Meko Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 So.... there i was on Saturday night, wondering if i should go to bed as it had gone midnight, and an email from Freecycle drops in. I liked the look of it and hit reply and ask for it, half an hour later i get a reply saying it's mine if i want it and when can i collect. 9:30pm last night i became the owner of a free '97, R reg, BMW 318i with half leather interior and 119,000 on the clock. all that needs doing is a bloody good valet and the oil sump repairing. result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Result, ive heard about it a few times now, one of my mates got a load of block paving free on there, enough to do his small drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meko Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 the car has to be my best one, especially with them hitting a grand on ebay. but i've also had a 4ft fish tank with wooden stand, exercise bike, lawn mower and weights bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Excellent... Freecycle really is a damn good idea, I've had allsorts from it recently. From a new sofa to a 42U data cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meko Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 fortunately i've never seen a data cab come on my local one but if one did i'd probably have it, even though i've no servers to put in one.. it'd give me an excuse to buy some though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobgoblin Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Its great, I got a petrol strimmer yesterday, took me about 15 minutes to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Whenever I've looked on it, all I've found is tat (e.g. free to a good home, old stained T-shirt with holes in it. Collection only). Do you folks sign up to only your local one, or a variety of them? I guess the nice stuff goes quickly does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Whenever I've asked for stuff I never get replies, they must just go to other people all the time. I did get a tall freezer from there though, which is still working away in the shed even in this hot weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Freecycle really is a damn good idea, I've had allsorts from it recently. From a new sofa to a 42U data cab And I thought I was joking a while back about you having a rack underneath the stairs. Or is it going to become some sort of redneck/geeky contraption and not actually used to house your FW/NAS/Network kit? EDIT: Free cycle is good. The missus has got rid of plenty of stuff that we'd have otherwise had to hulk down the tip. If you can't sell it for cash on ebay, whack it on Freecycle if you can't get it to the tip/charity shop. Thinking about it I bet charity shops don't like freecyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meko Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 not too bad for free.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 stunner. Sounds like a good place to pick up a track car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meko Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 so far on my local one i've seen... a Polo, a Clio, a MK1 Land Rover - unfinished project and an Austin 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 do u have to set up a yahoo email account to join it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meko Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 you need a yahoo account but you can change your email address for the emails to your normal one.. the yahoo address is to just sign in with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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