Freecle / freecycle and balloons on sticks

KxMx

Well I have replied to two wanted's.
Guess how many replies I have had?
0, that's right!

chickywiggle

i offered our old george forman grill. out of the 3 replies i chose the one who knew please and thank you and offered a collection time in his email.

I assume he picked it up as it has gone from where i left it...... tempted to send an email to check (and prove a politness point).

atarisrocks

ive just moved area and instead of sorting before the move i thought i wait until i unpack and put stuff on ebay/preloved/freecycle as i find stuff.

i listed 2 items (nothing exciting cd tower and an airbed) on the 4 local freecycles (all within 20 min drive) and had 19 responses on one and 12 on the other and i went through the list and offered it to people out of the 31 people 3 changed there mind , 8 only wanted it if i delivered, 1 said he would take both if i paid his petrol money (asking £20 :eek:) and of the 19 that was left 9 didnt reply and 10 people either never turned up or few mins before the agreed time they either asked me to deliver or ask me to change the date to either sometime next week and in once case the 28th of november or asked if they could collect at stupid times like 11pm or 4am

wasted a whole day waiting for people and sending emails to try sorting it out

gayleanne

I have just received this wanted in my emails

WANTED: silver fridge freezer,silver tumble dryer and silver cooker (cilfrew neath)
Hi I'm looking for a silver fridge freezer, a silver tumble dryer a
silver cooker and a ,decent size flat screen tv for my house as my
stuff is getting reposessed and need them for my kids, can any body
help me.please


Is she extracting the urine or what? it wouldn't be so bad but to ask for colours as well, its a wonder she didn't say which make and model she wanted as well. Some people are over the top.

KxMx

Fair is fair I finally got one reply from answering a wanted, and it was a really lovely reply too
People like that almost restore my faith!

JimmyTheWig

KxMx wrote: »

Fair is fair I finally got one reply from answering a wanted, and it was a really lovely reply too
People like that almost restore my faith!

And did they want what you offered them?

KxMx

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

And did they want what you offered them?

No, because they were after wood and apparently have had ample offers- mine was only a small amount and I was quite prepared for a "sorry not worth petrol cost to collect" etc.

But it was a very nice reply and I also appreciate them getting back saying no thanks because that is quite rare!

eileenfromplaistow

We had someone who was asking for a Morisson's 15p off a litre of petrol voucher, as she "really needed to fill her car and was short of money"!

Amber_Sunshine

The Barcelona mods posted a similar message to the one Eager-Elephant quotes, regarding requests for large expensive items. Perhaps in response to the person who requested a moped or motorbike ...

Today´s little gem: "I am in desperate need of a dishwasher as mine has packed in and I´m running out of plates." So tempted to offer him one and then hand over a pair of rubber gloves and a bottle of washing-up liquid ...

Amber_Sunshine

I´m a bit worried about the person who´s requested a chainsaw :eek: