I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Things

Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by Semaphor on Sunday November 06, 2022 @12:52PM (#33495252)

Where I am, there are very often boxes with "to take", there's a city wide Facebook group for giving things away, and our German nextdoor clone also has many people give things away for free in the neighborhood. For books, there are also public bookshelves, and for clothes, there are charitable organizations.

I've used all of those multiple times (mainly to give things away, but also getting things for free), and it's not a hassle at all.

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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by Arnt on Sunday November 06, 2022 @01:13PM (#33495436)

I've given away about 30 things on ebay-kleinanzeigen, and found that it varies from zero hassle to considerable, mostly depending on the kind of item but also on pure luck.

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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by Semaphor on Sunday November 06, 2022 @01:25PM (#33495554)

I never went to ekz as I heard nothing but horror stories about it.

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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by Arnt on Sunday November 06, 2022 @01:29PM (#33495601)

I assume that the people who ask for more photos and yet more photos behave the same way on other platforms.

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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by Semaphor on Sunday November 06, 2022 @02:15PM (#33495993)

Never met any of those on nebenan.de ;)

Never had anyone ask for more pictures at all

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