On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:54:23 +0100, Pete Verdon
d wrote:

Andrew May wrote:
Jules wrote:

is where ebay doesn't work so well, but Freecycle does (assuming
you don't default to giving the item to the first responder)

But the problem then becomes one of deciding which of the half dozen
or so respondents is the most deserving.

I tend to go for the one who comes across as a functioning human being
in their email, as opposed to the illiterate and retarded that seem to
make up a fair proportion. Not because the latter are inherently less
deserving of free stuff, but because the former are more likely to
actually turn up when they said, with a suitable means of taking their
acquisition away with them.

It's not just me then. I often get replies like "PLZ KAN I HAV THE
STUF M8". It's email not ****ing SMS!

Mind you, the current batch on offer is all bathroom stuff that won't
come to any harm in the rain, so can sit on my drive until it gets
collected or goes to the tip.

I wish freecycle would complete the move away from yahoo. I really
don't like their privacy policy. You have to opt out of all their
sites individually and there's 120 of them :-(
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