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poltr1I know, this is more a topic for Monday debate/discussion and not Friday night. But I've been waiting on a freecycler with a Blackberry who was supposed to come over earlier.
Apparently the freecycle movement is catching on. Post a wanted or offer notice on the local freecycle list, and see who's interested. Sure beats setting something by the curb and wondering if it's going to be picked up before the trash men get there. And it's supposed to keep stuff out of the landfills.
However, it's been my personal experience that people are no longer in a big hurry to collect their goods. Case in point: Two weeks ago (June 24), I posted a notice for some DS/DD disks. Last week (June 30), I posted a note for some DS/HD disks. I had a few takers and offered to split the lot among the claimants. One claimant has already come by to pick them up. Two claimants asked me to mail the disks to them, which I did. (I fronted the postage, which I should get after all the boxes arrive at their destination.) I've been in email contact with two of the claimants (including the Blackberry user), but due to scheduling and timing conflicts, I've not yet been able to give the claimants their disks. Two other claimants haven't responded to their email reminders from me, and I'm about to write them off as no-shows.
Do people really have a short memory and forget (or delete) their email from previous days? Are people just too darn busy to remember? I really hate having to remind people. Or is it the high cost of gas that's making it prohibitive for people to pick up the items they claimed via the list? I've seen a few posts on the freecycle lists which state that the person wanting certain goods will only travel so far to pick up items. I wonder if that's going to be a trend. If that's the case, less and less people may freecycle.
Apparently the freecycle movement is catching on. Post a wanted or offer notice on the local freecycle list, and see who's interested. Sure beats setting something by the curb and wondering if it's going to be picked up before the trash men get there. And it's supposed to keep stuff out of the landfills.
However, it's been my personal experience that people are no longer in a big hurry to collect their goods. Case in point: Two weeks ago (June 24), I posted a notice for some DS/DD disks. Last week (June 30), I posted a note for some DS/HD disks. I had a few takers and offered to split the lot among the claimants. One claimant has already come by to pick them up. Two claimants asked me to mail the disks to them, which I did. (I fronted the postage, which I should get after all the boxes arrive at their destination.) I've been in email contact with two of the claimants (including the Blackberry user), but due to scheduling and timing conflicts, I've not yet been able to give the claimants their disks. Two other claimants haven't responded to their email reminders from me, and I'm about to write them off as no-shows.
Do people really have a short memory and forget (or delete) their email from previous days? Are people just too darn busy to remember? I really hate having to remind people. Or is it the high cost of gas that's making it prohibitive for people to pick up the items they claimed via the list? I've seen a few posts on the freecycle lists which state that the person wanting certain goods will only travel so far to pick up items. I wonder if that's going to be a trend. If that's the case, less and less people may freecycle.
