"Adrian C" wrote in message
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
You will lose a great deal of time through time wasters who say they'll
turn up to collect but then don't. And answering e-mails from people
wanting something which they don't then bother replying to.



Still in my experience the effort is far outweighed by the spoils won
(offered and requested) on freecycle and stuff that I'm certain has gone
to better homes (and in one case a London Hospital!).

My first offer was a huge carrier bag full of used wine bottle corks. We'd
saved them for years, they represented a lot of money and liver damage but
we couldn't bear to throw them away.

We had three people who wanted them. We're now on our second bag. Having
made a contact we don't need freecycle for that at least..

Mary