I've got an old computer that I'm trying to get rid of. On wednesday night, I listed it on freecycle in my area (to protect identities, let's pretend that I'm The fantastic Doctor Penis and that I live in the fields of Sweden.) and got several replies. I chose one of the people who replied at random (picked their name from a hat) and decided to give it to them.
On thursday morning I phoned them by the number they provided. He asked me for the latest time he could come to my house to pick the computer up, and I said 16:00. Then I also said that he could pick it up the following day. He said that he'd phone me back when he knew of a time that he could come to get it.
On friday, after not having heard from the guy since I phoned him, I sent him an email with my phone number and address, and asked him if he was still interested.
Now, on saturday, I still haven't heard from him since I phoned him. He didn't reply to my email.
I'm going to wait until midnight, then I'll give up and offer the computer to one of the other people who asked for it.
This is the first time I've given something away via freecycle.
What do you think? What have your experiences with freecycle been like?
People are weird when they come to pick stuff up, or look at something you're selling. I don't know what it is, but about 50% of them back out for apparently no reason.
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Yes. I think in some cases people see something available, and leap at it, perhaps without thinking. Then they realize that they're not so interested, or they can't be bothered to get around to picking it up or something.
On saturday, it got to midnight and he still hadn't contacted me, so I offered it to another person who had been interested. Incredibly, I got a reply to my email from the guy, who said he had lost my number. It's a bit strange though, because he could have emailed me for my number, and he had plenty of time to do that.
Anyway, I had to turn him down by then because I had offered it to the other person. And the other person phoned me the very next morning (I emailed them at night), and within a few hours they had come over and taken the computer.