Freecycle - Please posts all freecycle stuff here (merged)

angelatgraceland

Ive just started a freecycle group for North Somerset. Please visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthSomersetfreecycle/
It should be fully operational within the next 48 hrs but anyone wishing to join right away(living in the area) may do so.

jesster_2

hiya

I've sent you a PM... hope you don't mind!

kit

angelatgraceland wrote:

Ive just started a freecycle group for North Somerset. Please visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthSomersetfreecycle/
It should be fully operational within the next 48 hrs but anyone wishing to join right away(living in the area) may do so.

48 hours?! yipppeeeeeeeeeee :j :beer: :T

angelatgraceland

Have you joined North Somerset, Kit?

Miss_Behaving

I’m with Wokingham freecycle and like brummiebird I’m disillusioned with it. I’m trying to Feng Shui my house and clear the clutter so I’ve given away heaps of stuff – a lot of it good. In fact so good that last week I got an email from a Freecycler asking if I was listing anything this week, if so, could he have first refusal!! If I list several items in one post, I receive emails asking for the lot and there are about five Freecyclers who ask for every item I list.

The wanted ads are also amazing. This is a recent one...

“I am looking for a boat (and trailer) under 17 feet long ready to run or needing work as long as the hull is good any type of boat required dinghy / speedboat / cabin cruiser / or fishing boat would also like any accessories or engines.”

There are also regular wanted ads with extensive shopping lists for new babies (including all terrain three-wheel buggy!). Other recent items requested include cars, moped/motorcycle, lap top, king size bed, fridges, dishwashers, freezer etc, etc. I appreciate Berkshire is an affluent area but abuse of what is basically a fantastic concept really makes me cross.

Ok rant over (sorry!)

mrwibble

Miss Behaving : I agree the p&*£-taking wanted / desired messages are an annoyance - the difficulty is that someone may well have a boat mouldering in their garden or half-full of water on the Thames and want rid of.

I'm in Marlow and probably have seen the same emails as you - perhaps a tongue-in-cheek wanted message along the lines of "Gold plated Rolls Royce" or "Warp-capable starship needed - condition not an issue" might prod a few people ? Maybe not.

I've only had a microwave so far but made sure I emailed the other party thanking them (my previous one had given up the ghost). I can see, like Ebay, how this could be abused - I've certainly thought "I could Ebay that" to several offered messages for bulk IT stuff like the Apple Macs offered recently.

The message is I guess to not look like a "mark" to these people - donate some stuff to charity (some do come and pick up - usually the locally-based ones not the major national ones who sometimes appear to be very picky), Ebay / local auction others and use the small ads in your local paper - often these are free - certainly the Bucks Free Press has a regular section. Of the stuff you do FreeCycle then be slightly picky about who takes it if its obviously desirable.

angelatgraceland

Well I suggeest you complain to the moderator for your group as such requests do sound extreme to me. If I were advertising a list of items, I realy wouldnt give theem to just one person. Its worth noting, whether this person actualy does give, or is just a taker.

angelatgraceland

Hi-we are now OFFICIAL, so please feel free to join. We are up and running, and ready to take your posts.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthSomersetfreecycle

mike_paterson

Hi aceyjill,
I am the moderator for the Basildon group that I have recently started, and I can say that the groups should be run for the collective benefit of all members and not just the mods.
Moderators do however want some of the things that are posted, but it would be odd for everything to be taken by moderators.

How do you know this is happening.

If you can give me further detail I will try to get somebody to look into your comments.

Cheers
Mike

carrie483

I posted on freecycle, had 2 people tell me they had what i was after. I emailed them straight back and 1 never replied and the other guy just wanted me to have his phone number :eek: