PIF thread?

[gugi]

You have to only go to the free monthly raffles to see how many new members have done absolutely nothing else on this site but put their names in the drawing month after month after month. There are plenty who even open additional accounts to improve their chances.

So, an idea that seems good may not work all that well in practice.

For example, I would never want to put a rule requiring first come first serve basis. If I am to give something it's my stuff, my rules. If for example I think that first respondent is somebody who is dishonest and is just here to abuse the generosity of others, I would not want to give them anything.

I also do not think that if somebody has extra stuff that they want to give away it's very difficult for them to do so - all that it takes is for them to pick somebody who seems like they could use it and give it away, or just send it to str8razor for the monthly give away raffles.

I am not quite sure I like people begging for freebies either. Yes, may be that'll help out a few but (1) there is a big potential for abuse (2) a special section highlighting beggars seems a bit unseemly (3) instead of asking random strangers for stuff, it seems to me that a far better approach would be to make some friends and ask them to help you out.