Give Away

[woodwardiocom]

-Well, Give Away Shops are a lovely, lovely idea that we could really use some of over here on this side of the Atlantic. I've been very pleased with my own discovery that a lot of the goods I own actually have negative value to me. This discovery seems to be reflected among a lot of my demographic, as illustrated by (for example) the number of free pianos on Craig's List.

-On which note, I'm likely going to be bringing a box of give-away books to the Diesel tomorrow.

Comments

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

Book Thing (http://www.bookthing.org/) in Baltimore, MD is a wondrous example of such a shop.

[tikvah.livejournal.com]

That is a great idea.

[pookfreak.livejournal.com]

Actually it does exist and it's interesting in the timing of your post because last night I watched a Tivo'd episode of 30 Days the show created by Morgan Spurlock on the heels of his documentary Supersize Me. The first episode in the first season was one where he and his fiancee spent 30 days in Columbus Ohio living off minimum wage. Aside from the amazingly insightful show it mentioned a charity shop where everything was free - I looked it up it's part of Help 1 Up http://www.help1up.org/

Unfortunately this seems to be a relatively new concept in the US as well. I'm disappointed to see there isn't one in the Austin Tx area. However the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless http://www.mahomeless.org/home/home.html is listed as a Furniture Bank in the Boston area.

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

So kewl. Giving away stuff is ever so much funner than acquiring it.

(So sez I, who will be giving away lots of stuff at Diesel tomorrow as well, though they won't be books. We haven't gotten all of our give-away books together yet...)

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

So sez I, who will be giving away lots of stuff at Diesel tomorrow as well

-That's what makes it convenient, see, 'cause if I take any of your stuff, I'll have a handy box to put it in . . .

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Well, actually I plan only to bring stuff to the folks who specifically asked for it, since there's so MUCH. The rest was going to Goodwill before I got to Diesel.

You're welcome to peruse the VHS list on my LJ, if yer looking fer more fodder.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

You're welcome to peruse the VHS list on my LJ, if yer looking fer more fodder.

-Nah, let Goodwill have it. I got enough stuff. But thank you!

[dr-mewwi.livejournal.com]

ever hear of FreeCycle? post to the list things that you're trying to give away, and people will come pick it up. It's a great way to get rid of pretty much anything with little effort, and helps out people directly.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

ever hear of FreeCycle?

-Yup, I have. I suspect, though, that actual free stores would have a greater effect on American culture than an electronic list can. It would be very interesting to watch.