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Spendaholic_Chick

WANTED: Good quality household furniture

Sat May 19, 2007 1:13 pm (PST)
1) Sofas/chairs/3 piece suite

2) Double bed (with or without mattress)

3) Dining table and/or chairs

4) Computer desk (ideally x2)

5) Free-standing shelving

6) Wardrobe

7) Chest of drawers

8) Toaster

9) Vacuum cleaner

10) Anything else which would class as household furniture - we are
starting from scratch :-)

Thanks.

Talk about a shopping list! Gets round the 'only one Wanted ad per week rule, doesn't it?! I love the fact that they have nothing, and are starting from scratch, yet will only consider 'good quality' items.

When I first started out, I was grateful for ANYTHING!

essexgal

Spendaholic_Chick wrote: »

Talk about a shopping list! Gets round the 'only one Wanted ad per week rule, doesn't it?! I love the fact that they have nothing, and are starting from scratch, yet will only consider 'good quality' items.

When I first started out, I was grateful for ANYTHING!

note they want 2 computer desks - so, no bed, table, chairs but have 2 computers.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

when OH and I started out we were donated a right assortment of stuff - but it did us until we could afford to replace it ourselves - but then we didn't have a tv for six months, let alone the computers, games consoles, etc.:p

essexgal

judderman62

We do appear to be back at this culture thing dont we of I wan't it now.

Similarly when I 1st moved into this flat I made do with cheapest of cheap (IKEA tat and similar) - indeed still have the futon in my lounge that I bought 7 years ago.

My clothes , for 1st 12-18 months, hung on a clothes rail on wheels type affair (£12.50 from IKEA - see what I mean about IKEA tat)

Spendaholic_Chick

Wehn I first started out I would have been delighted with Ikea 'tat' lol

I had all kinds of weird n wonderful stuff from my then OH's grandad who had just gone into a home, including a brown n orange carpet that only fit the middle of the room (so we positioned the *spew* brown dralon sofa that my aunty donated around it and the rest of the room was bare floor! We had a tv bought ina second hand shop for 30 quid that was as ugly as sin but it served its purpose. We also had one of those hideous room divider units from the 70s in a sort of teak effect. :eek:

Morty_007

beer2006 wrote: »

Well......... I thought thats what you all wanted, for the items to go to the people that need them most.........
With so many people supposingly ebaying and carbooting items, isn't it better to ask questions?

I don't really care about the sob story or cause that it's going to, to be honest (In fact our list has a specific "no sob story" rule when asking for an item) ALL I ask is for politeness and lack of greed!

beer2006 wrote: »

OK not an essay, I haven't seen that particular post so I can't comment.

LOL, it's just the tone of this one. Very superior! Went to look for it in it's entirety but think I must have deleted it.

cece_3

Hi all,
anyone got any ideas on a reply to give to someone on freecycle. I posted a wanted add for baby things as I am due in 10 weeks. I got what I thot was reply from a lovely person asking me if I wanted a buggy, when I replied saying that would be lovely thank you. She said "actually it's not free, it's 30 quid as I need the money to buy a double buggy". She made me feel bad, I know I shouldn't but I just do....I haven't replied. I don't know what to say.

beer2006

cece wrote: »

Hi all,
anyone got any ideas on a reply to give to someone on freecycle. I posted a wanted add for baby things as I am due in 10 weeks. I got what I thot was reply from a lovely person asking me if I wanted a buggy, when I replied saying that would be lovely thank you. She said "actually it's not free, it's 30 quid as I need the money to buy a double buggy". She made me feel bad, I know I shouldn't but I just do....I haven't replied. I don't know what to say.

Oh Yeah a very lovely person :rolleyes: Tell her to get lost and tell the mods

bones61

beer2006 wrote: »

Oh Yeah a very lovely person :rolleyes: Tell her to get lost and tell the mods

Hi cece, I agree with beer2006 about reporting as trying to sell something is against the rules, but not sure if it is worth it.
I would not bother wasting time or effort contacting them direct, they may be nice and genuine but they might be miserable conning sh**s.
There have been quite a few 'baby bits' offered so hopefully you will get something from more genuine people, good luck.

Morty_007

Does anyone have a small antique pine bookcase they would like to give a new home. I need one for my daughters bedroom so she can store her books and some small games.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: not fussy then :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

judderman62

cece wrote: »

Hi all,
anyone got any ideas on a reply to give to someone on freecycle. I posted a wanted add for baby things as I am due in 10 weeks. I got what I thot was reply from a lovely person asking me if I wanted a buggy, when I replied saying that would be lovely thank you. She said "actually it's not free, it's 30 quid as I need the money to buy a double buggy". She made me feel bad, I know I shouldn't but I just do....I haven't replied. I don't know what to say.

Report to mods for sure

Cheeky , conning ********