Thrown away: The stuff you loved and lost.Smash Wogan writes, "we all love our Mums, but we all know that Mums can be cunts, throwing out our carefully hoarded crap that we know is going to be worth millions some day."
What priceless junk have you lost because someone just threw it out?
Zero points for "all my porn". Unless it was particularly good porn...
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chthonic, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:32)
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DONT TRUST STORAGE COMPANIES!A tale of woe... i bet some of it was thrown away, some sold. either way, robbing cunts.
Basically my Mum died in 2002, Dad had already past away so i had the job of emptying/clearing the family home in Leeds, including the loft that contained nearly ALL of mine and my bros toys, all still in original packaging (if slightly knackered)
I lived in Newcastle in a 2 bedroomed flat and had nowhere to store the contents of a 4 bed house - so it went into storage. a 8 foot crate with all the families possesions in.
Scan forward 4 years, i try ring the company as i've now got a proper house and a garage of my own - no answer. So i take a trip where the crate was filled. It's abandoned. Next door is a cash and carry, the bloke inside says "you're not the first to turn up here". The penny drops and the realisation sets in. Panic Anger Pain Frustration. I feel them all at once.
Trading standards are no helping saying "well, if enough of you get together, you can take him to court" - i just want my stuff back, not compensation.
Anyways. Basically i'm fucked. Here's a small list of what was there :
* Full Star Wars collection (almost)
ATAT, Falcon, Slave 1, Tie, Imperial Tie, Y-Wing, B-Wing, X-Wing, Scout walkers, Cloud cars, most of the figures, etc
* Action Man Collection, inc box talking action man, clothes, vechicles, etc
* Action Force Collection
* Hot Wheels Garages (remember the flip open ones?)
* 100's Matchbox/Hot wheels/corgi cars
Plus loads of my mum and dads stuff, my dads war medals, my mums collection of 60's records (beetles back catalog, etc), plus countless other stuff i'm slowly starting to remember as time goes by, making the pain even worse.
I got into the abandoned warehouse, loads of the crates had been opened and ransacked - it was a sad sight to see peoples belongings chucked all over with anything of value nicked.
Ho Hum. a harsh lesson.
(, Sat 16 Aug 2008, 23:59, 2 replies)
.Now that is pretty horrible. *click*
(, Sun 17 Aug 2008, 13:09, closed)
...a family friend of ours had a 12 foot yacht that he kept in a storage yard. Unfortuantly he died rarther suddenly. a couple of months later his widdow went round to collect the boat with a view to selling it. guess what no boat! storage company denied all liability etc or even seing it there. twunts
(, Mon 18 Aug 2008, 9:15, closed)
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