The Fruits of my trip to the tip

[RVF500]

What sort of stuff? And why do they bother? If people want the stuff why not give it away or sell it?

It's a tax thing mate. If you give stuff away then it has to go through the books (not sure exactly what the rule is) I think they are still regarded as assests and if you give them away then you are giving away company assets. But if you trash it then it is no longer an asset. Screwed up I know but that's the way it is. Assets still have to be accounted for regardless of their state of repair or age.

Though a lot of companies do offload stuff through ebay.

[Rave]

Still seems a bit odd to me to stop people taking the stuff though. If you've put stuff in a skip and arranged for a licenced waste disposal company to collect it, I hardly think the taxman can legitimately complain if the stuff finds a new home rather than ending up in a landfill site.

Rich :¬)

[RVF500]

They won't have inspectors hiding round the corner from skip sites but it prevents companies just giving old stuff away or doing a garage sale. I didn't say it was smart or logical just trying in a roundabout way to explain why companies don't do it when it seems so obvious to the rest of us.

The question of ownership once it's in the skip and who would take action to protect it is another question. If the skip company claim salvage then I guess they have the right to protect it if they so wish.

[RoGuE|SaBeR]

Let's all get our marigolds on and head to the dump

[Jimmy Little]

guys guys guys..... i don't do this all the time it was a one off, i went to the tip to dump, saw a nice bike... i'm well into 60's and 70's stuff & a nice looking TFT i think i done well

[Lee H]

I already have my marigolds on

Is it that close to the weekend already ?

Jimmy - for a 1 off thats is pure luck mate I "might" nip to our local tip @ weekend and see if theres any free TFT's now. More than likely all I'll find is white bags filled with nappies - thats the limit of my luck at the moment.

[Atomic]

YEAH it was broke.... i rma'ed it and they fixed it brand new chip and back panel.... so they said it even has 1 more year left on the warranty

Bets are they just replaced it with a new one. We use those monitors a lot at work (Im writing this on a 17" silver one atm!) and I have RMAd a fair few, straight replaces mostly.

Good find tho, pretty decent monitors actually. I notice it ghosts a bit compared to my LG 1710B at home, but if you dont have anything to compare against they seem fine.

[Jimmy Little]

yeah i'm happy with my trip i could be temped to head back! but i don't wanna turn into a pikeeeee