I've been messed around a lot giving things away through Freecycle,over the years, so I do know I have a short fuse when it comes to my having to put too much effort in, so wondering others opinions & if IABU in this instance...
Put a large outdoor plant on there last Week - offering it to anyone who could come & dig the rest of it out quickly - it's gone over in the last storm & though I'm attached to it as I nursed it from a tiny dead stick, it's grown into a monster, taken over our yard, so seemed a good time to call it a day & get rid - it's a beautiful 2.5 m tree now & blocking up the yard so I can't even water the rest plants, so need it to go quickly.
I had a lot of replies - one from a woman I offered it to - said she could have it, emailed phone number etc & then heard nothing
Another reply turned out to be a guy we vaguely know - so I offered it to him - he came & took it, but looked a bit shocked when he saw it, so I asked if he was sure he wanted it, he said yes, just that it looked bigger than he realised - so offered to have it back if there was any problem with it as I'd had a lot if replies & by now another good friend of DHs had asked for it.
1st Woman rang the next morning - expecting to come & get it, insisting she had replied to my last email - but I hadn't got her reply to arrange time etc as I had asked - I apologised, said it was gone, but I would keep her in mind if anything else needed to go as I was having a sort out.
Turned out aquantaince thought he could get away with tree as a houseplant - it's huge, so no way - he rang back to ask if I would take it back.
In the interest of fairness I emailed the first woman again excepting there had been some sort of email mix up & she sounded nice - she was pleased - but wanted to know why it had come back, hinting at something being wrong with it - reassured her it was fine & she agreed she would come & get it.
Turns out she's not local, seems to think we can organise the collection around her school run - which doesn't work for me - I need DH her to move stuff to get it through & out if the house. Keep having to repeat this.
14 texts & several emails including another photo of it later, after arranging that she collects later today - she texts telling me her mum can get it on Sunday - is that okay, will save her driving into town
I replied, no, don't bother friend now wants it, giving it to him, thanks for your interest
She did reply saying she can get it today, but I CBA & giving it to friend instead - it's easier
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RockinHippy · 27/06/2014 14:01
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