written by Molloykw1947 on 27/04/2016
2016 and is bad as ever. This is why Goodwill is getting mega rich as at least theyre easy to use.
written by Mayan on 19/08/2014
I've attempted to Freecycle in two different areas, each bearing the same poor result: Without explanation, my items weren't listed for the broader community, resulting in lost time and benefit. I followed the guidelines and would have corrected any other issue raised. However, the moderators typically chose to ignore requests for clarification. After one month, I decided to contribute through other services. Freecycle is run by volunteers, but moderators who do not follow through waste contributor's time, which is money. And some community members lose opportunity to benefit from free quality recyclables. For these reasons, I also gave Freecycle a rating of "terrible" for its monetary value.
written by Kymanii29 on 09/06/2014
I've been working in IT for 30 years, but getting into freecycle to donate has proved too complex. I cant be bothered.
written by Fernandez158 on 03/04/2014
As soon as I started getting to the idea of recycling my household items, I couldn't log on to utilize the webpage. I attempted to write the moderator and my emails were returned undelivered. It's not friendly and you receive a lot of junk mail. Maybe they need new moderators.
written by on 14/11/2013
tried joining this group and was rejected every time, with no good reason. moderators are rude and ignorant. a complete joke, this group should be closed down, and proper experienced, professional members should be selected as moderators.
written by on 31/07/2013
Okay... the idea of 'Freecycle' is brilliant but the site is rubbish! It's such a task to get to the ads. Finding the location section took an age and when I finally entered my area it came up with an incorrect webpage! I haven't found the ads yet but If I had a year to I might... just, though! It could have been great but the web design is awful, which is a shame. Looks like it's trawling through skips for me!
written by My32Cents on 23/04/2013
I needed to furnish my new step kids room, so I tried freecycling...bad idea! The emails are relentless! Even after changing email preferences. Then, when I tried leaving a group, I was told "I wasn't subscribed to that group". Even though I got 50 emails a day from them. Then, I deleted my account, and guess what?! STILL getting emails! It's worse than trying to cancel the free trial membership from AOL (internet, remember?). The. WORST!!! I'm border lining on changing my email!! But, I guess if you have nothing else to do all day, and no money, it's great!
written by domestic.queen1 on 21/02/2013
I am an avid recycler, a "Nate Burkis" wanna-be. I love to find old furniture & misc items to keep them out of the landfills. I went through the motions of completing an application & a lengthy wait to be approved for membership. I felt my explanation & motive for joining was 100% justifiable. So...the next day, I get a big pie in the face & was declined. I felt as if I was applying for a mortgage or buying a car. I don't know what they have in mind when they are reviewing these applications, but it seems like a trendy, high society snob organization that is in much need of improvement! I live in the Port Orange, Florida area...near Daytona Beach. I don't know if each distric is different, BUT I DO KNOW they suck here!
written by on 13/02/2013
I just wanted to check if anyone was getting rid of some baby equipment and oh my goodness, the rigmarole of joining! I'm a confident I.T. user but navigating the site and working out how to join wasn't intuitive, and once you did join it wasn't obvious how to access the ads... then it became clear that you had to join a "sub" network (for which you need to set up a Yahoo account....). Having trudged past those barriers, you then try and search for what you want and it brings up every advert ever posted, many that are years out of date. It's one of the worst websites I have ever used, such a shame - the concept is brilliant.
written by on 02/11/2012
what a fantastic idea completely ruined by a poor implementation. trying to join is a complex maze of unnecessary rubbish, obviously put together by someone without a clue. this service is wide open and waiting for someone to step in and launch a user friendly version.
written by Knvsmom on 17/10/2012
The original idea for Freecycle was great. Too many people were throwing out good, useable stuff & our landfills are alteady full. Fast forward a few years later & Freecycle has turned into a checklist of things people want. The requests have become outrageous to the point of people requesting entire roomfuls of furniture & not just any kind. I have seen people wanting specific colors, matching sets, etc. This idea was created for people who had a need for certain things, not for greedy people who want to get things for free because they are too cheap to pay for them! Free means, as is, probably not perfect, may need some minor repair, etc. It is NOT meant for people's personal shopping sprees! If I do request something, I am willing to clean it, do minor repair, or know that it won't be brand new. Others need to do the same & stop with the wish lists for high priced things!
written by DisgustedTW on 21/08/2012
Full of Guardian reading lazy a*se freeloaders who want something for nothing. It has more wanted posts than offers. Most of what I have offered on the site has had a flurry of people wanting it who don't bother turning up or want me to deliver. I have just chucked a load of decent pram tyres in the dustbin after 10 emails correspondance with an idiot who never showed up.
written by on 13/08/2012
this is way to complicated. all i wanted to do is look for a car battery. i feel like i have to jump through to many hoops just to try and get to the free ads.[which i still haven't figured out how to get to.]
written by on 13/08/2012
I want to use it to give things away, and have in the past. It's too cumbersome to use, and so I just used a competing list service to do likewise, and more simply. What on earth are Freecycle operators thinking making it this complex to join/post/use?
written by on 21/07/2012
The time spent TRYING to join is not worth the effort. Amazing that folks who are trying to recycle or find free items are put through their maze. I will spend time finding alternatives.
written by on 28/04/2012
wellwhat can i say...i try to respond to advert and no replys? im a single mother and this is the best site for me to improve things at home. can any help me please?
written by on 13/05/2011
Access: I just signed on, and it took only a few moments to set it up and get it running. I had a question, contacted the moderator, and heard back within minutes. He was courteous, welcoming and helpful. We haven't actually recycled anything yet, but so many folks on this review page have had trouble with the registration process I wanted you to know this was not my experience today.
**Please note the rating only pertains to the question of access, as very few respondents described the recycling aspect of the site.
written by on 25/03/2011
Try FreeMesa instead.
It does what freecycle says it does without the snobbery and difficulties.
I've tried signing up to freecycle for months and months and months. All to no avail. Perhaps it's because I'm a leper. Or maybe one of the mods knows my ex wife. Who knows and frankly at this stage, who cares.
FreeMesa was a very simple process to sign up to and is very straight forward to use.
FreeMesa, like freecycle but it actually works.
written by on 21/01/2011
i luv going on freecycle but can never put things on and always have a friend dont know y
written by on 11/11/2010
freecycle, in theory is a great idea, however in practice, it's an absolute pain at times to navigate, its questionable how the moderators work out their responses to freecycle members, the yahoo part of being able to join groups is a headache, Really don't understand why much of this isn't just simplified - most of us don;t have too much spare time. The problem here is that it has become rather snobbish in it's approach, I'm a writer and have spoken to many friends and colleagues who'd prefer to take their unwanted items to the tip, I asked why and the response, ( which i hasten to add is my own too) is that the elitist vibe that freecycle seems to represent is rather bad taste, particularly in our slightly unstable economic times - there is a judgemental element that has formed within the groups which results in time wasting. you simply cannot judge who deserves your unwanted goods on the basis of an ad - put simply if you have stuff to get rid of and really do care about our environment - then give it to whoever replies first and save everyone a great deal of time. now, i have put this to the test for research! i replied to several offers with 2 very different themes going on - one was a direct - is it still available and the other was a lamenting story of hardship - guess which got the most replies - the one that was utter bull.. It's quite tragic that we're still living, in London with snooty social class values. what i found particularly interesting is that when i have collected freecyclers offers having replied in an honest direct fashion, i found them to be delightful, non judgemental and non British (which I am!) In "how to get the best from freecycle" it suggests that you're "nice" ! gosh - we're living in a busy mutlicultural city! this is about reducing land fill, not forging love affairs and friendships! for goodness sake freecyclers ( you know which one's you are) forget the stiff upper lip snoot and run this great venture with a little more integrity and perhaps a little honestly thrown in.
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How did you sign up ? I have ben trying for over an hour and I just get sent back and forth between google and yahoo and can't access yahoo help because they want me to give a security question but i haven't got one so then they say reset your password but i reset it and i get the same questions over and over again. I'm so frustrated so if you could possible tell me how you did it i'd be very grateful
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