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to be p****d off with freecycle freeloaders?

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SillyMillysMummy · 26/03/2007 16:53

i know its a green website and that, to keep stuff out of landfill, but i find the wanted posts are getting out of hand. somebody has just posted - wanted - bugaboo cameleon buggy!!!!!!!!!!!

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tatt · 02/04/2007 19:11

Not unreasonable at all.

We've had a lot of wanted ads lately and they irritate me. I posted that I wanted a small piece of large diameter pipe but I thought that was reasonable as someone might have a bit lying around going to waste. We had an old bike, posted it was in need of TLC and after a few enquiries no-one wanted it, they all want ones that are good enough to sell so its the dump .

I don't mind the ones saying wanted broken laptop where the DVD works so I can just use that bit, that sounds sensible to me. Asking for a new laptop, though, is too much.

EllieKthePA · 02/04/2007 19:12

up until today i had only had good experiences on ours!

weeonion · 03/04/2007 03:45

i love ours. have got rid of random stuff thrugh both answering wanted adds and offering up. have met some very strnage charcters tho' - dp gets a bit paranoid as to whom i am letting come to the flat. had one guy arrive and asked if he could see round the place if there was anything else he faniced. short shift to that one.

i have posted stuff to people and to be honest - had thank you emails / cards and pressies from quite a few. a really sweet bloe just go this first ever flat - gave him loads of bits and after he realised i was preggers - he sent a set of babygros and a card he had made himself.

i actually find it all a bit amusing to see how far people will go to get things. i do tend to pick and chose whomi give to. if they email just saying - i want that - then there is no chance...

3easterbunniesandnomore · 03/04/2007 09:28

lol at the bloke wanting to look around the flat if there was more he fancied...ahem...whyever not...lol...hmmmmm
Must admit, last week, one of teh girls that came to pick up tehe Buggy I had put on, well, she ended up with loads more stuff and is coming back today for more...saved me putting it on freecycle, I thought!

ProfYaffle · 03/04/2007 09:35

Jenkywoo - at least his tip took the carpet, ours won't! We had new flooring through the house a few months ago literally the only way to get rid of the old stuff was to hire a skip.

The people who run our Freecycle are hacking me off a bit at the moment, really beaurocratic. We get admin e-mails all the time and they are very picky about the exact format of e-mails, if yours doesn't match up they reject it.

treacletart · 03/04/2007 10:03

I'm on the Brighton one - currently getting upward of 4 or 5 email "digest" a day. If anyone asked for a Bugaboo here they'd be hounded off the board I reckon. Someone "dared" ask for a super soaker water pistol a couple of years ago and things really kicked off!

Bubbaloo · 03/04/2007 15:58

It's unbelievable what people ask for.Last week someone was asking for a Playstation 3.
Saying that...just before Christmas someone on there did give away a Wii console which apparently was genuine!

Flamesparrow · 03/04/2007 16:18

Am I the only person who really doesn't care what people ask for? Does it really matter?

ProfYaffle · 03/04/2007 16:20

They may ask, but do they get? That's what I want to know.

expatinscotland · 03/04/2007 16:21

I don't care what people ask for. What I care about are cheeky gits who demand the moon after responding to your offer and then don't show up.

tinkerbellhadpiles · 03/04/2007 17:07

expatinscotland - Just name and shame them on the list, perhaps in this format:

WANTED the two hours back lost to XXXX, a fellow freecycler who failed to turn up without explanation. Shame on you {email address}

HopeIGetSomeMegaEggs · 04/04/2007 09:12

Received this from our group mod this morning - and thought of this thread!!

Hi folks

Isn't it great that there are now over 1000 members in our group?

It's getting busier all the time, which is terrific, but I have had
cause for concern over some of the WANTED: posts we've been getting of
late.

May I remind everyone that Freecycle is not the Argos catalogue. If
you desparately need a P4 Laptop, or a working camera phone, then
please consider buying one.

Freecycle is about reusing items that have little or no resale value
and are otherwise headed for landfill. If the items are of any
significant value, you're very unlikely to be offered one, and it's
arguably a little annoying to ask.

If you need to post a WANTED: message, it would be greatly appreciated
if you would also consider posting an OFFER:. Freecycle is about
giving as well as taking.

I'm not saying you must make an offer, but I have noticed a few of us
seem to post nothing but WANTED: messages and it would be nice if we
could return the generosity of others.

Thanks

tatt · 04/04/2007 11:33

lovely message, I'd send it to our freecycle manager except I don't think they'd appreciate it. Have to say that our freecycle has some very generous offers or things that could be sold though.

agnesnitt · 04/04/2007 15:09

I've often been tempted to post "Wanted: Moon on a Stick" to our local board. It's got so bad that I rarely read the digest these days, which defeats the object entirely

Agnes

filthymindedvixen · 04/04/2007 15:18

I wish I'd thought of your name Agnes .I tried magrat once, but gone...even though I've never seen her post...!

Pannacotta · 04/04/2007 15:35

Agree that some of the wanted posts are OTT and with what the moderator wrote about freecycle not being the Argos catalogue!
I think freecycle is a good idea but does need to be kept in check.
Felt a bit pissed off myself when I replied to a wanted ad for a king size bed. Gave them an IKEA bed bought for £300 with the instructions too and they never even posted a Received ad to acknowledge it, bit impolite really....

tinkerbellhadpiles · 04/04/2007 21:26

agnesnitt - oh go on post OFFERED - Small child - good with chimneys. I dare you

sandcastles · 05/04/2007 03:45

SillyMillysMummy, that's nothing. On the South Australian Freecycle, some one posted that they wanted a 3 bed house!

sandcastles · 05/04/2007 03:46

SillyMillysMummy, that's nothing. On the South Australian Freecycle, some one posted that they wanted a 3 bed house!

3easterbunniesandnomore · 05/04/2007 09:50

lol...I was thinking of offering my Kids...there are moments it's rather tempting, lol!

Lol at someone asking for 3 bed house...

however, there just come a taken message through, that a brandnew bath with panels was taken....
but I suppose it's different if someone offers stuff like that, rather then someone asking for it...

agnesnitt · 05/04/2007 11:26

filthymindedvixen: I thought about 'that agnes that calls herself perditax' but it would have taken far too long to type

I dipped a toe into the freecyle digests last night for a giggle, and it seems as though we have a new mod who cares, a rather stern mail was sent out and there seem to be less silly posts. everything is coming through twice though which I am assuming is a glitch on behalf of yahoo.

Agnes

filthymindedvixen · 05/04/2007 13:20

well, if we ever see a perditax running amok on here, i'll know who's dug out her occult jewellery and black lacy gloves in or order to have a bit of a row with herself

nappyaddict · 14/04/2007 03:42

just thought of this thread when i saw a wanted ad just for a ps2 or xbox!!

auntymandy · 14/04/2007 05:20

has anyone tried here?
loads of people seem to be complaining about freecycle. I give everything to wheatfields hospice! but saw this site and wondered if it was any good to any of you?

elkiedee · 28/04/2007 23:19

My mum is very into freecycle and has managed to get hold of a choice of two travel systems including the clip in carseats and everything, most impressive. However, I definitely feel that when the time comes to pass anything on I should freecycle or otherwise give away what's spare. My stepdad's wife's younger brother (ie my stepdad and mum split up and have both remarried) has passed on a travel cot to me, but then another one was part of my maternity leave gift from work (I was taken aback by how much stuff we had to take home) so my mum suggested putting the other on ebay. I said no, freecycle or something, but I think she was thinking of passing it on to the Refugee Centre in Leeds. I'm happy with that, but I certainly feel that I've been given so much from different sources of generosity that I should be willing to give too once I know I defintely don't need stuff any more.