FreecycleReviews of freecycle.org

I’ve used this site a lot and it’s been really helpful, BUT I think the process could be made a lot easier for both sides if people had to formally commit to collection. Sometimes people say they want an item then don’t turn up, and you might have stayed in or turned down someone who really wanted it/ would have collected it. Could an option be added to the website where an offer is made/ accepted with a specific time window (and maybe one chance to re-schedule) and if they were a no-show it would be recorded on their profile? It would be an incentive not to be flakey, and if you had 2 offers and could see that one person had collected 100% of their items and another 50%, you could make an informed choice about who to offer it to. Also it would help those collecting things because you could see it had already been promised to someone (you could offer people the option to go on a waiting list in case it became available again).

Great site I use to donate anything from plants to a large TV, or smaller items in good condition. The downside is, a huge percentage of people are the same 'professional beggars' functioning with many email addresses, who ask for high value items or a long shopping list of items, they are eager to snap at you entitled if you dare tell them this is not acceptable. Some arrive very late and text you 'I am round the corner' when they are even 30min late to pick up the TV, or worse, never arrive, showing how disrespectful they will treat everyone and society in general in a repeated pattern (even after exchanging many emails/text messages with them and telling them many people wanted that item). Apparently they even snap at moderators, swearing, if it does not go in the pattern it suits them, thinking they are the only ones with problems in the world. Unfortunately is the same group of people you find in all major cities, used to receiving so many 'freebies' all their lives, some selling the items they get here via other sites or even complaining when you tell them they have been chosen from the dozen people wanting the same item: they are never happy.

Dumb website with double standard moderators This is supposed to be a website where we offer/receive free donations, and this is presumably because we are trying to help those in need OR we ARE the ones in need I was told my request is like asking for cash. Well, that's pathetic. Asking for ANYTHING is like asking for cash. If I asked for a bottle of coffee because I don't have money for it, that's "asking for cash." This website is unbelievable with its double standards.

Was always a fan of Freecycle when I first started using it but it quickly became apparent that it was not being used in the true spirit it was designed for. In the wanted section same old names looking for high value items. I put three top of the range bathroom cabinets of identical design in the offers section a few months apart and the same person came forward each time. Also the number of time wasters is beyond a joke. For these reasons I have stopped using.

loved FREECYCLE in the past. And still the concept is great. New site is counterintuitive and difficult to navigate. Really miss the instructions that were given to all newbies back when it first started. it was very straightforward. now I am clicking on different things just to try to change status of offer to "taken" and it's wasted a lot of time. MISS THE OLD SITE. Just posted something and could write "TAKEN" when someone took it without trying to figure out the bugs in this new site. Really need someone with experience to overhaul the site and make it user friendly. Thank you... the concept is still great. Just need to make site Way easier to use PLEASE!

horrible been member of leeds 22 days.in that time i been modded unmodded then modded again.gestapo mods.i posted lots of offers and was kept waitin forever before they went on.i posted 1 wanted and mod deleted it so tried again n same thing happened..horrible way to treat new members.now told 1 wanted ad every 30 days.i never even got 1 on.dont know why they like this.every 30 days are they serious.i seen multiple wanteds go on from obviously not modded folks.one rule for thee etc shambles.i have withdrawn my offers now.we are not kids and this is not good to be treated like one.also there was an ad of a lady offering sex services complete with 3 nude pics she was unmodded.it didnt get removed til next morning was on all night.a few weeks ago the site was run brilliantly and now its a crock.i know it was run very well last few years as my husband has been long time member.i myself have only joined 3 weeks ago.

Unlike others who’ve posted here, I haven’t had problems with the website functionality or with moderation. My disappointment has been with the users. I see people here referring to “time wasters” and I have to agree. I get the feeling there are people who just sit on the site and pounce when they see something they either might like for themselves or, think they can sell. They respond enthusiastically, promise they can come and get the item at any time and then at the last minute come up with excuses as to why they can’t after all do so or don’t, after all want what they’ve been adamant they must have. Of course not everyone’s like that but enough are for me to have wasted hours of my time and to have decided, reluctantly, to delete my account.

I found this website to be useless. My home town being skegness was not listed within so they added Boston. I searched for a wheelchair and they came up with 1 pushchair, so I typed in wheelbarrow and they came up with 1 ladies bike. I tried again with chest of draws, but this time there was nothing.