Comments on: The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Springing Forth Edition

By: Kai

Kai — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:12:57 +0000

The trebuchet was surprisingly simple. Should be fairly scale-up-able…

By: Kacie

Kacie — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:32:54 +0000

I was so startled to see a link to my own post here! Thank you so much (not that I expect you to see this comment, but if ya do…thanks. :)

By: David

David — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:54:50 +0000

Rats. Will just have to go back to work on the thermo-nuclear device disguised as a Big Mac. Oh, well.

By: Kai

Kai — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:29:19 +0000

I believe you usually join freecycle because you hope to collect some free things as well as get rid of your own stuff. If you’re just clearing out, there’s no reason to use it over craigslist or similar.

I don’t have the trebuchet any more. It went *very* quickly. :D

By: deRuiter

deRuiter — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:01:34 +0000

Freecycle sounds like a good idea, but to have to JOIN to give away things, you’re kidding, right? Craigslist doesn’t demand a big song and dance to give things away to others. You put a quick listing under “garage sales” for the free stuff, post a photo if you feel ambitious, and voila! It’s gone. You can also do an ad if the item is useable and put a modest price on it if you want to recoup a little of your invested money and / or time while painlessly passing on the item. I’ve given away small trees and shrubs (the taker had to dig them), furniture, LP albums, mirrors, picture frames, a set of charis needing work. It’s so much nicer to know the things are taken to be used. This is an EXCELLENT way to get rid of bulky items the day after a yard or estate sale. There’s something about the word “free” on Craigslist which is like blood in the water to sharks, and I mean that in the nicest possible way. I WANT SOMEONE TO COME AND TAKE THE ORPHAN STUFF after the sale to save me from having to carry it to the curb or pay for a dumpster. Free is great, giving or getting! Free can be great fun!

By: David

David — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:15:50 +0000

If you’ve actually got a trebuchet I would gladly take it off your hands – just the thing to assist in my efforts to sabotage the London Olympic Games. If you haven’t… well, at least the freecycle admission policy was working well for a while.

By: Kai

Kai — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:18:21 +0000

I got rejected from my local freecycle at first too. I sent them an email asking them to please take another look at my case and make sure I wasn’t being confused with someone else, since I had no freecycle history and no reason for rejection. I did end up getting accepted.
But while the theory’s great, I haven’t been too impressed with the execution myself.
Though I enjoyed the comments I received when I offered out a trebuchet…

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:37:56 +0000

Sounds like winter in North Florida – minus the snow.
Drive to work with the heater on , drive home with the AC on.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:43:23 +0000

I wanted to join freecycle but was not “accepted”. :(