Web site finds new homes for old junk (Freecycle.org)

[bargainbloodhound]

EBay may be king when it comes to online trading, but another Web site, which has an environmentally friendly ethos, is also making a big impact on the business of auctioning in cyberspace.

Freecycle.org is popular with a new breed of tech-savvy greens who are putting their unwanted goods up for bid on the Web, instead of throwing them in the trash.

What makes Freecycle unique, though, is that everything up for grabs on the site is free.

full article: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/10/17/spark...index.html

Freecycle web site: http://www.freecycle.org

[rose]

I've gotten a couple of things on freecycle.  San Francisco has one of the largest numbers of  freecycle members but the selection is poor compared to craigslist.  Try their product finder http://freecycle.org/finder

[bargainbloodhound]

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I've gotten a couple of things on freecycle.  San Francisco has one of the largest numbers of  freecycle members but the selection is poor compared to craigslist.  Try their product finder http://freecycle.org/finder
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New York has more members than SF  but there are only 18500 members here.  I've never joined because there is a reason the stuff is unwanted by its owner and free    ...although I'm sure if I had the time to check the site regularly I'd probably find something good.

[mandy]

Freecycle is in the UK too:

...Freecycling, a grassroots non-profit movement that has now stretched its web to more than 50 countries. Every day, the movement is responsible for keeping more than 200 tonnes of waste a day out of landfill sites across the globe. In the UK, it is estimated that 122,000 members will exchange some 45,000 items this month alone...

The system's beauty is in its simplicity. You sign up to an email list via the site Freecycle.org and receive regular missives from people in your area looking to rid themselves of unwanted belongings, or alternately looking to find particular items. Or you can choose not to sign up to email postings and view messages online. No money changes hands and you do not have to exchange anything with the person you receive the item from. Unlike eBay, the responsibility for picking up the item in question lies with the person receiving it, meaning the giver does not have to put themselves out...

full article: http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/st...83,00.html