FreeCycle ROCKS!!!

**nvmommyx6** · 12-02-2008, 06:46 PM

So, I've been looking for bunkbeds for my girls for about 3 months now, I have posted an add in my freecycle and no luck so far!
Last night a few gals in town needed a phone and an old webcam and some board games, I have all of those things so i will be taking them into town Friday to give to them! Then this morning a gal posts an add that she needs 2 twin beds and her boy's are tired of the bunkbeds! So, I responded that I would help her find the twin beds if I could maybe get my hands on the bunkbeds!!!
She wrote back and said, "you can have them, come pick them up while your in town friday and they are yours" WAHOOOOO, and even better yet, it is the kind that has the big bed on the bottom!!!!!!
I love fereecycle
Anyone else have some freecycle stories?!

**Missy** · 12-02-2008, 07:22 PM

Isnt freecycle great? I got rid of a tv today that was just in my way. I have empty space now and he has a tv he can use.

**Michelle68** · 12-02-2008, 07:44 PM

I love Freecycle, too. Congrats on finding the bunkbeds.

**freebs** · 12-02-2008, 07:58 PM

I got 2 lazyboy recliners a few days ago. I also picked up some left over wood from someones house building project and it was enough to replace some of my floors. I got a whole truck full of garage sale leftovers that had TONS of clothes in it that would fit my dd, ds and dh!! i know i have gotten more but that tops my list! We also have a local selling board and i got my ds bunk bed there for $20! it was also the one with the double on the bottom.

**rumrunnergirl** · 12-02-2008, 08:04 PM

I had to cancel my YMCA membership and was really missing using the treadmill. I checked prices on Craigslist and they were all out of my price range. I posted on FreeCycle and got a reply that the person's mother just bought one but needed it gone so she could remodel her house! Woo hoo!

Now I get to work out at home for free - no monthly fee, no gasoline used, no 1/2 drive each way to the Y.

**PrairieRose** · 12-02-2008, 09:45 PM

I recently got rid of an older fax machine, a scanner and a typewriter. I was just as excited as if I had found something I was looking for

**Texasgirl** · 12-02-2008, 10:53 PM

I love free cycle.
We have gotten rid of a lot of stuff.

Even picked up some stuff.

**kittykatstrong** · 12-02-2008, 11:08 PM

I love freecycle. I am always amazed what people are getting rid of.

**zakity** · 12-02-2008, 11:15 PM

I got rid of some of my raspberry plants that were growing in my garden. They were growing where they weren't supposed to be. I had a ton of them (like 40+ plants). The people were so happy to get them.

My friend got a huge amount of maternity clothes off freecycle. She is a larger lady and larger maternity clothes are impossible to find and they are expensive.

**Nana2two** · 12-02-2008, 11:19 PM

Im also looking for some bunkbed for the grandsons.

**madhen** · 12-02-2008, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by kittykatstrong

I love freecycle. I am always amazed what people are getting rid of.

I am sometimes amazed at what people will take!

Proves there is a use for everything, I guess.

I also find homes for my baby plants via FreeCycle. When I start my veggies, I usually plant more than I'll need, to account for the possibility of non-germination or early failure. Typically, I end up with 2-3 plants of each variety, and I'll give 1 or 2 away.

**rainbowgc** · 12-03-2008, 10:23 AM

Whoo Hoo Great find and something less in the landfill.

**geckoace** · 12-03-2008, 11:00 AM

i love freecycle we even got our kitchen sink....tons of outdoor toys a daycar quality sand and water table, blocks, a 1500 bike! (in about $700 value condition woo hoo), our christmas tree, porch furniture, shelves in our entry way, our old dining room table and chairs, the deadbolt lock that was on our front door, clothing, 2 cases of canning jars, some yummy tomatoes as a thank you gift

have given away too much stuff to name

**nvmommyx6** · 12-03-2008, 11:04 AM

lol, that reminds me, last month My Mom and I went to town to do our usually monthly shopping trip....I had picked up a double stainless steel kitchen sink from the freecycle that day in town and as my Daddy was helping us unload the truck he saw the kitchen sink and was laughing so hard he was crying!!
He said, (when he could talk again) "OMG you DID get everything AND the kitchen sink!!!"