Yes, freecycle is great, and if your city-area isn't listed YOU can and should start one through yahoo. Paul in Victoria
-- On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Eric Dunbar wrote: > Hi all, in recent weeks I've discovered two neat sites: > > 1. <http://freecycle.org/display.php?region=Canada> a site for > swapping free stuff > > Requirements: items have to be free and may only be picked up (no > mail)... saw it on TV recently (can't remember what news show [a > Toronto channel]) > > 2. <http://toronto.craigslist.org> > > (South-Western Ontario currently uses Toronto but London, > KW-Cambridge-Guelph, Hamilton and the non-Toronto GTA ought to set up > their own sections (since Saskatoon at <200K even has an entry... even > Windsor, "the armpit of Canada" (as my wife and all _former_ > Windsorites I've ever met "lovingly" call the city (I think you either > love or hate the place... something about having to _drive_ to get > from one side of the street to other might kill all affection for that > town (in residential neighbourhoods they seem to have an abundance of > 4- and 6-lane highways with SUVs and trucks everywhere (baseball bat, > anyone <evil grin>)))) has a population of >200K)). > > These are the CMAs currently listed: > calgary > edmonton > halifax > montreal > ottawa > quebec > saskatoon > toronto > vancouver > victoria > winnipeg > > Since discovering the site on October 1 I've got a Mac mini for $100 > less than the going rate and we found a new appartment in Toronto > after having exhausted the Saturday Toronto Star listings (Yonge and > Davisville... taking over someone's lease... so, instead of being > locked into 12 month lease we have only a 7 month lease :-) > > -- Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
