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Gifts keep on giving

The blessings of freecycling

by Vivienne Armentrout

posted 1/3/2009

For people with too much stuff, the online freecycle group is a blessing. Members sign up at freecycle.org and then send out “offers” to give away surplus items—furniture, computer accessories, even a usable though battered suitcase. Others reply, sometimes within minutes. The exchange is usually made as a “porch pickup,” without so much as a face-to-face meeting.

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