Rachel

Great post. You’re echoing the experience/concerns I’ve had for freecycle/freagle as a user for years.

Recently I’ve started using ecobees.com instead, after seeing it mentioned on BBC’s ‘Click’. It solves some of these issues, and can optionally also post to your freecycle/freagle group at the same time. It does have its own set of problems but generally is a much better I find.