I do belong to a freecycle, but admit I hardly ever read the posts. I've had both good and bad experiences with it, so I consider it a mixed bag.
We've gotten some furniture and such from trashpicking, but never from actually opening the Dumpsters -- in apartment complexes it's pretty common to leave pieces of furniture next to the dumpster and we got a great dresser that way. Needed to be stripped and refinished but it's now our sideboard in the dining room. Then there's the original-to-the-house doors WITH hardware (circa 1880) that our attached neighbors leave out front. They're probably replacing them with hollow core doors, knowing them...
But complaining about libraries? That's just wrong. How many writers wouldn't be writers if there weren't libraries?
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We've gotten some furniture and such from trashpicking, but never from actually opening the Dumpsters -- in apartment complexes it's pretty common to leave pieces of furniture next to the dumpster and we got a great dresser that way. Needed to be stripped and refinished but it's now our sideboard in the dining room. Then there's the original-to-the-house doors WITH hardware (circa 1880) that our attached neighbors leave out front. They're probably replacing them with hollow core doors, knowing them...
But complaining about libraries? That's just wrong. How many writers wouldn't be writers if there weren't libraries?