Do you ever worry about what you throw in the trash?

dan1ecu

Did any of you ever have a problem with someone finding out that you're a coin collector by looking at the material that you discard?

Do you take any precautions in this regard?

Dan

ecos

I am a little cautious in this respect. I sometimes rip stuff up and put pieces in different trashcans throughout the house. A little parinoid, but oh well.

MFH

I rip off the mailing labels. Then throw out any coin related papers into the company dumpster !

robertpr

Everything I throw away gets shredded, whether coin related or not.

dthigpen

I incinerate all of my trash, seperate the pile of ashes into four different containers, and then scatter them in four distinct geographic regions.

LanLord

Lables off mags, tossed out separately
coin holders (2X2s and such) are bagged and compacted


In short, yes, I am worried about what people see.

BlindedByEgo

I always go through my trash looking for that @##%$%$ Gold dollar I can't find...

Shred everything.

paigowjohnny

Pretty much anything with any personal info any more goes into the personal shredder.

seanq

I would never recycle my copies of Coin World with the rest of the newspapers, they'd go in a separate bag with the address labels torn off. Yet I throw used 2x2s and other packing material in the garbage without another thought. I guess I'm selectively paranoid.


Sean Reynolds

Barndog

I cover all my trash with toxic waste...filled diapers that my daughter provides. If that doesn't do the trick, the criminals deserve the one or two coins in the house that didn't make it to the safe deposit box yet.

kranky

I don't shred junk mail because that would be a full-time job. But credit card solicitations do get shredded.

I remove mailing labels from coin papers and magazines and make sure when throwing them out there's nothing else in the same bag that has my address. That's all the coin-related stuff that would be in my trash.

Lakesammman

I tell everyone who wants to know and in the next breath let them know the coins are at the bank.

carl

My son noticed I hand tear up everything. I used to do it more to save space in the garbage than for safety. He bought me a giant criss/cross paper shredder with a large capacity catcher. I now shred everything shredable. It works even on credit cards, birthday and Christmas cards, magazines, etc.

09sVDB

Labels off, shredders, SDB, tear up the rest. My wife thinks its crazy but its better than getting robbed!

anablep

Shredder for most mail.

AJ2525

I take the address label off of my magazines and leave them in medical clinic waiting areas and barber shops. Maybe someone will discover coins instead of reading a Sports Illustrated from 1984.

BTW: Is this post 100 for me?

coinnut86

I throw everything in the normal trash, unless its a plastic or paper products, then I recycle

granddad

Nope. All of my neighbors know me and know of the 3 poor souls that thought they knew me.

Have a Great Day!
Louis

By the way, I gave each of them a round (silver of course ).