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KLS

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 01:09:09 +0000 (UTC), (Rich
Greenberg) wrote:

In article ,
KLS wrote:

Your points are all well taken, but instead of throwing the stuff in
the weekly garbage, offer it up on your local list on Freecycle.org,
and you'd be amazed at who'll take the stuff and make good use of it,
warming the cockles of your heart and keeping crap out of the
landfill. I'm a hard-core Freecycler now (I've freecycled sand and
camping fuel!).

Thats what I initially thought but my experiences with freecycle have
totally soured me on it. I asked people to phone, not email. Many
emailed anyway. Then they wanted to come when it was convenient for
them and the h--- with my schedule. And then they expected me to
deliver. and when they came, they wouldn't just take the box of stuff,
but they had to spread it over my garage to pick out what they wanted
and left the rest.

I'm really sorry you experienced this: our group moderators kick
people off the list for this kind of behavior. I've been fortunate in
being able to just email selected people my address and tell them to
pick up the treasure(s) off my front porch on the day we both agree
to, and so far, no real problems. I don't meet these people, I just
leave stuff out for them. Nobody has ever left anything they promised
to pick up. Maybe email your group's moderators and ask them to be
more strict in removing recalcitrants?