How To Use Freecycle

 Not written properly yet.

What are the basic rules?

When you join your local group, you'll receive a copy of the rules by mail. Please read them - there aren't many, but following them will make life easier for you and the moderators of your group.

Although the precise rules will vary from group to group, click on Basic Rules to read the common ones.

What's the Freecycle plugin?

This is a tool you can install to help you use Freecycle groups - it makes Yahoo easier to use. It has its own help [here].

How should I arrange pick-up?

Arrange as you like. Generally, you'll wait until you get a handful of responses or maybe overnight, and then you can pick whomever you like! That's half the fun. You might like to consider giving your starving local charity preference if one should respond.

Please arrange pickup with one person only, rather than "it's outside, whoever gets here first gets it." Otherwise you'll become unpopular pretty fast with your fellow Freecycle group members.

     Also, only give your phone number to one person at a time or ask for the recipient's phone no. Otherwise you'll get swamped with phone calls. Some groups do not allow phone numbers and addresses to be posted due to safety concerns for their members. Again, this is local policy.

How do I leave the group?

The easiest way is to send a mail to the unsubscribe address on your group's home page:

You must do this from the email address you used to join the group. If this doesn't work, an alternative is to go to the join page and click on a button there to leave the group.

Yahoo has a delay before it fully realises you've left the group - so you may get emails for a day or two.