Fair offer policy

Some members prefer to wait at least 24 hours to see who responds to an offer. Reasons to do this include:

• The first to reply is not always the most reliable.
• The delay gives a fair chance to people who receive notifications in daily emails (What’s New summaries), or who don't have continual access to the Internet.
• It may give a choice of potential recipients, and careful selection could avoid 'No Shows'.

In the past Freegle had an optional tickbox on offers to mark them as "Fair offer policy", meaning that the above would apply. This was withdrawn around 2020, mainly because the wording was often misunderstood as asking for payments.

However, there is still an option in Trash Nothing to prompt members to include this as a footer line in Offers. Volunteers can disable this for their community in TN settings. (For convenience, at the top of ModTools Settings: Community there is a link to your community's TN settings.)

Even if this is switched off, some members may still type "Fair Offer Policy" or something similar into their description when offering an item.

If this gives rise to misunderstandings, you could suggest that they use a different expression or explain more fully, e.g. "This is a Fair Chance offer – I will allow time for more members to reply before I decide who to give this to."