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danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 28, 2011, 09:49:09 am ---

Freecycle lists vary heavily in usefulness depending on the area.  The Freecycle lists in my area are great.  Some of the lists from larger cities not far from us are hopeless.

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Where I live they've split the city north/south for the mailing lists. Not a bad set up...

ChadTower:

Yeah, when done to the "Freecycle standards" they try to cap each group around 30,000 people.  My group actually covers three towns because they are less than 10,000 people each.

TOK:
I signed up for this a couple years ago based on claims of free 25" monitors and other cool stuff for MAME cabs.

What I discovered is that this is the place for people that are too weird even for Craigslist and 99% of the stuff offered is just total crap.
After a week of reading through 400 posts per day of kids toys, dirty mattresses and trash the normal trashmen won't take like paint and worn out tires, I unsubscribed. Whatever freebie I might have snagged wasn't worth the wasted time.

The only way I'd deal with those real-life Jawa's based on what I read would be to offer something for free and tell them it was at the curb... Get it before the trashmen.  :lol

ChadTower:

Nice!  A Freecycle person just dropped off camping stools at my house.  Their offer, they dropped 'em off.   :cheers:

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 30, 2011, 02:43:06 pm ---One man's trash.... Chad's treasure.

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Yep.  We camp a lot these days.  These ones pack up smaller than folding chairs.  Win! 

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