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General => The Shed => Topic started by: macmac on February 10, 2011, 13:56:21
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I've just had a really horrible email from someone who collected something I offered.
I'm still shaking after she accused me of upsetting her child deliberately as the item I'd donated wasn't the top of the range.I gave the model number and name
Is this common on freecycle ?I'm having second thoughts on continuing. :(
Or have I just got one of the "something for nothing"brigade ? >:(
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I had a terrible time with freecycle. Very upsetting, and not just for me. there are some ******* out there
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Don't worry, there is no heatbroken kid.
Freecycle is stuffed with pikeys trying to score stuff to resell.
Don't bother with it anymore.
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Your always going to get ponce's on freebiecycle
Report it to the moderater
Take you gear to a proper charity shop in future
:( :( :(
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I tried it a couple of times to get rid of things & ended up fannying around with ungrateful freeloading tw@ts. When I offered a load of fresh cut wood & then got grief for it being the wrong f****ng kind of tree, I gave up & took it to the tip. Life's too short.
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If you have something to get rid of leave it outside your front gate. Somebody will soon nick it. ;)
Seeing some of these reports have put me off using the scheme, but every week a pink bag comes through the door and a charity shop takes it away. Some say they are not all genuine collectors, but it gets rid of the junk unwanted objects and no comeback.
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folk sit at 'pooter all day, watching freecycle, just to get stuff to sell @ car-boot sales. I stopped using it for that reason.
charity shop, or outside the gate, as suggested by ACE
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If you have something to get rid of leave it outside your front gate. Somebody will soon nick it. ;)
Seeing some of these reports have put me off using the scheme, but every week a pink bag comes through the door and a charity shop takes it away. Some say they are not all genuine collectors, but it gets rid of the junk unwanted objects and no comeback.
That's the way to do it ACE, I suppose people just want the best and are not willing to pay for it.
GRAB,GRAB,GRAB, where has the kindness of people like what are on here have.
MACMAC, you are a kind soul and do not let anyone think otherwise.
Three cheers for your charitable heart.
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I forgot to add the carbooter bit that Tone mentioned :( and I hate to agree with Ace but we cleared our loft and summerhouse before Christmas and I left the stuff outside my house.
Tiles, fold up stools metal and wooden, small table, metal holder thingy for the bathroom, etc loads of other stuff,
The OH said no one will take anything, trust me I replied :-\
4 hours later half the stuff was gone
That evening a few bits left
I knew no one would take them bits she said
Trust me
The next morning it was all gone bar a bit of carpet
That would you believe blew into a skip around the corner ;)
As Ace said the scrots will have the lot.
;D ;D ;D
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thanks folks and bless you Landimad. I've never been a taker always preferring to give so I felt I'd been slapped in the face via email but all your comments have put it in perspective, thanks again my A4 friends :-*
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i use all the above methods og getting rid of stuff,and have to say dont have any personal gripe with freecycle,but I do know it goes on which is a great shame. the last person to collect stuff from us was an Elvis (Presley) impersonator and great fan,we talked for ages on the doorstep about it.made my day !
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Those fold up stools Kev, they nearly had my fingers of, fancy leaving rubbish like that outside your gate. That's the last time I will bother doing the rounds at Enfied ;)
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I wonder if locations differ? We've used freecycle Derby/Notts, both for giving and getting, and haven't had any trouble. You had a horrible experience, Macmac, I can't imagine sitting down to the computer abusing anyone, let alone someone who was giving stuff away. What a shame when something that started out as a sharing, beneficial organisation goes wrong like this.
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I have had some very good things off freecycle.
I did answer one offer which was for guttering and brackets. I went quite a long way to be given a small box with about a foot of guttering and 2 brackets!!!!
Email this woman and say read the ad. next time. The details were there.
It is upsetting however so you have my sympathy.
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Macmac, that sounds really upsetting, you just don't expect people to be like that. Live and learn I guess. :-\
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Macmac your experience sounds just horrible.Really don't know whats wrong with some people.Here in oxford we seem to have a problem with people raiding the charity clothes bins!
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mmmm... MacMac that might have been one of Freecycles moderators you gave to .....they can be fierce at times :P
Duke
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Please let the moderators know Macmac, otherwise this person can carry on doing this to other people.
I've only been messed about people not turning up and asking daft questions like "how big is the table" when the advert said Dinning chairs no table!!!!
I prefer to give to charity shops and only put on Freecycle what I don't think worth giving to them.
I'm really sorry this person treated you like that-in the end people who act like that only hurt themselves, so IMHO let the moderators know then put it behind you and welcome to the lovely world of A4A. :) :) :)
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I have given away quite alot on freecycle and most people have been genuine and very grateful. One did really annoy me though. She only lived around the corner and didn't have transport. She said she had problems collecting in the evening as she was a single mum and her young kids would be in bed. So, I offered to take the stuff around to her house for her. It was a good amount of kitchen equipment: crockery, some gadgets and pans etc. I got there and she was not in!!! I then emailed her asking her what went on and she had been stuck out as her childminder had been late so stuck on the bus with the kids. She did not email me mind I had to contact her. So I took the stuff around to her later that evening. I had it all in my car so more hassle for me to get it to a charity shop when I could get there anyway. Then the next week she requested something else I put on there. She said she was coming around to collect and did not turn up! She then emailed me a week later asking if I still had it, which I thought was just cheeky.
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I left an old tv and video outside the house as I knew it would vanish. Cheeky beggars knocked at my door demanding the remote.
I'd try to forget it manics - some people are not worth the bother
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I forgot we left our Christmas tree out after the festivitys and that went after a few days. ;D ;D ;D
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wow thats shocking i use freecycle quite a lot to pass on baby clothes etc and have recently been given a sewing machine ( quite an old jones but appears to be working) i would stick with it and forward the email to the moderator and ask for them to be banned.
Hugs xx
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I got sent on a wild goose chase by some ******* to his ex partners address. Must have done it lots of times to her, by the state she was in. Every detail of the whole episode is etched on my mind, poor woman. Told the Mods, Zilch.
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I've just had a really horrible email from someone who collected something I offered.
I'm still shaking after she accused me of upsetting her child deliberately as the item I'd donated wasn't the top of the range.I gave the model number and name
Is this common on freecycle ?I'm having second thoughts on continuing. :(
Or have I just got one of the "something for nothing"brigade ? >:(
Like others, we don't use Freecycle any longer. I got fed up with people claiming to represent some charity or other who turned out to be Sunday boot sale traders having a giraffe.
Anything the St Luke's Hospice shop doesn't want goes to the tip.
Oh, and I and my motorcycling mates will be only to pleased to go and collect the substandard item from your email correspondent. Please do let her know. We'll give her back all the money she paid and everyfink. With interest. And if the kid complains, we'll explain the facts of life to it too.
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There are more "Wanted" articles than those offered. If you look at who is requesting - a lot of the same names keep asking for loads of stuff and the same names request what is advertised. Charity shop or skip for stuff now.
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I have used Freecycle on occasion.....its called Freegle in this area,they went it alone because of too many problems with the owners of Freecycle.....I have mainly given things away like surplus plants etc and have recieved a few great items myself like an 8 x 6 greehouse for one.
There are always the ones who reply time and time again and there are alwasy the same people asking for this and that evry week.Loked a few minutes ago and someone wants a clarinet(not cheap0 so who would want to give one of those away..there is also someone wanting a car!!!
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I tried a 'wanted' once, and was inundated with spam with links to dodgy websites. :o
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I won't use Freecycle as it's a 'for profit' organisation. It started out relying on volunteers and was 'not for profit' but changed and took over the networks started by those volunteers.
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Thanks folks for such kind words .
Interesting to read of all your experiences,I've just about calmed down .
I'm sobered by reading another post from A4 er having difficult times it puts all this into perspective,
bless you Manouche
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I've used freecycl;e both ways and have always found it POK.... you have to be sharpish to get slabs (the path up my allotment is entirely freecycled slabs), but both my barrows (home and lottie), two dalek composters, a couple of water butts and the big pile of builders bags I use fpr composting on the allotment and the compost bags I use for collecting manure all came from there.... on the otherside I've got orid of a pair of not very big used pond liners, pallets, slabs I didn't end up needing, the usual piles of junk etc....
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I use it all the time in Bristol, and havent had any major problems. A lot of timewasters who don't turn up, or say they want the item delivered because they have kids (one only lived 5 minutes down the road!) but I am getting quite good at spotting these now. I set up 'Timewasters' and 'Good Freecyclers' email folders and always check before offering things.
Have found some really useful things that would have cost £££s and given away stuff to people who are genuinely skint and very appreciative of it. And I have got rid of loads of things that would have been a hassle to take to the tip or charity shop, and I don't give a monkeys if it ends up at a boot sale - I doubt these people are making much cash. Does make me laugh when I see Wanted ads for narrowboats and camper vans, but I suppose if you dont ask you dont get!
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There's a campervan on our site that hasn't moved since the mid 80's... if they can shift it I'm sure they could have it!! ::)
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on the other hand I've had lots of great computer bits from Freecycle from nice people. I gave them fresh veg as a thank you. I'd just be wary of offering stuff though I'd love to, just in case it was the Aged P's that answered the door and got a nasty person.
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I put a xmas tree on there late last year, a reply came within minutes from a woman living in the same road she told me her husband would be around for it that evening but no one came then around 10 30 there was a PC at the door. a prowler had been seen and it seemed his story was he was looking for a christmas tree!!! a likey story!!!! it seemed he had forgotten my house number. I got ticked off for being prepared to open my door to a stranger late at night and for not locking my door while watching TV lesson learned I hope they enjoyed the tree and it gave the neighbours a laugh
marg
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I usually take items to charity shops but some items are not suitable. My experience of freecycle (last week) was offering plants, one of the replies was from someone who wanted these for a charity plant stall he would be doing. Arranged that he would come to collect them and he wanted to dig them up himself, also he wanted 'all of them' - had said I had a lot and would make up several bags; then had an email from him, could I dig them up and deliver to him and he still wanted all of them and 'it is for charity' (so he didn't get any) - and they went to eight people who send polite replies.
Also just before Christmas offered my old gas cooker, it was in good condition but have changed it for a double oven one; offered it to someone and they came back saying they'd need me to get it checked and they'd need a gas safety certificate with it and would need it delivering
I have occasionally replied to 'offers' and have only been successful once - that was for lots of mugs for our allotment shed (the person offering had an allotment on another site)
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I offer stuff on freecycle but make it a rule (and point this out in the posting) that I will never ask for anything that you couldn't find in a skip (it's just that sometimes there isn't a skip when you need it).
I think it's a good rule.
If someone does ask for something with value then that's a good reason to ignore them and take the object to the charity shop...
Cheers.
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I've just had a really horrible email from someone who collected something I offered.
I'm still shaking after she accused me of upsetting her child deliberately as the item I'd donated wasn't the top of the range.I gave the model number and name
MacMac, I would be tempted to copy the rude email to the whole Freecycle group, with a 'scam' warning about that user. You may get barred by the moderators but if you arent going to use it again it doesnt matter.
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I've just had a really horrible email from someone who collected something I offered.
I'm still shaking after she accused me of upsetting her child deliberately as the item I'd donated wasn't the top of the range.I gave the model number and name
MacMac, I would be tempted to copy the rude email to the whole Freecycle group, with a 'scam' warning about that user. You may get barred by the moderators but if you arent going to use it again it doesnt matter.
Hahahaha, sneaky - I like it!! (where's the evil grin smiley when you need it?!)
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I've just had a really horrible email from someone who collected something I offered.
I'm still shaking after she accused me of upsetting her child deliberately as the item I'd donated wasn't the top of the range.I gave the model number and name
MacMac, I would be tempted to copy the rude email to the whole Freecycle group, with a 'scam' warning about that user. You may get barred by the moderators but if you arent going to use it again it doesnt matter.
my kind of thinking!!
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I am a regular freecycler, always giving things away:
I am very very aware of who I give an item too.
You can tell by the emails who is genuine and who isnt.
If the mail doesn't have a please or a thank you, I dont even bother reading it.
I used to do first come first served..........but there are a lot of folk out there who use and abuse the system.
Its better to take the time and be more vigilant to who you are giving too via your emails.
Even after an item is collected, I have received genuine Thank you emails.
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I still love freecycle (York and Selby groups). There are bound to be some hiccups but I've given away and received all sorts without much hassle.
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I've just looked at freecycle today and interestingly the nasty person I mentioned at the start of this thread has posted a Wanted ad for a fridge freezer,couch etc for her daughter who is leaving home with her new baby and needs lots of stuff .
Funny on her facebook page (I'm very nosey ;)) she gives her birthdate as 1989 .
I wish I could report her as she's obviously a bit of a rogue but all my email addresses contain my name and I'm not sure how confidential things are.
and......she knows where I live :o
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Use an anonymous email address like this one. (http://www.hidemyass.com/anonymous-email/) You can keep it live for 24 hours/a week/a month/6 months or a year, however long you need it for.
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Use an anonymous email address like this one. (http://www.hidemyass.com/anonymous-email/) You can keep it live for 24 hours/a week/a month/6 months or a year, however long you need it for.
Thankyou ceres
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Use an anonymous email address like this one. (http://www.hidemyass.com/anonymous-email/) You can keep it live for 24 hours/a week/a month/6 months or a year, however long you need it for.
Thankyou ceres
Or I'll report her for you. I have a plethora of strange email addresses and live far enough away for it not to matter...
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What I don't understand is why people are so abusive, especially if they are getting something for free. I joined Freecycle and read through some of the posts and decided not to bother. I was really shocked at some of the rudeness on there. Also looked at other forums and decided against joining because of the unpleasant posts on there. I love this one as it is polite (ok sometimes the p**s is taken but its all in good fun).
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If you have something to get rid of leave it outside your front gate. Somebody will soon nick it. ;)
It's funny you should say that: Our plumber swiped the radiators that were taken out (but left the stuff he couldn't flog) then the washbasin vanished from the front garden.
I must look tomorrow to see if someone has kindly pinched the metre square shower tray. It weighs a ton so I'd be more than happy. ;)
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you can tell freecycle mods and they monitor, we had a person take stuff off us and flog on ebay. They left it a couple of months then stopped her being a member.
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I have mostly had good experiences with Freecycle. I have given away many things, such as clothes, toys, even a couch and my old fridge! I have received also many things including my old composter, tiles and rocks for the allotment, clothes, two good tyres (!), a music stand and a bread machine! The only bad experience I had was when I turned up earlier than planned and got yelled at by the lady (even though she was home, dressed and obviously expecting people to turn up as the bags were all ready to go out, i thought it was a bit over the top).
You do see some names too often, I will not deal with those people. Yes there will be frauds but there are also plenty of genuine people.
I am still often seen perusing the piles of rubbish on the street when it's "big items" collection day, great way to pick up wood, containers, long poles and sticks for the lottie! My husband always wants to die of shame but I don't give a monkey's.
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I've had a mixed experience, mostly good when getting stuff myself and met some nice people. The worst seem to appear when I've got stuff to give and the gannets appear. People don't turn up; want you to deliver to distant places....I just ignore them. It's the ones that beg arrange a pickup time and don't turn up that are Annoying.
A funny one was the guy without a car who arrived from some distance away to collect an old type tv....he went out side waited for ages and went off in a taxi.
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I registered for a time, but was inundated with emails. My in box was full of them. I replied to a few offers, but anything interesting seemed to have gone within minutes.
I went for one offering paving slabs which declared a few cracks. But politely rejected them when I turned up since the few cracks seemed to be per slab. I have to say she was rather offensive when I turned them down. Seems I was the fourth person to reject. I suggested she should describe them as hard core. Later she messaged me to apologise and say my suggestion worked a treat.
I had a huge problem deregistering.