FreecycleReviews of freecycle.org

Le prix est bas....Mais Composantes chinoises pour mon Alaska. La suspension arrière est sous dimensie comparativement de la capacité max présente sur le site Web (400lbs vs le shocks est de 120 lbs) seulement...donc...Ça sautille. Pas d'ajustement possible, c'est une cartouche. Jai essayer aussi d'acheter des spares parts...Bonne chance...Ça vient de chine...Et...Pas de pièces stock... Donc...T'en qu'à favoriser un régime totalitaire...faite votre propre opinion

For me the company could improve their log in system. After following advise from an operative, I still cannot log in after changing my password. Therefore, sadly I cannot inform the 3 people who contacted me about my folding desk that it has been taken. I have given up trying.

I signed-up for Freecycle in order to responsibly get rid of an old (but still good) desk. I had one person interested in it, but we got as far as arranging a collection time when they told me they had "picked one up just this morning". While I was on there I attempted to help out other people, only to discover that they either had not updated their original 'Wanted' post, or were otherwise wasting my time. One chap wanted a "Mini-PC or Laptop". I replied saying I had a Mini-PC but he said he would prefer a laptop, so I dug out an old laptop for him and replied again, only for him to say that he had just picked up a Mini-PC... I have now deleted my account and will not be returning.

Does anyone ever reply to the ads or turn up when collecting? There are registered charities who upcycle & collect in most boroughs. Got to be better than sitting around waiting for endless no shows. Unfortunately free seems to translate into lack of manners. Also if you list something, is it too much bother to reply, even if it's to tell somebody it's already gone? Sometimes it's easier to take things to the recycling centre.

I posted two short simple offers yesterday. About 36 hours later my posts are still 'awaiting approval'. Why does this take so long?

Lots of time wasters. Some seem to disappear when they get your address which makes me paranoid! Why not rate users same as Ebay do, then you could give to the more reliable ones?

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).

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.