Oh yea, we get some crazy ones too. Like a "house or some land to build on". WTF?
If I ran this thing, I'd be like Deanna. It would be a dictatorship. But, then again, I guess that is why I ain't running one myself! :) Matthew Small wrote: > People really do ask for some dumb stuff. > > Wanted: boat > > I'm just sayin... a boat? Me too. I think I'll ask for a free cruise to > Acapulco while I'm at it. > > > Matthew Small > Web Developer > American City Business Journals > 704-973-1045 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: thank you freecycle! > > People get mad at me when they ask for silly things like an orange > peeler (those pencil looking things), and I send them to eBay where they > can buy a pack of 10 for 38 cents. I got a similar response: "I can't > afford THAT, that why I am asking for one for free!". > > 38 cents? please! And shipping was less than a buck, too. > > Deanna Schneider wrote: > >>I'm a mod on our freecycle group, too. We've got about 3500 members >>and get between 100 and 300 messages a day. It's interesting to see >>what gets everyone's undies in a bunch around here. Man, some people >>are uptight! >> >>But, mostly it's a pretty easy job. I don't want to be promoted to >>owner, though. I'm not as...um....diplomatic as I would need to be to >>be an owner. I've already thoroughly pissed one person off for >>reminding her not to reply to the whole list. Apparently, I was >>completely degrading by saying, "Please remember to reply only to the >>poster, and not to the whole list." (Of course she would NEVER do it >>on PURPOSE what kind of IDIOT do I think she is?) >> >> >>On 7/2/05, Erika L Walker-Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>W00t! Way to go! >>>So - since I joined our local county group - I was ask to help moderate >>>for a while - and now I've been promoted to owner! W00t! >>> >>>We've got around 650 members too. Freecycle is awesome! >>> >>>No more feeling guilty about throwing things out too... When I cleaned >>>recently I got rid of a bunch of stuff I just really didn't need AND I >>>found new homes for our old cell phones. >>> >>>Cheers, >>>Erika >>> >>>##| -----Original Message----- >>>##| From: Ray Champagne >>>##| >>>##| Sweet, just picked me up a snowblower! No more >>>##| backbreaking shoveling >>>##| this winter. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:162844 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
