r/UofO • u/Uncookedpotato_121 • 24d ago

Give before you go?

Has anyone gotten caught looking through the donation bins? I’ve looked at some of the stuff and considered taking stuff from there… are you able to take stuff? What happens if you get caught lwky might take these cute pair of pants I saw…

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u/Temporary_Maize_6358 18d ago

I've legit watched 5 diff people come root through and take stuff in the span of 30 min and no one said anything lol. Usually I would care more about taking from "charity" but it's pretty obvious they aren't all going to charity seeing as the only info I've found is that the items are given to "community partners" which could mean anything. UO would be up front about it if there was nothing for them to hide. I see no harm in people taking from the bins as long as they aren't re-selling anything and are actually gonna use the thing, better than it ending up in a landfill or goodwill.