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#1 Load_Master
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Hello,

been watching a while and now posting. I have been wondering about this for a while and want some input.

Is dumpster diving at GameStop legal?

like this

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rPx97ump2tY

Can I get into trouble for it?

Does anybody else do this?

It looks like it might be worth the risk.

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#2 Dire_Raven
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@load_master: Dumpster diving is perfectly legal, unless done to someone else private property. For stores and/or retailers, there is no law that states otherwise.

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#3 Sevenizz
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I don’t think it’s a GameStop decision to not allow dumpster diving but a mall or property policy on trespassing.

If GameStop really wanted something destroyed they’d pay to have a third party do it. But maybe they rely on the mall’s policy in order to save a buck and assume they won’t be doven into. I worked for SCEA during the ps2 era and they’d regularly destroy returns or accessories they couldn’t sell. I remember sending out a few skids of remotes and those ps1 slim monitors that sat for years.

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#4 GNS
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Did not see the video, but I'm assuming you're talking about rummaging through trash to search for valuable items? Depends on the country in question. In mine, it is legal, although, fround upon.

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#5  Edited By Load_Master
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It’s insane that they trash these items. I mean I understand they have limited space and if they give it out for free that’s also a potential lost sale.

I guess the trash at a GameStop is a possible gold mine. I just don’t want trouble.

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#6 Sevenizz
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@dire_raven: Tresspassing is illegal and enforceable though.

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#7 Dire_Raven
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@Sevenizz: You are not trespassing a public retail store, if you are outside said store dumpster diving. That's not to say the owners do not have any security features implemented to prevent an issue like that from arising (like installing security cameras and adding locks to dumpsters). If you were trying to "break in" inside the store, that would be considered trespassing and illegal. Simply accessing the dumpster of a public store, is not. It might be peculiar but it is not illegal.

Unless it is private property or situated in a private area, then it is not illegal.

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#8  Edited By Sevenizz
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@dire_raven: I guarantee you every mall or plaza will have signs up by their garbage with trespassing warnings (assuming they haven’t been vandalized). It’s part of building codes. It’s mostly there for your safety and they wouldn’t want to be found liable should something happen in an unsupervised and unsafe area. Everywhere in a shopping centre is private property. This includes waste removal, delivery areas, parking lots, and obviously the stores themselves. Trespassing is illegal. Always has been.

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Bin-raking?

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#10 Load_Master
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@mandzilla: ?

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#11 mandzilla  Moderator
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@load_master: Dumpster-diving = bin-raking in my country. Not illegal I think, but kinda frowned upon if you were to get caught doing it on someone's property. Sorta like in Stardew Valley.

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@Sevenizz said:

@dire_raven: I guarantee you every mall or plaza will have signs up by their garbage with trespassing warnings (assuming they haven’t been vandalized). It’s part of building codes. It’s mostly there for your safety and they wouldn’t want to be found liable should something happen in an unsupervised and unsafe area. Everywhere in a shopping centre is private property. This includes waste removal, delivery areas, parking lots, and obviously the stores themselves. Trespassing is illegal. Always has been.

If the dumpster is locked it is illegal, trespassing or not.

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#13 Tigrangelic
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it's legal allright =^:)

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@mandzilla said:

@load_master: Dumpster-diving = bin-raking in my country. Not illegal I think, but kinda frowned upon if you were to get caught doing it on someone's property. Sorta like in Stardew Valley.

It's cool. If Gus sees you doing it he'll offer you a bite to eat.

-Byshop

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#16 mandzilla  Moderator
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@Byshop: Yeah, Gus is saintly.