What was the best donation you have ever received? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Zatso@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Some days ago, a neighbor invited me over because she was donating books that belonged to her husband, who died from covid during the pandemic. There were a lot of books, and even by choosing only the ones which caught my attention, I was able to get over 100 different books.

It was the first donation I have ever received and I got really happy about it. I am already halfway through The Shining, which was in the collection. So it got me thinking about donation itself.

What about your experiences with it? And I am asking about donation of things, not money.

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[-] LemmyUser_1@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

A co-worker was getting rid of years worth of Science Fiction paperbacks. I scored about 500 books and only ended up with about 50 duplicates. I sold the collection 20 years later to some other luck Sci-Fi reader.

[-] Zatso@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I wonder if my book collection will end up with some other reader years from now... 20 years is lot of time to read them all.

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