FreeCylcle Query????

Question

What does it mean by 'offer' or 'promised' on freecycle...not sure if i am just being stupid but i thought everything on there was being given away free?

Answer 1

when someone places an item on freecycle, it goes out as an offer to the general freecycle group.  Than any email responses go directly to the person who offered it, the person than chooses who they want to give the item to, and once they have chosen a person, than they put out a second message to the freecycle group that the item has been either promised, or taken, or sometimes you will see a taken ppu which means taken pending pick up.

Hope that helps,

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