[FreeBay] The Freebay Concept

[Tony Martin W4FOA]

Hi Tim,
I don't see a lot of activity here but the concept is good. I think we all 
want to help others.
It's amazing how fast "free" things are spoken for.  The down side to this 
is that
not everyone plays by the rules.  I recently offered an item for free...it 
was taken
within minutes.  Being a nice guy, I sent the item to CA, Priority mail the 
next day.
It was understood the item was fairly heavy so I would like $10 to cover 
shipping.
The recipient acknowledged receipt  of the "very nice" item and refund of 
shipping costs
was forthcoming.  (Never happened even though promised (twice!).  Not a big
deal but it has rather "soured" me on participating further.

Not a complaint but perhaps it will keep others from having an unpleasant 
experience.

73
Tony, W4FOA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim" <listowner at mailman.qth.net>
To: <freebay at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 1:00 PM
Subject: [FreeBay] The Freebay Concept


>
> First, I want to say that I am sorry about the confusion regarding the 
> posting guidelines for this list.  I had assumed that everyone would have 
> the same concept as I had.
>
> Since I wouldn't normally ask someone to give me something for free, I had 
> no idea that some folks would want to do this, but it appears that I was 
> mistaken.  I see this eventually being taken to the extreme with someone 
> asking for transportation, homes, etc.  Don't laugh, people have tried to 
> sell real estate on the forsale-swap list just because it has a nice 
> location for antennas.  And then the complaints will start being posted, 
> which was followed by a bunch of complaints about the complainers, and on 
> and on.
>
> I want to mention that I had also thought this list was a good way for 
> folks to give things to people that were in need of an item for their use. 
> Unfortunately, it appears that some folks here will take whatever is given 
> to them purely to sell it.  This certainly is not the vision of this list 
> either.
>
> That being said, I believe that this list should proceed with the idea 
> that if you have something to give away, go for it.  If you are asking, 
> selling, or trading, we already have lists in place that can meet your 
> needs.
>
> I will say that I'm sure that some folks won't agree with this policy, but 
> I've found that it's pretty hard to make everyone happy, and I'm sorry if 
> this doesn't suit you.
>
> Thanks for all of your support for this list.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
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