to sell the item I just got off freecycle?

[2point4kids]

I use freecycle a lot. I offer things I dont need/use any more and I accept things that I would find useful. Probably offer as much as I accept.

Today I collected an item that I asked for as it would be handy for me and I will use it.
I just collected it and its in much better condition than I expected, with extras too.

I am very strapped for cash at the moment (arent we all?) and I am selling off as much of our stuff as will make money on ebay and here to try and make a few extra pennies.

If I dont sell it, I will use it and it will be useful but I dont need it and thats the criteria that I am selling off my own stuff on...so....

AIBU to sell on this freecycle item? Could make me about £30...

Sorry YABU ...

There are some rules to using 'freecycle' ...

think there is a bit of an unwritten rule with freecycle items not to sell stuff on at a profit, but on the other hand, who would know.

I think it's absolutely fine - the idea is to keep stuff from landfill. The person you got it from could have sold it but didn't for whatever reason.
I think ethically you should say when you answer the email if you intend to sell it, so they can choose to give it to somebody else. But given that you had intended to use it yourself I think that is ok. If you felt very bad you could contact the person and say this is what you want to do (but I wouldn't, myself).

YABU, Someone else on Freecycle could have really needed it to use.

YABU, you have taken an item that someone really wanted/needed and are planning to sell it. If you won't use it them freecycle it. This really puts me off freecycle.

YABU if you didn't really NEED it you shouldn't have asked for it, you should put it back on freecycle for someelse who does need it

Unless you stated in your response to the 'Giver' that you intended to sell it, then you are breaking the rules. I imagine that you'll say you only knew you wanted to sell it when you saw how much it was worth, in which case I would suggest you contact the seller and ask their permission. If you feel uneasy about asking the seller then I would suggest you keep the item and use it. Rules below FYI:

While claiming or asking for items in order to resell or redistribute them does not violate Freecycle® guidelines, some members prefer to give their items directly to the people who will use them personally. For this reason, members are entitled to ask responders if they intend to resell the item in question before agreeing to the transaction.

Resellers MUST disclose their intention to resell/redistribute any item when accepting an offer and when making wanted posts.

Members who fail to disclose this information when asked or when posting a wanted need to be issued a strike*, reminded of the rules and kept on moderation.

A strike is warning for a serious misdemeanour; two strikes can lead to a member being unsubscribed - at the owner's discretion.

i think yabu.and tad selfish.someone else may have needed it rather than wanting to make profit.
how would you feel if you freecycled something(doing your bit)and then found someone had sold it for profit?

Sorry YABU, it defeats the whole object and really puts people off from offering again. The system not only keeps stuff out of landfill but also helps those in need and, really, if you are not in need of it you should leave it for someone who is. If you are in need of it then keep it, use it and enjoy it.

I think you know you are wrong to do that, otherwise you would have just done it and not asked.

If the freecycle giver happened to find out, how would you feel facing them again?

YABU and very selfish everyone is struggling and freecycle helps a lot of people with things they really NEED but cannot afford

YANBU. Of course you could sell it but it's morally wrong.

Its not an item that anyone will really need (its a fun item, not a necessary one) so I did genuinly accept the offer with the intention of using it and wanting it as much as anybody else iyswim

I once before accepted a baby sling off freecycle and used it for ages, then when having a big sale of baby stuff I made sure I put that to one side and put it back on freecycle even thugh it would have made me money.
Now I need the money much more, hence thinking about selling this item now I have realised its worth more than the other stuff I am scraping together to sell.

I probably wont, but it does feel a bit upside down in a funny kind of way

YABU You say you don't need it but someone else would.

I expect for every person who uses the site with good intentions there are those who sell stuff on for profit. You decide if you want to profit from a site that's based on a non-profit movement of people who give and receive free reusable items in their own towns.

Just not in the spirit of freecycle at all ... yabu. Sorry to be harsh, but I even think it would be a bit dishonest.

I think it's wrong to sell stuff you've got through freecycle.

I did once put a box of kitchen stuff up saying it was "suitable for a car boot sale etc" but that's different. My expectation was that someone would sell it.

2point4kids I've done the exact same with a wilkinet sling, in fact the person who gave it to me got it via freecycle originally , and the person I gave it to has promised to pass it on too. That is the real spirit of freecycle!

I'm a bit worried about this at the moment actually. Yesterday I offered a mamas and papas wooden rocking horse. It cost my mum a fortune but we just don't have the space for it and it's far too big for the DC. As you can imagine I got a huge response so offered it to a lady whose grandaughter had asked for one for christmas. I do hope that is her intention as I'd hate for her to sell it when it could have gone to someone who could never afford one otherwise.

YABVU - put it back on freecylce if you dont really need it

yabu.

YABU and selfish
What is item? Someone on here might need it if you don;t and you could offer it to one of us

This is probably going to come out wrong, but surely when you have accepted and collected an item from Freecycle, it then becomes your own property to do with as you wish - which includes selling it?

I would disagree with anyone trying to do this as a sideline - that is, to accept loads of stuff from Freecycle with the sole intention of selling it. But one or two items are forgiveable?

YABVVU.

If you didn't need it you should have let someone who did, have it. I'd be hopping mad if I found out things I had given away were being sold on. Someone just as broke as you may now be buying a brand new one of whatever it is, whilst you make a profit on one you didn't even need in the first place.

I can't believe you even need to ask AIBU

YABU - It's just bad freecycle etiquette - I'd be cross if it were me gifting it. You should use is or put it back on freecycle.

In fact, I have put lots of stuf on freecycle that I probably could have sold but as I have got some bits and pieces before from very kind people I have done this in return.

People get cross about it. Although I have to say I couldn't give a stuff if someone sold something I'd freecycled. I just want it out of the house.