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Emmylou_2

tcr wrote: »

Can anyone suggest what to do with our 14" Sony portable tv ? It's old style CRT, it's about 5 years old and minted. We've advertised it on freecycle 3 times now and no-one's biting, the local charity shops won't take electrical goods at all ... seems a shame to dump it

Local hospice or hospital rehab/children's ward, a day centre near you maybe?

Homeless organisations - local Emmaus/Cyrenians (or similar) may be able to give it to someone who's just been housed?

Sent from my sofa

chickywiggle

dizziblonde wrote: »

I think it was utterly utterly ridiculous scrounging... and it's the sort that's destroying the whole thing when you log on to page after page of ridiculous, often incredibly ungrateful wanted posts day after day. That's not keeping stuff out of landfill - that's begging and often has nice side doses of emotional blackmail on the side (most noteably the ridiculous "I want an iPad but I'm saving to get my ill cat put to sleep" one from my own group that someone posted on here before).

Lots of us are sick of the endless "want a sofa, must be grey leather" comments... yeah, "would like a sofa" but people seem to expect colour coordinated designer stuff as hand-me-downs. It's rude, it's greedy and it's downright ridiculous. Then you have the idea that putting an X-Factoresque sob story at the end of your post will immediately make people think "OH I have a spare Xbox 360 I'll give to you since your rabbit is homeless and the gerbil's cage was destroyed in a tragic little gerbil livey in house fire while your three legged cripple cat limps by forlornly"... and the people who re-post the same wanted every single blooming day without fail, or want expensive electrical item after item after item week-in week-out.

You obviously seem to have an axe to grind since you're picking after post after post on here in some kind of a frenzy so I'm guessing we've rattled your cage somewhat... obviously there are a large number of other people on here who are veering between being annoyed and bemused by the ridiculous wanteds cropping up more and more - since this thread's incredibly active and long-lived.

Don't like it - door's that way --->

:T:T
well said.

Bubble16

Well I have had THREE no shows on a box of stuff I am trying to GIVE away. The last one just about finished me off, got one more person interested and am at the point where I can't be bothered and just want to pitch it in the bin, started composing a you are welcome but not if you are a complete time waster as well response then realised that they may not be and it really wasn't their fault three other ***** were so cancelled it and haven't responded. One very large box of pretty decent stuff still sat in my lounge. Rant over, thank you.

thepedestrian

Yahoo !!

Our Freegle group has managed to secure some lottery money ,so should enable us to ditch Yahoo groups :j

mirko

Bubble16 wrote: »

Well I have had THREE no shows on a box of stuff I am trying to GIVE away. The last one just about finished me off, got one more person interested and am at the point where I can't be bothered and just want to pitch it in the bin, started composing a you are welcome but not if you are a complete time waster as well response then realised that they may not be and it really wasn't their fault three other ***** were so cancelled it and haven't responded. One very large box of pretty decent stuff still sat in my lounge. Rant over, thank you.

I now only give away stuff that I can leave on my doorstep for collection. I can't be bothered waiting in for people to turn up.

Azari

dizziblonde wrote: »

I think it was utterly utterly ridiculous scrounging... and it's the sort that's destroying the whole thing when you log on to page after page of ridiculous, often incredibly ungrateful wanted posts day after day. That's not keeping stuff out of landfill - that's begging and often has nice side doses of emotional blackmail on the side (most noteably the ridiculous "I want an iPad but I'm saving to get my ill cat put to sleep" one from my own group that someone posted on here before).

Lots of us are sick of the endless "want a sofa, must be grey leather" comments... yeah, "would like a sofa" but people seem to expect colour coordinated designer stuff as hand-me-downs. It's rude, it's greedy and it's downright ridiculous. Then you have the idea that putting an X-Factoresque sob story at the end of your post will immediately make people think "OH I have a spare Xbox 360 I'll give to you since your rabbit is homeless and the gerbil's cage was destroyed in a tragic little gerbil livey in house fire while your three legged cripple cat limps by forlornly"... and the people who re-post the same wanted every single blooming day without fail, or want expensive electrical item after item after item week-in week-out.

There are some valid points there - asking for a TV and saying it must have certain features is going a bit far as are the sob stories.

But quibbling about someone wanting a particular colour sofa is absurd. Just because someone is poor does not mean they have no colour sense. FC is about moving things from people who don't want them to people who do. If someone doesn't want a pink or green sofa what is the point of saying they want 'a sofa' and then wasting their and the donor's time having to decline ones with which they can't live?

You obviously seem to have an axe to grind since you're picking after post after post on here in some kind of a frenzy so I'm guessing we've rattled your cage somewhat... obviously there are a large number of other people on here who are veering between being annoyed and bemused by the ridiculous wanteds cropping up more and more - since this thread's incredibly active and long-lived.

I think you are the one with the problem.

Just because someone does not share you views there's no need to start attacking them.

You seem to consider yourself as some sort of 'Lady Bountiful' who is entitled to look down on those less fortunate than herself. It's not a pleasant way to behave. And just because there are a few more who share your rather nasty attitude should not be taken as meaning it would be acceptable to the majority.

Don't like it - door's that way --->

Right back at you.

pulliptears

Azari, if you are so pro freecycle why are you even in a thread that was set up to enjoy the 'lighter side' shall we say?

To all the regular users and enjoyers of this thread, I'd suggest just ignoring and carrying on as normal so the thread doesn't get derailed.

Azari

pulliptears wrote: »

Azari, if you are so pro freecycle why are you even in a thread that was set up to enjoy the 'lighter side' shall we say?

I enjoyed the lighter side as well.

In fact I was laughing aloud at some of the posts on the first few pages.

But some people are taking things too far. Whilst some of the comments in dizziblonde's post were reasonable, she (as with certain others) is taking things too far for criticising people just because they want more than one thing.

Yes, some people are absurdly optimistic, yes, some people are rude and inconsiderate and yes, some people may be being a little greedy. But when you start pointing the finger at someone who has made a perfectly reasonable, polite, post and has even asked for advice about where to get things secondhand, that's going a step too far and demonstrates a rather petty and mean spirited attitude.

I notice that no one who has supported dizziblonde's rather unpleasant post has actually refuted any of the points I made, preferring to make personal attacks.

If you can come up with a sensible answer to the question: "Why is it acceptable to ask for one thing but not more than one, I'm perfectly prepared to listen.

Mig1971

Just got this one on mine "WANTED iphone 4 MUST be the iphone 4 no 3gs 3g or the rubbish 1st one as my son will be bullied"

Azari

Mig1971 wrote: »

Just got this one on mine "WANTED iphone 4 MUST be the iphone 4 no 3gs 3g or the rubbish 1st one as my son will be bullied"

LOL, now that's the sort of request that it seems very reasonable to object to or laugh at.