Questions galore (FAQ)
- How does furcle work?
- Why use furcle?
- How can I sign up?
- How do I list something on furcle?
- How can I find stuff?
- How can I find stuff near me?
- Do I have to pay to use furcle?
- How will I know someone is interested in my stuff?
- Can I add a picture to my listing?
- Can I auction my stuff on furcle?
- How does swapping work?
- How do I delete my furcle account?
- Can I use furcle to donate stuff to charity?
- What does furcle mean?
- Where does furcle work?
- What is stuff?
- Will using furcle make me more attractive?
- When is a good time to de-clutter?
- Why use secondhand stuff?
- I'm in love with furcle, how can I share it with the world?
- Why would I give something away for free?
- How much landfill is created by hard rubbish collection every year?
- Does Santa Claus use furcle?
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How does furcle work?
furcle works by connecting people who have stuff they want to be rid of with people who are after secondhand stuff. Think "online garage sale". furcle makes it quick and simple to list or search in your local area. If you're getting rid of stuff, you can give it away, swap it for something in return, ask for a fair price or pay someone to take it away. furcle does't get in the way, we simply connect people who have stuff with those that want it.
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Why use furcle?
We built furcle specifically to help with re-using secondhand goods. If you're interested in reducing your consumption and environmental footprint then furcle can help. There are many places you might be able to do this but we believe that furcle is great because:
- furcle is simple - it takes no time at all to submit a listing or to find a listing for secondhand stuff.
- furcle is local - where better to find secondhand stuff than in your local area?
- furcle is focused - we're focused on secondhand stuff, not new. Re-use.
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How can I sign up?
Simply follow the link at the top of the page to Sign up. For a quick introduction to using furcle, take look at getting started.
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How do I list something on furcle?
Listing something on furcle is very straightforward. Make sure you sign up, then login and click New Ad at the top of the page. For a quick introduction to using furcle, take look at getting started.
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How can I find stuff?
Just type in what you're looking for in the search box at the top of the page. You might like to search for a category of items (e.g. book), a suburb or town (e.g. lilyfield), a postcode, or any other keywords that might be in the listing you're looking for. You can also combine search phrases to get more specific, for example, "book lilyfield" will show you all the books in Lilyfield.
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How can I find stuff near me?
Just enter your postcode or your suburb name in the search box at the top of the page and click "Find stuff".
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Do I have to pay to use furcle?
furcle is currently free for basic listings and we intend to keep it that way. furcle has running costs we need to cover so we may provide snazzier, paid listings in addition to the basic listing at a later stage.
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How will I know someone is interested in my stuff?
When someone is interested in the stuff you've listed on furcle, they can request your contact details. You'll receive a message in your Messages, which shows up at the top of the page when you're linked in, notifying you that someone has requested your contact details. By default, email notifications are turned on so you should receive an email letting you know. If you want to release your email address, accept the request.
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Can I add a picture to my listing?
You certainly can. When you create a New Ad, "Attach a photo" from your computer and it will show up in the ad. At this point we only offer one photo per ad so make sure it's a stunner.
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Can I auction my stuff on furcle?
Unfortunately not. You can give your stuff away, swap it for something in return, ask for a fair price or pay someone to take something away. We don't have any immediate plans to provide for auctions on furcle.
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How does swapping work?
furcle simply connects people who have stuff they want to get rid of with those that need or want some stuff. If you want to swap, select "To Swap" when listing your stuff. You should consider adding what you would like in return. Once you're contacted then you can discuss the details of the swap with the lucky other furcler.
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How do I delete my furcle account?
You can send us an email if you wish to have your account deleted. You should know that this will remove all your listings, messages and any information about you from furcle. We're working on providing a self-service option.
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Can I use furcle to donate stuff to charity?
You cannot use furcle to donate your stuff directly to charities at the moment. This is something we're looking into.
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What does furcle mean?
furcle is a combination of Full Circle. As in what goes around comes around. As in the circle of life. My, how witty. To be honest, it was our working name for this project and then it just stuck. Especially because we could get the domain name furcle
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Where does furcle work?
At the moment furcle only works in Australia because we only have Australian suburbs. We're hoping to add support for new countries in the not too distant future.
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What is stuff?
Apart from a B-grade horror flick from the mid 80's, stuff is the collective term for the things that you acquire over time. You might be given things or buy things, but eventually those things end up cluttering a shelf somewhere. Those things could be given a good home when they're no longer of use to you. Our Ode to stuff probably says it best.
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Will using furcle make me more attractive?
One of our most popular questions. In short, no. But if you've got any ideas how, then we'd love to hear about it.
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When is a good time to de-clutter?
Any time is a good time to declutter your space. Work, home, it doesn't matter but here's some ideas.
- When you move house. Easier to move just the stuff you want or need, not everything
- When spring cleaning comes around.
- When you finally get rid of the kids and downside your house.
- When you discover that you have 16 bottle openers.
- When you realise that you're continually moving things to get to other things.
- When it's rainy day outside when you're stuck inside with your stuff.
- When you break up with your boyfriend or girlfriend, that @#$%#@$%.
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Why use secondhand stuff?
Why buy something new when secondhand will do? Enough said.
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I'm in love with furcle, how can I share it with the world?
Awww schucks. Thanks from all of us. Why not let your love show through some sky writing, or maybe composing a ballad. If that's not your style, we'd love you back for sharing furcle online:
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Why would I give something away for free?
We created furcle because we knew we had stuff that we'd quite happily give away to a good home. Not only did it allow us to satisfy our insatiable, obsessive desire to de-clutter but it's an opportunity to help out someone else. If you've got something you never use, why not let someone else get some benefit from it. Why not give it away if you don't need the money? If you've got a great story about stuff that you've given away in the past. Maybe something that helped someone out more than you thought. Please let us know by sending us an email.
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How much landfill is created by hard rubbish collection every year?
This is a good question. We're not actually sure but given the amount of old household items that are left on the side of the road for hard-rubbish pick up a few times a year, we'd hazard a guess that it's a lot! Saying that, we're looking into it so stay tuned.
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Does Santa Claus use furcle?
Who'd have thought that this would be a frequently asked question? Unfortunately we can't divulge whether or not Santa uses furcle because that would be at odds with our privacy policy. We certainly hope so!
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