Gas Bottle Glut!

[Wendelspanswick]

I have been after a 47kg Propane cylinder for a while but none surfaced so on Saturday I put a 'wanted ad' on Freecycle.
By Sunday evening I had been offered 10 Propane cylinders and 13 Butane cylinders including a full one!
I have picked up enough for my needs but I am happy to pass on the details for the rest to anyone local who wants one.

 

[BrokenBiker]

I did exactly the same thing just after xmas last year. I only wanted a 13kg propane bottle to cut up to make a few add ons for the burner and within a few days I had 4x 13kg propane, 3 similar sized butane, 2x 19kg propane and even an empty argon bottle

kept one of the 19kg bottles and have it refilled at the garden centre up the road

 

[rtbcomp]

Yup - same here. Got 12 13Kg bottles and 6 cabinet heaters off Freecycle in one go. Bit of a tight squeeze in my Proton. Got a full bottle off the same bloke a few weeks later.

 

[BrokenBiker]

it is a wonderful place, I have given and received a lot of things on freecycle over the last few years. when I moved out of the flat and into the house im in now I bought a lot of new furniture and the old stuff went on freecycle. the add read 'need to get rid of all of my old furniture. come and have a look, take what you want'

a woman turned up with a horse box and her 2 sons. they took most of the big stuff, and then a guy turned up and took the rest. saved me a lot of time and money too

 

[rtbcomp]

I've started using Freegle, it's a lot easier than the Yahoo interface.

 

[BrokenBiker]

im not a fan of freegle. I don't find any problems with using freecycle but I find that freegle is more complicated to advertise or reply to an advert

 

[normspanners]

Got 12 13Kg bottles and 6 cabinet heaters off Freecycle in one go. Bit of a tight squeeze in my Proton.

You of coarse had the appropriate sign-age front and rear.

 

[DrNik]

i used to be into the freecycle thing, until there used to be ads wanted "a vw campervan" and "anyone got a motorcycle they dont want", so i put an advert in "wanted ferrari, dont mind the model but must have full service history and be in red please" needless to say the moderator didnt take too kindly to that, once id explained my reasons she saw the funny side of it, people can be so cheeky and take the p*** sometimes

 

[awemawson]

I got banned from the local freecycle for putting a wanted ad in for gosling chicks

I can only think that the moderator didn't have a clue what geese and goslings were

 

[Paul99]

i used to be into the freecycle thing, until there used to be ads wanted "a vw campervan" and "anyone got a motorcycle they dont want", so i put an advert in "wanted ferrari, dont mind the model but must have full service history and be in red please" needless to say the moderator didnt take too kindly to that, once id explained my reasons she saw the funny side of it, people can be so cheeky and take the p*** sometimes

I just checked out our local freecycle with half an idea to join up and get rid of a few bits that are no use to me. It all seems like such a good idea and who knows might pick up something useful in the future I was thinking.... Then I noticed nothing but complete tat is offered yet two wanted posts for those very things you mention above - one for a car and one for a motorbike just in the last week or so. Reality hit that although the idea is great there's just too many p*** takers, as you've said, for it to ever work (in this area at the very least) I'll give it a miss for now.

To be fair though the FB selling pages are much the same - absolutely stuffed with junk and household rubbish interspersed with wanted adds looking for something of value for nothing.

 

[rtbcomp]

The point about Freecycle is to pass on stuff that may be useful, you're bound to get tat, after all it's free! I did get a car once although it was a Metro so I suppose that doesn't count.

I recently got rid of a load of used bits of hose & plastic pipe to someone who wanted to make a bug hotel.

My biggest gripe is the number of no-shows, people arrange to collect something but don't turn up or take the trouble to say they can't make it. They go on a "bad guys" list.

 

[Premiershipman]

We have taken and given stuff but mainly using the Facebook freecycle pages as the yahoo based ones are crap in my opinion.

Most people are pretty good to turn up and take but some are continual time wasters.

We also have the usual - 'anyone giving a plasma/lcd tv away' etc type adverts.

 

[brianblock]

My wife spent a while giving away old clothes, shoes, handbags etc on there. After a few sackfulls were given to the same woman, we saw her selling the stuff up the car booty

 

[octo0072000]

The point about Freecycle is to pass on stuff that may be useful, you're bound to get tat, after all it's free! I did get a car once although it was a Metro so I suppose that doesn't count.

I recently got rid of a load of used bits of hose & plastic pipe to someone who wanted to make a bug hotel.

My biggest gripe is the number of no-shows, people arrange to collect something but don't turn up or take the trouble to say they can't make it. They go on a "bad guys" list.

i will agree with the no shows and can't be bothered to let you know

 

[Robotstar5]

I put a set of Vitara wheels on and a woman phoned saying they were just what she needed and her husband would collect. He turned up in a Transit pickup full of scrap metal and chucked them on the back saying he would deliver them

 

[pedrobedro]

I got banned from the local freecycle for putting a wanted ad in for gosling chicks

I can only think that the moderator didn't have a clue what geese and goslings were

Goblin Teasmade would probably have got you banned as well then. I don't do Facebook but we got my wife a motorbike jacket on freecycle and gave away a load of plants but it does take the wee a bit when you get someone asking for a laptop with wifi and Xbox 360 for my little boy as he is unable to go out after dark now he is tagged