[Flatcat]

Wow some folk have all the luck with freecycle

The best thing we ever got was a brand new wheelie bin in green from freecycle last year, which we use as a tool store down the lottie

[thestens]

Just got a 5 year old bagless vacuum cleaner on Freecycle and someone is picking up our 12 year old vacuum cleaner in half an hour. 3 people happy. 1st a cupboard emptied 2nd us with a newish cleaner 3rd a lad setting up a flat gets a useable vacuum and the only people to make anything out of this are the petrol companies for the fuel we use.

[GrannieAnnie]

yeh ive been lucky with freecycle too, i got a 10 by 12 greenhouse for my nan, however soon after i decided to cancel my acount due to the amount of emails they where sending me!

That's a shame Matt!  On your account, you can tell Freecycle to only send you an email per day with all that day's adverts on it.   I too got fed up with hundreds of emails.  Unless you mean emails from people wanting your stuff, which is a bit different 

[mattwragg94]

yeh i meant i got hundreds of adverts from people advertising their stuff that they wanted to give away - i think there should be a freecyce forum rather than newsletter as a forum could have different sections i.e. garden so that you dont have to look through adds that your not interested in!

[GrannieAnnie]

Mmmmm, not a bad idea that!  Why don't you suggest it to them?  Would make things easier! 

[mattwragg94]

i might - but i think its pointless me signing up anyway as i dont drive so i have to rely on my dad to pick the things up - anyway i usually pick my gardening stuff up at carboots - where the prices they charge, they may aswell give them away!

[GrannieAnnie]

I don't drive either, so if I want something, I have to persuade the OH to take me to pick it up.  It's okay if he's in a good mood!   

[mattwragg94]

 

[grendel]

just got lucky on my local freecycle - 40 paving slabs, some for the garden and any breakages and leftovers down the plot for paths.

Grendel

[ulsterfairy]

Nice!!   

[grendel]

it was a full carload plus full trailer load, the car could take 450 kg and the trailer a further 250 kg, and I calculated the 40 slabs at 650kg in total, unfortunately 8 extra 1/2 slabs, a couple of broken ones and some edging strips later I was right on the limits of car and trailer for the 8 mile drive home, much care was taken over speed humps, and the result was only 1 slab that may well have had a crack before lost a corner (phew). this evening the trailer was used again for bringing home the leather recliner chair the wife  got on ebay yesterday for £1.20. I did rib her for her expensive taste.
Grendel

[ANHBUC]

it was a full carload plus full trailer load, the car could take 450 kg and the trailer a further 250 kg, and I calculated the 40 slabs at 650kg in total, unfortunately 8 extra 1/2 slabs, a couple of broken ones and some edging strips later I was right on the limits of car and trailer for the 8 mile drive home, much care was taken over speed humps, and the result was only 1 slab that may well have had a crack before lost a corner (phew). this evening the trailer was used again for bringing home the leather recliner chair the wife  got on ebay yesterday for £1.20. I did rib her for her expensive taste.
Grendel

You will have to keep an eye on her grendel, you don't want her going wild!   

[ulsterfairy]

 

 
You will have to keep an eye on her grendel, you don't want her going wild!   
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Sounds like she already has £1.20!!!! 

Jokin aside what a deal, hopefully u got first dibs for collecting it

[grendel]

its all installed, and the room layout is being verbally rearranged.
Grendel

[grendel]

its been a good week, we got a free king size bed from my cousin and a pinr blanket box (for the cats to sit ion in the conservatory, plus I have started laying my freecycle slabs.
Grendel