Freegle/Freecycle, anybody use it?

[doug boardley]

We do, and because of it I'm now sat on the floor! Getting a new corner suite leather sofa delivered tomorrow, so we freegled our chesterfield suite on the proviso that it must go today,,had over 20 offers for it.
It's a great way to move things on that are too good to skip but that you can't use anymore. Anybody else use it?

 

[Gazzer]

Yeah I used Freecycle a few times but had so many time wasters I gave up.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Yes I have used it myself, for getting stuff gone and for getting stuff for myself. A lot of people do waste your time on there though. Some ask for stuff and when you offer it to them, they never bother to get back to you.

I find mobile phones go quickly.

I shall be shifting my Vango Venture 500 tent on there this summer. No point trying to sell it when the groundsheet aint waterproof anymore.

 

[Alan.P]

I've used the freecycle one, in fact I'm sat on a computer chair from it, brand new, great idea to get stuff moved for free oh yeah, and to save land fill of course.

 

[user123]

Seeing a few threads about freecycle on here I thought I'd give this a go, registered, two days later someone wants to give 18 large sandstone rockery stones away, clean ones, too!! :hurray: :hurray: more gecko rocks, all for free, can pick them up tomorrow, only 5 minutes away from here, brilliant. :hurray: Makes up somewhat for the disapointment of having lost that garden mosaic commission, still with that tricky fence issue probably a good thing...

 

[nybor62]

1st ive heard of it , quite interesting

 

[user123]

Eeehhh... went to pick up my 'sandstone' today, all excited, t'was horrible pitted limestone, covered in concrete and muck .... the lady said someone had come and taken the better ones earlier, ... that was that then, I left them there, useless to me. At least it was only 5 minutes drive from here and - free!

 

[Stewart]

Have looked at it a few times, but I always think it looks quite time consuming compared to throwing it in the skip at my store. Is that bad of me?

 

[SandyFloor]

Have looked at it a few times, but I always think it looks quite time consuming compared to throwing it in the skip at my store. Is that bad of me?

That has occurred to me too. You get phone calls asking questions, people making appointments and you having to stay in, potential time wasters, strangers coming to your home and all you have to show for it is a feeling that you gave it to someone who may or may not want it ....maybe I'm bad too although I do hand a lot into charity shops.