how to use free cycle

netty6787 · 9 July 2008 at 7:32PM

Hi everyone
just a quick question,ive joined freecycle last year and never bothered with it until now. over the last 2 days ive been on it and i dont know if im doing it right.

Ive shown intrest in a few stuff but had no replys from anyone can anyone go through it step by step on how to show intrest i know it may sound silly but i havnt got a clue,also does anyone know how to change my username as its my full name which im not happy with i would sooner have another user name:j Thanks in advance guys

Fourcandles_3 · 9 July 2008 at 8:10PM

I'm no expert, but I think it comes down to volume of replies alot of the time. Too many people offer to the first responder but I guess that is there choice it's just frustrating for those of us not able to sit waiting for the good or really needed stuff.

The biggest turn off for people who offer stuff is abrupt and even rude responders. I usually just put that I am interested in the offered item and that I am in xxx but will collect at their covenience.

harryharp · 9 July 2008 at 8:52PM

A good tip is to subscribe to 'individual emails' rather than the 'daily digest'. That way you get to know about items as soon as they're posted. I used to have the daily digest, but found that as soon as I received it, any item I was interested in was already gone. To change the subscription, just click on 'edit membership', and then choose 'individual emails'.

Yes, it helps to be polite! I must say I find it off-putting when someone responds to an item I'm offering with 'I'll take it off your hands', like they're doing me a favour! It's just basic good manners really.

Re. changing your username (Yahoo ID)- I've had a quick look on the website and there doesn't seem to be any way of doing this. It seems you can only change your password, not your ID (unlesss I'm missing something?) I would think it would be best to start again and open another account with whatever ID you want.

netty6787 · 9 July 2008 at 10:00PM

Thanks very much everyone,for all your replies it has helped i feel im very polite when i have responded to the advertisements maybe people do just respond to a first come first served basis.I am having a clear out and am going to offer all of my bits and bobs on free cycle so i suppose i will get an idea of what happens.

How do you subscribe to invidual emails? as i said im new to free cycle and im not that fussy on yahoo email i use gmail which i find alot easier to manage

Thanks for all your replys and i welcome any other advice
jan x

firepoppy · 9 July 2008 at 10:05PM

I have more than one id linked to my yahoo account so it should be possible to make a new id and use that even if you can't delete your old id you shouldn't have to use it.

As for changing the email frequency, go to the group's homepage and find the "edit my membership" button. Then there's an option to change email frequency from "daily digest" to individual emails".

harryharp · 9 July 2008 at 10:09PM

netty6787 wrote: »

How do you subscribe to invidual emails? as i said im new to free cycle and im not that fussy on yahoo email i use gmail which i find alot easier to manage

Go to the website of your Freecycle group (eg. mine is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chestercityeastfreecycle/), then click on 'edit membership' (near the top), then you can select either 'individual emails' or 'daily digest'. It does mean that you'll get rather a lot of emails, but I've found that is the only way to make sure you can actually get something!

Re. the email address you use- you can choose which one the emails come to. Click on 'my account' at the top of the page, then you can edit your email information on there, and choose one to be your 'primary' email. You don't have to use Yahoo's!

netty6787 · 9 July 2008 at 10:34PM

harryharp wrote: »

Go to the website of your Freecycle group (eg. mine is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chestercityeastfreecycle/), then click on 'edit membership' (near the top), then you can select either 'individual emails' or 'daily digest'. It does mean that you'll get rather a lot of emails, but I've found that is the only way to make sure you can actually get something!

Re. the email address you use- you can choose which one the emails come to. Click on 'my account' at the top of the page, then you can edit your email information on there, and choose one to be your 'primary' email. You don't have to use Yahoo's!

:beer:cheers i will do that now x

netty6787 · 9 July 2008 at 10:34PM

firepoppy wrote: »

I have more than one id linked to my yahoo account so it should be possible to make a new id and use that even if you can't delete your old id you shouldn't have to use it.

As for changing the email frequency, go to the group's homepage and find the "edit my membership" button. Then there's an option to change email frequency from "daily digest" to individual emails".

:beer:Thanks very much x

harryharp · 9 July 2008 at 10:43PM

netty6787 wrote: »

Thanks very much everyone,for all your replies it has helped i feel im very polite when i have responded to the advertisements maybe people do just respond to a first come first served basis.I am having a clear out and am going to offer all of my bits and bobs on free cycle so i suppose i will get an idea of what happens.

I must admit that when I first started offering things on freecycle, I just used a first come first served policy. But I started getting so many people not turning up to pick stuff up (I'm amazed that people treat eachother like this!!), I now wait until I've got a few replies and pick the one that seems most genuine and not a time-waster.

When the item has been picked up I email all the other enquirers and let them know the item has now been taken, (unless there are absolutely loads of replies!), just so they know and are not left wondering what's happening, and I also submit a 'taken' post. I do know not everyone does this though- it may explain why you've responded to a few and then heard nothing!

sarahg1969 · 10 July 2008 at 12:04AM

I use freecycle, and I always immediately exclude people who don't say "please", or people who reply over and over and over again and want anything and everything. I also don't like textspeak or people who ask me to ring their mobile to arrange collection. And if I've offered a selection of various items, I don't like to receive emails that say, "I'll take the lot".

And I HATE sob stories.

I tend to wait till I've a few responses and choose the one I "like" the most.

But then, I'm probably a bit harsh.

Cinders2001 · 10 July 2008 at 12:30AM

sarahg1969 wrote: »

I use freecycle, and I always immediately exclude people who don't say "please", or people who reply over and over and over again and want anything and everything. I also don't like textspeak or people who ask me to ring their mobile to arrange collection. And if I've offered a selection of various items, I don't like to receive emails that say, "I'll take the lot".

And I HATE sob stories.

I tend to wait till I've a few responses and choose the one I "like" the most.

But then, I'm probably a bit harsh.

Thoroughly agree! Pick and choose....it's still your property until you hand it over. You control who has it and who does not.
Why should you even consider someone who is either rude or lazy in their messages.....what on earth could they be like in real life!!

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