Mirrors-
Last summer/spring, one of our local Dollar stores,(Honks)
Had Mirrors, 8"X14" or there about, I picked up about 20, (was going to cover
one wall in my bedroom,{yes wall NOT ceiling}, but never got to it cause I spent every night at girlfriends and now live there, she said no way of course0. lol
I did use a few to line the insides of a couple computers, looks real good and makes UV lights work way better! Local glass shop happy to cut to sizes needed, at my own risk of course and they seemed happy to show off skills with glass cutter. lol
Yea some places have a pretty good group of people that do the diving thing and it can be hard to time it to get there when stuff is there. I even had a guy try to chase me off from one years ago, I just drove around the block and when I saw him unloading the good stuff out of it I got pissed enough to close the lid and hook the chain, (back then they had metal lids and now most seem to be plasic).
And yes I let him out, (I unhooked the chain after I was loaded, a friend wasn't as nice and had to beat on the sides and top with a metal pipe, my ears rang for days, I did feel very sorry for him and still haven't been back to that place, but I also am going on 21 seasons with my Toiletta pick-up, Did paint it a couple times.) lol
I have just made contact with local recycler last month, needed hubs for mills.
They are straight behind girlfriends place but train yard in between so I must drive a mile around to get there, I'm sure they will get to know me by first name and if lucky enough maybe a flag deal will get set for knowing when they have what I want, I make sure owner knows I live straight across. Time will tell. lol
Local secondhand places are great sources, missed oiut on a new ceiling fan last month was marked at $8.00, by time I searched this forum and got back there it was history.
I did pick up a treadmill last summer there for $4.00 and cause it didn't fit under shell on truck I stripped it down in there parking lot, got all electronics most metal and the 2 1/2 HP DC motor !!!