Join the Polson Freecycle group!

Breaking news...Freecycle has come to Polson, Montana! So what is Freecycle(TM)? It is a group that is open to everyone who wants to "recycle" that special something rather than throw it away. Whether it's a couch, a fax machine, your perishables before you go on vacation, piano or an old door, feel free to post it. The one main rule is everything posted must be free. This group is part of The Freecycle Network, a nonprofit organization and a movement of people interested in keeping good stuff out of landfills. When you are part of the group, you get emails (either individual ones or a digest for the day) of the things that other people have to give away. You can contact the person by email and they choose who they would like to give their item to. If you are chosen, you make arrangements with that individual to get the item. This is a great site because it allows you to clear out those closets or garages of things you don't need and pass it one to someone who can use it!

You can enter your email address below to join the Polson Freecycle group. You do have to have a Yahoo! profile which you can quickly set up.

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Don't take no for an answer

My son who is 9 has a business. He collects ink and toner cartridges from friends and businesses. He then recycles those cartridges. Large cartridges he sells to a remanufacturing company and small ink cartridges he takes to Staples which has an ink cartridge recycling program . Stapes mails reward checks monthly for their ink-recycling program. For some reason Benjamin didn't receive the rewards checks for all the cartridges he had returned since July. At first, I thought it was because they only sent out the checks quarterly...then I just didn't get around to checking into it. In December, I emailed to inquire what was going on. He received one of the three rewards checks he had earned. I emailed again about the other two rewards checks. Two weeks later, I called and was assured both rewards checks had been issued and were on their way, but my son only got one of the checks. So I called again today to check on where it was and the representative told me they do not re-issue rewards checks that have expired. I explained the situation and she said there was nothing she could do, but she would have the gal that had told me the two rewards checks were coming call me. I didn't get a call, but an email from her saying they do not re-issue expired checks. I emailed her back and very politely explained the situation that my son had not gotten his checks and that I didn't believe USPS could lose three different checks and that I thought the issue must have been on their end. I shortly got an email back from her saying, "As a one-time courtesy, we have issued a new Reward with an extended expiration date." My son is very excited to be getting that $18 reward check that he had returned cartridges for. I guess the thing to remember in these situations is perseverance counts...if you don't stay on it, it won't happen. I also used one of the phrases that I learned in Financial Peace University when I was told they couldn't re-issue the reward check. In my email I said, "and if you are not able, refer it on to your manager or someone who can rectify the situation." Though it was work to get those rewards, I appreciate that Staples re-issued the check!