Freecycle and Craigslist

Aside from using your social network, there are other platforms that can help you get a free laptop. Two popular options are Freecycle and Craigslist.

How to use Freecycle and Craigslist to get a free laptop

Freecycle is a nonprofit movement of people giving and getting items for free in their own towns. You can sign up for free and browse through a list of available items, including laptops. You can post a wanted ad for a laptop and wait for someone in your local community to respond. You can also join local Facebook groups dedicated to Freecycle to increase your chances of finding a laptop.

How to donate Christmas lights

If you don’t have a purpose for gently used light strands that still work, try finding them a new home. You can list them for free on Freecycle, Facebook Marketplace, or Nextdoor. You could also gift them to crafty, DIY-minded friends, family, or neighbors, or look for a community organization, such as an after-school program, church, shelter, or assisted living center that might accept donations of holiday decorations.

https://lifehacker.com/home/how-to-recycle-christmas-lights

Freecycle Network: Freecycle is similar to Buy Nothing, in that it’s a place based program where you can sign up to give or receive free stuff in your community. One way that Freecycle is different from Buy Nothing is that you can form a “Friends Circle” with your local friends in addition to giving and receiving from other people in your town. You can sign up on their website.

https://environmentamerica.org/articles/tips-to-avoid-buying-new-stuff-to-save-money-and-the-planet/

Sites such as Freecycle and Facebook Marketplace have reported an enormous increase in users. One woman who recently got a gem from the latter is TikTok user Emery Land, 33, a property manager from Texas.

https://www.newsweek.com/thrifting-furniture-delights-internet-chairs-rich-people-1812220