Freebies
Subscribe to the Yahoo group of your local Freecycle Network.
Reading some of the things people ask for is good free entertainment unlike going to the theatre or a club.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 8:39, 8 replies)

You can offload all sorts of rubbish too, if it happens to be what someone else needs.
The Freecycle 'wanted' ads usually strike me as a bit pathetic, though. Haven't these people heard of car boot sales?

If I 'want' something expensive (as opposed to actually needing it) I wait a while for some well-off/impulsive idiot to buy it first, get bored with it and flog it off at the booty.

My £2 Sumo suit came into my life that way. It was Fate.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 9:25, closed)

I've got rid of a lot of shit via freecycle
got a couple of nice pieces too.

it's mostly wanted adverts these days though, which pisses me off. they shouldn't be allowed.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 10:48, closed)

I saw
someone asking for a Playstation 3 and an XBOX 360 once.

Now that just = stupidity
( mister.f is now married, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 15:41, closed)

Freecycle
Most annoying group ever. They make up around 98% of the 7782 unread messages in my Hotmail account. And it's still only 5% full!
( Rookie You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 11:50, closed)

Don't
Have them email you the messages! I switch that on when I'm looking for something specific, but otherwise I just browse through the group.
( mister.f is now married, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 15:40, closed)

freecycle
drove me mental with their billion emails in my hotmail account every day.
I can't remember now how I stopped them coming.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Tue 27 Jan 2009, 19:29, closed)

I remember
seeing one message on Freecycle with the subject "Wanted: Old star wars toys"

He might as well have added "mint boxed only", it was so obvious that he was after the collectables. There's even more wanted ads here in NZ than there were in the UK!

I've given away old computer bits and broken chairs on Freecycle, so it does have some uses. And my mum got a Ford Fiesta that only needed new tyres to pass an MOT.
(Neddy Nedson is nice really, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 1:20, closed)

Annoying
I once saw a wanted advert from my next door neighbour asking for, and I quote, "A sofa, leather, green, preferably to suit our decor".

Fucking tramps.
( Rolypoly Has decided, by decree, that todays date will be, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 10:23, closed)