Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

misskool

fc123 wrote: »

I am signed up to freecycle but 2nd hand bedding? Are you sure people want it?

Yup, people use the for pet bedding etc. Ask around animal shelters too, they take second hand duvets and all sorts.

Anything will go on freecycle. Half used tins of paint, old kitchen worktops. The brighton group is now called green cycle sussex (part of the freegle network http://www.ilovefreegle.org/)

carolt

Seconded - people really do take second-hand bedding; whether for pet use (hadn't occured to me) or personal use I couldn't say.

Odd things, like second-hand shoes and yes, the half-used bottles of shampoo, do go.

We've passed on: unused jars of babyfood (not open!), coffee table, sofabed..

We've received: kids' swing attachment thing (cost £100's new), overdoor dryer racks, a journalism course (one day, when I have time ), football goals...

Can't remember, loads of stuff, both ways. Great way to clear space and also get stuff you were going to buy anyway.

wageslave

I am going to ebay all my tat. I have been threatening to do it for ages.

First item on tonight and I already have 2 watchers.

It is really exciting:j

I need to get more of a social life:o

wageslave

Northenden wrote: »

Wot u selling? I have no idea why i asked that in teenage text speak.

I am selling a very rare game.

I think I may have underpriced it:mad:

wageslave

Northenden wrote: »

Tell me more.

Have you any idea how much hassle it is listing stuff on E Bay?
Photos, descriptions, clicking button after bliddy button then losing the whole lot and having to start again.

Then you have to parcel it up and queue behind umpteen pensioners at the post office.

I am beginning to remember why I didn't bother doing it before:cool:

EDIT I have three watchers now. It is good to know there are officially three people in the country sadder than me

SingleSue

Re charity shops and bedding, my ex mother in law volunteers for a charity shop and if they get bedding in, she will go through it to find the decent stuff and then pass it along to me (giving a cash donation to the shop of course).

That has been very very handy for quilts when eldest decided he wanted to have one quilt on the bottom, one to wrap around him and one to go over the whole blooming lot!

It has also been handy in the winter when we were looking for quilts to have over us in the front room to keep warm, nice cover sewn around and it becomes a luxurious throw for the sofas!

wageslave

I love charity shops. I could spend hours in them.

They are almost as good as second hand book shops.

fc123

wageslave wrote: »

Have you any idea how much hassle it is listing stuff on E Bay?
Photos, descriptions, clicking button after bliddy button then losing the whole lot and having to start again.

Then you have to parcel it up and queue behind umpteen pensioners at the post office.

I am beginning to remember why I didn't bother doing it before:cool:

EDIT I have three watchers now. It is good to know there are officially three people in the country sadder than me

Sometimes they like to ask loads of questions and want answers within an hour of posting.

fc123

wageslave wrote: »

I love charity shops. I could spend hours in them.

They are almost as good as second hand book shops.

You would have loved our vintage business...it was soooo exciting unearthing gems amongst all the textile waste.
I still have a 1950's Scottish cashmere collection.

wageslave

fc123 wrote: »

Sometimes they like to ask loads of questions and want answers within an hour of posting.

I will put anyone who asks me anything technical on the banned buyers list.

If I can work out how.