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Jan 23, 2021
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run26
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I disagree based on my experience
Same situation. I argued with the guy that either they take the stuff or it gets dumped in their parking lot so they took it
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Feel bad for donation guy at DI. Went in at 945 am with 3 of wife’s old purses
OU Cougar
1/23/21 10:07am
Should’ve dropped em off real quick and ran. Haha.
OmahaThunderCoug
1/23/21 10:11am
But he was going to "Bust him" 🙂
WJCougar
1/23/21 10:12am
Nothing would have happened lol. The guy would have been bewildered and
bluecougar1985
1/23/21 10:13am
Some people "donate" truly disgusting trash to the DI.
dfudge
1/23/21 10:12am
Yep....most of the crap donated goes right to the garbage
WJCougar
1/23/21 10:13am
Our local DI said they spend $50k a month on garbage dump fees.
cheezedawg
1/23/21 12:23pm
It's crazy how people have survived with D.I. only taking appointments...
WJCougar
1/23/21 10:12am
My wife and I made a DI donation run many years ago. Her sister had made some
GSwarriorcoug
1/23/21 10:28am
That is funny!
dfudge
1/23/21 10:32am
You should make this into a youtube short movie
Ojiisan
1/23/21 10:36am
Or go back to DI with a brick that looks similar and ask him to throw it like the other one. Take video and post it here
Crowgar
1/23/21 11:49am
Great story. I have witnessed the same thing several times. I think it is the emotional response to the idea of just
dilbert
1/23/21 10:53am
I could hardly stop laughing as I read your story to
lightmann
1/23/21 11:00am
My neighbor had a funny experience at the DI
85fan
1/23/21 11:04am
This is an absolute masterpiece
runitup590
1/23/21 2:01pm
I agree, 90% is garbage. But I get the tax deduction by donating it.
BYUforlife
1/23/21 11:31am
Just go to Savers
Squirt
1/23/21 10:14am
Put em in the trash somewhere else. Your wife will still have the warm fuzzies.
HansMoleman
1/23/21 10:17am
We take to Goodwill. They are much easier to deal with than DI.
crack
1/23/21 10:19am
We’ve done the same thing since the appointment fiasco, way easier.
Kolipoki
1/23/21 7:14pm
It’s kind of amazing you didn’t know you had to make an appointment, TBH.
OPINIONS
1/23/21 10:26am
Is making an appointment new? Being donating for years, never made an
BYUHgrad
1/23/21 10:31am
Pro Tip: Check on all store policies in Covid. I was surprised.
conetah
1/23/21 10:42am
It is a COVID-era practice.
85fan
1/23/21 10:47am
Should've gone into the store with the 3 purses and set them on the purse shelf
cougarim
1/23/21 10:50am
My FIL donates a ton to the DI
fredy
1/23/21 10:58am
TurboTax has the spreadsheet built in with values for items donated.
Greg4BYU
1/23/21 11:17am
RE: My FIL donates a ton to the DI
Hoosier77
1/23/21 12:36pm
You need a qualified appraisal to go above $5,000
Hoosier77
1/23/21 12:41pm
It's a lot of little items throughout the year.
fredy
1/23/21 12:48pm
Sounds like he is due for an audit.
Hoosier77
1/23/21 12:53pm
I disagree based on my experience
run26
1/23/21 11:19am
RE: I disagree based on my experience
WJCougar
1/23/21 2:40pm
i wasn't rebelling. i was trying to give some nice stuff away.
run26
1/23/21 4:42pm
Good point. And you really showed that worker who's boss.
Cru Jones
1/23/21 7:21pm
years ago I saw a financial report from the northern CA DI region (or something
BYUFBDAD
1/23/21 11:24am
Thrift stores have been a mess in covid. Theres one in the area on a main road
IceCreamButt
1/23/21 11:38am
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