BuyNothing

Changing the world one item at a time

It is Never that I will write a review for an app. Yet I do believe every rule has an exception. There is no other application I look forward to opening as much as this one. BuyNothing has been the cornerstone in restoring my capacity for humanity. I have met community like no other through our shared items we have excess of, and are seeking without a price tag. I am so grateful to be a conduit for magical moments. like being able to fill someone’s entire advent calendar of tea, like furnishing an entire apartment as a full time student while working, like swooping in to help clear an apartment of stuff after someone passed, like asking for extra carbs while training for a marathon (with so much encouragement), like helping organize a BuyNothing free yard sale where you bring anything you don’t need, and take what you do. The future I want is one of both community giving and receiving. I don’t need the latest gadget, the fanciest chtochkey, or whatever the latest cheap trend is. I love my dresser More because i know someone else loved it first and took care of it for the next person. I can only hope that until the day i die- I will be part of something bigger than myself, keeping items out of landfills by using them and caring for them. I know I am just one person. Yet I have met a plethora of people through this app that think the same way, and that lights up my world. This was written by a real person that cares. BuyNothing has deeply affected my life, and deserves more stars than one could ever rate it.

a feed of unavilable things?

i cant understand why the app always open to "all" if that means it intends to show claimed items. i click the active tab as instructed and its basically identical to the all tab, but the comments on most of the items reveal the item is gone.