Oakland CA

No curb alerts or contact info in posts

Posters: Please DO NOT put your address, cross streets, email address, phone number in your post, and do not include photos that look like your items are on the curb. If you do, your post will be rejected or deleted. Instead, you should choose who you can trust from the responders to share contact information with. The LOCATION field is for your Oakland neighborhood name, not your cross street or address or phone number. We've been allowing this, but not any more. First come first serve is not an option. A responder expects to find the item(s) they came for. Likewise, responders who have a habit of not showing up without notice will be removed from our list. The only exception is for posts from a business or charity with a publicly accessible address. Also, to avoid delays with your post showing up, please do not include any links. Freecycle automatically requires links to be moderated. Finally, if the only posts you make are WANTEDs that list very general items, you post may be rejected as being from a reseller. Surely at some point you will want to return the favor and OFFER something of yours you no longer need. Responders: For the poster's safety, privacy and security, you must reply to the poster by the built-in Freecycle messaging system.