"Cheryl" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon 28 Dec 2009 12:41:24p, Steve B wrote in rec.food.cooking
> >:
>
>> I put a craigslist ad on for an item I needed, and I got a reply
>> from Freecycle. They wanted me to sign up, etc. I have never
>> heard of it. Can you give me info? I'd like to hear about it
>> from users rather than the company.
>
> It's sort of like the wanted or sales sections of Craigs list, but
> everything is given away. An alternative to keeping items out of the
> landfills if they still have some life left in them. It's not a
> company, and run through Yahoo! groups. I'm sure most every community
> has a local list, or at least one close by. It's amazing some of the
> things I've seen listed, and there always seems to be a taker.
>
> www.freecycle.org

TY ever so much. I need a part for my boat, and a new one runs about
$1,000. I have grown skeptical about people who contact me through
craigslist who are not really replying to the ad, but pitching something
else.

Steve