[FredDibnah]

Mrs Dibnah has decided our perfectly good, 5 year old set of 8 dining room chairs are not the ones she now wants in the dining room.

That's fine. They were not originally hugely expensive, but in the grand scheme of things 8 x anything is an expense (as I know from the cost of the replacement set!)

Anyway - disposal of the 8 chairs became an issue.

I refuse now to use eBay (too many losers, abusers and wasters I'm afraid):rant:
I previously tried Freecycle - but it does lead to a *lot* of emails on stuff you really don't need/want
I didnt want to take them to the tip. There's nowt wrong with them - they are just not in Mrs Dibnah's vision of beauty for her dining room.

So I called a couple of local chairty shops - but they didn't have room to store or display 8 dining chairs.

One of the shops pointed me at the local council initiative to take in unwanted furniture which they then make available to low income families (presumably registered as such with the council) via a showroom run by a combination of the conucil and a housing charity.:thumbs:

Ideal I thought.

Called the council - they said it was exactly what they were looking for (i.e. not junk or broken, but just used) and said they'd pop round in a van to get them BUT I had to confirm that they had fire certificate labels on the upholstery. I checked - and each one did still have the fire rating certificate on the underside of the seat.

The council van turned up. The guy got out. He picked up the first chair, flipped it over and said.... "oh - we cant take these".

Why? I said.

Apparently the fire regs changed 2 years ago and the council can't sell chairs with the old standard.

??

So - the council only want donations of chairs LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD?!?!

I wonder what the fire rating is on the chairs that the low income families are setting on today???

Of course when I mentioned this to the collections guy (not having a pop, just chatting to him over a cup of tea he accepted) he just shrugged and said "'Elf & Safety mate......" :rant:

 

[Starkers]

That's well poor - good rant.

Where I live, people don't seem to be bothered with e-bay etc. they just tend to give things away for free i.e. you leave something outside your house (with a sign saying "free" on it) and a short while later, it has gone!

I picked up a free CD on wednesday and the desk I use when I work from home was also free!

 

[dpat]

that's not H&S it's local council rules

 

[Keithy]

You can just post on Freecycle without getting the e-mail updates.

As I have said before, it is much better than dragging stuff to the tip etc.

Local paper classified ads are usually free up to a couple of hundred and as well as the dosh you also get someone else to pick it up still! :thumbs:

 

[FredDibnah]

that's not H&S it's local council rules

Either way - it's a bit "jobsworth"

Local paper classified ads are usually free up to a couple of hundred and as well as the dosh you also get someone else to pick it up still! :thumbs:

I don't want to advertise them for any money really as it just encourages chavs to turn up and try to haggle 50p off for scuff marks..... and that just makes me not want to sell them.

 

[dpat]

bonfire then I'm afraid :lol:

Either way - it's a bit "jobsworth"

you'll have to retitle your thread then

 

[Keithy]

I don't want to advertise them for any money really as it just encourages chavs to turn up and try to haggle 50p off for scuff marks..... and that just makes me not want to sell them.

I kind of know how you feel but have a little faith, someone may surprise you. We got shot of a second hand toilet t'other week, folks drove 25 miles to pick it up and brought us 6 free range eggs from their farm as a thank you.

Advertise them for £50 more than you want and give them a nice surprise when you suddenly drop the price. :thumbs:

 

[Rewe]

I refuse now to use eBay (too many losers, abusers and wasters I'm afraid):rant:

That really suprises me Fred. The people I have met face to face via Ebay have all been lovely.

 

[michaelb]

I know someone who was struggling to get rid of his old fridge, he tried the council, tried the local tip; lots of red tape about correct disposal of refrigerant.

In the end someone suggested to him to put it at his garden gate with the note: "Working fridge, £10, please ring door bell" on it. Within the hour it disappeared quietly by itself.

 

[FredDibnah]

That really suprises me Fred. The people I have met face to face via Ebay have all been lovely.

For eBay I reached my limit of dealing with numpties a while back. I've ranted about most on here (I'm such a grumpy ***).

No shows, collectors arriving in hatchbacks to collect huge items, sellers making you dismantle items on collection, unrealistic expectations of buyers etc etc etc :rant:

 

[dpat]

That really suprises me Fred. The people I have met face to face via Ebay have all been lovely.

I was going to say that............

For eBay I reached my limit of dealing with numpties a while back. I've ranted about most on here (I'm such a grumpy ***).

No shows, collectors arriving in hatchbacks to collect huge items, sellers making you dismantle items on collection, unrealistic expectations of buyers etc etc etc :rant:

...............but then I saw this..........

 

[Clovis]

Have you thought about the auction rooms?

Around us, they sell all sorts from utter junk to good stuff. (Not talking about Sothebys but local auctions ).

We bought a set of six oak dining chairs (c. 1910) a couple of year ago for about £150 so I can't imagine you would get rich but it's probably better than the dump (sorry " Civic Amenity Centre").

 

[Guest]

What a fuss eh?

 

[howell811]

Stuff like this goes in hours through 'Freeads' ! :thumbs: