I used to use Freecycle a lot. I gave away a trampoline because it had been crushed by a tree limb. The person had asked for parts--and it turns out they lived RIGHT around the corner! She took the two tramps and put them together to make one. I see her kids jumping on it about once a week.

But, I left FC right after that, because I was sick of all the requests from the "disabled" (their words) for "flat screen tvs" (also their words) and the like. I don't want to appear as if I have no compassion for others, but it was just too much for all the stories to be real. I mean, if I have something to give away, I don't care who gets it. I give it to the first responder--I don't need a sob story to sway me your way. It's not a competition!

My happiest give away was the junior drum set that I gave to a 7 year old, that my son had baked cookies to sell to buy, when he was just 7. That boy was SO happy.

Karen