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I don't know if anyone is familiar with the Really Really Free Market idea, but it's a cool movement that takes place (among other places) in San Francisco that basically revolves around a community of individuals sharing goods and servives that they do not need:
http://www.reallyreallyfree.org/
Anyways, while cleaning my closet I've found a bunch of stuff sitting around that's just basically miscellanous leftovers: spare video game manuals, movies from a batch that I got from a friend, comics I never read, books/textbooks, etc. I am sure many of you have the same stuff going on in your closets. Things that never get used but you don't just want to throw it away. You entertain the idea of selling it, but it doesn't really have much value and you don't want to just randomly give it away to strangers.
Well, what if we as a community pitch in with the same kind of philosophy that sustains the RRFM. We comb our closets for spring cleaning, get out all the stuff that does not mean much to us but may brighten up someone's day or help them complete their collection, and put it all up for grabs for FREE! An easy way to make this happen would be to start a RRFM thread in the Market Everything Else forum and for the duration of a week have every participating member post 1 time with a list of the items they are giving away. Anybody interested in anything would just PM the individual and they would update their thread with items given away. After the 1 month editing limit, the RRFM would end naturally and the thread could respawn in a future edition.
In the spirit of RRFM, we would even ship everything out at our own cost. It's not a huge expense (send stuff 1st class or parcel post, send books Media Mail, etc). People would be limited to only a couple of items from each RRFM member to prevent hoarders and resellers. Take only what you really need and give away everything you don't!
Who is up for it? I know everyone's tight up for money (which may have prevented a large participation in Secret Santa) but you KNOW you got stuff in your closet you don't use or need and wouldn't it be cool to actually swap it for something else that you could explore and possibly enjoy?
Sincerely,
Mikhail
http://www.reallyreallyfree.org/
Anyways, while cleaning my closet I've found a bunch of stuff sitting around that's just basically miscellanous leftovers: spare video game manuals, movies from a batch that I got from a friend, comics I never read, books/textbooks, etc. I am sure many of you have the same stuff going on in your closets. Things that never get used but you don't just want to throw it away. You entertain the idea of selling it, but it doesn't really have much value and you don't want to just randomly give it away to strangers.
Well, what if we as a community pitch in with the same kind of philosophy that sustains the RRFM. We comb our closets for spring cleaning, get out all the stuff that does not mean much to us but may brighten up someone's day or help them complete their collection, and put it all up for grabs for FREE! An easy way to make this happen would be to start a RRFM thread in the Market Everything Else forum and for the duration of a week have every participating member post 1 time with a list of the items they are giving away. Anybody interested in anything would just PM the individual and they would update their thread with items given away. After the 1 month editing limit, the RRFM would end naturally and the thread could respawn in a future edition.
In the spirit of RRFM, we would even ship everything out at our own cost. It's not a huge expense (send stuff 1st class or parcel post, send books Media Mail, etc). People would be limited to only a couple of items from each RRFM member to prevent hoarders and resellers. Take only what you really need and give away everything you don't!
Who is up for it? I know everyone's tight up for money (which may have prevented a large participation in Secret Santa) but you KNOW you got stuff in your closet you don't use or need and wouldn't it be cool to actually swap it for something else that you could explore and possibly enjoy?
Sincerely,
Mikhail
