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  • judderman62
    judderman62 Posts: 5,134 Forumite
    ha ha - that would indeed have been amusing
    Hate and I do mean Hate my apple Mac Computer - wish I'd never bought the thing
    Do little and often
    Please stop using the word "of" when you actually mean "have" - it's damned annoying :mad:
  • Morty_007
    Morty_007 Posts: 1,496 Forumite
    I have just received an email back from her telling me its the exact problem I advertised that she isn't happy with. I emailed her saying she needed to re-freecycle it because its easilly fixable and someone will be grateful for the bed frame. I am absolutely fuming.

    xx
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    And a mortgage in a pear tree :D
  • savagelyric
    savagelyric Posts: 135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    This wanted ad popped up on our freecycle over the weekend:

    "I would be very grateful if someone could help me. My little girl has
    just had a growth spurt and has suddenly grown out of all her well
    fitting clothes. We went and bought her some from matalan yesterday, it
    came to £50 for a couoke of outfits. She is still just about in ize 6-9
    months, but will soon be in 9-12 months. If anyone has any spare baby clothes in either of these sizes they would be much appreciated as money is tight but i dont want my little girl going without."

    The bit that got me was spending £50 on a couple outfits in Matalan! :eek:
  • BrandNewDay
    BrandNewDay Posts: 1,717 Forumite
    For £50, you can buy a LOT of baby clothes at Asda.
    :beer:
  • JimmyTheWig
    JimmyTheWig Posts: 12,199 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I think that savagelyric's point is that £50 can buy you a lot of baby clothes from Matalan, too!
    But given the number of people who must have unneeded baby clothes I think the post is valid...
  • blaque*angel
    blaque*angel Posts: 1,177 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    i love freecycle but never really get what i want...lol

    but once i post an ad my stuff is gone the same day!!!
  • arkonite_babe
    arkonite_babe Posts: 7,360 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Non collections get my goat, it only takes a minute to send an email to say you are no longer interested or can't collect the item you have been offered. Happened this weekend to me :mad:
  • savagelyric
    savagelyric Posts: 135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    JimmyTheWig wrote: »
    I think that savagelyric's point is that £50 can buy you a lot of baby clothes from Matalan, too!
    But given the number of people who must have unneeded baby clothes I think the post is valid...

    Tis true - I agree it is a valid want, I've had some baby clothes from freecycle myself and freecycled them back when finished.

    I guess my point was that £50 can buy you a lot of clothes in quite a few places - just imagine how much you could get if you went on a charity shop crawl? (I got a next skirt for my LO this morning for 25p. :T ) Why would you spend that much on a couple of outfits, potentially leaving your baby 'without'?
  • BrandNewDay
    BrandNewDay Posts: 1,717 Forumite
    I get baby clothes from Freecycle, too, and I would definitely consider that a legit "wanted" post.

    I just think spending £50 on "a couple of outfits" is crazy.
    :beer:
  • savagelyric
    savagelyric Posts: 135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    BrandNewDay wrote: »
    I get baby clothes from Freecycle, too, and I would definitely consider that a legit "wanted" post.

    I just think spending £50 on "a couple of outfits" is crazy.

    Exactly WSS!
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