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1.: OFFER: Closet organizer (Tacoma)

Posted by: "ollietoys" lizsalleebauer@comcast.net ollietoys

Mon May 31, 2010 11:34 am (PDT)

Crate-style organizer from Organized Living with grid pieces that fit together to the shape you need using connecting pieces. Good for organizing shelves.

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2.: WANTED: 2 inch Pipe, 2 feet long. (North Tacoma)

Posted by: "Thomas" pictom@ymail.com pictom@ymail.com

Mon May 31, 2010 11:35 am (PDT)

Wanted, a pipe that is about two feet long. Can be longer, shouldn't be shorter than about 18 inches. The diameter should be large enough to hold a ping pong ball, which would be a two inch or a two and a half inch pipe but no larger than three inches. Prefer PVC but other materials may work too.

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3.: Offer: New toner cartridge *** Browns Point near elementary school

Posted by: "Jane" reuthe19@mindspring.com reuthe19

Mon May 31, 2010 11:38 am (PDT)

Samsung ML1710, 1720/1740/1750, 1510/1520/1520P

Xerox Phaser 3130/3120/3155/3121

Seal has been pulled but cartridge has not been used.

Porch pickup.

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4.: WANTED - BabyFood Containers (used) - (S. Tacoma)

Posted by: "Angel *aka* AJ" crescent2005ajm@yahoo.com crescent2005ajm

Mon May 31, 2010 11:52 am (PDT)

These are the square ones that babyfood comes in. I can clean them if needed. I can pick them up from anywhere at your convenience. Thank You

Angel

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5.: Wanted av cable Lakewood

Posted by: "Jolene Green" jolenergreen@yahoo.com jolenergreen

Mon May 31, 2010 1:10 pm (PDT)

Hey need a yellow, red, and white cable for my DVD player!! Thanks!

JoLene :0)

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6.: WANTED: Hair trimmers (Tacoma 74th & Montgomery)

Posted by: "marcal815@yahoo.com" marcal815@yahoo.com marcal815

Mon May 31, 2010 1:10 pm (PDT)

I am looking for electric hair trimmers for our little dog, something made to trim dog fur would be awesome but really any electric hair trimmers will work as long as they are good and sharp.
Thanks

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7.: WANTED: weed eater (Tacoma 74th & Montgomery)***

Posted by: "marcal815@yahoo.com" marcal815@yahoo.com marcal815

Mon May 31, 2010 2:02 pm (PDT)

If anyone has a working weed eater that is no longer needed I would love it. Electric or gas, does not matter.
Thanks

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8.: OFFER: Twin Mattress (Spanaway--200th & Canyon)

Posted by: "Tana" merlinsmom37@yahoo.com merlinsmom37

Mon May 31, 2010 2:42 pm (PDT)

It's in good shape. Please include your phone number, good time to call you, and preferred pick-up time in your response. Any emails without phone numbers will be deleted.

Thank you very much!

Tana

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9.: ADMIN: Dear FreecycleAbby (or, "who gets my stuff?")

Posted by: "TacomaAreaFreecycle-owner@yahoogroups.com" TacomaAreaFreecycle-owner@yahoogroups.com

Mon May 31, 2010 3:07 pm (PDT)

Dear FreecycleAbby: (or, "who gets my stuff?")

I made my first four offers today on Freecycle(TM).
Some of what I experienced after that:

-- Folks responding immediately to my OFFER just to be the FIRST, but clearly not thinking about whether they really wanted what I was offering - or even if it was possible for them to pick it up.
-- Emails asking me questions that were already clearly answered in my OFFERED posting.
-- More than one person emailed with no mention of which item they were interested in - in either the subject or the body of their message.
-- Another person actually asked me to ship the item to him...out-of-state.
-- At least one email lecturing (actually, berating) me about how I "advertised" and "sold" my items. (Honestly, I did my best and I think my posts show effort. And this being Freecycle, I didn't think I was advertising or selling anything.)
-- And LOTS of people for whom the words "please" or "thank you" don't seem to be part of the English language. I don't expect someone to bow and scrape before me. But I didn't really expect to be given lots of orders and demands in response to my OFFER, either.

I started today feeling good that I was doing something positive. I ended the day in not the best of moods.

Signed, Cheerless in (Freecycle)Seattle

Dear Cheerless:

My, my, you try to do something good for the other people and for the planet, and look what happens. Not only are some people ungrateful, but they're downright rude in the bargain. Wouldn't it be nice if you could wave a magic wand and make all the thoughtless, impolite, greedy, and generally clueless people go away, and just give your stuff to the few who seem to remember that you're offering a gift that they should show just a teensy bit of gratitude for?

Well, you know what? You can.

You have an extraordinary power - as does everyone else here, though they all seem to keep forgetting about it. And that power is this: when you make an OFFER, *you* get to choose who gets it. You and only you. You _don't_ have to pick the person who's first to reply after your offer's posted, or the one who's the most insistent. You can wait and see all of what comes into your Inbox for as long as you want to, and then *you* get to choose one of them to take your OFFER. And you don't need to justify your decision to anyone but yourself.

Fabby herself usually lets a day or so pass after her Offer: goes out to see who answers, and then picks the person who asked for the thing the most politely. Or sometimes it's the one who had the best and funniest story about why they needed it, or who turns out to be located in the same neighborhood as she is. Very often this _isn't_ the first person who replies, which is a nice benefit: not everyone can be hovering at their computers 24x7, and Fabby thinks even people with dial-up Internet connections who check their email only once a day (gasp!) or participate via the sort-of-Daily Digest should have an equal shot at getting stuff generously offered here. There's no rule that people with the gigabit broadband cable feeds and RedBull-enhanced fingers should get first dibs on everything, you know.

And so what can you do about the others who respond, especially the ones you encountered who seem to have gotten report cards saying "doesn't play well with others"? Well, it gets even better. You can simply delete each and every email you get from them without replying. Bzzzt, thank you for playing, but no cookware set for this guest today, Johnny. The beauty of it is that once you post a TAKEN notice, you're done - it serves as a blanket answer to *everyone* else who emailed you, so you don't have to do anything more.

Perhaps after a few dozen times of the same thing happening and being told "it's taken" even though they know they responded 20 milliseconds after the posting hit their mailbox, some people *might* start to think a little bit...maybe there's more to being part of this community than how fast they can click on the "send" button?

That maybe whatever it was their mother told them - you know, about being polite and courteous to others and thankful for gifts they get - might actually be good to remember?

No, you're right, probably not. But it's nice to imagine, isn't it?

Yours in reuse,
FreeycleAbby (aka "Fabby")

(PS: By the way, you don't have to respond back to the *nice* people who email you but didn't get your item, either: the TAKEN does the work for you there as well. Though of course you're welcome to send them an email with your regrets if you want to, or save their addresses just in case the first taker doesn't make it. Again, you're the OFFERer, so it's all your choice.)

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10.: Taken- Mattress pad (Graham/Spanaway)

Posted by: "AnnetteS" redbugsullivan@yahoo.com redbugsullivan

Mon May 31, 2010 3:25 pm (PDT)

Full sized waterproof has a new home!

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11.: Taken- Toilet support (Graham/Spanaway)

Posted by: "AnnetteS" redbugsullivan@yahoo.com redbugsullivan

Mon May 31, 2010 3:25 pm (PDT)

Thanks for prompt pick-up!

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12.: Taken- Shower seat (Graham/Spanaway)

Posted by: "AnnetteS" redbugsullivan@yahoo.com redbugsullivan

Mon May 31, 2010 3:26 pm (PDT)

I appreciate the call knowing you were running late. Thanks for freecycling!

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13.: Taken- Depends (Graham/Spanaway)

Posted by: "AnnetteS" redbugsullivan@yahoo.com redbugsullivan

Mon May 31, 2010 4:18 pm (PDT)

Glad they have a new home.

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14.: Wanted: Sandbox with Lid (South Hill/Canyon Rd)

Posted by: "Heather" daffprincess96@yahoo.com daffprincess96

Mon May 31, 2010 6:51 pm (PDT)

I would love a sandbox for my boys who are digging up my yard. Must have a lid due to neighborhood cats. Thank you in advance.

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15.: Offer: VHS movies (Puyallup)

Posted by: "xmegasusx" megasus@megasus.net xmegasusx

Mon May 31, 2010 6:52 pm (PDT)

Hi there, I have a few VHS movies we don't need anymore -- all are original VHS tapes, though the cases were cut up and taped onto hard shells to make them sturdier.

Would prefer to just get rid of them all together, here's the list:

Adams Family
Boyz n the hood
Jumanji (original case, not cut like the others)
The Land Before Time
Batman
Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Let me know if you'd like them and when you can pick them up, thanks!

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16.: TAKEN: Twin Mattress (Spanaway--200th & Canyon)

Posted by: "Tana" merlinsmom37@yahoo.com merlinsmom37

Mon May 31, 2010 6:52 pm (PDT)

Thanks, K, for the quick pick-up!

Tana

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17.: OFFER: floor duster (Tacoma, near Mall)

Posted by: "luneray13" lee.macclellan@gmail.com luneray13

Mon May 31, 2010 6:53 pm (PDT)

I have a Target brand floor duster available. The duster head is cotton and machine washable.

There's nothing wrong with it except that I realized that I prefer to use a broom. :)

Thanks,

Lee

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18.: WANTED: Chair cover (Spanaway--200th & Canyon)

Posted by: "Tana" merlinsmom37@yahoo.com merlinsmom37

Mon May 31, 2010 6:56 pm (PDT)

Hi,

We need something red to cover a chair with. It could be sheets, a not too ugly blanket, fabric, a real chair cover?

Thanks for looking and for freecycling,

Tana

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19.: Taken - Newborn diapers - Tacoma

Posted by: "Erica C" stary_eyed_angel@yahoo.com stary_eyed_angel

Mon May 31, 2010 7:17 pm (PDT)

These were picked up today. Sorry for not responding to everyone individually but I've been very sick and didn't have time.

Erica

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20.: Wanted: Moving Boxes (Bonney Lake)

Posted by: "Regina" regina.shideler@comcast.net cyberangel317

Mon May 31, 2010 7:20 pm (PDT)

*** Willing to pick up boxes from nearly anywhere in a 20mi radius.
Thank you much,
Regina

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21.: OFFER: macrame plant hanger; Midland/Parkland

Posted by: "rustjulie@ymail.com" jlr32@live.com rustjulie@ymail.com

Mon May 31, 2010 9:18 pm (PDT)

I have a fancy macrame plant holder, a white/light yellowish color. It is sturdy and long, hanging down maybe 3 + feet.

Julie

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22.: OFFER: Huffy Mountain Bike *** Northslope Tacoma

Posted by: "geografood" geografood@yahoo.com geografood

Mon May 31, 2010 9:21 pm (PDT)

Needs rear tube, seat post clamp and seat. Some rust but appears to be alright otherwise.

Steven XXX-XXXX

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23.: Wanted - Trundle Bed or Daybed (Graham)

Posted by: "Kathy" queenduty_99@yahoo.com queenduty_99

Mon May 31, 2010 9:21 pm (PDT)

I am looking for a trundle or day bed for my guests. Please let me know what you have.

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24.: wanted-baby girl clothes spanaway***

Posted by: "Thibodeaux" melissa_thibodeaux2004@yahoo.com melissa_thibodeaux2004

Tue Jun 1, 2010 1:01 am (PDT)

newborn-6 months. thank you so much.

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25a.: WANTED: Old kithchen counter with sink (Tacoma)

Posted by: "TheAutoRestorer" theautorestorer@yahoo.com theautorestorer

Tue Jun 1, 2010 1:04 am (PDT)

I am looking for an old kitchen cabinet/counter preferably with a sink in it for a garden project.
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26.: Offer - Yellow Couch - (GRAHAM)

Posted by: "Kathy" queenduty_99@yahoo.com queenduty_99

Tue Jun 1, 2010 1:04 am (PDT)

I have a very comfortable couch that needs a new home. I can provide a picture tomorrow.

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Posted by: "ollietoys" lizsalleebauer@comcast.net ollietoys

Mon May 31, 2010 11:34 am (PDT)

Posted by: "Thomas" pictom@ymail.com pictom@ymail.com

Mon May 31, 2010 11:35 am (PDT)

Posted by: "Jane" reuthe19@mindspring.com reuthe19

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Posted by: "Angel *aka* AJ" crescent2005ajm@yahoo.com crescent2005ajm

Mon May 31, 2010 11:52 am (PDT)

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