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Freecycle is a group on Yahoo where if you have some unwanted items that you no longer want but think they are too good to throw away, you can give them away.. You can also ask for things, the unspoken rule that they being things that people might have lying around.
I see posts all the time people asking for:
Money
Prescription drugs (Painkillers, mostly)
Brand new items (New cars, new TV's, new game systems)
People waiting until they are due to give birth in a few days and asking for every single baby item (Seriously.. They had at least 7 months to get it themselves or to ask sooner)
People who are just now trying to get pregnant asking for baby items (You aren't even pregnant yet.. Plus, if you have to ask a 2nd hand group for baby items, maybe now id not the time for you to even be trying)
People asking for Christmas help.. (I know times are tough, but no one has a brand new Christmas just lying around to give away.. there are many other programs that can help with that and Freecycle is not one of them.. Plus waiting untill 2 days before Christmas is a really bad idea)
There are people who will post a want and say they "Desperately need" said item.. You do not "desperately need" a dining table, cat toys or a dishwasher. Needs and wants are 2 very different things.
When I post an offer, I post a bunch at once.. I have rules. People get mad at my rules, I mean it's my stuff, if I just want it to go to retarded monkies, it's my perogative.
My rules:
You must come to me to pick up item, I will not bring it or meet you anywhere. Since I am posting several items, please only ask for one. Do not give me your number, I will not call you. If you ask for several items or use multiple emails to ask for several items, I will ignore you. If you do not pick up an item (I don't care the reason) you will never be able to get an item from me again.
I got into an arguement the other day, I posted a bunch of things among them being 3 nearly new bottle of OPI nail polish, large bag of plus sized clothes, 2 well worn pairs of New Balance shoes and 2 pairs of maternity pants that are too short for me.
A lady asked for all of those items.. So I just ignored her, or at least I tried to, she sent several emails saying she didn't know if I had gotten her last emails, but she and 2 of her teen daughters are plus sized. After the 5th email, I told her that I was ignoring her per my rules. She hits me with "When I post stuff, I just want it gone and I give it away to whoever wants it.. I've had a house fire and I could use those items"
Ok, many things wrong with that.. I have never seen her even post any offers, according to her previous want posts, she lives in a fire trap mobile home that she cannot heat due to lack of funds to purchase heaters, she has 3 teenagers that she can't afford things for and the only time they have heat is when the water heater catches fire..
I told her that she can give her stuff away her way and I will give my stuff away my way. P.S. Guilt trips don't work on me.
She tries to hit me with the rule that you can only post one post per week (That is, you can only post one WANTED post per week, when giving stuff away you can post as many as you like) I insulted her reading skills and told her to try harder.
People not picking up stuff that they have asked for that I posted.. I put my location on the offer post and not a real general on, I put that I am a 1/2 a mile away from a local hospital. I get "Oh, you're too far away" "I was 1/2 way there when I got the word that my cousin died" "I live 2 hours away" (Really? This Freecycle group is specific to my town)
When something I offer is picked up, I post that it has been picked up. People do not read, I posted a carpet cleaner that I just did not use, I could've easily have sold it.. But I thought I'd be nice. I must've posted a Taken post 5 times.
Oh, if you can afford an IPhone, you can afford your own Goddamned nail polish.. Don't sit there and say you can't afford a 2 dollar bottle of nail polish.
Oh, and this gem.. People asking me if I still have something and when I tell them that I don't.. They ask me to get it back from whoever got it, as they need it more.
I see posts all the time people asking for:
Money
Prescription drugs (Painkillers, mostly)
Brand new items (New cars, new TV's, new game systems)
People waiting until they are due to give birth in a few days and asking for every single baby item (Seriously.. They had at least 7 months to get it themselves or to ask sooner)
People who are just now trying to get pregnant asking for baby items (You aren't even pregnant yet.. Plus, if you have to ask a 2nd hand group for baby items, maybe now id not the time for you to even be trying)
People asking for Christmas help.. (I know times are tough, but no one has a brand new Christmas just lying around to give away.. there are many other programs that can help with that and Freecycle is not one of them.. Plus waiting untill 2 days before Christmas is a really bad idea)
There are people who will post a want and say they "Desperately need" said item.. You do not "desperately need" a dining table, cat toys or a dishwasher. Needs and wants are 2 very different things.
When I post an offer, I post a bunch at once.. I have rules. People get mad at my rules, I mean it's my stuff, if I just want it to go to retarded monkies, it's my perogative.
My rules:
You must come to me to pick up item, I will not bring it or meet you anywhere. Since I am posting several items, please only ask for one. Do not give me your number, I will not call you. If you ask for several items or use multiple emails to ask for several items, I will ignore you. If you do not pick up an item (I don't care the reason) you will never be able to get an item from me again.
I got into an arguement the other day, I posted a bunch of things among them being 3 nearly new bottle of OPI nail polish, large bag of plus sized clothes, 2 well worn pairs of New Balance shoes and 2 pairs of maternity pants that are too short for me.
A lady asked for all of those items.. So I just ignored her, or at least I tried to, she sent several emails saying she didn't know if I had gotten her last emails, but she and 2 of her teen daughters are plus sized. After the 5th email, I told her that I was ignoring her per my rules. She hits me with "When I post stuff, I just want it gone and I give it away to whoever wants it.. I've had a house fire and I could use those items"
Ok, many things wrong with that.. I have never seen her even post any offers, according to her previous want posts, she lives in a fire trap mobile home that she cannot heat due to lack of funds to purchase heaters, she has 3 teenagers that she can't afford things for and the only time they have heat is when the water heater catches fire..
I told her that she can give her stuff away her way and I will give my stuff away my way. P.S. Guilt trips don't work on me.
She tries to hit me with the rule that you can only post one post per week (That is, you can only post one WANTED post per week, when giving stuff away you can post as many as you like) I insulted her reading skills and told her to try harder.
People not picking up stuff that they have asked for that I posted.. I put my location on the offer post and not a real general on, I put that I am a 1/2 a mile away from a local hospital. I get "Oh, you're too far away" "I was 1/2 way there when I got the word that my cousin died" "I live 2 hours away" (Really? This Freecycle group is specific to my town)
When something I offer is picked up, I post that it has been picked up. People do not read, I posted a carpet cleaner that I just did not use, I could've easily have sold it.. But I thought I'd be nice. I must've posted a Taken post 5 times.
Oh, if you can afford an IPhone, you can afford your own Goddamned nail polish.. Don't sit there and say you can't afford a 2 dollar bottle of nail polish.
Oh, and this gem.. People asking me if I still have something and when I tell them that I don't.. They ask me to get it back from whoever got it, as they need it more.
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