To think people on Freecycle should at least try and be polite

[NikkiLaLa]

Just that really! I am giving them something for nothing and some (most) of them are downright rude.

I agreed for one woman to have two things I was offering and then cancelled because she couldn't be bothered to say please or thank you! Just had a lovely couple come around who were really nice so they definitely deserved them more than the rude cow!

[StuffezLaYoni]

This pisses me off too. Why do they think "I'll have this can collect tomorrow 6am" will get them the item?

[prophylaxis]

Actually I think everyone should try to be polite, not just people on freecycle.

Perhaps freecycle just attracts a disproportionate number of rude arseholes due to it being a source of "free stuff".

[Skellig]

YANBU. This is a pet hate of mine and dh. We regularly offer things on freecycle and get some spectacularly rude and grabby requests in response. We now have a policy that we just ignore the rude ones. No shows are also a huge bugbear - next time it happens we are going to name and shame!

[Naysa]

They think they're doing you a favour by taking things they want off your hands for free

Gawwd you shoould be grateful

[Cosmosim]

Why do people who give away unwanted stuff / crap expect a gratitude contest? I'm just happy someone is willing to schlep to mine to take whatever i can't be bothered to sell off my hands so I don't have to pay someone to bin it.

[NikkiLaLa]

Glad it isn't just me I thought I was being over sensitive! Freecycle haven't posted my "taken" message yet so just had a man asking about the pushchair I offered and his entire message was "postcode please for collection"!

[StuffezLaYoni]

I would never give away "crap" on freecycle and don't expect feet-kissing gratitude. Just a little politeness.

[Snog]

Cosmosim if it's crap you are getting rid of then yes the giver should thank the recipient.
If it's perfectly good and desirable items with a market value then I think the recipient should thank the giver.
Largely on freecycle it's the latter.

[StuffezLaYoni]

What an extremely rude message... I assume you didn't give him the pushchair?!

[MintyyAeroEgg]

Yanbu! People can be astonishingly ignorant.

[Skellig]

We also get annoyed by people requesting high value items - usually in a rude way, too. We've had requests/demands for cars, play stations and X-boxes on our local group.

[ItsYoniYappy]

I'm a moderator for freecycle, it is the worst volunteering job ever, everyone is rude. I am only doing until they find someone else for my area, I have done it for over a year now and never ever had one. Thank you
.. if that! Shittiest volunteering job ever imo

[ophelia275]

I've stopped giving to people on Freecycle and Gumtree and now only give to charity shops.

I had so many no-shows, so much extreme cheekiness and rudeness. A depressing reflection of the entitlement culture that is so prevalent today.

[NikkiLaLa]

Cosmosim I don't want them to be eternally grateful I just think a please or thank you wouldn't go amiss. I generally take "crap" to the tip it's just stuff that I can't be bothered to sell but feel is too good for the bin I put on FC.

Stuffez no he most definitely did not get the pushchair, he didn't even get a "sorry it's taken" message!

[ReluctantlyBeingYoniMassaged]

Yanbu.

Nikki, I have had messages like that before. I reply with something along the lines of 'I will give my address to the person I offer it to'.

[pigletmania]

Yanbu it seems tat free cycle attracts mostly the rude freeloaders. I wanted to give away dc old baby stuff, so just put a status on Facebook stating what was to giveaway and what location I was, instead I gave them away to a couple of friends who were expecting and they were very thankful. The rest left will be given to charity shop another friend works in. Cosmosin it Takes nothing for a simple please and thank you and to be polite

[Viviennemary]

I don't like freecycle. I am a bit suspcious of it. I'd rather give my unwanted stuff to a charity.

[pigletmania]

You are giving them good stuff so that tey don't have to fork out, yes definitely politeness is the least they could do

[pigletmania]

So I Facebook my stuff and gave them to people I know instead of some rude(not all) strangers

[Plomino]

My local one had a request that made me laugh out of sheer disbelief not. that long ago . Wanted , working fridge , freezer , washing machine AND dishwasher . No crap . To be delivered .

Cannot imagine that they got any replies !

[pigletmania]

Plomino that is exactly what I mean, could not even be arsed to collect himself

[HolyMackerel]

YANBU!

I also use Freecycle and in the past month or so have had: "text me ur full address", "I want this give me your number". Why would I give my personal details to someone so rude?

I only give to those with more polite responses, and don't even reply to the rude ones.

[PurplePidjin]

Yadnbu. I have a friend who presses her son's clothes on me - think dirty, well worn, stained toddler clothes for my 5mo pfb who is still in 0-3 sizes - i at least have the courtesy to say Thank You then wash it to see if it's fit for the recycling! And i don't get a choice in that, she thinks she's doing me a favour!