Whats the best/most useful thing you have got off Freecycle?

mehefin

Never received but have given away loads of stable manure to various delighted gardeners.

ubamother

Received: a brand new Galt swing slide and tower set that someone had won in a competition and they didn't have a garden(!); steam cleaner, football boots for DS, loads of upholstery material offcuts and squares
Given: bookshelf, bikes, Kenwood chef, piano scores, lego pieces, bay leaves from my pruning session, jungle curtains

lucy*locket

A piano---had to pay to have it delivered but was well worth it. A TV arial, some fabric, some magazines, a leather chair & footstool for my teenage Son's bedroom...usually I'm too late for the best stuff, you have to be online at the right time to be in with a chance.

I find Freecycle most useful though for getting rid of stuff that I would otherwise have taken to the dump, saves me a trip and less for landfill so it's all good. Only this week I disposed of two computer desks and an old pc monitor which the bloke was delighted with. Sadly no-one wants the two computer chairs I posted (they're a bit tatty) so I've got to go to the dump for the first time in months. If I have lots of replies to items offered I favour the polite emails rather than first in line! Some people can be quite rude. But they're in the minority. Go for it!

lauren_1

A top loading washing machine

a jane powertrack 360 (passed in on stupidly after i thought i was done having kids)

a bike trailer (fitted 2 kids)

thomas the tank engine bike

flippin36

A tent
A garden seat
A fish tank plus equipment
A large TV for living room
A portable TV for bedroom

I love freecycle. I also love giving things away too!

celyn90

A bookcase, motorcyle panniers and a land-line phone - all really really useful.

I must admit I haven't used it for ages since I posted a bunch of stuff that I later found out the group administrator came to collect before he put the ad out on the public forum. I had wondered (as a relative novice at the time) why someone had managed to reply before I saw the post up on the group and why there had only been that one response! It wouldn't have been so bad, but I ran into him as I was bringing some stuff down to the local swap shop a week later and he asked if I had any more things like it (it was craft supplies I'd bought in from abroad)!

It is a lovely idea though

kayjay1809

I got a large wheelie bin which enables me to buy my rabbits a bale of hay every 2-3 months at a cost of £5 rather than a bag of hay weekly costing £2.75, saving loads! The wheelie bin stores one bale perfectly

ceebeeby

I've received:

Walking boots
Strawberry Pots
Fridge Freezer for Garage
Bag of new clothes for DDs

I've given

A car (yes, fully working one!)
A shop till
2 x computers
A desk
A large mirror
A trampoline and enclosure net
2 large bags of bark
Bags of clothes

soapy955_2

redlady_1 wrote: »

My breadmaker!

You lucky thing!! I put up a wanted post for a breadmaker yesterday but no joy so far.

The best thing I have received was a tall freezer which is much more convenient and bigger than the chest freezer I had before. I then went on to offer my chest freezer on there, which someone was very grateful to receive.

I've given away a really good condition high chair on there recently and the woman swapped it for a vegetable steamer she didn't need anymore!
My Mum now has the veggie steamer and is thrilled with it.

I also offered a washing machine when I was expecting delivery of my new washer/dryer. If the company bringing my new one had taken the old one away they would've charged me. Instead it was taken away for nothing and was going to a new home by someone who needed it.

I LOVE Freecycle!:T

Sexy_Legs

I love Freecycle and have got Radiators, fire grate, beds, wardrobes bedside cabinets all in great condition.

I have also given away loads of clothes, my george foreman grill, exercise bike, hoover, suitcase and bookcase