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    I decided to make up some flyers and passed a few out last week, and got my first call tonight! A lady is moving and she
    needed to get rid of a dryer and when I showed up she and her son unloaded 3 vacuum cleaners a HP computer tower, and a gas grill as well. Real close to home too.

    Yesterday the wife and I made our monthly trip to the Drs and made 2 stops along the way. We did a curb alert and got a TV, toaster, chandelier, some other lighting, and ironing board at one, and another one yielded 2 more TV's, and some
    metal yard decorations, but the kicker was the lady at this top insisted on paying me 20.00 to take it all! I refused to accept the check
    because I advertised free hauling but she said if I didn't take the check the deal was off!

    What a nice lady. I thanked her and I left her my flyer and told her I am available once a month when I pass through.
    I already have at least twice the weight I had last month in the shed, and fuel to drive to the docs was free!
    I've been bummed out for so long this really gives me boost.


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    Getting a good response is great for motivation...nice work. I advertise free pick up as well, but rest assured if someone wants to tip me I'm happy to accept. Try hitting up some yard sales this weekend and give out some cards to let them know you could help by removing metal items at the end of the sale.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KzScrapper View Post
    Getting a good response is great for motivation...nice work. I advertise free pick up as well, but rest assured if someone wants to tip me I'm happy to accept. Try hitting up some yard sales this weekend and give out some cards to let them know you could help by removing metal items at the end of the sale.
    Yep, that's how I got the dryer. I put some up at the local gas stations too. I even offer to do cleanups and odd jobs and stuff too. One step at a time, but so far so good I guess.

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    Try hitting up some yard sales this weekend and give out some cards to let them know you could help by removing metal items at the end of the sale.
    I have done the yard sale thing a few times. You'll get calls to haul it all away as their tired of looking at it.
    Ended up with some nice yard sale/consignment sale stuff, some recycling stuff, some scrapping stuff and some Goodwill stuff. (and there you can get a receipt for your donation) Win-win and win.
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