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Life & fun · August 26, 2011

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FreelyWheely (A better Freecycle).

So here is is: http://www.freelywheely.com In short: FreelyWheely is a place where you can offer your unwanted belongings, for free, to someone who can make use of them. The longer version: Although there are similar things, Freecycle particularly in the UK, you only have to visit a tip to see that for the vast majority of people it doesn't work. Masses of useful (even sellable) items being thrown away, lots of unsorted items being sent to landfill. It needs to be easier to find a new home for something you don't have a use for any more. Freecycle has many issues - worst of all the…

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So here is is: http://www.freelywheely.com In short: FreelyWheely is a place where you can offer your unwanted belongings, for free, to someone who can make use of them. The longer version: Although there are similar things, Freecycle particularly in the UK, you only have to visit a tip to see that for the vast majority of people it doesn't work. Masses of useful (even sellable) items being thrown away, lots of unsorted items being sent to landfill. It needs to be easier to find a new home for something you don't have a use for any more. Freecycle has many issues - worst of all the fragmentation and need to find your "local group", but also you can't tell if something is still available, no photos, terrible password policy, no categories... I could go on. What next: Tech wise, a mobile app, searching. But more significantly a marketing effort to get more things listed.

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