I’ve just given away our old TIME PC, monitor, printer and scanner on Freecycle that we recovered from my parents-in-law’s garage during the summer.
About Freecycle:
Freecycle groups match people who have things they want to get rid of with people who can use them. Our goal is to keep usable items out of landfills …
I received quite a few enquiries about it and had to make a decision about who to give it to. I used to always give it to the first person who replied, but then realised that some folks get the email digest at the end of the day, so now I wait about 24 hours before making a decision. That seems more fair, to allow more folks a chance to review what’s being offered.
You’ve got to have a system for making a decision, so this was mine for this item. I ruled out
- ppl that rote ther eml in txt spk
- emals with reelly bad spelllng
- people who emailed me repeatedly
I narrowed it down to two
- Someone whose daughter had just started high school (educational need)
- Someone whose aunt had just started a PC class (educational need)
Since my Mum really loves her laptop, and has got so much joy out of it, I gave it to the aunt. I felt that she would be far less likely to “grow out” of the Windows 98se PC.
I may be wrong, but that’s how I came to my decision.
