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Free Stuff in Glasgow

Gumtree freebies in Glasgow, without the sales adverts.

Most people in Glasgow after something free start on Gumtree. Fair enough. Givore works differently. Every post is free, so there is nothing to sort out from the sales.

An honest look at the two

What Gumtree does well

Everyone in Glasgow knows it, so plenty of good stuff is listed there. Put up a sofa and you will find takers. We will not pretend otherwise.

Where it gets tiring

The free items live inside a site built for selling, so they slip down the page. There is no way to hold an item, so givers end up answering "is this still available?" over and over.

What Givore does instead

There is no price field, so nothing can be listed for money. You reserve the item, the person giving it sees who is waiting, and they choose who gets it.

Use both if you like

Nobody has to pick a side. Post in both places. The point is that the wardrobe leaves your flat.

Write the stairs into your post.

Most of Glasgow lives in tenements. A wardrobe on the ground floor is one offer. The same wardrobe on the top landing is another one entirely, and the person collecting needs to know which they are agreeing to.

Say the floor

"Second floor, no lift" saves everybody a wasted trip across the city.

Measure it

Height and width in centimetres. A close, the shared stairwell downstairs, is narrow, and the turn at the landing is tight.

Say if you can help lift

One line about whether you can take an end changes who is willing to come.

Around the city.

Partick and the West End

Student flats near the university. Term dates shape what people here have spare.

Dennistoun

A lot of first flats. Small furniture that actually fits up a close is the useful kind here.

Shawlands

Southside flats and family homes. Prams, bikes and garden things are what families here tend to have spare.

Govanhill

Dense tenement blocks with people arriving and leaving. Kitchen things and clothes are the useful ones to post here.

If you are clearing a flat this month.

Post the big things first. A house clearance is easier when the bed and the wardrobe already have somebody coming for them.

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Common questions

In the free section of Gumtree, which is worth a look and does work. Givore covers the same ground in a different way: everything on it is free, so there is nothing to filter out.
No. The app is free and every item on it is free. There is no fee for giving and no fee for collecting.
A price means putting a number on an old chair, haggling over it, and handing cash to somebody you have never met. Free takes all three away. You agree a time and that is the whole deal.
It matters a lot, so write it in the post. Someone collecting a wardrobe wants to know about the close and the landing before they turn up, not after.
Yes. Givore has a swap mode, so you can offer a trade rather than a gift. Still no money involved.
Keep it simple. Meet at your close door or somewhere busy, arrange everything through the app chat, and do not share your phone number unless you want to.