Getting rid of a sofa
Getting rid of a sofa
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fulham911club

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2,046 posts

271 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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What is the easiest way to get rid of a sofa? I don't want money for it. It won't fit in the car so I can't take it to the tip. The council won't take it for free as it doesn't have the health annd safety stickers anymore.

Its still in good condition so I thought it might be useful to someone.

Aren't there some web sites where you can advertise freebies and people pick them?

Big Al.

69,336 posts

287 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Get your local charidee shop to collect?

Sleekitman

234 posts

215 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Gumtree.

Zod

35,295 posts

287 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Charity - a homeless shelter took our last one.

PetrolTed

34,468 posts

332 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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www.freecycle.org.uk








...or an alternative that I shall launch shortly smile

B16 NFW

157 posts

205 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Call the council and get them to uplift it for free. Just thinking they do it up here in Glasgow not sure about where you are though. give it a go.

blank

3,761 posts

217 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Your name suggests not, but if you're in West Yorkshire I'll have it in a couple of weeks. (moving in to unfurnished house)

taldo

1,357 posts

223 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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PetrolTed said:
www.freecycle.org.uk








...or an alternative that I shall launch shortly smile
intresting, tell me more?

PetrolTed

34,468 posts

332 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Seriously, give Freecycle a go. It's a bit fiddly to sign up but chances are someone will come and take it. It's a very easy mechanism for giving things away that you might bin otherwise.

Dupont666

22,887 posts

221 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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fulham911club said:
What is the easiest way to get rid of a sofa? I don't want money for it. It won't fit in the car so I can't take it to the tip. The council won't take it for free as it doesn't have the health annd safety stickers anymore.

Its still in good condition so I thought it might be useful to someone.

Aren't there some web sites where you can advertise freebies and people pick them?
Got pics and a description?

I know a few people who could be interested? (first time buyers in London, etc)

When does it have to go by?

okgo

42,123 posts

227 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Dupont666 said:
fulham911club said:
What is the easiest way to get rid of a sofa? I don't want money for it. It won't fit in the car so I can't take it to the tip. The council won't take it for free as it doesn't have the health annd safety stickers anymore.

Its still in good condition so I thought it might be useful to someone.

Aren't there some web sites where you can advertise freebies and people pick them?
Got pics and a description?

I know a few people who could be interested? (first time buyers in London, etc)

When does it have to go by?
Yup I am always on the look out for a Sofa, ours is fooked!

wainy

800 posts

272 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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If you put it out front and chain it to something it will go in no time! (but it has to be chained so it has value and a challenge)

Blackpig2

626 posts

210 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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I called the council as they collect bulk stuff left outside for free, within reason anyway.
However before they came, the sofa was outside the night before the appointment and it disappeared.
I saw it about three months later in a caravan on a site just north of Cambridge City where we had asked someone to 'help with our enquiries'.....recognised it by the dog chewed arm!...biggrin

Dupont666

22,887 posts

221 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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okgo said:
Dupont666 said:
fulham911club said:
What is the easiest way to get rid of a sofa? I don't want money for it. It won't fit in the car so I can't take it to the tip. The council won't take it for free as it doesn't have the health annd safety stickers anymore.

Its still in good condition so I thought it might be useful to someone.

Aren't there some web sites where you can advertise freebies and people pick them?
Got pics and a description?

I know a few people who could be interested? (first time buyers in London, etc)

When does it have to go by?
Yup I am always on the look out for a Sofa, ours is fooked!
Wouldnt fking a women be easier and cheaper than a sofa?

Tho, whatever turns you on dude...

911motorsport

7,251 posts

262 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Round my way people have taken to placing their unwanted items at the front of their house, with a 'Please take me' sticker on. Never seems to fail.

Dupont666

22,887 posts

221 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Round my area of London, we have a clean up crew that take all household items (up to a certain size) and lob them in the back of the caged van.... just chuck it out and then its a goner if locals do not get it first... Thats what happend to my 28" Nokia Tv... heard the smash as it landed in the back of the van the following morning, despite the sticker across it that said 'I work, just no remote'

Simpo Two

92,708 posts

294 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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On the pavement with a 'For Sale: £75' sign should see it nicked in no time.

okgo

42,123 posts

227 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Simpo Two said:
On the pavement with a 'For Sale: £75' sign should see it nicked in no time.
Yes, bit like that simpsons episode.

Hedders

24,460 posts

276 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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911motorsport said:
Round my way people have taken to placing their unwanted items at the front of their house, with a 'Please take me' sticker on. Never seems to fail.
That would certainly work round here, in my last place you didn't need the sticker.


911motorsport

7,251 posts

262 months

Tuesday 8th September 2009
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Simpo Two said:
On the pavement with a 'For Sale: £75' sign should see it nicked in no time.
One of my more ambitious neighbours put a 'make us an offer' sign on their old three piece suite. Someone had written underneath 'a tin of paraffin and a box of matches?' hehe

Edited by 911motorsport on Tuesday 8th September 11:55