hmm do you have a free ipod you'd like to give *us* guys? You could also consider starting another freecycle group. FWIW, I had been meaning to tell you that just after your free-laptop story someone posted an identically worded request on the Albuquerque group. SO yes, there are those who take advantage.
Dana On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:25:27 -0600, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, during my vacation, some stuff went down at the freecycle group. > It seems the moderator tried to warn about a suspicious character > getting free stuff and reselling it. She had been warned by other > area Freecycle moderators. He wrote back giving a sob story about a > dying family member and all the good he did for the world. She still > banned him from the group. He got a little upset and started > threatening her with a lawsuit for slander and claimed that he was > nothing but a "God-Fearing Christian Man". She found an adult web > site that he owned and posted the link. He said he'd forgotten about > that one. Many people complained that the moderator "spammed" the > group with a porno link, even though they had all jumped on her for > accusing this "poor soul" of being shady. Moderator said "screw all > you people", and now there is no longer an "ArlingtonTXFreecyle" group > on yahoo. > > Oh well, it's not like I had an unwanted iPod to give away to that group :) > > -- > G-mail must not realize I'm and anti-social nerd, it keeps telling me > to "Invite 8 friends to Gmail" > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:147875 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
