does any one freecycle on here?

[Davaroo]

I'd suspect that most do, or will after this thread.

I do.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

If you don't like your local FreeCycle group, perhaps you could start your own. Even if there's already a group for your state/county/town, you could start one for your neighborhood. Then you could moderate it, and you & your members could decide on the rules. There are several different FC groups in my area, some of them make it a rule that you must post at least one offer for every wanted post. Because that's the spirit of FC, keeping useful things out of the landfill, finding folks who can put your discards to good use. Like the dog owners who can use your stained bedspreads for bedding, and gardeners who want your torn lace tablecloths & curtains to cover their fruit trees, etc. And most importantly, chicken keepers who can take anything and make a coop out of it!

The best thing I've gotten from FC is community. Getting to meet people in my neighborhood I would otherwise never have known, building those connections and meeting each other's needs.

I've also gotten lots of nice kitchen appliances, things like juicers, blenders & rice cookers, things other folks have that they never find themselves using. And I have a few people routinely saving their egg cartons for me.

I've given away a lot of furniture, things my husband was convinced no one would ever want, just throw them away, he said. But I posted them anyway, described every flaw, and found a number of people glad to have those pieces anyway.

Our area FC also has a few sister sites, a Bulletin Board where folks can post about community events, and a Garage Sale site where you can post items $100 & less. I started a group for my area that's like a FreeCycle for plants & gardening items, we trade seeds, cuttings, tools & advice.

 

[babymakes6]

Here is the e-mails I got from my Freecycle group today, edited to remove names and towns:

OFFER:Free couch and loveseat
WANTED:Magic Bullet and Yarn needed
needed:window ac
Wanted:Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Pot filter basket
offer 5 plastic lawn chairs
wanted: deep freezer & portable dishwasher
Wanted: Booster Seat for 4 year old
WANTED:Stove
wanted:trailer
Wanted artificial decorative tree

Today is a good day, actually, there are TWO offered items!

 

[fowler_chick]

i'm a member of all 3 of our FC here, and yes some of them have really bad mod's wh o do not have a clue, i love freecycle but some of the people on it are well...greedy, i once posted our labradoodle needing ro be rehomed (she destroyed my house) and got a earfull from another member for posting it....in the end she got banned, some one else wanted he dog but wanted us to bring the dog to her!!! hhhmmm i'm sorry but if you want it you come get it!!!...never got rid of the dog in the end.

so far we have gotten rid of ton's of baby clothes, carseat's,and other stuff, we also give away our manure (cow,horse and pig), i once posted a non working hot tub and it was taken with in 10 mins....that cleared out my back yard.

I have gotten out door kids toy's for my 2 little boy's, a washer, a dryer, 2 black labs (same litter but given to me 1 1/2 a part) and a quarter horse mare that my daughter uses for 4-h

 

[TennesseeTruly]

I've freecycle'd for years! I have given away alot of thing that would have otherwise ended up in landfills and have been given lots of things as well.

I think that it was a great idea that was hatched, I continue to freecycle today!

Laurie

 

[debilorrah]

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DITTO!!!!! I couldn't thrown my coffee maker at anyone. Three people promised to pick it up. I finally gave it to a gal at work.

 

[Davaroo]

I like FC, but like anything there's some bad eggs.
Some people cannot be pleased and do not value much of anything.
They call, then dont show up. And then, when they do come, they want to dicker or complain....

But in my experience, FC is workable and most members are not like that. Sometimes the rules can be a bit draconian, the moderation heavy handed. However, our FC mods must have recently changed (or changed their minds) - because I see pet ads again, ads which have been previously banned.

SO there is some variability. Personally, any place I can place ads for people to come take junk I would otherwise haul off is okay with me.

 

[okiron]

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Heh I would except I really don't like Yahoo Groups.

 

[mjdtexan]

I have been. Its a whole lot easier to give stuff away than it is to get something. There have been a few things that I could have used that I never got a responce from the giver. When you are giving something away though you get 50 replies. I think its better to let someone use it than put it in a landfill.

 

[Dar]

my local FC group is great!

I posted a wanted ad a few weeks back for a chest freezer. well it took about 2 weeks but a lady responded to me today she was just waiting fer hers to be delivered and was wondering if i still need one....