What do you think of Freegle?

I now say when it must be collected by. If it isn't, I offer it to another person, again with a collection date.

I dont care what people do with the stuff I give, if they make money from it then fine. I dont want it and can’t be bothered to sell it.

I have been fortunate so far with people collecting when they said they would.

I have had many no shows when offering free items on Facebook though.

I received a beautiful table lamp on Freegle. I have given quite a lot away and usually get a 'thank you' message.

I used to use these sites years ago when I had stuff to give away.

Now I don't own much stuff, but it is a downside of human nature that they get stuff for nothing and then make a profit on it.

Charity shops (or staff that work in them) are just the same.

Now I don't buy so much so I don't have this dilemma anymore!

i use a lot of the free sites but no longer wait in as i was fed up of people not turning up, i now leave items securely wrapped by my back door for them to collect(or not) at their leisure.

Unless it's something sentimental, I'm quite happy for it to be sold on, I guess, as long as it benefits people.

Saying that, there's someone on the nextdoor site that has really put people's hackles up, constantly asking for anything free.

She is starting a little business it seems, so I suppose it's still something positive.

I forgot to mention that I suspect some of these people are picking up free stuff just to sell it on EBay or a boot sale, etc (which I think is against the website rules). I offered a load of jigsaws a while ago and someone who wanted "a few to keep my sick brother occupied" took away the whole lot (4 huge bin-bags full, about forty 1,000-piece jigsaws)! It seemed suspicious, although I didn't say anything as I needed to be rid of them.