freecycle- reuse dont bin

dazed

faded_flowers wrote: »

Did anyone read the Metro today? There was an article about a freecycle group who 'saved' a wedding after various accidents seemed it would have to be called off. Lovely story

See thats a nice story of people clubbing together and getting the job done.

I wonder though how many of the people posted:

Wanted: Free Evening do tickets for wedding

16011996

morning all.
bit of a hoohaa on local board at the mo, we all got instructions that wanteds are now limited to 3 a month, and we should post who has recieved our offereds when we post a taken message. several people are saying 3 a month is too harsh and it should be 3/4 a week maximum. personally since some nice person showed me how to file wanteds away from other emails i'm not bothered, but i've been quite surprised how strongly people are defending there right to post lots of wanteds, lol. I just think its all a bit sad. someone suggested the idea of having a score and you can only post as many wanteds as you have offereds. as theres quite a few people who are just posting wanteds (and have never offered anything) i quite like this idea. will be interesting to see what happens.

judderman62

two of my local ones have a limit of 3 a month and I think that's plenty !!!

frugalpam

16011996 wrote: »

morning all.
bit of a hoohaa on local board at the mo, we all got instructions that wanteds are now limited to 3 a month, and we should post who has recieved our offereds when we post a taken message. several people are saying 3 a month is too harsh and it should be 3/4 a week maximum. personally since some nice person showed me how to file wanteds away from other emails i'm not bothered, but i've been quite surprised how strongly people are defending there right to post lots of wanteds, lol. I just think its all a bit sad. someone suggested the idea of having a score and you can only post as many wanteds as you have offereds. as theres quite a few people who are just posting wanteds (and have never offered anything) i quite like this idea. will be interesting to see what happens.

Not suprised that the wanters don't like the idea of a maximum of 3 per month!! If they're wanting to post 2 or 3 wants a week, then it makes you wonder whether they're a) downright greedy or b) simply getting freebies to sell on.

Pam

judderman62

frugalpam wrote: »

Not suprised that the wanters don't like the idea of a maximum of 3 per month!! If they're wanting to post 2 or 3 wants a week, then it makes you wonder whether they're a) downright greedy or b) simply getting freebies to sell on.

Pam

Spot on Pammy

16011996

Apparently it’s because several people use there accounts, or they ask for friends a lot, that’s why they need more wanteds. These seem to be the main reasons cropping up anyways. I agree with Pam though, a lot of it is down to greed. Not everyone, but some definatley seem to take advantage.

quoia

16011996 wrote: »

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bit of a hoohaa on local board at the mo, we all got instructions that wanteds are now limited to 3 a month, ..................

Totally pointless.

Just causes them to subscribe to multiple groups using multiple userids / email addresses.

dobbiesloan

16011996 wrote: »

, we all got instructions that wanteds are now limited to 3 a month

Did your group have a vote or did the unelected mods force this upon you?

16011996

It was decided by the mods, as they are sick of getting complaints about the number of wanteds going through. In a way I’m a bit gutted, cos some of them are quite amusing. Personally I think it’ll just lead to shopping lists being posted, several items at once. We already have people using different user names only posted wanteds but all very similar.

welshdeedee

The cheeky ones will always find a way.

Tar and feather them, I say.