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Buy Nothing Seattle and Free Stuff Near You

Giving things away in Seattle.

Givore is a free app for handing things to people nearby. Post it, somebody asks, they collect it. Nobody sets a price and nobody hands over cash. Seattle already has strong Buy Nothing groups, so much of what follows will sound familiar. That is on purpose.

Manners people learned in the groups.

Seattle worked most of this out first. All of it carries over, and it is worth writing down.

Answer, even to say no

A short reply costs nothing. Being ignored is the part everybody dislikes.

Do not ask why

Nobody has to prove they deserve a lamp. Take the request as it is written.

Show the flaw

Photograph the chipped corner. It saves a wasted trip and it saves an awkward doorstep.

Turn up when you said

Or send a message. Both are fine. Vanishing is the only thing that is not.

Keep it dry

Cardboard and fabric left out in Seattle weather stop being worth collecting.

Say thank you once

One line after the pickup. That is the whole social debt, settled.

If you would rather trade

Mark the post as a swap

It tells people you are open to something coming back the other way.

Offers arrive as items

Not as amounts. Somebody suggests a thing they have, and you look at it.

Say yes or leave it

You can also drop the swap and just give it away. Both endings are normal.

Try it with something small.

A working kettle, a spare monitor, a box of jars. Small things build the habit.

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Givore cat mascot preparing an item to give away in Seattle Givore cat mascot swapping a free item with a Seattle neighbor

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Questions from Seattle

No, and it is not run by them. The manners are similar and the volunteers who built those groups deserve the credit for teaching most of us how this works.
Yes. Swap mode turns a post into a trade. Nothing about it involves money, and either side can decline.
Not at all. Need is nobody's business but yours. A pickup time is the only thing worth writing.
Send a message and cancel. The giver can pass it to somebody else the same evening, which is much better than silence.
Anywhere you are comfortable. A doorstep works, so does a building lobby. If you would rather nobody came to the house, name a spot nearby.