Freecycle - has anyone used it?

I managed to get rid of a perfectly good tent that I no longer had a use for - with sleeping bags and mats. Several people were interested. It's worth a try!

I used to use it, I sometimes found that the same people were jumoing on every post to get everything. I then decided to wait until more people had responded to my offers and that worked better. It gave me a good feeling.

Yes, we have, though not recently. One item was a double bed in good condition that was no longer needed.

We use Freecycle in spring - give away excess garden.

We have local Facebook groups where we have given stuff away and sometimes we’ve even sold things and donated proceeds to charity via local groups.

Yes, we gave away lots of good stuff through FreeCycle when we last moved. It was quite rewarding, as you can choose who you give to. We helped a young woman who had lost her job to start her own gardening business. Gave her a trailor and loads of tools, a good mower and hedge trimmer, etc. And lots of other stuff too.

Yes it's good .

I've given away a lot of stuff and got a free summerhouse .

Yes I use it a lot. Also an app called Olio where you can advertise food and non food items. I have recently freecycled a high chair, some DIY tools and a bin bag of plastic garden pots. It’s a good way of avoiding putting perfectly good stuff in landfill. I know some people use it to sell stuff at car boots etc but that doesn’t worry me as long as it gets used by someone.

Yes, several times. I usually take the person who answers first as the one to whom the item goes. If they don't turn up, without a good reason, it goes to the next who has enquired. It was especially useful when clearing my parent's home and I was even sent a photo of one item showing where it had been placed in their room. Another sent a text telling me how lovely it was the family could now all eat together round the table, with chairs, I had passed on. It's great to know that unwanted things are useful to others, isn't it. I don't, however, say I will deliver. If a person wants it, they must pick it up. That may sound hard but they are getting an item free.

Where we live now, I've delivered a few times, because I know the person and that she has social issues and doesn't drive. On my way to do other stuff, so no skin off my nose. Why not.

Can you Freecycle electrical goods? I have a few electrical items in fine working order to give away. The local charity shops won't take any electrical items.

Thanks for your response. I’ve registered with three different towns so we’ll see what happens.

Yes I have - got rid of an old garden chair (the huge armchair type )

Yes, have often used it to get rid of something and have also collected things.

Yes, I've used it often. over the years. Its also quite good if you are looking for something that is not easy to get hold of. I've given things mostly. There is a slight negative that people say they will come and then don't show up... but there are 'ratings' given to people for how reliable they are, so I read that. It's next to the persons name. I check out all the people who are interested before I commit to anyone. I try to find the person nearest for ecological reasons but also like to get a sense of who the person is.
Some people say 'I want it'... others say they would love it because... I tend to give it to the second type.

Many times giving away some good stuff when mil auntie and uncle died. I eventually stopped because too many people were expecting photos measurements deliveries and being a nuisance messing us around.
We thought we were doing one person a favour by delivering something he wanted as he said he was disabled. We drove ten miles to his flat and he wasn’t in. He had both of our phone numbers and could easily have arranged another day but he didn’t I thought that was so mean of him.

I've used it, though not that recently. I got rid of two wing chairs, and later a beautiful but too big for the than current house dining table and chairs.

The good thing was, presumably still is, that you invite requests and then choose one. I guess that way you could exclude persistent grabbers.

I stopped doing it because the items often turned up on FB market place. Most notably an Ercol table.

We prefer to take things to our favourite charity shops as it helps fund raising.

Our charity shops do take electrical items. and have people who PAT test them.

I use Olio ... I have put items on there, although never had anything ... the person having the items collect them, at a convenient time to you, no hassle at all

I have been using Trash Nothing (Freecycle) for several years and have gifted countless unwanted items! No matter what it is someone will want it. Even some used hair rollers and a box of old roller castors! It's absolutely brilliant.
Trash Nothing Website

kittylester

I stopped doing it because the items often turned up on FB market place. Most notably an Ercol table.

We prefer to take things to our favourite charity shops as it helps fund raising.

Our charity shops do take electrical items. and have people who PAT test them.

A charity shop is preferable if the items are worth selling. Trash Nothing is more for items unlikely to sell. I don't care what happens to them. The person has come to my house and taken away something I don't want and which no-one would probably want to buy. What's not to like?

I use both Freecycle and a local recycle page which takes things like offcuts of wood, half tins of paint and cones from the centre of knitting yarn. People use them for all sorts of projects, it gets them out of your house when you've finished with them, and it saves on landfill.

Freecycle does attract some 'grabbers' who pounce on everything and probably sell it on, but so long as they turn up and take the items, I don't really care. If I want rid of something and someone else can make a few quid by selling it, it's a win-win, as far as I can see. What annoys me is when you take the time to measure items so that people can see whether they'll fit in their car, and state clearly that you want them to be collected, then you get people asking if you'll deliver as their car is too small, and/or messaging you at the last minute to say something has come up and they aren't coming. I've had a lot of that lately and it's maddening.

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kittylester

I stopped doing it because the items often turned up on FB market place. Most notably an Ercol table.

We prefer to take things to our favourite charity shops as it helps fund raising.

Our charity shops do take electrical items. and have people who PAT test them.

A charity shop is preferable if the items are worth selling. Trash Nothing is more for items unlikely to sell. I don't care what happens to them. The person has come to my house and taken away something I don't want and which no-one would probably want to buy. What's not to like?

I'd be thrilled if someone sold my discards/made money. Recycling.

It’s amazing what people will take. For dd’s wedding I did simple flowers for the dinner tables - in jam jars covered with hessian! Table numbers were easy to add on brown gift tags.

Afterwards I put the jars - 20 of them IIRC - on Freecycle. I never really thought anyone would want them, but someone did.