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niknaknoo1982

stevew8975 wrote: »

I found a thread on another website where people have been discussing the pro's and cons of freecycle, and in particular, some of the nastier people that abuse it.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=661693&mid=149206&nmt=Freecycle....%20Never%20again

LMFAO! It's not all bad,But i have dealt with some nutters on there in the past. One lady started to harass me via emails after i gave her a kettle. I was getting 3 page long emails about how crappy her life and events in it have been.I kind of felt sorry for her at first, and did reply thinking aww she must not have any friends, But after months of enduring the nutter..she turned on me and attempted to turn half the group against me!! I felt for a lot of her sob stories at first, but then when i didn't give her first dibs on the many items i offer she didn't like that! She has had some really random stuff off of me and it got me wondering if her 'friend' was car booting them lol

Cinders2001

There are a few odd 'Cyclers. Just like there are some odd non 'Cyclers too !!

dirtyflannel

i had a look at my local one and had to register and tell them why i wanted to join and wait to see if i was accepted which was a bit off putting

dirtyflannel

:rotfl:

niknaknoo1982 wrote: »

LMFAO! It's not all bad,But i have dealt with some nutters on there in the past. One lady started to harass me via emails after i gave her a kettle. I was getting 3 page long emails about how crappy her life and events in it have been.I kind of felt sorry for her at first, and did reply thinking aww she must not have any friends, But after months of enduring the nutter..she turned on me and attempted to turn half the group against me!! I felt for a lot of her sob stories at first, but then when i didn't give her first dibs on the many items i offer she didn't like that! She has had some really random stuff off of me and it got me wondering if her 'friend' was car booting them lol

:rotfl: blimey i just tried to join a local one near me and dread to think what kind of pondlife i might attract maybe i should have joined one a few miles away :mad:

dirtyflannel

:eek:

ehlittleone wrote: »

Have you been listening to Clive Bull kiebie?

:eek: i like clive bull but steve allens sooooooooooooo much better lmfao:T

brightonman123

dirtyflannel(?? best not ask..!), i guess they wantto see how freec(ycle)-ish you are!

local group asks for the road you live in- could give any road, and did, cos is none of their business, and dont want the freecycle thought police stalking my home!

Cinders2001

Some of the questions can be a little, shall we say, personal, yes!!
We have no questions on ours!

We just want people not robots to join, that's why it's not automatic membership on application. We were getting email harvesters trolling the site. So for everyones protection we changed it to approved only.
Most of the applicants do say why they want to join anyway.

Since we changed to the approved format, we have only had 3 people who have added nothing.......and they are still in the Pending for Approval tray!
And there they will remain until they expire (14 days) or they contact me and say 'oi, I applied!' then I will explain to them about the trolls and harvesters!

So Approved Membership has a reason.

Mike_J

I had some nice things. Ive got rid of what i call junk. I love freecycle.

faith1706

hi all

i am new to freecycle & have recently registered on the cambridge one but i am being very dizzy as i can not seem to find out where you can view items that are being advertised any advice would be much appreciated