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16011996

welshdeedee wrote: »

Don't think anyone would object to it going to landfill. Gross!

i certainly wouldn't. mind you my dd loves it when i have a clear out she makes "potions" with it, but then it ends up in the bin, lol.

welshdeedee

16011996 wrote: »

not in freecycle land.

:T

(darn 10 character rule)

welshdeedee

16011996 wrote: »

i certainly wouldn't. mind you my dd loves it when i have a clear out she makes "potions" with it, but then it ends up in the bin, lol.

Big difference using yours and a complete strangers. YUK YUK YUK!

aceyjill

WANTED PORCHE 911 TURBO

just On The Off Chance That Somebody Has A Porche 911 Turbo They No
Longer Want Must Be Taxed And Tested Delivery Prefered

WANTED COTTAGE IN THE COUNTRY

a Nice 3 Bedroomed One Must Be Freehold With A Garage For The Porche I
Want

natwill_3

On my freecycle recently


High Definition Plasma TV TAKEN

Sorry to dissapoint so many of you but I had to give this to the most deserving
blind single
mother of 3 living in a shoe box, who to my suprise showed up in a Rolls Royce
pickup with
her guide dog driving.

fizzel81

I am looking for a Welder, any make, model or size - Would be great
if it was in working condition but would be prepared to fix if
nothing too serious.

I am also looking for:

An LCD Monitor any size or make,

A Glass Coffee Table

A Medium sized Chest Of Drawers.

If you have any of the above and would like to re-home any of them I
would def give them a good home.

would they like anything else perhaps i would love a lcd moniter lol

natwill_3

Wanted: Portable DVD player

I am going to see my Gran next month and would like to take her some
DVD's of my children that I have recorded. Being a spritely 93 year
old, she has no way I can show this to her.

fatnbald

judderman62 wrote: »

If only this were still the case in my local area I'd be a lot happier about freecycle. Indeed when I 1st joined (and btw not that long ago - I'd say somewhere between 5-8 months ago) it was a good place - wanteds weren't too copious and in the main for reasonable items.

However recently several of my local groups have become saturated with out and out scroungers taking the p**s.

Freecycles own rules/guidlines have limits on number of wanteds posted within a month and also state that one should not ask for high value items. Yet despite this I have seen:

4 wanteds posted by someone within 3 minutes

Several requests for cars :eek:

A request for a caravan

A request for a Nikon SLR camera (for those not au fait Nikon are the Rolls Royce of cameras)

A digital SLR - value of this would be minimum £300 - more likely £400-500 or more.

as it happens I would desperately like a digital SLR but cannot currently afford one so I am putting a little money a month aside (might take me 12-24 months but I hope to get there) so I can buy one. I would consider asking for such a value item on freecycle to be taking, taking the p**s to new levels so don't intend doing so.

In one group another disgruntled member voiced his feeling that there were too many wanteds and that people were beginning to take the mickey.

he was then slapped down by the moderator at which point he posted that he was going to withdraw from freecycle as a consequence. He then received several emails of support (myself included) , which he made the group aware and thanked us all for the support.

At this point the moderator back tracked and sent a message advising no more than x amount of wanteds to be posted per month due to complaints received.

Sadly other groups in my area are the same and one was featured in the local freebie paper and the whole article came from the angle of don't bother buying stuff you can get it for free - the whole tone made my blood boil as I felt it would encourage the situation and atmosphere of the other group I mentioned above - but the moderator thought the article in the paper was good :eek: :eek:

All this has left me very disillusioned with freecycle and makes me a little reticent about offering stuff up on it (I have several items I have been meaning to offer up on there for a while).

Glad to see the above links about alternatives - might check these out and see the level of coverage and get a feeling for the atmosphere on them.

and with impeccable timing this post (slightly edited) appears on two of my local groups:


"hi wanted sofa , bedroom stuff computer desk , hoover , lamps can
anyone help my xxxxx is in need of household items can pick up anyday "

So they want their whole home furnished for free - which reminds me I have seen two posts like this before - one of whom asked for a similar amount of items as above and for a relative of theirs as well as for themselves !!

All of the above sounds very familiar. Might even be the same regional group.

I have a big problem with what appear to be semi professionals on freecycle, snapping up almost everything that is offered with no items offered up by them.
On the group near me a reasonably worded message pointing out the disparity between the offers and wanted messages posted by one user got a less than sympathetic response from the mod.
I have placed some items on there which have been snapped by what I hope are genuine people who will use the items but I am not so sure.
I have seen a few wanteds for caravans, a full set of of furniture and appliances (even listing makes and models in some cases), Digital SLR and digital cameras, PC's, laptops, MP3 players etc etc. Whilst the original philosophy is great once again the people who think everything should be given to them on a plate without effort are spoiling the great idea.

natwill_3

I am going to stop now! Joined my local freecycle group after seeing this thread, very good for getting rid of stuff I couldn't be bothered to sell on ebay and I picked up a portable tv which was great but got tired of people saying they wanted and not picking up or being very abrupt as if they were doing me a favour taking away a brand new wireless router..

Gone on to daily digest now, but alot of wanted eg dvd players and laptops for students finishing coursework seem a bit suss?

Never mind, I have loved reading this thread, mase me laugh out loud sometimes!

~*Plushroom*~

Okay guys, being experienced freecyclers I thought I'd ask your advice. I need to post a wanted on my freecycle group for suitcases (Moving house in 2 weeks and realised the boxes I packed in where left in the spare room and have grown mould - lovely eh!).

Do you think I'm going to get many rude messages from people if I ask nicely to lend or be given some old suitcases? Because if that's likely I'll leave it a few days until I'm in a cheerier mood because I'll explode with anger at the moment! Also what's the most polite way to post a wanted, I've only ever posted offers and it's got me a bit nervous!

Also I have a binliner full of kids stuff, do you think that's likely to be snapped up on freecycle by just one person? I'm running out of room here!!!