freecycle- reuse dont bin

Spendaholic_Chick

Today's gem on my local group:

Im after a genuine Windows XP Home Edition Disc with serial number and
manual if possible.

If anyone has one they dont need..email me at xxxxx

frugalpam

Spendaholic_Chick wrote: »

Today's gem on my local group:

Im after a genuine Windows XP Home Edition Disc with serial number and
manual if possible.

If anyone has one they dont need..email me at xxxxx

Good grief!!! That costs a few hundred pounds? If the spirit of Freecycle is to prevent things going into landfill, this one doesn't quite fit in :rotfl:

Pam

essexgal

essexgal wrote: »

and today's gem:D

hi does any one have a jack lalanne power juicer they nolonger use or
want as i would realy like to have one because my children and me
drink lots of bottled juice and i would like them to have more fresh
juice and it will get some fruit and veg into them

blimey - talk about specific:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

What the :eek: :eek:

I have a juicer to dispose of
It's fairly good condition - but works very well
It is a Jack La Lanne Power Juicer.

Well I suppose if you don't ask you don't get..... wonder whether poster one was the lucky recipient UPDATE - no she wasn't !

essexgal

Spendaholic_Chick

frugalpam wrote: »

Good grief!!! That costs a few hundred pounds? If the spirit of Freecycle is to prevent things going into landfill, this one doesn't quite fit in :rotfl:

Pam

Exactly. Also I posted a few offers yesterday and the same man emailed asking for two of the items with 'can I have this please?'. No niceties, no hello, I spose I should be thankful that he actually said please. I'm waiting to see if anyone else offers them first!

BoingBoing_2

I'm 'glad' to see that most freecycle sites suffer from the same problems, I only joined my local site around 6 weeks ago, but have been totally amazed at the gall of some people! Asking for really expensive items like virtually new computers, cars, tv's, mobile phones etc.

Like Spendaholic Chick, i've now stopped giving my items to the first person to email me saying 'yes please' and decided to wait 24 hours. Hopefully this will reduce the amount of items going to those scroungers who reply to every single post put up then go on to flog the items on the swapit flogit sister site!! I know this happens as twice now i've seen an item i've freecycled end up on offer by the user i gave it to!

Freecycle is an excellent idea, but now it's become a victim of it's own success....far too many ppl posting wanted adds and offering nothing in return.

PS... WANTED a new pc please with windows vista, must be high specification and as new condition and can you deliver it and set it up for me as i'm too tight and lazy to save up and buy 1 myself

dobbiesloan

rachel_belmont wrote: »

Your message was rejected because you don't live in the area covered by that group AND you didn't include the fact that you'd already posted it to local groups. I do try to check but with nearly 10,000 members I can't check all the time.

As for me having "neither the courage or common human decency to reply", maybe if you'd have written a polite message to me instead of a mega-rant I might have replied. Like I said earlier, I have nearly 10,000 members to deal with in the one group alone single handed, not to mention my paid job (Freecycle is voluntary you know), housework, five children and their hobbies and a husband who is ill and undergoing tests for serious illness.

What did I assume wrongly?? You live in an area not covered by the group I run. And please tell me, all these things you're stating you've seen requested on the group who've dared to reject your message......I can quite confidently say you've never seen these things asked for on my group!

If these people asking for things on Freecycle offends you all so badly then maybe you should all reconsider your memberships.

LOL very good try at being funny some may think But this is exactly how the mods work.I have nearly 10,000 members to deal with in the one group alone single handed How do people like that manage to become owners of groups? we have seven locol groups in my aera (used to be one) all the same owner and mod names keep coming up. Look at us we mod 7 groups. Well rachel_belmont If your to busy moderating all your groups maybe its time you freecycled a few

welshdeedee

Spendaholic_Chick wrote: »

Today's gem on my local group:

Im after a genuine Windows XP Home Edition Disc with serial number and
manual if possible.

If anyone has one they dont need..email me at xxxxx

Shame. You have to feel sorry for him/her............ Windows XP is soooooooooo last year!;)

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Spendaholic_Chick

Now I'm on a roll, look what just came through:

Has anyone got a hard drive for PC - at least 60 Gig already loaded
with Windows XP? ..............

and...........

Has anyone got a working dishwasher they don't use anymore?

Of course, I've emailed them both right away with the offers :-)

welshdeedee

I have an amazing working dishwasher in the form of my Hubby and I wouldn't freecycle him!!

frugalpam

rachel_belmont wrote: »

I have nearly 10,000 members to deal with in the one group alone single handed, not to mention my paid job (Freecycle is voluntary you know), housework, five children and their hobbies and a husband who is ill and undergoing tests for serious illness.

10,000 members, and you run it single handed? I live in a city, and there aren't even 4,000 members in mine Ever thought of appointing moderators to help? With all your domestic commitments, I'm suprised you have time for Freecycle, let along joining this forum. But maybe thats why your one and only post to this forum was to this thread

Pam