Carrying on from the comments I made elsewhere on yACF regarding freecycle and the criteria that I was going to post in my next offer I came up with the following:
I'm re-offering the below due to no-shows (before answering please read the conditions I've included at the bottom).
<snipped detail of offer>
I will base my decision on the following:
People that can convince me that they will turn up!
Someone who can collect around 4pm next Wednesday.
Someone who will take all three items in one go - but feel free to pass on the ones that you don't want.
Someone who is local-ish will get preference - all else being equal, after all we are trying to help the environment so cutting down on fuel used is good (or someone who can collect under none ICE power).
People that respond using reasonable English grammar and spelling - you don't have to be perfect (lord knows, mine's not) but at least an attempt at correct capitalisation and defiantly no text speak or leet. Yes this does make me sound a bit pedantic but after reading the dross that my under-grads have handed in I'd like to read something that doesn't give me red-pen-rage ;-)
A "please" and "thank you" might be nice too!
Many thanks for reading my ramblings and have a good bank holiday!
At least half the replies were typified by:
if still got wjhen can i collect thank u
There was even one from someone working at a school that was similar - not one of the teaching staff I hope!
But I think that I will give them to the person that began...
Good morrow Mr Simon sir,
..and carried on in the same flowery way.
Oh well, it was a fun exercise anyway!
