Straight from the Chinese Sweat Shops to the Dumpster

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Found in a very good shape, ofc it’s replica

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I found 8 portable hard drives, all work, all at least 1TB with many being 2TB’s. They were all full of data, one even had a scan of drivers license, passport, checks, banking info. Really stupid of this person (cleared all the data) kept one for myself, listed the rest on ebay

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Claimed TWO of these unused designer arm chairs ($500 a piece) from an IT firm that had no space for them and sent them to the fill. Mom for scale.

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Haul of the century. Used all my luck for this one

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My latest greatest find. 60 4k. Had remote taped to it with a sign that said works sometimes . Played with the power cord a little and now it works perfectly

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A couple of real swords. Not high quality/value but made of steel

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I don't know which one of us is more excited about what we just found!

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Tonight's haul

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My first dumpster find! A perfectly good candle!

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So much waste!

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None of it is Expired

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Found a large plastic bag full of old boy scouts stuff.

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Rescued from being dumped

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Ben & Jerry haul, reluctantly I left it all. It was still frozen and the dumpster was overflowing. It was my worst nightmare since my doctor told me I was a lard ass and to lose 30 pounds. Normally I would have grabbed a few dozen and filled my freezer.

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Found a bag full of 1982 World's Fair Papers. Pretty fun to look through!

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Score!!! We have 2 cats and my husband just told me today how pricey cat food is getting! Also got a few other pet supplies and a cat backpack! Box behind it is full of pork rinds!

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Groceries? Nope, not this month

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3.5 dozen eggs I salvaged from Hauldeez. I had yolk all over me before it was over, but it was so worth it.

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Found this on my street

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Our house flooded a few days ago, but I found some furniture to replace some stuff!! Thanks dumpster ❤ (ft. My cat Oscar 🐈‍⬛)

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Just found this next to the dumpster at work. Herman Miller Aeron. Sales manager put a couch in his office and got rid of this. Mine now. :)

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Silk Nightgown and Skeleton Onesie

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First haul!! Bout to kill off some of it by baking banana bread in my fancy new baking dish!

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Dumpster diving has given me a new party game...The Mystery Can. You can shake it up and listen, and whoever's guess is closest to what's actually inside wins.

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Fresh ravioli! This should last me months. Bonus block of cheddar, too.

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Found a GameCube in the dump! (Yes it works!!) [So I had no idea this sub existed, I DD all the time so this is awesome to learn!! Hello all!]

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Every time someone moves out of my apartment building, it's a good day for me

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Score! Eviction special

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Rarely find em with the charger. Not surprised it works

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You guys....my first dive! I went to a big shopping complex. I found this papasan chair in a liquor store dumpster!

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My first post, and my biggest tech haul!

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100 lbs Potatoes etc!

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We've been skipping!

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I have been finding more signs like this on various apartment complexes. They are all not locked or gated. Could I get in trouble with the law if I dumpster dive there anyway? I usually am discreet, quick, and am clean.

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Not bad. 12 year old me would have been ecstatic about these beauts

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Smashed tech? Always check for a memory card !

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Another successful haul for my second time diving, thanks to Aldi.

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Unbelievable!

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My son found this cassette player/recorder on the trash at his school. Barely a scratch on it.

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Took the back way home this evening and stumbled upon this beauty. The boyfriend has been shopping around for a gaming chair, too!

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Campus move-out day has blessed my friend with a full drum set!

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3.19: 78 things of candy.

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Saved from the dumpster behind my apartment in Chicago. The nerve of some people! After their quarantine, I’ll donate some locally and some to a school in Taipei ✌🏼

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Felt like a found a million dollars near a trash can until i read “motion picture only” still cool as a prop item tho!

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Another odd find. Oscilloscope, plugged it in and it powers on!

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Found in my apartment driveway near our dumpsters, a 55” Sony 4K tv

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I found a bin of Legos...

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found out by my apartment, all food was indate. oh and the flamingos are measuring cups!

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Today's Dive: 2 Ships and a Dragon. Another good find.

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Probably my best dumpster find ever

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Found this Ikea Trofast shelf by the curb without the bins meant to slot in it. Any ideas on how I can use it? :)

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3 scissor jacks thrown in my work dumpster

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Again and again, let’s go HONBY LOBBY!

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Day two. Apartments are the way to go! Couple of store items too.

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Not much, but enough to get me excited

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Bunch of books rite aid threw away , the dumpster was legit filled to the top with them all the covers cut off

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Nice haul from DG this morning

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Impromptu dive: liquid gold from a major retail pharmacy.. so much sprite! Wish I could’ve taken them in the plastic cases that were unopened but the dumpster was tall and I’m wearing a dress so I ripped everything open with my grabber while standing on a 5 gallon bucket. What a sight I was!

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Found this huge glas in our garbage disposal. Completely intact.

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Lots and lots of books - aftermath of estate sale

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Found this huge piece of velvet art, and as I was getting ready to put it back out for another scavenger to pick up I saw the plug in the back. Still works!

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They loaded their dumpster. All “out of season”

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Ribs and chocolate! Yum!!!

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Hole foodz raspberry score!

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Haul from last night! Was hoping for some avacados!

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This tray was just laying on top of a garbage container. Cleaned it up and googled the logo. It's from Bernhof Alpacca, made between 1891-1930!

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Tonight's little haul from a couple of spots on my way home!

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What do you do when you find this much 100% pure maple syrup? 😅

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I turned some discarded greenery into a festive wreath!

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First time diving for food, pretty stoked

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First dumpsterdive since we moved! Lots of fruits.

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Was posted to a homesteading group I am part of on FB

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BACON!!!!! CD player & assorted goodies

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Tons of butter and a frozen butterball turkey. That's grazy

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Found on the curb and already made beef jerky with it

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Found this roll of bubble wrap yesterday! It’ll be perfect for my online store!

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Sweet tooth anyone? Found in DG dumpster.

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Found a perfectly good laptop I’m my apts dumpster, gonna get the battery changed today!

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Dive number 3. Found a crate of tinned tuna that was thrown out because one had leaked on the rest.

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Found this beautiful king sized blanket!! Perfect to add to my blanket hoard 😂👍

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This garbage dumpster used to be a goldmine of goodies. Unfortunately the mess makers and illegal dumpers ruined it for everyone.

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dumpster pizza safe to eat?

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KitchenAid Mixer

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$175 watch was damaged out for having a broken clasp. Took it to the watch repair kiosk at the mall and he said it wasn't broken, they just didn't know how to work the self adjusting clasp.

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First dive ever

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Found in the dumpster after our tenant moved out after catching her husband cheating. I guess he bought it for her. I get a compliment every day I wear it. Yep, we wore the same size.

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Dumpsters Diving Newbie ! A nearly new Air fryer. I always wanted one.

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4th of July dumpster dress has POCKETS

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Found a fancy bag clip

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Found TWO 24” Apple Cinema displays

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Found a wii system in a shoebox along with a 26 HD Vizio tv

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Scored this sick MCM coffee table from someone garbage!

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Was hired to get rid of some bags and boxes today by someone that was moving and downsizing. They mentioned it was mostly toys they didnt want. I got their permission to take a few of the boxes to look through. This was just from the few boxes I took...

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Found a gaming chair next to my apartment dumpster, listed and sold in a day so just some free money

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Two things were Big, this haul, and the Lots where I found it!

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I thought this find was cool.

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Huge sandwich haul. Each one sells for $10

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Grocery Haul! The image doesn't do it justice. There was 10kg of sugar. Probably 50lb of meat, all good. A box of grapefruit, a bin of broccoli, box of bread, box of veggies, and more. This world is CRAZY!

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Pretty cool looking Tarot Card Set I just found

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Found this in my friend's apartment building's dumpster

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Found this today, it works!

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Look what I brought back from what I would call a Successful Dive. A PSP and A GAMEBOY!!!

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Found a DJ set at my apartments dumpsters!

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Time to finally get rid of those knots!

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I work as a school photographer. Best believe that when I pulled up at the elementary school I was photographing and saw the giant GORGEOUS mirror near the school dumpster?? I snuck her into my back seat before heading into the school 🤫🥰

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Found a still fully wrapped bouquet on top of my elevator garbage can! Guess someone was mad! Still more blooms after 5 days!

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I found these in the wall next to the dumpster at my apartments a few months back. They fit perfectly and ironically are in near perfect condition, but I still washed them before wearing them. They might even be the most comfortable pair I own!

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On way back from gardening with a friend already weighed down then I spot this shelving unit... the remaining 2 miles sucked

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Orland Park, IL old navy ;)

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Dog food, cat food, treats, a heated water bowl, sanitizing spray and a working Bissell carpet/upholstery cleaner.

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Found a spot for plywood!

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Local rite aid went out of business found my new shelf

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plus two chairs that are still in the box not pictured... thanks Staples!

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SO.MANY.PEZ DISPENSERS!

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Not what usually follows me home from the dump

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Today's haul! Yes, that's a propane heater that only needs a $10 part... So happy I saved these from the landfill today

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I am not the dumpster diving type. But when I see a man throw a copy of a game I have wanted for a fair while into the garbage...

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Went for the first time! Didn't get much because I don't have much space for food. A worker actually caught me which made me nervous but he told me to enjoy and gave me those bananas! Also excited as I never buy fresh herbs due to the price

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Found a LG 50PN6500 LCD TV on the way home from an event

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What are your thoughts on taking edible stuff from the dumpster? Unopened 6 lb can of beans here. I also found another (same size) of chick peas, and one of pears.

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Rescued a cat tree

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Bowtie Shaped BBQ

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probably not a banksy

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Hit up Aldi last night and found a few bananas

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No! I shall never measure again

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Someone needs to go here

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Nice little haul this morning!

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Great Haul Tonight! Lots of food to donate and other things to sell! :)

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Freezer at dollar general went out ( the entire dumpster was filled)

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KIDS AND BABIES HAUL!!!! DEFINITELY GOING BACK LATER TONIGHT

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Pretty good haul last time I went diving. This my favorite thing so far. Absurdly cartoony Halloween shower curtain. But we’re using it for windows

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First time dumpster diving is probably giving me unrealistic expectations

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Found spinning wheel

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Found this chandelier in a trash pile. It now provides light to a previously dark area in my place!

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Free!! Take a whole box, as many as you can carry Not true dumpsterdiving, but my mealprep have alot of mozzarella now(expiry the next day).

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Found this roof rack

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Pork ribs. Thrown out / Rescued from the dumpster. Anyone hungry $60 worth of meat.

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Found this while dumpster diving during move out week at my local university

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Perfectly working find this morning to brighten my very depressed struggling self

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From a fabric store...70 pairs of Hanukkah socks!

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Our first DD ever 🙂 thought we weren’t gonna find anything but we ended up makin out pretty good I’d say! 😋

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Happy with this DG find, but seems like it might be an employee's stash.

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3.11 haul

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A while back I found a plastic pencil box in a dumpster. Opened it up and found the same odds and ends I would have collected when I was a little boy. toys, pencil stubs, various coins and trinkets, seashells, feathers, and these rocks:

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Found this pair of sterling silver earrings last night dumpster diving. Marked Q.T. ©️ Sterling... which stands for the Quoc Turquoise shop

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I <3 drug stores

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Found a Dyson DC25. Power button wasn’t working. Cleaned it up and fixed the button. Good as new.

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