The thing about Freecycle is that it is often used by people with no spare money and therefore no car. Yes, the items are free, but if someone has no car and can't drive (so can't hire a van) and the item is too big to carry on the bus they can't have it.
I have used a local group to get rid of things, and to be frank having someone come to the house and get them is so much easier than taking them to the tip and costs me nothing, whilst getting the council to collect large items is expensive, and large items have to be chopped up to fit them in the car, which is a waste of time and is bad for the environment. Passing them on is as much a case of the collectors doing me a favour as it is me doing a favour for them.
Depending on where they live and whether the item would fit in our car, Mr D would drop something off to help someone starting out or to stop it going to landfill - why not? If Mr Dog wasn't available, however, I would have to say no as I don't drive, but I wouldn't think someone was being cheeky to ask.
What I don't like is when people are curt in their replies, such as just writing 'address?', or when they hold conversations with others about my things as though I wasn't there. 'Would this do for your spare room, Susan? If you cut the legs off and paint it orange it might be ok.' Why not message privately and point Susan in the direction of the offer?
