Comments on: Zwaggle, Freecycle, and Freepeats: Finding Freebies by Recycling Online

By: joy

joy — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:35:39 +0000

Eileen: Thanks for the tip on estate sales! I need to be more adventurous about going to these. Something about the word “estate” makes me envision crystal candy dishes and antique lamps, things that would quickly be demolished by my rambunctious Roscoe. Still, I haven’t been to one in years so I should give it a go!

Kathleen and Cathy: I too am excited about Zwaggle and am thinking of using them to do some holiday shopping (and recycling) this year from home. Freepeats hasn’t come to our area yet but I hope they arrive soon!

CanCan: Thanks for the link to Daily Danny. It’s a great blog!

I hope you can find the time to read one another’s fabulous ideas and send some supportive comments to one another. Thanks for being a part of the Thrifty Green Thursday community this week!

By: CanCan (Mom Most Traveled)

CanCan (Mom Most Traveled) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:59:28 +0000

I added a link from Daily Danny…he has some great ideas! He isn’t exactly participating in TGT, but I wanted to share my find!

By: Donna @ The Frugal Mom Blog

Donna @ The Frugal Mom Blog — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:49:34 +0000

Thanks for the ideas, especially Craigslist’s Free Section. We are having a Tag sale this weekend and it looks like it might be a wash out, so we are thinking of unloading some stuff next week on Craigslist.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:11:21 +0000

I use Freecycle and Craiglist, but I haven’t heard of Zwaggle or freepeats–I’ll definitely check into them! You’re right, the Internet is making recycling a lot easier!

By: Kathleen W.

Kathleen W. — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:42:40 +0000

Although I haven’t tried Freepeats yet, I did do the free sign up a month or so ago and wrote a post on them last week. I’m hoping to take advantage soon, although the nearest group is about an hour away.

Thanks for informing me about Zwaggle; I’ve never heard of them before!

Happy TG Thursday!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:47:39 +0000

I love free! I haven’t had great luck on freecycle simply because things go so fast. I seem to have better luck with craigslist and I think that is partly because their format is so simple that the page load time is super fast and you can check it daily. I am too impatient for freecycle.=) When I am in the market for something, I will check craigslist regularly and usually something will come up. I keep seeing people just giving away these beautiful old, still working pianos and if I didn’t live in an apartment, I would hire a moving van and grab one.

I also love estate sales! Things are not usually free, but they are bargains and if you go on the last day, everything will usually be marked down to 1/2 of the bargain price. Most of my linens are from estate sales.