Freecycle

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Ukraine
4 reviews
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September 2, 2021

As a result, we purchased a small waste incinerator from them, which, for example, can be installed and used in a greenhouse. Such a stove is made on the principle of solid fuel stoves. In which garbage mixed with chips is placed. We took small sizes, so after experimenting, we realized that our own garbage was enough to use it, and at first we also intended to dispose of the neighbor's garbage in this way.

Date of experience: September 1, 2021
Canada
4 reviews
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Good startup, but..
December 1, 2016

Started using this tool a couple weeks ago. Personally I think the idea is great however there aren`t many people on the site and 2 of my ads there were just left unanswered. So, to sum up, the thing is good, it just needs more popularity.

Date of experience: December 1, 2016
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It was straightforward before, when emails were simply redirected. Now I have to log in for every message and was unable to change that setting. Callie997 didn't show! She (Gemma), didn't message. I waited in all morning to give away a like-new £100 memory foam mattress. My complaint about her to the moderator just got an error message, time and time again. My post was inaccessible and I could not change it from 'taken".

Date of experience: August 23, 2022
GB
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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This is a brillaint idea. I pesonally gave away one cd player and garden furniture. I got a washing machine and shelves. It's great when you've started renting and don't want to spend too much money in furniture.

Date of experience: June 21, 2010
California
6 reviews
21 helpful votes
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This is a great idea
August 25, 2009

This is a great idea. You can recycle goods that you would other wise throw away or are too embarrassed to sell on craiglist. Pay it forward by giving to others and you never know what goodies you'll get back. I got rubby duckies for my wife's baby shower.

Date of experience: August 25, 2009
New York
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I have been a freecycler for over a year now and have kept many things out of landfills as a result. If you are setting up housekeeping, it is a great place to post your wants. If you are downsizing, a wonderful way to empty out the clutter. I have been on both sides of the freecycle model many times and have met some great people and had much luck doing both the giving and the receiving. Give it a try!

Date of experience: June 21, 2010
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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This website used to be simple to use, have a slick & easy interface and was user friendly. You were presented with a simple list of items on offer and any you wanted to look at you would click on to see more. Nothing fancy, just simple and functional.

HOWEVER, they decided to mess it all around in May this year, it's now slow, the interface is user hostile and it loads picures of everything, even stuff that has alredy gone (who thought that was a good idea, sucking up one's data for no good reason?) and you only get a few items load and have to keep clicking the 'more' button and the site is a horror to navigate.

I was a regular user, both donating and sometimes collecting items, now this website is so bad I have regretfully been dumping things into landfill at my local tip as the website is so bad!

If the freecycle web designers read this review then PLEASE upload the old website and take the new monstrosity down for good!

Date of experience: August 24, 2021
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Unintelligent Moderation
September 2, 2022

I made post giving away my living room set. I noticed a typo that I made and edited it. The edit was rejected for "Duplicate Post" and my whole post deleted. I complained about it and they said they are volunteers and don't deserve abuse and asked that I repost it. So I did and guess what! Deleted again for duplicate post! I did get heated and cursed out the moderator at this point but I was pushed to that due to their crappy moderation. I legit was trying to give away a full living room set. Now it is going to be thrown away and nobody gets it because I refuse to post it a third time. If you use this site, don't try to correct your typos! The moderation staff doesn't understand the difference between an edit and a new post!

Date of experience: September 2, 2022
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Rubbish
February 18, 2024

Horrible been member of leeds 22 days.in that time i been modded unmodded then modded again.gestapo mods.i posted lots of offers and was kept waitin forever before they went on.i posted 1 wanted and mod deleted it so tried again n same thing happened.horrible way to treat new members.now told 1 wanted ad every 30 days.i never even got 1 on.dont know why they like this.every 30 days are they serious.i seen multiple wanteds go on from obviously not modded folks.one rule for thee etc shambles.i have withdrawn my offers now.we are not kids and this is not good to be treated like one.also there was an ad of a lady offering sex services complete with 3 nude pics she was unmodded.it didnt get removed til next morning was on all night.a few weeks ago the site was run brilliantly and now its a crock.

Date of experience: February 18, 2024
GB
4 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I got a lot of free stuff from Freecycle UK Freecycle.org and Freegive.co.uk - Free to join websites

Date of experience: June 23, 2019

Overview

Freecycle has a rating of 3.2 stars from 12 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Freecycle ranks 1st among Recycling sites.

service
3
value
3
shipping
1
returns
1
quality
3