Sample message: Money, selling, swaps

These are default messages used by caretaker groups, and are therefore recommended sample messages that you could use to send to a member.

Payment or selling

No payments

Dear Freegle Member

I am sorry but I have edited your post today to remove the offer to pay for the item. I am afraid we don't allow selling at all on Freegle. It is a basic rule that all items offered must be given free with no strings attached.

Kind Regards
$myname
$groupname Volunteer
$owneremail

No selling

Dear Freegle Member,

I'm sorry but we do not allow any selling on Freegle, all items must be offered free and with no strings attached. If you have items you wish to give away, please feel free to post again, but please do not ask members for money.

Kind Regards
$myname
$groupname Volunteer
$owneremail

Swapping

Message used on pending messages

Dear Freegle Member,

I'm sorry I can't approve your message on Freegle today. I know that 'swapping' an item often seems like a good, environmentally friendly idea, but Freegle is just for giving things away free to keep them from ending up in landfill not for swaps, lends or borrows. You could of course place a simple wanted/request post for the item you need.

If you would like to reword your post as a straight offer, you are welcome to repost it.

Kind Regards

$myname
$groupname Volunteer
$owneremail

Message used by on approved messages

Hi Freegle Member

I'm sorry I have had to remove reference to swapping in your message on Freegle today and left it as an outright Wanted request.

I know that 'swapping' an item often seems like a good, environmentally friendly idea - but the group rules state there should be no strings attached to any item offered which includes swapping. Freegle is for offering outright ownership only.

Kind regards,

$myname
$networkname for $groupname
$owneremail

Multi-option message for editing each time

Dear Freegle member

Thank you for your message but all items on Freegle must be free (and legal).

I have edited and approved the post.

OR
If you would like to offer (ask) with no strings attached, please let us know. We will hold the post for 48 hours.

OR
You could put it in the chitchat facility at https://www.ilovefreegle.org/chitchat.

OR
We don't support swaps because Freegle is free, but what you do between yourselves is up to you. I have edited and approved the post.

Best wishes
$myname
$groupname Volunteer
$owneremail

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