things away for free because people may try and return the items they got for free and get money out of it. thats why makeup is usually destroyed so noone can find it and return it
@@kirstyrxxable well also it’s wrong 😑 to return something you got for free because that’s considered STEALING!!! Sometimes they are to tired to destroy it. If you don’t believe me go find out ! I have seen brand new things and I live in a different state!!!
Hey GDD. I have waiting for a video. I couldn't comment because they would delete before anyone saw them. I got a new phone and apparently I hit something that as soon as I would leave one I would go back to check and gone. I know it mess with the algorithm but I did leave comments on all of your videos. Such great finds today. What a bummer Old Navy has to cut up the clothes instead of donating to different shelters. You know how strongly I feel when big corporations waste everything. I hope you had a nice summer. It has been really hot here in Florida too. Don't get me started on the friggin humidity. I spend most days inside or at the pool because it's to dam hot. On the brighter side I have a ass kickin tan. Lol. Thank you GDD for sharing and enjoy your week
I work at a store and we throw stuff away because that's what corporate tells us to do it's not up to the employees I definitely think they should either just put it on sale or have a little donation bin
I am completely shocked that the Squishmallows were not given away to kids... like that would be perfect for kids come on! Why companies? Food is understandable but give away items that aren't food if worry about people getting sick/expired.
I love dumpster diving, but it's very illegal where I live, and the dumpsters near any stores are locked, so I go to dumpsters far away from the city, to the paper recycle thingy, because you can find a LOT of books (without covers) from there, and some school books, so I can learn new stuff without paying hundreds of euros
Hi 👋 You definitely should !!! They throw so many things away it is so shocking!!! Imagine this. Things U don’t have to pay for !!! That you get for FREE !!! I’m serious it goes on I have been dumpster diving for over 10 years and I have gotten so many things it’s absolutely insane!!!
@@ghwright2551 hi 👋 I would check your state and look 👀 up to see what the rules are in your state. Dumpster Diving Rules Have FUN 🤩 Pick up your mess please and if their is a mess around the dumpster please leave it in better shape that you found it. I now where a mask 😷 and sometimes gloves 🧤. I always have disinfectant gel with me or Lysol wipes to use after dumpster diving. Get a grabber I got one ☝️ at Home Depot. It’s just better if you have one ☝️ to help you.get things out of their better. I carry a sacks to load things into. Or keep a box or container in your truck to put things into. I carry trash bags also to help out. . I used a bucket I had in the beginning but finally got a step stool. You can use wherever at first. I used a curtain rod. I used a shower bar. It’s better if you can get a grabber Better to go during the day. It’s kind of dangerous at night to dumpster dive. It’s a lot more fun 🤩 to take a buddy. Oh this is one of the most important things. Figure out the schedule. I use to check ulta or wherever and I would write ✍️ down if it was empty or full on each day. Until I figured out what day the trash garbage men were coming to pick up the trash from the dumpsters. I usually went every single day to figure out the schedule.
That's so sad to see. All that stuff they could have donated to a worthy cause. To think there are so many people suffering out there and they just cut stuff up and toss it. 😢
Awesome 👏 finds !!! That’s simply AMAZING!!!!!! Half priced books was always full when I use to check it !!! It’s so devastating seeing half priced books throw all of that stuff away !!! Their are a few leave a book and take a book places mailboxes !!! Give away or sell them for a 25 c a piece at a yard sale or give them away so they won’t go to the landfill or put it IN the blessing boxes !! It’s always worth it to check the soup 🥣 box !!! Yay 😀 They probably throw so much away because it isn’t selling or they probably try to put it out and if it doesn’t sell they have to throw it out !!! It’s so frustrating and heart breaking to see that !!!
I don’t get how companies are even allowed to throw perfectly good stuff away, and the fact that some of the workers get made at people for going through it!
🦝🦝🦝 love ur videos not seen u in awhile hope u have been ok xxx love how u take the time to take the soup boxes and clean things off. Your finds are amazing would love to go diving with an American friend xx
I can’t stand it that Gap and Old Navy cut the clothing up so no one can use it! Why don’t they donate it? It adds to our landfills when it doesn’t have to. These companies should be fined for not disposing of their rejects to people that need it. Heck, have a Dollar sale at their store and they would be swamped with customers.
I've watched a lot of your videos but I never envy you as much as I have today because of those books. I am a book collector i read a lot and I like to surround myself with books so it saddens me to see those books lying in the trash.
Just trying to spread the word God will welcome u if u ever want to turn to him please think about it before it's to late like before you die or before Jesus returns and that could happen at anytime so be ready God is real they have found pieces of Noah's ark and God created us and how could something so complex like the universe and humans that if one thing was off we would die be made from bacteria or rocks or evolution we and everything just couldn't God made us all and everything 💗 your never to far to turn back to God we have to be ready no one knows when Jesus will return or when we’ll die God bless u have a good day😊❤
Any retail stores should try to salvage clothing that can be and donate them to family shelters instead of ripping them up rendering them useless. Such a shame.
All half price books do that and it is a shame $1000s of dollars of books and dvds daily per store. I hate they waste so much I always take what I cam and donate to nursing homes children's homes etc
I can't believe why the stores throw away good stuff and even brand new Nike shoes and even my favourite brand of perfume victoria secret I'm so glad you save the stuff and I started watching your videos and I subscribe to your channel ❤❤❤
To answer a few questions ive seen in the comments I worked in Topshop in the UK also Debenhams The reason we disposed of makeup perfume ect is due to customer returns if the product or garment comes back damaged we cannot resell that item its sad and wasteful but thats what Management make us do
Hi, former book employee here. So....the manager books probably are ones without ISBN numbers on them and are pre release? Sometimes they send them out to bookstores as promotional books and distribute them to employees if they wish to take one. These cannot be sold or returned to publisher. As for why some of those books are in there? They probably also cannot be returned to the publisher and/or are unsellable. Probably also small amounts of damage to pages or covers. So in those cases we would throw out the books as they are unsellable. Also older versions of books that aren't in the system also need to be discarded as they cannot be sold. Hope that helps!
we can't justify throwing away new books because they don't have an ISBN, or are a little damaged, we can always give them to people who can't afford a book
Heyy, I live in Australia and don't known very much about dumpster diving, so do they cut up the clothes so that people can't find them and take them home?
Wow what a shame that these companies do that instead of donating these items but Great finds at least they will have a good home and good use people are so wasteful. You have a new subscriber
Cutting perfectly good clothing to make them unusable is just spiteful and rotten. No would there is so much trash in landfill, so wasteful. There are places where it is illegal for residents to throw recyclables into regular trash and then you have stuff like this. So what is the excuse for cutting up usable clothing and intentionally making more trash?
Stores should be donating this stuff. I hated working at Bath and Bodyworks and destroying perfectly good product. They should be donated!!! The rich hate parting with stuff!
