Thanks. We do have a local freecycle, and I have used it in the past. Lately, most things are being grabbed up by "flea market" types for resale. I'd like to contact a local photography club or some adventurous local young photographer who might actually try to put it to some use, instead of being taken and sold as a prop for a local coffee house.
When we lived on a busier residential street, I could leave things on the sidewalk with a "free" sign, and they would be taken. Now, at the end of a cul=-de-sac with only 6 homes, only USPS, UPS, FedEx, and Amazon drive by. 😀 If I don't get a better idea, I'll use freecycle. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 5:27 AM Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > On 19/10/20, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need to > >dispose of. It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at > >least 60 years old, but still intact. > >I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to > the > >local landfill. Too heavy to be shipped economically. Any ideas on how I > >might proceed? > > Dan - we use Freecycle a lot - it's worldwide (in fact started in the USA). > > Basically you put a post on and say what you've got, someone sees the post > and says 'yes please can I have it'. You then arrange a date and time for > them to collect whatever the item is ("it'll be next to the green trash can > on the drive" etc) and they show up and collect it from you. > > This way, unwanted items can have a chance at going to a good home. > > The cost is nothing for you, and the collector simply shows up to collect. > > Clearly this only works for relatively local community so the web site is > sectioned into areas and localities. > > We have found it brilliant at having things removed and you hardly lift a > finger as someone collects. Freecyclers are always friendly people because > they believe in the cause. In fact I need a couple of pallets (skids) and > searched on Freecycle and found some right away about 10 miles from me - > I'm picking them up Wednesday. What's not to like! > > <https://www.freecycle.org/> > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers > Cotty > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
