Swap shop

[sfmrs]

Would anyone be interested in a swap shop. There are a few on facebook for different areas of the country so maybe that would be a good idea but if not then maybe in a hall or something? Any ideas?

[Sue]

I believe Southwark Council (or someone else in the borough) already runs something like this, but not in East Dulwich.

I've been to one in Oxford. It wasn't exactly swap, just people could bring things they didn't want an/or take things they did.

The people running it weighed everything that was taken away, so they had a record of how much stuff was saved from going to landfill.

I personally wouldn't be particularly interested, just because I use Freecycle or this forum to give away things I don't want or to find things I do, and I think a swap shop would be less likely to have the things I might want, purely because it's only on one day.

Also, the downside is, presumably the organisers have to do something with all the unwanted stuff that's left over at the end of the day.