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PCPaul wrote:
So? Would you rather it went to landfill?

With my experiences of Freecycle, yes.


That's a shame - it's worked very well for us.

You do get the occasional small-town-committee-chairman type moderator
who is too pedantic even for Usenet, and after each time it's mentioned
on the local radio you get an influx of 'WANTED: Boxed PS3, must be mint
condition' but overall most people seem to be 'nice people'.

My only experience is of the London one which is perhaps too large.

Generally I just want rid of something I offer, I don't care whether
they want it or will sell it on. If I can't be arsed to sell it myself,
why shouldn't they get the profit in exchange for the hassle?

The hassle I had was people *desperate* for what I had on offer - then not
turning up to collect. And at an arranged time etc which was convenient to
them. And despite it being no trouble to them to email and phone etc to
make sure they'd 'won' it, not one ever emailed afterwards to say thanks.
So now I offer such things to the local charity shop and if they don't
want it take it to the tip.

If it's something special, I'll take more care to give it to someone who
I think really wants it for themselves.

Indeed. I'd even help with transport if I could be sure of that.

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