Thankfully, the band program where I went to school never had to resort to that. Instead, the band boosters owned EVERY piece of concession equipment throughout the entire school district. So if the concession stand was open for any event, the band was making money.
One of the reasons that paper coupons started going away is that there were people that would clean out entire newspaper vending machines (i.e. pay for one, steal the rest) just to resell the coupon sections from the Sunday papers.It started with the companies moving up the expiration dates to give people less time to use them in the hopes that coupon sellers wouldn’t have trouble getting them to buyers quick enough for them to be able to use them. Removing them altogether was just the next step.
I’ve got several end tables that I picked up from the curb or apartment dumpster.
Also got a box full of office chair casters (wheels) from when I delivered appliances. We’d pull up to a morning delivery and if I saw someone throwing out a chair, I’d run over and pop the wheels off.
Oh, I’ve had some Monday’s like that.