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I have left things outside on my landing for collection. On the rare occasions I have collected something I have always arranged it for daylight hours and it has been in an area I know locally to be decent - I would have given backword on an item if the district was 'dodgy'
I've quite often given my address to AccyWebbers to come and collect stuff. Only once have I regretted it when the person later became quite aggressive and nasty. I was actually quite worried for a while that they knew where I lived.
I am quite fortunate to live in a block of 4 flats with a communal stairway - any noise in the stairwell is heard and provokes response. There are 3 men in the other 3 flats (and 4 men in the block next door)- as the only woman around I feel they are protective towards me (especially since I am the only one who bothers to clean the stairway 
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I have been told before that once Chav has been round for a brew you can't get rid of him
Hello, just wanted to drop in another perspective about peoples wants on Freecycle etc.
The groups usually have limits on how many wanted posts they can make, if someone wastes a wanted post with something really stupid then it is thier loss, the rest of the group just laugh at them & ignore them and they now have less opputunities to ask for sensible stuff.
However, nothing is too good to give away, cars, caravans, plasma tv, conservatories, expensive hifi systems etc all get given away (I have seen them). So what do we call an extravagant item & say "thats too much to ask for" ?
If you dont ask you dont get, and if its something small that people are likely to have kicking around in the shed etc then your likely to get it.
If you do ask for something that's extravagant then not only do you not get it, but when you do ask for something more basic you dont get that either as people will look up your previous posting history.
At the moment the BwD group is run by some US based international moderators who set it up after its previous owner went awol, they are of the mind not to limit anyones posts, hopefully things will get better when the current moderator gets to take over.
As for moderation of people, when someone joins - yes they are moderated to ensure that they can post correctly, but after they have shown that they can follow the simple subject line format (and its amazing how many cannot!) and have posted a few offers they can be taken off of moderation & are free to post. It doesn't always happen as the people running the groups are volenteers & just like the rest of us have a life to live & cant always commit the time to searching & identifying people.
And as the offers to help from people (other than those that just want to profit from it) are few far between there remains delays & moderation galore.
Luckily the mods have a Firefox plugin that really helps them or all hell would break loose.
Apologies for the spelling errors, for some reason my checker isnt working.
Matty.
The groups usually have limits on how many wanted posts they can make, if someone wastes a wanted post with something really stupid then it is thier loss, the rest of the group just laugh at them & ignore them and they now have less opputunities to ask for sensible stuff.
However, nothing is too good to give away, cars, caravans, plasma tv, conservatories, expensive hifi systems etc all get given away (I have seen them). So what do we call an extravagant item & say "thats too much to ask for" ?
If you dont ask you dont get, and if its something small that people are likely to have kicking around in the shed etc then your likely to get it.
If you do ask for something that's extravagant then not only do you not get it, but when you do ask for something more basic you dont get that either as people will look up your previous posting history.
At the moment the BwD group is run by some US based international moderators who set it up after its previous owner went awol, they are of the mind not to limit anyones posts, hopefully things will get better when the current moderator gets to take over.
As for moderation of people, when someone joins - yes they are moderated to ensure that they can post correctly, but after they have shown that they can follow the simple subject line format (and its amazing how many cannot!) and have posted a few offers they can be taken off of moderation & are free to post. It doesn't always happen as the people running the groups are volenteers & just like the rest of us have a life to live & cant always commit the time to searching & identifying people.
And as the offers to help from people (other than those that just want to profit from it) are few far between there remains delays & moderation galore.
Luckily the mods have a Firefox plugin that really helps them or all hell would break loose.
Apologies for the spelling errors, for some reason my checker isnt working.
Matty.
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ha ha thats not something people usually ask for
could someone please enlighten me as to what the hell this is?
OFFERED - Chocolate Wonder - BB3
Complete chocolate wonder set, melting including pan, moulds, and
other bits.
Collection ASAP Please
BB3
i half expected it to say something about a bra when i was opening the email
OFFERED - Chocolate Wonder - BB3
Complete chocolate wonder set, melting including pan, moulds, and
other bits.
Collection ASAP Please
BB3
i half expected it to say something about a bra when i was opening the email
I think its prob one of those choc melting pots.I have one.
I 'google imaged' it to find out........apparently its this
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I think its prob one of those choc melting pots.I have one.
I 'google imaged' it to find out........apparently its this
pmsfl
might be needing some of that when i do my garden
i dont blame ya hun, thats the best stuff you can get for the garden, it'll bring flowers up a treat AND ITS FREE you cant say fairer than that now can ya? some decent stuff on freecycle
pmsfl good
seen as you have a car you can register with blackburn too
my dad is registered with Hyndburn,Rossendale,Burnley and Preston, he's always giving things away on them, gave a loada tomato plants and brussel sprout plants away on freecycle last week lol
pmsfl good
seen as you have a car you can register with blackburn too
my dad is registered with Hyndburn,Rossendale,Burnley and Preston, he's always giving things away on them, gave a loada tomato plants and brussel sprout plants away on freecycle last week lol
Not quite what im after though lol