On 9/25/06, Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO brian.kelsay@kcc.usda.gov wrote:
I think what he was saying was that he would eBay a computer rather than give it away on freecycle, or any other means.
But he said, and I quote:
On 8/22/06, Luke-Jr luke@dashjr.org wrote:
The problem with FreeCycle is the number of people getting
stuff just to sell it on eBay... and a horrible UI for the task.
But it does seem a good place to distribute some of my
excess Kubuntu disks ;)
I read that as people taking the free stuff from Freecycle to resell on eBay being a problem with giving away on Freecycle. ;)
I was saying that some PCs are old enough and heavy enough that unless you did something with it locally, you wouldn't get someone to pay you enough for the trouble and pay enough to ship the heavy box of old parts. Brian
I agree. Freecycle has let me get rid of some clunkers that aren't worth the price of shipping, but still have enough value to be used as word processors.
Jon.