Jump to content

Recommended Posts

I just saw a post on EDF advertising a CRT monster television for ?80! lets face it old crt televisions are destined for the scrap heap, just freecycle it...save dumping it when no one buys it. I just gave a small one away, the guy i gave it to was so grateful, he has been sitting in a studio flat in london on his own, a brother in hospital...he gave me a card and chocolates and a glow of satisfaction that one more thing was saved from the dumpand an irishman alone in London has something he needed. I just went up to the Old Kent Road dump, I cannot believe the items some people would rather throw away than redistribute to people in need or charity shops.

It's criminal.


Freecycling is a much more ethical way of disposing of stuff. and as for these people who are asking ?10 for tatty old items when they don't need the money or request bottles of wine.....in return for a chair which is loosing its legs ....really, we are all up against it but some more than others. Just give it away.


www.freecycle.org

Link to comment
https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39627-the-spirit-of-giving/
Share on other sites

Giving away or selling an old TV can cause problems....


You may find you are responsible if the device is faulty and say 'catches fire'


That is why most if not all Charity Shops refuse to take them.


Best to take them to the local dump where they will be dismantled safely..


DulwichFox

Belladonna, maybe, just maybe, the person selling the old TV is just trying to raise money for Christmas or to feed their kids or to pay the electricity bill or something you have no idea about. In the spirit of Christmas, let it be. Don't throw rocks that may cause a great deal more hurt that you may intend.

DulwichFox Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Giving away or selling an old TV can cause

> problems....

>

> You may find you are responsible if the device is

> faulty and say 'catches fire'

>

> That is why most if not all Charity Shops refuse

> to take them.

>

> Best to take them to the local dump where they

> will be dismantled safely..

>

> DulwichFox


you ARE my Father. AICM ?5.

PeckhamRose Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Live and let live. Noooo I hate that phrase. It

> means someone will walk on by while some injustice

> is going on around you, it condones bullying of

> one sort or another. It allows for observed

> wrongdoing.


Really? Odd how different people interpret things. I always interpreted it as 'don't make judgements on other people as you don't know their circumstances'. Condones bullying?! Nope - not in my book.


Anyway, back to the OP, you don't know their circumstances and they may be desperate. Then again they may not be. Live and let live (my interpretation).

Belladonna... Just as an FYI, if you saw our other items in the section, you would have seen that we gave away our other large TV for free just a few days earlier. In the middle of a flat move and Christmas, we wanted to try and raise some extra funds for christmas. As it happens, we left it in the flat for the next tenants so looks like we aren't Scrooges after all.
  • 1 month later...

When I first saw the responses to my slightly 'ranty' post i was amazed by some of the comments. (and not a little upset)


My intention was to proselytise for freecycle as an alternative to selling stuff, but hell if anyone needs the cash badly, by all means try to get it. I'm down at Battersea on a regular basis trying to make enough money for the key meter, or this week's groceries. However since becoming a member of freecycle I am often amazed by people's generosity, the 'play it forward' theory. You give something away, one day you get given something you really need. I was even given a small VW Polo once.


I had just been to the dump and I get downhearted watching people who find it more convenient to destroy something rather than give to a needy person.



It's the eco warrior in me I guess. No judgement.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • It worked. Corbyn did similar although not to the same degree. Momentum had a purge too when Corbyn got in. All his political life he opposed the EU but when it came to the crunch he publicly backed them during the referendum. I believe that was to appease the middle classes that he was appealing to. He messed up big time when wooing the middle classes at Glastonbury whilst ignoring his core working class voters up north. They also happened to be leave voters. He got starstruck and forgot about his politics. Corbynmania was thing, a movement but it was also the making of his downfall. For the many and not the few came back and slapped him right in the face. 
    • Nothing to do with the tories overspending whatsoever eh! Blame the last 10/11 years of blatant mismanagement, incompetence and willful deceit on the poor bastards that were left with the fall out of a complete car crash tory government.   One PM after another falling on their sword. Open corruption and piss taking throughout covid and a legacy of huge debt and destruction yet in your view it will be labour's 4 years in power that bankrupts us in 2029.  Another one that must think people are blind and stupid.  Rejoice rejoice. It's a pity he and his fellow clowns were completely annihilated at the ballot box. I mean they were doing so well after all 🙃🙃
    • Where did I say he did a good job? Yup and Corbyn was very close to Len McCluskey and funded by Unite wasn't he...they're all as bad as each other... Labour have to purge their party of the far-left - they're a disaster. Allan Johnson summed it up so well on election night in 2019....  
    • Thank you for the detailed advise @trinidad It is definitely damage we are concerned about. I don’t think Evri would agree to pay the bill to fix our gate or letter box if they were to be damaged as a result of their delivery drivers helper. Our doorbell can be heard from outside when rung so we don’t quite believe the aggressive simultaneous door/letter box banging is necessary. It can be quite a shock it is done very aggressively.  I’ll definitely action the steps you’ve kindly provided along with a phone call tomorrow. I do sympathise with the role drivers have and how busy they are, which is why we tried communicating directly with her but sadly we haven’t succeeded 
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...