FreeCycle paid off BIG!

About a week ago I decided to post a wanted ad on a freecycle group for my county. This group isn't very active, but I thought I would try it. 2 days later a guy contacted me via e-mail. He ask questions, like what would I take and how many. I told him whatever he had I was willing to take off his hands. He then e-mailed again asking if I would take printer's. He continued to ask in every e-mail " Are you sure you want them, there all older models" I said sure whatever you want to get rid of. SO we set a time tonight to meet. He said we can start with a small load if you want, I just said I will take whatever you have. So we meet at self storage, about 10 miles from my home. I took my father with me. So he pulls up in a van we shake hands and opens the back of his mini van, then the side doors. AFter I load he opens the stoarge unit. Just starts pulling boxes out and sliding pc's to the door. I contiue to load. I couldn't believe it. He keeps saying just say when. My vehicle was completely full. All in all. I got 17 computers, 4 laptops, 4-5 single motherboards, about 6 printers, 20 or so cd drives, 20 or so floppy drives, some home audio equiptment. Brand new computer case still in box, 15 finger boards. Much more I haven't even went thru. The kicker is there is atleast that much he still wants to get rid of. I didn't pay a cent. We are going to set up a time whenever I'm ready he said to get the rest. This guy is older and does IT. SO i guess when you least expect it big loads can drop in your lap.

nice

bring bigger truck next time

You should be careful posting on freecycle, as this violates their terms of use. It is not supposed to be free advertising.

That is a great pay off. I heard someone say a couple of weeks ago on this forum that if you don't ask then the answer will always be no. I took that advice and scored my first big load. God it feels good. I don't think I will ever forget that quote.

It doesnt break their terms if you are telling the person what you plan to do with them. At least thats how I understood it.

Nice score, always great when a long shot pays off!

Keep it up!

Sirscrapalot - Doesn't have the legs to be cheerleader but..rah rah rah!

As far as terms for Freecycle goes I think they vary. You can only poste wanted ad's once a month or something like that. But hell what do I care if I violate the terms, means I can't post on a FREE site. Fine then I won't. But the ad was approved and I didn't pay for anything. He never ask what I was doing with them and I never said. But he did say once that you can make a little money off of this laser printer. So he knew I guess. He was glad to get them removed for free as I was to get them for free. He told me that some place wanted to charge him to get rid of them and he wasn't paying them to make money lol.

Burly your right I need to get them right away. I hate to leave all those PC's he had stack by the door. They were begging me to take them .

Burly is right, act quickly. Great haul though!

I have posted to several local freecycle groups and they seem to have slightly different set of rules. The buy/sell no-no rule is universal, but then some mention that you can't cross-post the same ad to geographically neighboring groups within 24 hours, some limit the length of the ad and some have other weird rules. But I envy you Ace, I have never been able to get more than a few computers from one person from these ads. "Items wanted" section on CL generated fewer bites for me but these bites were much bigger in quantity.

Originally Posted by jmurrow3

That is a great pay off. I heard someone say a couple of weeks ago on this forum that if you don't ask then the answer will always be no. I took that advice and scored my first big load. God it feels good. I don't think I will ever forget that quote.

Ya I remember reading that on here too. Great statement! Can't remember who said it but, Thank You. lb

Nice work on your first power blast of goodies there buddy! Maybe take a few pics for us if you get a chance. We just Loves pics of scores in here! lb