Freecycle Anmeldelser 249

Great little site, lots of friendly and helpful people. Would highly recommend!

Freecycle is a brilliant idea. It is a shame there are so many time wasters and dealers on the site though. I've lost count of the amount of people who seem really interested in an item and don't turn up when a collection is arranged. Freecycle should have a star system for their members, like ebay.

fix the website or hire a local company to redesign it

Used it to give away an excellent, clean Coffee Filter Machine. But was hit with so many TIME WASTERS I closed my account and would never use anything like recycle or it’s like ever again.
People are just soo sad, really sad.

The concept is sound and overall the experience is good. The only problem is the time it takes for approval by the mods. The most annoying thing is having to wait all over again when editing the listing. The ability to post to multiple towns would be a massive advantage. The website design definitely needs dragging into the 21st century. Other than this I'd use it again.

tried to offer a built in oven and hob Scarborough area nearly new clean . worth having and barely used. Moderators sent me a long list of reasons without any specific "violation" that I could change. Can only assume the moderators here are either stupid or having a bad day. Wont use freecycle again...

I really don’t understand many of the negative statements as the vast majority relate to bad behaviour by members. Bad behaviour happens in all areas of life and can’t always be controlled.
It is not a commercial profit making company, and as membership is free to all how are the owners supposed to control bad behaviour. If you have an issue report it to your local moderator, who is acting unpaid, if you have an issue with them report them to the company.
Yes I am a moderator but have no particular allegiance to them, personally I respond to issues within a few hours, I also have a life to lead and I’m not paid.
If you act properly others tend to also behave properly.

I have used Freecycle many times to save having to take stuff I don't need to the dump. And it's great that other people are finding life in things I no longer need - everybody wins! What a great service this is.

I absolutely love the idea of recycling the items in my house I no longer want. I've been able to give away numerous items to people who really needed them, so it's a feel good process. I'm also glad Freecycle updated their website to reflect current times. It would be nice to have an app.

too hard to post to the Cardiff site, they moderators keep rejecting my posts for being duplicates when they are edits of live posts. Really useless volunteers who just want to make it impossible to post!! WHY!. I am surprised anyone gets a post of my local site, but as I only see 1 or 2 a day others must be having the same problems, am looking for a better alternative

A terrible interface that is awful to use. Not at all intuitive and very cluttered. The buttons you need in order to navigate are small to the point of being invisible. I joined a few days ago and am just about to leave, shame as its aims are good. But the execution is among the worst I have seen.

Hi I have been trying to to reset password.i have used the reset password link that then tells me an email has be sent to my email. I have check my spam and no email i have try this reset over the last couple of days but no email. Please can you tell me how i can rest my password.
Regards phil

Messaging is painfully slow. I have waited days to get a response from someone who wants to pick an item up. Relying on freecycle just sullies the good reputation of the recycling movement.

Again - as a long time 'offerer' on freecycle, the new website looks to leech funds from every transaction. Not a community service.

Freecycle is the typical "curate's egg", good and bad. I have managed to clear numerous items over the years that would have otherwise gone to landfill, but recently my local site seems to have declined. Not sure why. Just not getting interest in items, but when I switch them to Gumtree/free they go in a flash. I have noticed flakey search results in search for items also recently. [cant find my own posted item by name for instance]

Tried to donate. Took forever to get approved, I asked a moderator and they said it's volunteer work. He said he couldn't be bothered and to go drop it off at goodwill.

Freecycle used to excellent. It was thriving and ever so useful. Since the owners have made ssed about with the website it is practically unusable. The amount of posts have dwindled but they still keep messing with the outlay. You have run it into the ground by ruining it.

Getting very frustrated with Freecycle. Have been on it for about 5 years now and only recently have had problems. Mainly with “awaiting approval “ Seems to take an age!

I used to love freecycle but the new setup is awful, the first page is clogged with TAKEN, I'm moving onto gumtree freebies and Freegle

The new website is terrible. You can't conveniently reply to messages direct from yrou mailbox. On the website there's no way of putting an item on hold while you wait to see if it's being collected. The methods for tracking your messages items is far clunkier and worse than before. I haev offered several items. I've had replies, but no follow ups. I think this is because there is no mailbox like place where you can see all yoru messages. It's almost unusable. If you read this, Freecycle, please get the website fixed by someone who has actually used Freecycle.