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General => The Shed => Topic started by: ceres on October 03, 2009, 23:41:12

Title: Goodbye Freecycle, Hello Freegle
Post by: ceres on October 03, 2009, 23:41:12

http://www.letsrecycle.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=37&listcatid=217&listitemid=53459 (http://www.letsrecycle.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=37&listcatid=217&listitemid=53459)

Most of my local groups seem to have switched.

Title: Re: Goodbye Freecycle, Hello Freegle
Post by: Chrispy on October 04, 2009, 00:14:43

The Guildford group has switched a while back, no idea why, must have been some sort of falling out.

You can still register on Guildford Freecycle, 74 members at the moment, but nothing like the14,000 now of Freegle.

Title: Re: Goodbye Freecycle, Hello Freegle
Post by: caroline7758 on October 04, 2009, 08:24:36

Interesting- no change in York yet. Leeds haschanged but they still say no lending!

Title: Re: Goodbye Freecycle, Hello Freegle
Post by: grawrc on October 04, 2009, 08:48:45

Edinburgh changed in July. Something to do with the "mother" company in uSA being too directive and insisting they all had to stick with the US model.

Title: Re: Goodbye Freecycle, Hello Freegle
Post by: cornykev on October 04, 2009, 10:28:55

Ours changed about 5 weeks ago. ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Goodbye Freecycle, Hello Freegle
Post by: macmac on October 04, 2009, 11:44:40

Ours doesn't seem to have changed ???How do you know when it does ???Do you think they've changed without telling me ???  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Goodbye Freecycle, Hello Freegle
Post by: ceres on October 04, 2009, 11:59:15

The name would have changed as they're not allowed to use the Freecycle name if they're no longer affiliated.

Title: Re: Goodbye Freecycle, Hello Freegle
Post by: caroline7758 on October 04, 2009, 14:19:44

I looked here, found Leeds and when i clicked on it the sire looked exactly the same as freecycle but it said it had changed.

http://www.ilovefreegle.org/ (http://www.ilovefreegle.org/)

Title: Re: Goodbye Freecycle, Hello Freegle
Post by: thifasmom on October 05, 2009, 09:32:50

this is the first i have heard of it but no changes down here that i know of.