To be pissed off that people messing me around with my offer of a free fridge

Yes, I often put things out on 'Wall-mart' if it hasn't sold online or it not worth the hassle of selling. Most often the things go really quickly including clothes. Sometimes I'll take stuff to the hospice charity shop. Anything not taken is recycled at home or binned but it's rare to have left overs. Untaken clothes can be recycled at home where I live in a bag outside or there's a Salvation Army container near me.

I stopped bothering with all this years ago. The amount of admin involved with timewasting freaks on there isn’t worth it. I just put things straight outside my house with a “please take” sign. Clothing goes in a clothing recycling bag and someone will come along to nab it and sell it. Job done ✔️

People are so in the mindset of Amazon and eBay, where delivery is quick and free (well, included in the price).

I think they are happy to take for granted the assumption of free delivery, whilst conveniently ignoring the fact that the item is free/cheap, and being given away/sold by an individual rather than a company.

Moreover, many people on FreeCycle think they are doing you a great favour by taking old rubbish off your hands. Except it obviously isn't old rubbish at all, otherwise they wouldn't have wanted it in the first place!

Still, they often suspect that you're passing off broken rubbish as working and decent in order to get some mug to take it away from you - because that is exactly what they would do. If it has any value, they would be selling it - so the fact that you're giving it away must mean that you know something is awry, they reckon.

@Imaybeoldbutstillrandy and @morbidcuriosity

British Heart Foundation will accept a fridge or fridge freezer, test it, and sell it on. You can gift aid it too, so the Government have to cough up a little bit extra to the charity.

Aren't they just??!!! I see ill-mannered requests on Nextdoor app ie Need fridge asap, want lawnmower London W10, Looking for free baby clothes, Anyone got strimmer free. No pleases or thank yous. Yes, you are absolutely right, it's like they're the important ones taking it off your hands and you are just some minion at their beck and call. Grrrr.

It really is a shame that people mess around.

I've had a few things from Freecycle / Freegle and been very grateful.

After my last experience of giving something away for free I won’t be doing it again. People are rude and ungrateful. Honestly I would rather bin something now than go through the hassle of trying to do something kind.

I’ve always found it easier to get rid of something for a token amount than for free.

I had this with a desk. I put it in a local facebook page. Had lots of people wanting it. But no one turned up. I offered to a charity who arranged a date for collection. Didn’t turn up.

i went for Facebook market place. Had lots of offers. First 3 people trolls. But did get someone to collect. There was a buyers verification on their profile

I would give it to the British Heart Foundation as they will collect it from you for free and they safety check everything electrical.

I encounter this a lot,or I used to. I make things and sell them at markets and often take commissions. I always used to say pay when it's finished and you pick up, not any more! When people order at the market stall without fail the transaction goes smoothly but on FB it's a bloody nightmare. They order it then mess around when it's time to pick up or one woman rocked up a month later and wondered why I'd sold her item,after a no show and no communication. 🙄

This story has reminded me of this

I had the same with a lovely big dolls house. Several time wasters. One carried it out of the house then changed her mind and left. I have a physical disability and couldn't get it back in again. Sadly we will just take it to the tip now

People are entitled, ungrateful assholes. People on my local group not only ask for stuff, but also for it to be delivered and often no please!

Some charity shops take electrical goods, do check your local ones first, rather than take it to the tip.

every time I’ve tried to give away stuff for free, it’s been an absolute nightmare. Most recently was a bunch of paving stones that were removed from our back garden. They were literally in our driveway and when people messaged me, I would say they’re in the driveway you can come and pick up as many as you want whenever you feel like it. People seemed to have a real issue with this. Can you hold them for me? They would ask or what if you’re not home. I guess they were worried the neighbours would think they were stealing them. I also got requests for pictures of every stone and what size they were and how many they would need and on and on and on. People can be such dicks about something that is being given away for free. I would respond either you want them or you don’t. if you wanna come by and look at them you can. I’m not going to do any extra work here.

And the endless ‘does anyone have a... &…&…’ - I am in a situation and have nothing.

Kind people offer.

Then poster responds with ‘upload a photo’!

You know, if you have nothing it really doesn't matter the style/colour of your free sofas.

Or worse, my colleague who had nothing.

I offered her my sofas as we were taking delivery of new in the next week.
She came with her husband to look at the sofas in my house.

Arrived and really turned her nose up, saying to him, ‘nooo, we couldn't live with those could we’.

She looked a newer cream sofa, in another room and said ‘but if you are getting rid of that, we will take that one’.

Errrh.. I'm not!

(you carry on colleague, sitting on the floor in your house!)

Contact a local food bank first, they may have customers in need of white goods.

I have been asked if we can deliver, ah no!

I think with these larger items people don't think about transport. I'm in need of a new fridge but as I live alone and up 2 flights of stairs it's a bit tricky plus my car is full of crap!
I buy and sell a few things on marketplace and got some right bargains but selling wise I often get people who have to wait for husbands or a lift from someone as they don't have transport, they often don't get back to me.
That's another thing, I'm not sure why someone women send their husbands/partners without letting me know, presume it's because they don't want to go alone but I'd rather the heads up when I'm expecting a Jessica and big Dave turns up at my door 😂

This.. so true , nowt as strange as folk.

It’s also the manners people use (or dont) when asking about free items, they are cf’s, I just ignore them if they can’t even ask properly. It’s like they are doing u the favour when really I can dump stuff no prob just hate things going to waste .

Ime it’s a mismatch between the folk that need a free fridge asap and the folk who have the means to pick it up. We’ve had the same when listing big things for free.

If you advertise it for £10, you could always give the proceeds to charity?