Grey,
I have been a member of the Parker, Aurora, and Highlands Ranch Colorado (USA) Freecycles for a couple of years now, and use them all the time.
Sometimes it can be hard to keep up with the emails (there can be a lot), but I have received and given away quite a bit.
Basically, you put your ad in, and people contact you back by email. You pick whichever respondent you want to give something to. There might be a dozen people who respond, and you choose one of them. You then email the group to tell them the item is promised, then again when it is taken.
I have given away some pretty strange things. For example, I have 45 Ponderosa Pine trees in my yard, and have to pick up 2 bags full of pine cones each time I mow. I thought, "hmm, would somebody want these?" and it turns out a lot of people do...
I've given away...
wheelbarrows
firewood
computer
and many other things...
I've received...
laptop bag (very nice one!)
blender
pots/pans
etc...
The downside - occasionally somebody will say they want something, but never show up. I always give it to one of the other respondents when that happens.
Mark.
I have been a member of the Parker, Aurora, and Highlands Ranch Colorado (USA) Freecycles for a couple of years now, and use them all the time.
Sometimes it can be hard to keep up with the emails (there can be a lot), but I have received and given away quite a bit.
Basically, you put your ad in, and people contact you back by email. You pick whichever respondent you want to give something to. There might be a dozen people who respond, and you choose one of them. You then email the group to tell them the item is promised, then again when it is taken.
I have given away some pretty strange things. For example, I have 45 Ponderosa Pine trees in my yard, and have to pick up 2 bags full of pine cones each time I mow. I thought, "hmm, would somebody want these?" and it turns out a lot of people do...
I've given away...
wheelbarrows
firewood
computer
and many other things...
I've received...
laptop bag (very nice one!)
blender
pots/pans
etc...
The downside - occasionally somebody will say they want something, but never show up. I always give it to one of the other respondents when that happens.
Mark.