How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
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How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
I'm a newbie to Freecycle and I must say it felt really good to give away my bread maker. The lady who took it sent me a text message the next day to say she was eating home made bread for breakfast which was lovely.
Now I've received a bike trailer which I put a wanted ad. on for. Of course I said thank you, but I'm wondering how other people show their appreciation when they get receive something?
Now I've received a bike trailer which I put a wanted ad. on for. Of course I said thank you, but I'm wondering how other people show their appreciation when they get receive something?
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
I suppose it depends on what you are given. I know that when we were given a cast iron stove we took a bottle of home made vodka as a thank you. Sometimes I take some home made jam or ketchup or a home made cake. We've had a bottle of wine as a thank you. I think sometimes people are really surprised and rather pleased by a gift
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
Opps - jusr re-read that - I should have said raspberry vodka - we don't have a still hidden away I promise - hmmm - wonder if one would ever come up on freecycle!
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It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
I usually put a thankyou on the Freecycle page and e-mail them also... but it depends on how much time I get.
My MIL gave away one of those George Forman grills and the guy texted her to say thankyou as he was eating the best bacon sandwich he'd had in a while cooked with it!
My MIL gave away one of those George Forman grills and the guy texted her to say thankyou as he was eating the best bacon sandwich he'd had in a while cooked with it!
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
I've given away quite a lot of stuff. Most people just say thank you but one person sent me an e-mail when they got home to say they'd used whatever it was and were really pleased with it. That was a really nice touch.
I think it probably depends on what you are getting. Everything is supposed to be free so no present is necessary but if you are getting a real dream item then I'm sure the giver would be delighted with a small token and a text or e-mail.
Cheers
Zoe
I think it probably depends on what you are getting. Everything is supposed to be free so no present is necessary but if you are getting a real dream item then I'm sure the giver would be delighted with a small token and a text or e-mail.
Cheers
Zoe
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
When the bloke came to collect an old computer desk from me last March, he gave me an small easter egg!
I loved it
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
We usually put a Taken or Received message up. You can do it through the Freecycle message maker.
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
We've only used Freecycle the once but got rid of 4 items all within 20 minutes - amazingly the 3 takers just happened to come one after the other! We were so chuffed at how well Freecycle worked we didn't need or think about any extra thank yous - just getting rid of stuff taking up space here was thanks enough!
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
I dont take things from freecycle (have enought junk already ) but i am always getting rid of stuff on there. We once rehomed our pond fish on freecycle and I got a nice email from the lady who took them to say that they had all survived the journey and were enjoying their new lake :)
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
We use freecycle a lot both for offered and wanted, we ususally send a thankyou to the person via email and the whole site and sometimes take some homemade something by way of a thank you if its in reply to one of my wanteds......dtms?
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
I received a nice bottle of wine and a box of choccies for giving away a double glazed window. Wasn't expecting anything so was pleasantly surprised. Have always received an email saying thank you.
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Re: How do you say thank you to freecyclers?
when i went and collected the shed i got from freecycle, i took the lady a bunch of flowers....i wanted to do more than just say thank you for such a big and, to me, important item.