Can we please start a FREEBIES&REQUESTS page?
Hi QL mods,
Sorry if this post is misplaced -- I just dont know where to post it. :) I would like to suggest a FREEBIES & REQUESTS tab in the classifieds section), or could be a forum topic or something like that -- for people who want to give away stuff that they don't need anymore.
You know what they say -- someone's trash might just be someone else's treasure. This could be a venue for us to post unwanted stuff that could still be useful to someone else. At the same time, we could post shout outs to other people who might just have what we're looking for -- like things that are hidden in the boxes and forgotten that it existed -- not knowing that it could still be useful to someone else.
it could be a flea market with a heart :)
examples of these are:
-old newspapers (can be useful for someone's kid's school newspaper drive)
-books magazines that you are done reading (and would like to share with someone else)
-used appliances that you no longer need coz you changed got new ones already
-unused clothes that do not fit you
-other trinkets; unwanted gifts that are too trivial to sell
as long as it's not total trash, it could be worth sharing :) they can meet each other or arrange pick-up themselves. If you need a page moderator for this I can be of help too :)
I hope we can do this! :)
thanks a lot!
I'm sure your Mrs was super disappointed!
tsk tsk.. so thats how it is in Turkey ha...
anyways, I see your point about some people making a business out of it. That's why I guess only stuff that are "too cheap" to sell but are still totally useful should be advertised.. :P
now thinking about it, I now worry more about scrupulous people picking up stuff in my house...
***lucky*wifey***
I take your point but might not some of these so called businessmen pick up on it, collect the goods for free and then sell them?
Maybe the Mods/Admin will pick up on your idea.
So you like boxes. So does my Mrs.
Our daughter sent us a Xmas parcel to Turkey last year packed in a box that was part of the Xmas gifts. Typically, Turkish customs opened it with a knife to inspect the contents, in the process totally destroying the box. We have a saying over here............TIT.
This is Turkey!
how do we start it?
any support from the QL mods?
***lucky*wifey***
I love the idea, we could start from here.
Has anyone in Qatar tried using Freecycle. It works very well in other locations.
Louise
yeah but the classifieds has kinda like a connotation of something that is for sale -- or WANTED for a price.
i was thinking freebies should be grouped into another category where people will browse with charity at heart :)
like me, I LOOOVE boxes. My husband thinks its weird but in a cute way that I sometimes buy stuff more for its packaging than its content haha -- so maybe I can post a shout out to others who may have nice boxes from gifts or some unique container who thinks of them as worthy to be trashed or simply space fillers. I'd gladly unload them of those :P
And also like we have LOTS of DVDs that we watch once then forget about it -- I'd rather give them away than put them to trash :)
it may be better not to confuse the other "for sale" adverts with freebie adverts. :)
***lucky*wifey***
Fantastic....
if I amwrong but isn't that why the classifieds adverts were introduced?
what a great idea..
Good idea.
Aisha-Taweela
Sounds like a great idea.
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