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Buy Nothing San Diego and Free Stuff Nearby

Giving things away in San Diego.

Givore is a free app for passing on what you no longer use. You post it, a neighbor asks, they come and take it. There is no price and no offer to consider. If you are already in a Buy Nothing group here, none of that idea is new to you.

Two ways of doing the same kind thing.

Buy Nothing groups have been strong in San Diego for years. Here is an honest look at what each way handles well.

Groups: you know the people

After a while you recognize names. That familiarity is real and an app cannot copy it.

Groups: everything is a thread

Offers, replies and pickup times all live in comments, and volunteers keep the whole thing tidy.

Groups: the border is a line on a map

A neighborhood boundary can put a nearby item outside your group.

Givore: distance decides

You see what is near you, whichever side of a boundary it sits on.

Givore: no waiting to be let in

Nothing to apply for. You open the app and start looking the same evening.

Givore: one screen per item

Reservations sit in a list instead of a comment thread you have to scroll back through.

Nobody has to watch their phone

1. Reserve when you see it

Speed does not decide it, so you can look at the app whenever you happen to.

2. The giver looks at the list

They see everyone waiting and pick whoever fits their day best.

3. Handover is arranged in chat

A time, a street, a thank you. That is the whole of it.

Post the thing you keep meaning to post.

The one that has been photographed in your head for a month already.

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Givore cat mascot photographing an item to give away in San Diego Givore cat mascot giving a free item to a San Diego neighbor

Where else this works.

Questions from San Diego

No reason to. Groups are good at what they do and the people in them are generous. Plenty of members keep both and post wherever the item is easier to hand over.
No. There is no group to apply to and no moderator waiting on your address. You download the app and the map opens.
Not here. Everybody who reserves shows up on one screen for the giver, and the giver decides who it goes to.
Yes, and you do not owe an explanation. If a pickup time does not work, pick a different person and move on.