My neighbor had a funny experience at the DI

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Jan 23, 2021
11:04:25am

85fan All-American

My neighbor had a funny experience at the DI

His wife had a black metal stand with flower pots on it by the front door. One day he went to the DI and saw another one just like it. He thought, since my wife likes the dumb thing I'll buy it and she can have a matched set. When he got home the stand was missing on his front porch . . .

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85fan

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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

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

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

1/23/21 11:38am

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