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Why Don’t Folk Give Things Away?
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I’m sure when I wert lad people gave away unwanted goods. Now they sell them on eBay.
What happened?
In Denmark, in my sister’s commune (local council area), on one day each year folk left unwanted goods on the verges outside their homes, and their neighbours took what they liked.
Are people getting meaner?
What happened?
In Denmark, in my sister’s commune (local council area), on one day each year folk left unwanted goods on the verges outside their homes, and their neighbours took what they liked.
Are people getting meaner?
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I remember one joyous occasion, our local Newspaper did a toy collection leading up to Christmas for new or good quality used toys to be distributed. Our eldest Daughter say the appeal and asked if she could donate her dolls house - it was fully kitted out with family, furniture, lights and even a lit Xmas tree. We made the contact and were told they had no one to...
16:58 Mon 20th Jul 2020
they do still give them away - freecycle and fb local selling pages prove that. I think people in general have les disposable income (or have forgotten how to make income stretch) so if they can get money for stuff they do. Also, charity shops etcge very picky about what they will take. I have recently tried giving away a load of baby stuff but can't
People do give stuff away - check out your local Freecycle site when it is up and running properly. People still give to charity shops and there is a jumble sale four times a year near me that people donate to. I also see loads of posts on FB with people offering stuff for free - everything from outgrown school uniforms to furniture to white goods.
Maybe it's just your area that is a bit tight, allen :D
Maybe it's just your area that is a bit tight, allen :D
Freecycle? Love the philosophy, not sure at all about the way it works in practice. Over several years trying, I've met too many on freecycle who think that if a thing has no price, then it has no value - and don't bother turning up to collect it, and on one occasion complained that some old step-ladders weren't 'clean' (they had paint and cobwebs on them!)
Also, I'm sometimes suspicious that the things I've given away will next day turn up at a boot-sale or on eBay.
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Also, I'm sometimes suspicious that the things I've given away will next day turn up at a boot-sale or on eBay.
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sorry allen, it rather came across you were taking the mick out of us rather than yourself. I suppose the thing with things turning up on ebay the next day, I don't care. if I have given something away then it's that persons to do with what they want. if they can bother to ebay something, good on them - I cant!
Yes, point taken, but that's what I meant about the philosophy of freecycle - I get much joy out of the thought that I'm giving something I don't want to somebody who DOES want it - it makes me feel part of the community. Giving it to some entrepeneur who trawls freecycle and the like for goods for their own profit, now that's not part of the philosophy.
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