[FreeBay] The Freebay Concept

Tue Apr 22 20:16:05 EDT 2008

I swore I was not going to get in on this but I can no longer be silent.

I spent about $140, out of my pocket, to send copies of software to folks
around the country.  I believe I mailed about 50 envelopes.

I asked to be reimbursed the cost of the envelope and the postage.  I did
not even keep a list of who owed me.

To date, I am out of less than $10.  A vast majority responded and returned
the cost.

I like the concept and will keep my faith in my fellow hams.

I'm not stupid, there are a few bums out there.  I've met some of them at
hamfests (days of old), eBay and possibly here.   

They are the few and not the many.

W5BXE 

-----Original Message-----
From: freebay-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:freebay-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Carl Morgan
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 6:51 PM
To: Tony Martin W4FOA
Cc: freebay at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [FreeBay] The Freebay Concept

Clearly, Tony, you were ripped and shouldn't have been.  My 
experiences, though, with FreeBay participants has been good.  In 
fact, recipients of my "free" stuff have either provided prepaid 
mailing labels or remitted the requested shipping expenses in advance.

Hope you next experience is considerably better.

73  <>  Carl

At 03:12 PM 4/20/2008, Tony Martin W4FOA wrote:
>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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