My wife subscribes to a thing called 'Freecycle' on which people post things
in good condition that they'd rather give away than bother with trying to
sell or donate- it's a pretty neat little system and you get some good stuff
sometimes. My wife scored a six-person spa with a building on there for my
folks. Of course the condition was that we had to move that heavy-ass thing
and dismantle the building, but it was about a 5K 'freebie'.
Anyway, the idea of having an active list for people to look at is a good
one- the problem with posting a single message is that it's a one shot- if
the person that could use the item doesn't see the post it's a waste of time
and you still have the gewgaw taking up room in your garage. It's the same
thing with posts on a bulletin board- once the post is no longer current it
gets lost in the back pages.
So how would we create a list or page that has all current offerings in one
view? Would a Wiki work?
Of course you might develop the problem of having things on the page that
have been disposed of (if the offeror isn't prompt about removing them) but
you'd think that might be a self-correcting problem since they'd probably
continue to be bugged by people wanting the thing.
Sometimes I feel that we as a group are not really taking advantage of some
of the opportunities that current net technology offers us.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geza Polony" <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: Free--Westy rear seat in SF Bay Area

> Seat has gone to a good home. Thanks to those who called on it.
>
> With all this free stuff on the list, how about creating a electronic
> "free
> box" where we could list items of value that we no longer need? I'm sure
> most of us have odds and ends hanging around that others could use.
>
> Geza