im a fan of technology gadget spcially about music, but sad to say dont have enough mula to buy that kind of stuff. trying to work hard and hope i could own someday.

Peg, glad to hear you have some old computers that you want to donate. My only comment is remember to clean the hard drive personal data since you do not know who will be receiving the computers.

Thanks MaryBeth, we have old computers and elctronics that are obsolete but someone may want them for the parts or to rehab. I think Goodwill would just toss them.

The Neighborrow.com web site seems pretty cool. I will have to check it out.

This is great. I have an electric stove that just needs a heating element in the oven. Otherwise it works great. Any takers?

Mary Beth, Can you periodically update the list of barter websites in the "Learn More" section so we can see what people are using. If you could list them with their Compete.com or Alexa rankings that'd be great as it could show which ones are more active.

There is a somewhat new site called Neighborrow.com. A neighborrow-hood is a group of people willing to share items such as books, movies, CDs, tools; even information, photos, recipes (ANYTHING that can be shared legally) with one another. People within a neighborrow-hood can also trade items and share the cost of buying new items. Two types of neighborrow-hoods exist, "physical" and "virtual." For "physical" public neighborrow-hoods you must live, work, or physically, "be there" in some way. Virtual public neighborrow-hoods will form around common interests or other common threads.

I have been using this for about a year. Recently i got an entertainment unit for basement from a Freecycle user which would have cost me $189 if I bought new. I am not only helping the environment but also saving some cash.

I just talked to a friend of mine at the bus stop this morning who uses freecycle. It seems to be catching on. Are there other active communities like freecycle that anyone here is aware of?

Thanks for sharing this site. Great site!

FreeCycle is a great idea for getting rid of unwanted items that could be used by somebody else. The other alternative is to give to Goodwill, this is how I "Recycle" useable items.

Just last week a friend of mine told me about this site. He offers up all his old computer stuff. Very cool.