Long before there was an internet, and before there was any organized freecycle community (that I know), my family was freecycling.
Instead of taking the copious amounts of children’s clothing or outmoded furniture to a charity, we just put them on the sidewalk for the taking. Just this weekend, an old set of lawn furniture, including 8 white chairs and an umbrella went from our yard onto the sidewalk and straight into the courtyard of the building across the street. Furniture of all sorts usually gets picked up and taken away post haste. A children’s bike had a half-life of about 2 minutes. (I put a sign on it to give law-abiding citizens an equal chance at it.) Now if only we could get a tax deduction with this convenience…
December 4, 2008
Freecycle is for people who over-value junk, whatever they paid for it 10 years ago and never used is junk. Given dedication you can find deals but you deal out dignity and time.