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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been ghosted so many times my people. It makes trying to do a good deed not worth the time. Funny enough, I’ve had more luck when I posted something for five dollars versus for free. They actually will show up, maybe it’s because it has some type of value attached and seems more like a deal versus some thing somebody was just gonna throw out? I don’t know. [/quote]

You're not doing a good deed when you post something to buy nothing.  You're getting something out of the interaction (this thing that I don't use is no longer in my house) and they're getting something out of it (hey I've been looking for one of those) and you're both supposed to be building community ties.  If you look at the group as your charity project you're probably going to be irritated because no one is in awe of your generosity.

I sometimes get no shows, which are annoying, so I try to wait and post bigger batches of things at once with a preference for someone who takes more than one item.  Then there's less to coordinate, and the person who's willing to take 4 things for the one they really really want it more likely to show up because they want it enough to volunteer to take the other three in the first place, if that makes sense.[/quote]

Disagree- unless it’s huge and bulky it’s a lot easier to just throw away most unwanted items than take the time to reasonably clean them, post and arrange pick up. Taking time out of your day to make them available to someone else who can use them is a good deed and definitely not one I would continue if the recipients were routinely rude/entitled. [/quote]

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