One man's trash is another man's treasure.
I grab stuff at the transfer station/dump - scrap metal area for bicycle parts & other useable things like that. Sometimes I see a good looking pc that hasn't been stripped and heap into the pile.
I rarely stop at garage/yard sales. Even flee markets I don't go into much.
I leave the stuff I want to get rid of in my front yard w/ a big sign on it: FREE ................ BAMMMMMMM.... it is always gone fast. Busy cut thru street and the traffic is good for something!
Free stuff in the classiflieds here on S-B move pretty quick as well.
Some town like Newton & Beacon Hill have some awesome yardsales from what my friend's say who sue to run a consignment shop! They leave early Sat am or scope areas out Friday nite. They are hard core.