Re: [MBZ] freecycle [was: Re: ISO decent used W123 RF turn signal lens]
I've gotten some amazing stuff (all in one printer, tomato cages), and donated a ton of stuff as well. Seems like there are 10 Offers for every Wanted, and the email traffic is very heavy. I usually just scan each email for Wanted before deleting. On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:40:42 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Ours seems to work just fine, no problems switching over form Yahoo. Amazingly, there are over 2,000 members but at best one post a day. I suspect it has a lot to do with demographics. That's for sure. I subscribed to the Elkhart and Goshen, Indiana groups and see a non-Los Alamos post about once every 3 to 4 weeks. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] freecycle [was: Re: ISO decent used W123 RF turn signal lens]
On 23/02/2015 12:00 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I once got I wish ours was busier, but I'm not sure why it's not. Far more wanteds than offers could be why Dan One of the problems is that people who are getting something for nothing often prove to be a pain. They say they will come for whatever at an agreed time but then do not show up. Meanwhile, others have asked for the item and the generous soul who is trying to recycle the item ends up spending more time and effort than planned just in order to give something away. The other alternative is the sort that says first come gets it and that is a problem for anyone who wants the item as they have to be willing to go immediately and to accept being beaten to the punch by someone who lived closer etc. I tried to give away some old computer stuff a couple of weeks back. Several people responded and some promised to come but none ever did. I tossed the printer and the scanner is still sitting here and I will likely toss it too. It works but has no value in my mind so there is no likelihood of selling it and I don't seem able to give it away. RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] freecycle [was: Re: ISO decent used W123 RF turn signal lens]
The ratio of WANTED to OFFERS is a measure of an area's affluence, or deficiency thereof. On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I once got an i7 Intel processor, 12GB of RAM and two optical drives from a guy who was upgrading his computer. Sweet. I have used it to get rid of plantings and scrap metal, among other things. I wish ours was busier, but I'm not sure why it's not. Far more wanteds than offers could be why Dan Sent from my iPad On Feb 23, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I've gotten some amazing stuff (all in one printer, tomato cages), and donated a ton of stuff as well. Seems like there are 10 Offers for every Wanted, and the email traffic is very heavy. I usually just scan each email for Wanted before deleting. On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:40:42 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Ours seems to work just fine, no problems switching over form Yahoo. Amazingly, there are over 2,000 members but at best one post a day. I suspect it has a lot to do with demographics. That's for sure. I subscribed to the Elkhart and Goshen, Indiana groups and see a non-Los Alamos post about once every 3 to 4 weeks. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] freecycle [was: Re: ISO decent used W123 RF turn signal lens]
I would agree that affluence has a big effect, but around here I see a lot of wanteds being cross posted to other groups in the area. Since ours is pretty quiet I typically only check it for mod approvals once a day. When someone posts the same request in another group in the area I can see it as well as the status. It's nice as it gives me some feedback on what other mods are thinking about for the same request. Our group is geographically a rural area, but there are affluent pockets. However, I don't see a lot of people from those areas posting, so I question how much of the membership is from those areas. Dan Sent from my iPad On Feb 23, 2015, at 1:02 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: The ratio of WANTED to OFFERS is a measure of an area's affluence, or deficiency thereof. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] freecycle [was: Re: ISO decent used W123 RF turn signal lens]
I once got an i7 Intel processor, 12GB of RAM and two optical drives from a guy who was upgrading his computer. Sweet. I have used it to get rid of plantings and scrap metal, among other things. I wish ours was busier, but I'm not sure why it's not. Far more wanteds than offers could be why Dan Sent from my iPad On Feb 23, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I've gotten some amazing stuff (all in one printer, tomato cages), and donated a ton of stuff as well. Seems like there are 10 Offers for every Wanted, and the email traffic is very heavy. I usually just scan each email for Wanted before deleting. On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:40:42 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Ours seems to work just fine, no problems switching over form Yahoo. Amazingly, there are over 2,000 members but at best one post a day. I suspect it has a lot to do with demographics. That's for sure. I subscribed to the Elkhart and Goshen, Indiana groups and see a non-Los Alamos post about once every 3 to 4 weeks. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] freecycle [was: Re: ISO decent used W123 RF turn signal lens]
we have a pretty good balance of offer to wants. All manner of cool stuff comes up, but not as good a deal as Andrew got. I push excess plants to willing adopters. IT is not so good for waste concrete. clay On Feb 23, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: The ratio of WANTED to OFFERS is a measure of an area's affluence, or deficiency thereof. On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I once got an i7 Intel processor, 12GB of RAM and two optical drives from a guy who was upgrading his computer. Sweet. I have used it to get rid of plantings and scrap metal, among other things. I wish ours was busier, but I'm not sure why it's not. Far more wanteds than offers could be why Dan Sent from my iPad On Feb 23, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I've gotten some amazing stuff (all in one printer, tomato cages), and donated a ton of stuff as well. Seems like there are 10 Offers for every Wanted, and the email traffic is very heavy. I usually just scan each email for Wanted before deleting. On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:40:42 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Ours seems to work just fine, no problems switching over form Yahoo. Amazingly, there are over 2,000 members but at best one post a day. I suspect it has a lot to do with demographics. That's for sure. I subscribed to the Elkhart and Goshen, Indiana groups and see a non-Los Alamos post about once every 3 to 4 weeks. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] freecycle [was: Re: ISO decent used W123 RF turn signal lens]
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:40:42 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Ours seems to work just fine, no problems switching over form Yahoo. Amazingly, there are over 2,000 members but at best one post a day. I suspect it has a lot to do with demographics. That's for sure. I subscribed to the Elkhart and Goshen, Indiana groups and see a non-Los Alamos post about once every 3 to 4 weeks. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] freecycle [was: Re: ISO decent used W123 RF turn signal lens]
Ours seems to work just fine, no problems switching over form Yahoo. Amazingly, there are over 2,000 members but at best one post a day. I suspect it has a lot to do with demographics. Dan On Feb 22, 2015, at 8:06 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Our local group made the transition from Yahoo very well. It must be an oddity, but it functions like it's supposed to and there is much traffic from people actually offering things that are useful. In addition, I have never seen a wanted postings like Dan describes. I have gotten much useful from the group and have donated much useful as well. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] freecycle [was: Re: ISO decent used W123 RF turn signal lens]
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 16:52:10 -0500 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I'm all for helping people out, don't get me wrong. I just don't approve of playing the emotion card in order to do it. I just reject the post and tell them to edit it down to a simple wanted request and I'll approve it. Our local group made the transition from Yahoo very well. It must be an oddity, but it functions like it's supposed to and there is much traffic from people actually offering things that are useful. In addition, I have never seen a wanted postings like Dan describes. I have gotten much useful from the group and have donated much useful as well. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
