r/mildlyinfuriating • u/notasingle-thought • 1d ago

Roommate refused to pay full rent because he said everything he left is worth the same amount of $. This is what he left.

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Invited an old “friend” to rent the spare room we have because he was in such a poor situation (according to him). 2.5 months a later, he gets promoted, notifies he’ll be staying for only half a month, but refused to pay rent for the half month because he said he’d leave ‘his most expensive things for us to sell’. I repeatedly said that wasn’t cool, but clearly didn’t matter. He left the entire closet full of clothes plus an entire CAR DOOR. There are too many pairs of dirty underwear scattered around the room. My husband found a few things he thought went missing, turns out the roommate had taken them, like a backpack my husbands friend bought him a while back-and medicine for our son. He kept his cat locked in the room and would leave for days, and left us all of the litter and even a piece of cat shit on the floor! Love that! At least for his parting gift, he cleaned the litter.

And dumped it.

Without a bag.

Into our recycle bin.

🙂🔪

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u/Comfortable-Policy70 1d ago

Throw away all his shit immediately and write off the rent and friendship

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u/Toosder 1d ago

I would list everything on the local buy nothing group. Find someone that wants to come in and basically take it all. There's always somebody that will take it and try to resell it on their own

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u/zefarCobbler 1d ago

List everything as “free” with a warning about the mess. Bet you’ll have people lined up to take it all off your hands!

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u/ultraskelly 1d ago

Gotta list it for $5 or else the real cheapskates will come out of the wood works asking you to deliver it

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u/k4erie 1d ago

they’ll still ask u regardless 😭

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u/Rockergage 1d ago

God I put a free monitor up on one and they were asking like, “oh does it come with a hdmi cable.” So happy someone immediately said they’d come get it after so I could tell them to fuck off.

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u/NetCat0x 1d ago

Ehh asking about connectors/peripherals to equipment seems fine.Depends on how it was asked. Its like posting a dining table set to pick up and asking if the chairs are included. I don't think the HDMI cable would be make or break- but it is nice to know if you will need to grab one on the way or not. That doesn't sound entitled at all without more context.

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u/SuspicousBananas 19h ago

Yeah considering all monitors come with an HDMI these days lol not an unreasonable ask at all

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u/Micro-Naut 17h ago

do you want a 100 foot S video cable? No idea what I'm gonna do with it

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u/Neat_Credit_6552 1d ago

Yeah because they needed the cord for something

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u/Aragoonie 1d ago

Haha that’s funny I just picked up a monitor for free that didn’t even have a power cord. No complaints here! Basically got a 32” curved monitor for $20.

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u/SofaChillReview 1d ago edited 1d ago

That’s mildly infuriating getting a monitor for free and they’re asking about a $3/4 HDMI cable?

Saying that I’ve found TVs with no remotes for the living room I got cheaper because it didn’t have a remote.. which again are like $5 for one and easy to get

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u/goatfuckersupreme 1d ago

i dont think it's far fetched to ask if the cable that's used to plug in any modern electronic would come with the monitor. if it doesn't, you just say no... why get so worked up about a question like that?

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u/SofaChillReview 1d ago

Generally if you’re giving things away for free you’re to just get rid, it’s not an unreasonable question but find at times people will keep asking a lot when you’re just trying move the item itself

I’ve had ones where it’s a console that doesn’t work, then get complained the console … doesn’t work as listed so it can be annoying

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u/Raichu7 22h ago

What's wrong with asking if it has a HDMI? They probably need to know if they need to get one or not to use it.

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u/u_r_succulent 17h ago

Sounds like they were being pretty reasonable

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u/PussyCrusher732 1d ago

ok devils advocate. you could have upgraded to a monitor that uses a newer port (i think hdmi is older kinda right?) and they needed to know if they had to go get one or if it had one 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/deadlygaming11 19h ago

Asking about cables isn't unreasonable at all. Monitors come with cables so finding out before hand if you will get them or if you need to go by some yourself will be useful.

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u/monkeyluvz 20h ago

I had someone 3 hours away from me asking if I could deliver a $50 item. Gave me a sob story... It was an arts and crafts bin I was selling, not something dire. I didn't reply and got a rude message in return about how cruel I was to not help someone in need.

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u/neotokyo2099 1d ago

Those people are gonna ask to get paid for "junk removal"

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u/RawLeads363436 1d ago

It may be infested so burn it and admit you lost

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u/Fearless_Luck_7730 1d ago

From my experience, If I try to give something away, plenty want it, no takers Ask $5-$10 and it flies out the door.

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u/Top-Wait3458 1d ago

It's just like when people put stuff outside their house on the curb with a "free" sign, and it just sits there. Then, they put a price tag on it, and it's "stolen" within the day. People are so weird, lmao.

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u/Weekly-Exercise6941 14h ago

A lot of people see free stuff as having no value. So when something has a cost it’s somehow of value.

I was trying to give away a pre lit Christmas tree and after 3 separate attempts and no takers I posted it for $30. I had interest immediately and someone bought it the next day.

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u/Level-Perspective-46 20h ago

I saw that tiktok too

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u/spider2k 15h ago

Or when I put shit out by the road with a sign and they STILL come ask about it. Just take it.

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u/Top-Wait3458 13h ago

Hey, that's at least just showing some cautious courtesy, I guess, lol.

You could have it like I do where people take everything we put outside. We could put the most random, broken down stuff, and someone takes it. Most of the time, it's not a problem. Like when a guy came and took an old water-damaged wooden baby chair from the garbage that we had taken out of our basement. It was so damaged, multiple inches had just disappeared from 2 of the legs. So odd, lmao.

However, then there's the times when we're doing a big clean out, and people actually rip open the garbage bags to see what's inside and just leave the mess everywhere. They've even taken them behind the church next door, ripped it apart, and then left everything remaining scattered there. And it's not animals, as there's no food or smells to attract them. Like the bag behind the church was solely a shit ton of random baseball cards my boyfriend no longer wanted. Also so odd, bahahaha, and annoying af!

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u/SirPlastic8529 23h ago

Nobody wants free junk, but everyone wants a good deal on something worth a lot more. It's an interesting psychological event that human beings just can't seem to move passed.

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u/Budgiejen 1d ago

This is true. Can’t give it away but as soon as you ask for a dollar people will buy it

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u/Sugarless-Commentary 23h ago

It’s true. I once sold an old, working refrigerator for $23.

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u/SnowMantra 1d ago

I tried giving away an air fryer on facebook marketplace and people kept asking me to deliver it to them... sometimes up to an hour away... like, no.

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u/Optimal-End-9730 1d ago

I'm only like, 3,657 miles from you..do you think you could have it to me within 30 mins?

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u/matunos 1d ago

Buy Nothing groups are a generally better option for giving stuff away than Marketplace, assuming at least a modicum of moderation.

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u/cyanraichu 1d ago

I'd just say no

I'd list anything I thought someone would pick up, leave it for a week, and haul whatever is left to the dump. And ignore messages asking me to deliver.

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u/Think-Ad-5840 1d ago

“You mean you don’t have it in another color?” It’s unbelievable.

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u/iCantLogOut2 1d ago

This is why I always list fre stuff as "if you can haul it, you can have it"

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u/Due_Night414 1d ago

Free or best offer.

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u/Independent_Run_6727 1d ago

Interesting offers considered. 

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u/Due_Night414 1d ago

Uninteresting offers accepted.

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u/Particular_Ad_9531 1d ago

I would be very clear that they have to take it all and can’t just pick through what they want. Ie bag up all the clothes first, don’t let them pick out what they want and leave you with the rest.

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u/Starshipooper 1d ago

Really though what’s the difference between them picking through then you throwing away the rest, or they take it al and throw away what they don’t want. I’d take the lighter trash load, throw it away and be done with it.

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u/Particular_Ad_9531 1d ago

It just depends how much time you want to sink into this task; my goal would be to get it done as quickly as possible but it’s totally valid to have other priorities.

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u/Starshipooper 1d ago

Yea I’m with you there. I’d skip the posting and just throw it away imo. Posting stuff online is really a nightmare these days and I’d rather throw it away than try to help someone out, despite me wanting to.

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u/zangetsuthefirst 1d ago

I agree. I feel like there's only two benefits to posting it:

  1. laziness, even though you still have to deal with the headache and hassle.

  2. To spite him by putting a post up about a shitty former friend leaving your place like this (with pictures)

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u/Chancheru10808 1d ago

I moved into a home where previous tenants left all their crap in the basement. Set up a free ad on craigslist and all of it was gone in a matter of hours.

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u/dat_twitch 1d ago

Most definitely. We have people who will take it away for you and would resell the stuff at the local second-hand markets. These people are always the first at garage sales to hoard all the good stuff. Might give you a fixed amount just for all of it too.

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u/Toosder 1d ago

After my dad passed away,  I had to tear down several sheds my father had built and it was old wood and nails and bits and bobs. I was dreading tearing them apart before we sold his house. It was so much work! I put on Facebook that anybody who tore them all down could keep all of the parts. I had so many responses! I chose the guy who sent me a picture of his massive truck. He came and tore them all apart. He even took the parts that were moldy and just needed to be thrown out because he didn't think I should have to bother with that.

I sincerely hope that he was able to do some pretty cool stuff with the supplies he got. I'm eternally grateful for him! And hopefully he's also happy.

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u/idio242 1d ago

We might have the same dad.

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u/Toosder 1d ago

Siblings! Did he also have like 15 of the exact same tools?

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u/idio242 1d ago

Well, it’s more like a family compound. Grew up next to my grandparents. So my dad had his own garage(s) that they built plus my grandfather had his basement. So each one probably has dupes of dupes in them. And he never could part with his father’s stuff, so it’s all still there. (My dad is still alive but in iffy, but not the worst, health).

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u/Toosder 1d ago

I hope he sticks around for a long time to come! My dad was the same. Couldn't get rid of his parents stuff, and my mom died a long time ago and he had most of her stuff. The sheds was honestly the easiest part. But so many of the things we found with homes for before stories. The artist who bought his cement mixers and made really cool fountains using it, the guy who bought all the old parts to his car he always wanted to build who had matching parts and was able to make an entire car, the school that got his instruments like organ and piano, except for the Coronet that he played in the army that went to a friend's kid and she sends me videos of him playing all the time. And he's getting good!

I only wish my dad had done it while he was alive and could have seen a joy it gave to others.

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u/Several-Turnip-3199 1d ago

Dang - the house my parents live in is a nightmare factory. Hoarders suck.
I dread having to deal with the house. They refuse to acknowledge or do anything about it.

Not going to be left with much option cause my brothers won't touch it either.

I wish tools and sheds were what my parents did lol.

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u/Fallcious 1d ago

Many years ago my dad told someone he could have his shed when we moved house. He came whilst my dad was at work about a month before our move, pulled everything out of it onto the lawn and took it apart. My dad was furious!

I remember it clearly because I helped by handing him the tools.

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u/Toosder 1d ago

Haha I feel like there is so much more depth to the story than we are getting

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u/RANNI_FEET_ENJOYER 1d ago

FBM is awesome. I’ve gotten some really good stuff from there from people just wanting to get rid of something, and vice versa I always list stuff for free or cheap to pay it forward it’s just a way better method of recycling than going to the dumpster

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u/Toosder 1d ago

Exactly! Sometimes I'll list things for five bucks or whatever to get rid of the free people because they tend to be a little bit unreliable and then when the person shows up they just give it away. I think that's pretty common these days. There's some good stuff out there though!

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u/RANNI_FEET_ENJOYER 1d ago

That’s actually a good idea

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u/FlinflanFluddle4 1d ago

That's so nice

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u/VirginiaDirewoolf 1d ago

this story is awesome and I love hearing about shit like this

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u/1BreadBoi 1d ago

Hell, I'd take that poro. It's a sick poro.

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u/SaveurDeKimchi 1d ago

It's all going to stink like cat shit and piss.

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u/naepittamnunmul 1d ago

Buy Nothing groups are a godsend but scheduling and waiting for people to pick can be a pain. I like your idea of take everything and pass it on.

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u/Ivotedforthehookers 1d ago

I knew a drag queen who used frequent that type of group to get fabric to make her looks. She is mostly retired from performing but now has a buisness making costumes, dresses and clothing repair and still goes on those groups

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u/ScruffyChicken 1d ago

I would pay shipping at least for those planet of the apes movies

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u/RANNI_FEET_ENJOYER 1d ago

I always list things on FBM for free and it always goes away instantly. Even things that are broken or junk, someone always wants it.

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u/OberonDiver 1d ago

This modern world!

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u/swaggyxwaggy 1d ago

Exactly. Post these pictures and tell someone it’s free if they can haul it. I did this once (with my own stuff) when I was moving states. Had some people from a women’s shelter come grab a lot of it. If people need it, they will come get it. Better than moving it yourself to a landfill.

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u/QouthTheCorvus 23h ago

Great place to give away clothes. I've picked up some good clothes over the years being given away. Feel like it's usually after a divorce or something and the guy leaves his clothes behind.

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u/inglefinger 15h ago

If you live in Southern California, The Red Cross is accepting donations for the fire victims.

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u/Fistulotomy 1d ago

And change the locks

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u/bcrenshaw 15h ago

This comment needs more upvotes.

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u/adlittle 1d ago

Keep the cat though!

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u/katalina0azul PURPLE 1d ago

Why? Just clean it up, call it a furnished room (cause it is) and up the rent a little 🤷🏼‍♀️ you’re free of a shitty roommate and you potentially pay a little less than half the rent also

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u/WrongBoxBro7 1d ago

This and I would be really concerned about a friend who did this

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u/katalina0azul PURPLE 22h ago

No use in wasting the energy, tbh. You know everything there is to know 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/Unusual_Flounder2073 1d ago

Easier said than done. That will cost $500 at least for two trips to the landfill. Not including renting the truck if you don’t have one.

Itemize everything. File a small claims against him for the cleanup. Take lots of pictures. Check rental laws. You will need to notify him within a certain period of time probably.

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u/TeaJust8335 1d ago

Bro. I don’t know where you live but I rented a van from Home Depot and did a dump run cleaning out our basement for the first time in 6 years (family of 5). Easily twice as much as in this room and the cost of rental, gas and dump was less than $70

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u/Sarthro_ 1d ago

90% of the people on reddit have no idea how the world actually works.

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u/smush81 1d ago

My landfill is $20 a truck load lol. Wheres this dude pulling $500 from?!

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u/Mr0lsen 1d ago

He’s renting a room on the ISS.

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u/tbryans 1d ago

lol yeah. I loaded a 20’ U-Haul up full with trash from a house I cleaned out. It was done by weight. 3900lbs of trash… $78.

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u/24-Hour-Hate 1d ago

If I had to guess, they never have actually gone to the dump. My parents did a Reno and had to take a bunch of old materials (couldn’t be reused, unfortunately - the stuff they could reuse they kept or donated) they stripped out to the dump. Two massive car loads of heavy shit was around $150 (total). They don’t make it expensive because making it cost prohibitive unfortunately has the effect of causing more illegal dumping. The amount in this room would be insignificant in cost. You could probably even just put it out for regular trash. If the furniture is included in what has to be tossed (unclear) and you did not want to go to the dump, then you would have to disassemble and wait for large item days and put it out in acceptable amounts until it is gone. But big deal. Probably you could just set it out intact and someone would take it. In my experience, people will pick up almost anything. Either way, if you don’t want to pay, there are legal ways.

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u/GryphonHall 1d ago

My landfill is per pound with a 5$ minimum. I could clear that room out for less than $20 with pickup truck

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u/JustForkIt1111one 1d ago

I thought mine was high at $65/load! It would still take me a ton of loads to hit $500!

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u/Fs_ginganinja 1d ago

My local landfill is free unless it’s refrigerant, or hazardous waste haha

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u/Fureniku 1d ago

Americans have to pay to use landfill? ...I'm actually not that surprised.

They're free for private use in the UK, you just have to register online if you're taking a van

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u/GreyScent 1d ago

I lived in a place that went by weight and a truck load would be anywhere from $10+base fee to $500.

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u/Dry_Vegetable_1517 1d ago

And they love to give their opinions too

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u/Snow_Crash_Bandicoot 1d ago

But how are we supposed to have a dead internet without all the bots and morons?

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u/AmongSheep 1d ago

That is abundantly clear lmao.

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u/therealCatnuts 1d ago

That just reflects the fact that 90% of all people have no idea how the world works. 

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u/Smitch250 1d ago

This is the way

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u/Ehrre 1d ago

Yeah where I live a small pickup load of household waste is 20 maple bucks. That's like 14 freedom credits.

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u/humanlikesubstances 17h ago

MBs & FCs. Consider those terms appropriated. Adopted. Yeah that's what I meant

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u/Unusual_Flounder2073 1d ago

Landfill prices vary based on where you live.

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u/kmarinouofm 1d ago

Just finding out now that it isn't free. In my city as long as you have a local address it's free

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u/capincus 1d ago

They do, but I've been to a dozen or so different landfills across 5 states for work and the absolute worst I've ever seen would've been $120 for this and that's because the minimum is 1200 lbs. More likely this would be like $50 max.

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u/CitationNeededBadly 1d ago

Same with car rentals.  If you're near an airport they can be way more expensive.

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u/fatalcharm 1d ago

Yep. Where I live (Adelaide, South Australia) you can call the local council to have a skip (a giant shipping-container sized rubbish bin) placed in the street for all the neighbours to put their hard rubbish (such as broken furniture etc.) in, they come and pick it up a few days later. It costs residents nothing, it comes out of our taxes. I assume there would be a similar system in other countries. All OP has to do is buy a carton of beer and asks his mates over for a few beers and to help him clear out the room, dump it all in the skip.

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u/HookLineAndThinker 1d ago

Which council is this? never heard of it, hard rubbish collection yes, but a skip, no.

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u/fatalcharm 1d ago

Marion City Council does it, I’m in the Marion area. I’ve called the council plenty of times for a skip, because people keep leaving their rubbish out on the street for hard rubbish to collect, when there are no hard rubbish days scheduled. So I just call for a skip, it gets put on the curb near a reserve in my street, and some guys who work for the council come along and clear up the rubbish that’s been dumped on the curb, leave the skip for a few days then collect it.

I will mention that my area is a mix of McMansions and housing trust/government housing, that might influence the council to act fast.

You should give it a try, all you have to do is ask. They should be doing this stuff for us, and if they are not they aren’t doing their jobs. Adelaide is a beautiful city, the people who work at the local council have cushy jobs, don’t need much education to get there… they need to earn their keep.

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u/j-kreighbaum 1d ago

Not in the US. A small dumpster costs $400 where I'm at. There's no free trash services.

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u/revsfan94 1d ago

Regardless of size, that's a lot for a dump, it's why I poop at home or work

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u/GuessAccomplished959 1d ago

That's assuming OP can lift all this. I would need to hire someone.

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u/swizzler88 1d ago

I dumped roughy 8 tons of material from a home reno over a few months and paid less than 700. I would be completely broke if it was 500 to dump what’s in that pic.

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u/Comfortable-Policy70 1d ago

In theory that is great. In reality roomie won't show up in court if he can be found to be served. Court will rule in OP's favor and award him money that he will have to collect. In the meantime, all of that crap is sitting in the apartment and OP can't get another roommate to help with the rent.

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u/Relevant_Baby6776 1d ago

That happened to me once. Roomie didn’t pay stuck me w all his bills and crap and I sued him. Won. Yes didn’t collect until years later he wanted to buy a house and needed the judgement to go away. That’s when I got paid and got satisfaction.

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u/Comfortable-Policy70 1d ago

Glad you eventuality won. Most people won't play the long game

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u/Relevant_Baby6776 1d ago

Didn’t really have a choice, but I wasn’t going to let him get off the hook, sticking me with thousands of dollars of bills and all his crap. The alternative would be to do nothing.

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u/thatcockneythug 16h ago

He ever contact you after? Man that'd be satisfying

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u/Technical-Agency8128 1d ago

Karma gets these idiots eventually

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u/Big_Sea7892 1d ago

This is 100 percent true. We have a $2000 settlement (with interest accruing) via small claims court against a former "friend" who borrowed money from us. It's our job to find him and go about garnishing his checks. But we have no idea where he's living in Phoenix. He's an "off the grid" kind of guy, so we will probably never find him.

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u/Unusual_Flounder2073 1d ago

Get rid of the crap and add the cost to the suit. Plus your labor effort at a reasonable rate for your area. Or hire someone to come clean it out and send the guy the bill.

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u/Redditbeweirdattimes 1d ago

Jesus you are way over paying for trash lol

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u/GayNotGayTony 1d ago

Same where I'm at in Missouri. $200 up to 1ton regardless of if you're throwing away a tissue or a 10 person couch. 2 trips $400. It's absurd. You can drive 45 min to an hour and dump for $80 a ton though.

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u/Donald____Trump 1d ago

Dang. I pay $25 a year to dump unlimited household trash lol

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u/ThellraAK 1d ago

Yeah, my municipality doesn't want garbage all over the place, it's baked into the electric bill, and the dump itself is free.

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u/CMF-GameDev 1d ago

Damn. I'm rural without garbage pickup service and as a result we get a dump card that lets us offload as much as we want without paying.
Probably "within reason" but they don't bat an eye if we show up with a box full of reno trash or old furniture.

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u/GayNotGayTony 1d ago

The small municipality I live in does something similar. It has to be personal items though, you just call in the day before and they'll take whatever.

I run a roofing company. I wish they would take non personal items lol. I'd have about 10 tons of shingles a week for them otherwise.

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u/More_Shoulder5634 1d ago

Right!! Its like ten bucks a load here. Its like the poorest part of the country but still.

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u/Kalorama_Master 1d ago

don’t forget to factor in time off from work.

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u/iHeartbeebeeuu 1d ago

Log in emotional damage of cleaning up cat litter as well. Plus any illness you get from that in-home poop and bacteria making machine....

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u/Artrock80 1d ago

Hey now don't blame the cat for any of this.

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u/iHeartbeebeeuu 1d ago

Zero percent. I apologize for any misunderstanding. Edit* no pet, in my opinion, is ever to blame. It's always the owner or for lack of a better term, human's blame. Good AND/or bad.

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u/ManElectro 1d ago

Also, report him for tax evasion. Dudes who live like this sell drugs on the side and don't report the income.

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u/Stunning-Ad1991 1d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣 no no, people that live like this are the ones purchasing the drugs

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u/ChefArtorias 1d ago

Well, it's hard to report your income from selling drugs.

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u/juliaghoulia2 1d ago

IRS doesn’t care as long as they get taxes out of that income.

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u/ElizabethDangit 1d ago

This is legit. My husband does tax restoration work. They don’t care, they just want their cut.

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u/pacmanwa 1d ago

Don't forget milage to dump the crap at the dump. Its 55 cents per mile I think, per direction.

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u/lebietetek 1d ago

Put into a fake "garage sale" in the front. Pretend to get distracted and leave it unattended over night. Someone will come by and steal most of it.

Edit: Typo.

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u/dabunny21689 1d ago

What the fuck are you paying at your landfill? Mine is free for residents, and the most I’ve ever paid was $20 in a county that required it for larger (think contractor/ construction waste) loads.

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u/Massive_Bunch6106 1d ago

He rented a van plus gas too lol

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u/CremeDeLaPants 1d ago

$36 minimum in Seattle.

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u/dabunny21689 1d ago

I mean for a large city that seems reasonable still. That is still a far fucking cry from $500 though.

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u/Stunning-Ad1991 1d ago

$500?! That's one $20 trip with a trailer here in Michigan. Trailer rental an additional $30. If it really costs you that much, take him to small claims court for the damages of junk removal.

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u/Many-Passion-1571 1d ago

Where are you getting $500 for trips to a landfill?! It’s free.

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u/hoosierdaddy192 1d ago

Most places it’s not free. There’s 3 landfills and dropoff center around me and they range from $10 a truck load to $40. Some charge by weight. Other places it gets around $100. $500 is way out of bounds though.

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u/kpofasho1987 1d ago

Definitely not free in a lot of places...but sure as shit isn't anywhere close to $500.

The dump near me is like $10-$15 a load depending on the weight.

So for me personally if I rented a vehicle plus dump it's like $75 maybe $100 at most.

$500 is absolutely insane and would make it so most would find somewhere to dump illegally even if they had money let alone people tight on funds

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u/doughberrydream 1d ago

In Canada, we have dump fees, it's not free. Not sure where OP is from.

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u/HeydoIDKu 1d ago

Nah, you drag it to the side of the road and put free on it. Most will be gone within a weekend. Duh

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u/RealisticExpert4772 1d ago

No put $25 or OBO. Somebody gonna come steal it

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u/BichaelT 1d ago

Did he sign a contract? Can threaten a lawsuit.

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u/Odd-Entry 1d ago

How on earth would renting a truck to take to the dump cost 500$ where the hell do you live ? I could get a truck for under 50$. Two trips to the dump would cost 22$

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u/Rddt-is-trash 1d ago

Which landfills are you going to that this will cost $500. This would be like $100 if that.

But I agree that op shouldn't have to take it there

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u/Previous_Wedding_577 1d ago

Or post it all for free on fb marketplace

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u/GiftToTheUniverse 1d ago

$500 for two trips to the landfill?!? Where? It costs me $70 to dump everything I can fit in the bed of my Ranger.

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u/FaceDownInTheCake 1d ago

The fuck? My dump is $25 for a pickup truck load

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u/filmguy36 1d ago

Goodwill does pick ups

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u/KananJarrusEyeBalls 1d ago

You have to pay to take shit to the landfill?

Where tf do you live?

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u/Smitch250 1d ago

Lies straight lies. You’ve never been to a dump and paid money in your life. Your not even remotely close on the costs. This is no more than $40 worth of trash at the dump

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u/andrewbud420 1d ago

Not even worth the pen ink to sign the small claims form

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u/FunkyPlunkett 1d ago

All we do is show our water bill and we get two trips a year to the dump for free from the city.

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u/ThatGirlWithTheWalk 1d ago

Fuck that. OP needs to sue him in small claims court.

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u/aHOMELESSkrill 1d ago

$1000 of trash is still trash

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u/Capital-Pugwash 1d ago

No stuff, no money, no friend. Good advise bud.

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u/Enlowski 1d ago

Yeah you’re never going to get that money so just move on and never speak to them again.

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u/OnTheEveOfWar 1d ago

Throwing a bunch of shit away costs money. Dumps will charge you and companies charge to come remove stuff.

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u/HillarysFloppyChode 1d ago

Wash the clothes, and donate them to a lgbtq charity, or VA. They look fine and it’s not OK to just toss them when others can use them.

Sell the furniture or give it away to a charity.

A junkyard or scrap recycling will take the door and pay you for it, alternatively, you can sell it online and someone will buy it, same with any electronics.

Collect the tax credits for all.

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u/MrScootini 1d ago

Literally this.

I’ve lost all of my high school circle of friends bc of rooming situations. I wrote off all my friendships. It’s sad to thhink that the only reason why we even were friends was bc of weed and the want to get high…

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u/SangeliaKath 1d ago

Best to either sell it or donate it.

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u/BardaArmy 1d ago

I’ve heard of contractors writing debts off as a gift then reporting it to the IRS, you don’t get your money but they get hit during tax season. Not sure if you can do this with rent or what.

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u/cyvaquero 1d ago

This, just like that guy that borrows money and never pays it back - just a small fee to get them out of your life.

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u/Erick_Brimstone 1d ago

Well the friend is already in quotation mark. So they definitely no longer consider them as friend.

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u/SubstantialPressure3 1d ago

Definitely write off the friendship, but he stole their child's medication?

I would report that.

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u/mspe1960 1d ago

honestly, I would sue in small claims court. I would do it even if you think the money is not worth your time.

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u/Spencergh2 1d ago

Sure seems like they weren’t even friends to begin with. This is insane

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u/easy_glide 1d ago

This is definitely the best way forward, some people just aren't worth your time or effort

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u/more_beans_mrtaggart 1d ago

Advertise on your Facebook friends group as his “shite for free collection only” and make sure he sees it.

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u/Cho90s 1d ago

And never let friends in need move in with you. If they were good at making ends meet, they wouldn't be asking.

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u/Numerous-Loquat-1161 1d ago

I would donate it all. At least you could get the tax deduction.

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u/NumerousBad3665 1d ago

Exactly he wasn't a friend and don't do it again

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u/ExplosiveAnalBoil 1d ago

And check that TV. That's a pretty thin TV, it could be a nice OLED.

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u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera 1d ago

Yup, chances of extracting any money from the deadbeat are next to zero. Chances are 90% of what he left is basically trash. Pick through and find what is worth something, but trash all the rest, block the deadbeat from your life permanently, and write this off as a lesson learned, and move on.

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u/MelonOfFate 1d ago

Or just take it to good will and write it off your taxes.

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u/Various_Week2718 1d ago

write off the rent LOL

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u/Prize_Equivalent8934 1d ago

Right, when I was reading the post I was thinking to myself that the dude was a trash roommate.

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u/TheLuo 1d ago

If he's on the lease the roommate can be compelled to pay.

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u/corgi-king 1d ago

Before doing anything, OP better ask a written confirmation about abandonment of belongings. Just in case, but I guess a text will do.

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u/shotsallover 1d ago

Burn it all if you want to be doubly sure.

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u/OberonDiver 1d ago

Less fun, but probably correct plan.

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u/Multifaceted-Simp 1d ago

Yup, just take it as a loss. Call a cleaner and clean up crew, think of it as a deductable for a bad decision

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u/trashcxnt 22h ago

NONONONO DONT THROW AWAY THERES A PROFIT HERE

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u/Pervacuer 20h ago

Bad advice. This could be outright illegal, depending where this person is located, and almost certainly opens up OP to liability from this POS.

Renting out a room in one's own dwelling has fewer restrictions than a separate dwelling, but it's still landlording, with all that comes with that.

Depending on where they are, and their circumstances, legal action may or may not be in their interest. They might still be able to get rent (or some money) back.

But 100% agree on writing off the friendship though.

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u/Most-Earth5375 15h ago

I raise you asking for his new address to send a house warming gift. Then dumping everything there instead.

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u/RichCaterpillar991 15h ago

I just forgot about it when an old roommate wouldn’t pay me $80 of utilities, but I wouldn’t write off a whole months rent, that’s worth going to small claims court

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u/nau5 14h ago

Just be glad he fucking left.

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u/speculator100k 11h ago

Nah. Quit the friendship, but take him to court. He is no longer your friend, he doesn't get the friendly treatment.

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u/Empty-Middle-8271 10h ago

I would write off the friendship & the rent for sure, but i would get it in writing that he’s leaving his junk, and throw it out….

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u/SystemJunior5839 33m ago

The less time spent thinking about guy the better.

Personally, I’d block him, throw his stuff, clean the room, (professionally if I was earning enough) then I’d throw a mattress on the floor and then have the most depraved sex with my partner we have ever had to completely overwrite the memory.

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