I’ve put things that are completely useless to me out on the street like broken fans and desks. Gone incredibly fast.
I was going to do that with the sofa I replaced if it didn’t get sold. I want to start filming what happens to stuff left without a clear owner in China, scavenge-able stuff.. maybe hook up a gopro from above and see how quickly and brazenly people walk by and snatch stuff up, or put some stuff outside that’s too heavy for 1 person to drag off and see how they deal with it, disassemble? collect friends? find tools to help?
I was going to do that with bicycles to see how they get stolen. I would just put hidden a GoPro nearby. I think that in many cases it’s elderly people who just cruise around on 三轮车s picking up random things that are left behind. No idea what happens to it after they get it – fixed and resold somewhere?