Review: Furnish your home free
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2013
I didn't learn anything new because I have been using these techniques for years.  I was a Free Cycle owner for 5 years in an area that was very good in using Free Cycle and Craigs list.  In the years I moderated free cycle we went from a handful of participants to hundreds.  One rule that we had to instigate that you do not have listed is that we made it a hard and fast rule that you couldn't list an item then tell a number of people that they could have it and give it to the first person that showed up.  We allowed people to join from 2 counties and from a county across the state line as long as they where willing to show up as promised and didn't mind driving to claim their prizes. If you used expensive fuel to get there to be told it was gone made for enemies. Please don't do this as it ruins the spirit of Free Cycle which is to gift what you don't need and keep it out of landfills. I obtained so much for my home. One for instance.  I couldn't go out my back door when it rained.  The mud turned to near quick sand.  I requested gravel.  A lady in the nearby city told me that she purchased to much and I could have it if I promised to come and get it, clean it all up and fold her tarp and put it on the porch.  Easy. It was on the street blocking parking. My husband and I got two 1/2 ton pick ups full and solved our mud problem. We made sure we did as she asked and e-mailed her our sincere thanks.  We now live in a state where there is very little activity on both of these sites and oh how we miss it.