Dumpster Diving
Dumpster Diving
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I grew up in a small family business selling antiques at flea markets, auctions, estate sales, etc. I've grown up knowing guys who made a living and sent kids to college by picking up furniture/etc from the various garbage routes in NYC and then selling it at flea markets.
Between Craigslist and ebay it's totally possible to earn extra cash by peddling antiques and furniture this way. I don't know about rummaging for food and all that, seems a bit extreme, but I recall stopping with my father on the side of the road and we found a HUGE antique rug.
We cleaned it up and it sold for $900. So yeah, there's that I guess.