Freecycle

[altariel]

Wow, my first experience of Freecycle was something of a triumph. I had an office chair going spare: I posted this morning, my post got through moderation at 17.29 this evening, first response at 17.35, and it was out of the door by 7pm! Grassroots organization in efficiency shock. Surely this is humanity's future?

ETA: Aw, just got a nice thank you note too.

Comments

[shezan.livejournal.com]

I'm on Freecycle in Paris - love every bit of it. Gave away my old fax-answering machine, two shopping bagfuls of household linen - sheets and towels I'd never use again - some books, a working screenplay of a friend's movie to a film school teacher, and my old exercise bike which has been so usefully replaced by the City of Paris Vélibs. Gained a halogen lamp now gracing my living-room, a small dust-buster to clean up my cat's litter, a cat lead, and some hand-painted coffee cups. The whole thing is made of win.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'm practically scouring the house for things to offer now.

The Vélib looks like a city bike system that will actually work! Cambridge had a disastrous venture into that about a decade ago. There was no charging or locking mechanism and, IIRC, half of them got nicked, the other half got chucked into the Cam. I don't think it lasted more than a couple of months. Which is a real shame, because this town needs something like that.