I totally agree with David Cheong. Why should we really care who take the items? How do you really know the person who 'needs' them really 'needs' them? A lot of times, people just take things just because they are free and the items taken are just lying somewhere in the house. Many people who r really in need are not even able to arrange the transport to collect the items. If you give to resellers, almost 100% chance that the items are sold to the people who really need the items, at much cheaper price. At the end of the day, everybody is happy.
Will tracking down people's names, phone numbers and emails and post them online help givers feel more noble because they just want to give only for charitable purpose? I feel that it is more like invading privacy of the takers. Just like David said, the old lady benefits so much by selling the given items away. That alone is considered charity.
I think if you want to give, give freely, give unconditionally. That is the spirit of freecycling.
On Thursday, June 19, 2014 2:36 PM, "David Cheong davidcheongfc@yahoo.com [SgFreecycle]" <SgFreecycle-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Frankly, I believe that while this group is aptly named sgfreecycle because we pass on items to other members FREE, it does not equate as charity.
The whole purpose for me joining this group is not to get things free or dump things either. Morally or ethically, I dislike wasting things especially when they can be reuse or repurpose. So it does not matter whether commercial companies get the items. In fact, I think it might even be better as those who buy from these companies truly needs them.
I give bags of stuff to an old lady at Sungei Road about 3 times a week. It gladdens me when she told me that 8 CD-Writers I gave her netted her $30 income. And the things were not wasted as buyer will put to use since he paid for them.
In conclusion, I feel we should stick to the spirit of recycling free to all, individuals or companies. What we ought to change/consider is the practice of gifting to first responder. Not everyone reads email the moment the sgfreecycle item gets posted.
If we takes time to run thru the emails, we might then have a better idea of the responders.
Thanks
The whole purpose for me joining this group is not to get things free or dump things either. Morally or ethically, I dislike wasting things especially when they can be reuse or repurpose. So it does not matter whether commercial companies get the items. In fact, I think it might even be better as those who buy from these companies truly needs them.
I give bags of stuff to an old lady at Sungei Road about 3 times a week. It gladdens me when she told me that 8 CD-Writers I gave her netted her $30 income. And the things were not wasted as buyer will put to use since he paid for them.
In conclusion, I feel we should stick to the spirit of recycling free to all, individuals or companies. What we ought to change/consider is the practice of gifting to first responder. Not everyone reads email the moment the sgfreecycle item gets posted.
If we takes time to run thru the emails, we might then have a better idea of the responders.
Thanks
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