FTFA...The city of Charleston is considering reimbursing a Kanawha City couple for refuse crews hauling away a brand new Maytag dryer that was sitting next to the couple's home, about 70 feet from the nearest trash bin.

The Harrisons called the city and asked for their old washing machine to be hauled away.

They carried that old washing machine out to their curb on Beverly Drive and waited more than three weeks for the city crew to come and take it away, Harrison said Tuesday.



Yeah, 70 feet is right next to the washer they asked the city to pick up.

Why don't they just get it back from the dump? Lazy bastards.

They pick up old, used eX's that fast...
How 'bout if I throw in a 12-pack?

94 comments and no one thought of this??

Royale With Cheese: 94 comments and no one thought of this??

Cue the LOLWUT pear.

Royale With Cheese: 94 comments and no one thought of this??

What picture was on that blotter paper?

Whoops, I've gotten ahead of myself.

heheh, suckers.

How is 70' away right next to it Subby?

Since when does "right next to" mean "seventy feet away?" How is an old washer an old dryer?

Oh, wait, I forgot that neither fark submitters nor fark moderators actually read the articles.

hauled to the dump? - sure bucko, most likely sitting in the hauler's garage...

Did I read it wrong or was the dryer delivered and installed then moved to the curb 70 feet away from the old dryer that worked and was given to a neighbor?

Seems like a lot of stupid.

Huskadoodle: Seems like a lot of stupid.

Yeah, I read it wrong...old washer/new dryer/new installed washer/old given away dryer/

Look.....pretty colors.

At least you can get stuff hauled away there. Where I live, you have to haul it to the dump yourself and pay them to take it.

mordantkitten: Where I live, you have to haul it to the dump yourself and pay them to take it.

and it cost extra for appliances over general rubbish

This is all Obama's fault.

the tag is for your headline right subby?

It doesn't really say if the new dryer was in the garage or plugged in. Just states how far away from the curb/trash bins.

15 years ago I came home from work and found Sears had delivered a brand new washer and dryer (my garage door was open) while we were out. Anyhow, since I didn't order the thing (they had the right address in the wrong farking city on the invoice) I called them to come and get the damn thing out of my parking spot. After three calls, and each time they promised to pick it up the next day, I gave up. I kept them for about two months then sold them still in the box for $500.

I never heard another word from Sears, saw a bill, or anything.

Geez. Haul your crap away yourself. Stop expecting someone else to clean up after you.

Huskadoodle: Did I read it wrong or was the dryer delivered and installed then moved to the curb 70 feet away from the old dryer that worked and was given to a neighbor?

Seems like a lot of stupid.

FTA...Matthew said he had just unloaded the new dryer from the truck and then went looking for someone to help him carry the machine into the basement. When he came back, both the new dryer and the old washer were nowhere to be found.

"I had just unloaded it. I can't believe they took it," he said.

According to an affidavit sworn by Donnyell Harrison, "The washer to be hauled away was right beside the trash bin and the dryer that was taken was new and about 70 (feet) away, sitting on a concrete pad."

I_Can't_Believe_It's_Not_Smegma: 15 years ago I came home from work and found Sears had delivered a brand new washer and dryer (my garage door was open) while we were out. Anyhow, since I didn't order the thing (they had the right address in the wrong farking city on the invoice) I called them to come and get the damn thing out of my parking spot. After three calls, and each time they promised to pick it up the next day, I gave up. I kept them for about two months then sold them still in the box for $500.

I never heard another word from Sears, saw a bill, or anything.

Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep. Maybe the same applies to private deliveries? Anyone? In the grand scheme of things, it was probably easier for Sears to write off the loss than schedule another pickup, restock, and sell them as 'returned' items. Hope you wasted your windfall money on something totally self-indulgent.

15 years ago I ordered a brand new washer and dryer from Sears. They never were delivered. I called them to inquire....

I saw a bill.

eggrolls:
Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep.

Whaaaaa?? And which federal law contains this little nugget, pray tell?

I'm sure this will result in a Whirlpool of legal filings, but what's Amana to do?

eggrolls: Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep.

Fark School of Law at its finest.

Wait...he'd just gotten the new dryer and miraculously the city picked JUST THAT MOMENT to haul off the old washer?

Unpossible. I can't get our city haulers to pick up anything without at least two phone calls and a sacrifice of goats.

I was just telling my mother about those nice men from the city...they brought me a washer/dryer set. The washer is so-so, but the dryer looks like brand new. Said someone had it out to be carted off to the trash. Boy, one man's junk sure is another man's treasure, eh?

Tufflaw: eggrolls:
Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep.

Whaaaaa?? And which federal law contains this little nugget, pray tell?

The law of "I never received any package."

eggrolls: Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep.

There is a big difference between misdelivered and unsolicited, and regardless of the law, one should save being a dick for when it's really warranted.

Noone's enjoying a free new dryer. They pick those things up with a giant hydraulic claw and drop them into the back of a truck. Crunchy-smashy.

FAIL on that one, Subby.

"70 feet away from their old washer" != "right next to their old dryer".

And who who didn't even bother to check if the headline actually had anything in common with the article beyond the fact that a large laundry appliance was involved?

eggrolls: Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep.

okay, whatever you say Sparky...now go try to cash that tax refund check that was misdelivered to your basement.

you are a special brand of short-bus, pants-on-head stupid.

All I can say is, AHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAAA!!!

That, and it didn't get taken to the dump. The garbage man, or someone else saw a brand new dryer sitting on the sidewalk and now it's at their house.

BWAHAHAHAHA! Garbage workers are stupid!

char_boy: Royale With Cheese: 94 comments and no one thought of this??

What picture was on that blotter paper?

This made my day.

And it's only 4:00. Today's going to be a good day.

spleef420: eggrolls: Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep.

okay, whatever you say Sparky...now go try to cash that tax refund check that was misdelivered to your basement.

you are a special brand of short-bus, pants-on-head stupid.

you must be talking about your self, there is a big difference between a missdeilvered check and a package.

If a box of stuff shows up at your house, legally you can interpret it as a gift. This is done so company's cant send you stuff that says "if you want this, keep it we will bill you latter", unless your part of a dvd/book club

To the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump

/Hi Ho Silver

eggrolls: I_Can't_Believe_It's_Not_Smegma: 15 years ago I came home from work and found Sears had delivered a brand new washer and dryer (my garage door was open) while we were out. Anyhow, since I didn't order the thing (they had the right address in the wrong farking city on the invoice) I called them to come and get the damn thing out of my parking spot. After three calls, and each time they promised to pick it up the next day, I gave up. I kept them for about two months then sold them still in the box for $500.

I never heard another word from Sears, saw a bill, or anything.

Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep. Maybe the same applies to private deliveries? Anyone? In the grand scheme of things, it was probably easier for Sears to write off the loss than schedule another pickup, restock, and sell them as 'returned' items. Hope you wasted your windfall money on something totally self-indulgent.

Citation please. I think that may not be entirely true, but I'm going to find out.

I had a neighbor who kept several pieces of my mail the alcoholic mail carrier placed in his box, including a couple of gift cards, which he used. This happened around christmas and the cards were gifts from family, and they were upset that I never called to thank them, so that's how I knew they went walk about, and we had receipts for the cards. I reported that I never got the cards, but the stores involved said they had been used. The purchases were traced back to the neighbor, who had the items delivered to his home. The police and postal authorities got involved, and I was told that you have an obligation to return mis-delivered mail back to the post office, or to the addressee.

This was several years ago, and since then I do not have any mail delivered to my home. I use a PO box. Much safer, especially if you get checks and other valuable and personal items delivered via the USPS.

Tufflaw: eggrolls:
Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep.

Whaaaaa?? And which federal law contains this little nugget, pray tell?

You're confusing this with a different law. Any item a person mails you unsolicited is yours to keep. (e.g. free samples of shampoo). Anything the post office delivers to the wrong place should be returned to the post office for redelivery.

The other law started when companies started mailing packages to people, and then demanding either payment, or return post of the item. Since the items were often heavy, in postal terms, returning sometimes cost almost as much as the price of the item, so it was easier for the customer to just pay them off. This led to a deluge of parcels of random objects being sent to Americans along with a bill demanding payment, leading to congress to pass a law banning this practice; if anyone sends you something you didn't order, they cannot go on to demand payment.

/ Not legal advice

Bonus fail for using the Daily Mail logo from the British paper.

Keep it classy now.

eggrolls: Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep. Maybe the same applies to private deliveries? Anyone? In the grand scheme of things, it was probably easier for Sears to write off the loss than schedule another pickup, restock, and sell them as 'returned' items. Hope you wasted your windfall money on something totally self-indulgent.

I thought if you opened something that didn't have your name on it would be considered an offense. Hence the Bob Smith or Current Resident. If it doesn't say my name or Current Resident, I don't open it, I just place it back in the mail box and write on the item/letter does not live here and put the flag up.

The "you get to keep the stuff you didn't order" law was to stop companies from delivering things and then sending a bill for things that the customer never wanted. It is still a valid US law but there are lots of conditions that have to be satisfied before its true like the address has to be addressed to you and it can't be a mistake.

d'art: Since when does "right next to" mean "seventy feet away?" How is an old washer an old dryer?

Oh, wait, I forgot that neither fark submitters nor fark moderators actually read the articles.

Also, TFA says they took the wrong one, NOT BOTH.

Fix old, no new!

//Am I doing this right?

thenumber5: spleef420: eggrolls: Legally speaking, items delivered incorrectly by the post office are yours to keep.

okay, whatever you say Sparky...now go try to cash that tax refund check that was misdelivered to your basement.

you are a special brand of short-bus, pants-on-head stupid.

you must be talking about your self, there is a big difference between a missdeilvered check and a package.

If a box of stuff shows up at your house, legally you can interpret it as a gift. This is done so company's cant send you stuff that says "if you want this, keep it we will bill you latter", unless your part of a dvd/book club

Holy f*ck. Learn English you complete retard.

Ha ha. Daily Mail fail.

thenumber5:
you must be talking about your self, there is a big difference between a missdeilvered check and a package.

If a box of stuff shows up at your house, legally you can interpret it as a gift. This is done so company's cant send you stuff that says "if you want this, keep it we will bill you latter", unless your part of a dvd/book club

Hell I have left an old lawn mower outside my garage and it was gone in less than 15 minutes. Was not picked up by the trash people but picked up by some guy in a pickup collecting junk for the money at the scrap yard. So I would not be surprised if that got hauled by someone wanting the metal for cash.

Pathman: thenumber5:
you must be talking about your self, there is a big difference between a missdeilvered check and a package.

If a box of stuff shows up at your house, legally you can interpret it as a gift. This is done so company's cant send you stuff that says "if you want this, keep it we will bill you latter", unless your part of a dvd/book club

AMG SPELLING ERRORS!