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davie24

Maybe they should take the child out for a walk instead :-)

grayme-m

hermum wrote: »

Sometimes when someone replies to an offer of mine I'm at the computer & so reply within seconds of their email, they're the ones that often don't reply again.
If I was hoping to pick something up through freecycle I would try & check my messages frequently.
Most people who opt to give things away want it gone asap. Not when someone returns from a few days away.

Well said, additionally sometimes you just need to get rid of something quickly, a sofabed being large may be something like this.

We offered a two seater sofa, wanted it out quickly as the new one was arriving (it's hard to plan when sofa deliveries are notified last minute).

We gave the full facts, it was lucky that it was a nice couple of days otherwise the third person we offered it to, would not have got it.

pixwix

I think it's inevitable that where anything is offered for free you'll always get the greedy but un-needy trying their luck. They do say that Moses was only offered one commandment, but asked for 10 when he learned they were free...

Our local Freecycle has become such a mecca for tryers-on, I've long ago given up either offering or looking there.

Some years before Freecycle started up, my wife answered an ad in the Wanted column of our local paper - someone looking for a small electric boiler to make tea. We'd had an almost new one lying unused for years, so she phoned to say they could have it for very little.

Oh - they said - payment was out of the question (they hadn't mentioned that in their advert!) They were a 'local charity' some 30 miles away and needed a boiler for their functions. At which point I'd have hung up (having never heard of them). But my wife is a soft-hearted soul, and told them that if they were a charity they could indeed have it free.

Marvellous! When could she deliver it? Oh - and could she make it a specific time, as they were busy people (!!!). I don't often hear my wife use profanity - I'd covered my ears by then, but her answer seemed to involve procreating in another locality.:D I honestly thought she'd broken the phone as she slammed it down.

pitkin2020

People really take the !!!! with freecycle now. If i have something I want to get rid of I will reply to someones wanted add rather than listing it as the same old people and the endless emails get a bit boring. If I want something I always post a wanted as I find thats the only way i get anything. I only ever ask for stupid stuff like old books or carpet for the unit flooring.

In the last couple of weeks people have been asking for cars, laptops, cameras, mobile phones. But they don't just want something that works it has to be a new model etc

The people who want it delivered take the mick. I advertised a wardrobe and had some single mob give me a sob story saying she would do me a favour and take it off my hands but i would HAVE to deliver FOC to her 25 miles away, i promptly replied that the dump was 23 miles closer so that is the only place i would be delivering it. I have delivered stuff to people before but its the way you ask for help rather than demand the help.

pixwix

pixwix wrote: »

Our local Freecycle has become such a mecca for tryers-on, I've long ago given up either offering or looking there.

Actually, I take that bit back. I've just looked in on our local Freecycle, and I now realise I've been missing the biggest laughs since Morecambe and Wise! Back in the Boomarks, then.:D

folkestonelisa

Hi we need a dining table and chairs, medium sized or large table needed
would prefer 6 chairs but would be happy with four. can you deliver to
us as we dont drive?

Me too if anyone has one. It would save me buying one :rotfl:

NiallB

chickywiggle wrote: »

i advertised a large cardboard box earlier on today that my baby's travel system came in.......just got the following reply.... tis a sorry state of affairs when you don't know what a cardboard box looks like??!!


Quote:
i am curious, do you have a pic of your huge box i could be interested

Sounds a bit rude to me :rotfl:

lolseh

Lots of people asking for bikes on mine just now. Some person is being rather persistant and asked 2 days in a row for 2 bikes. Well there is me who desperatly wants a bike saving hard to get one.. Maybe I should post a sympathy story on freecycle :T

Also someone looking for a boat if someone has one lying around. Now where is that spare boat in my back garden :rotfl:

judderman62

lolseh wrote: »

Lots of people asking for bikes on mine just now. Some person is being rather persistant and asked 2 days in a row for 2 bikes. Well there is me who desperatly wants a bike saving hard to get one.. Maybe I should post a sympathy story on freecycle :T

Also someone looking for a boat if someone has one lying around. Now where is that spare boat in my back garden :rotfl:

well it has rained a lot today

timeportal

NiallB wrote: »

Sounds a bit rude to me :rotfl:

Glad im not the only one here whos mind is fully in the gutter, I thought the same:beer: