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Originally Posted by erica
There seems to be a large number of items being exchanged by post, by JT members. I think that An Post must be making a profit on the back of Jumbletown, so it might be worth considering asking them to place an ad or at least do a leaflet drop free of charge.... Just a thought!
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Hi erica,
I'll pass your suggestion on to the marketing team because, as you say, quite a number of items are posted. The fact that some Members are kind enough to go to the trouble of posting an item shows real JumbleTown spirit.
However, JumbleTown's managers hope that the posting option will be used less often in future. Greater localisation of the Giving and Taking process (“life-cycling”/ re-use) is beginning to happen as membership of the site increases. While we are glad that items are passed on/re-used (even if the Giver decides to post an item, or a Taker has to travel 20 km to collect), from an environmental and community perspective it is clearly better if the Giving and Taking happens at local level. This will only come about as a result of a wider use of the site, with items being passed on to people down the street, in the neighbouring estate, or on the opposite side of the mountain. If/when this happens, we can say that the site has reached its true potential and sending an item by post will become a very rare event.
Ideally, the "someone" in our slogan "Someone, Somewhere Wants It!" should be located within a few hundred metres of the Giver. In fact, you might even know that "someone" by name or to see -- the point is they didn't know that you had an item to pass on but thanks to JumbleTown (with a bit of help from something called The Net!) you have been brought together for your mutual benefit. I could go on about how JumbleTown relates to the "Six Degrees of Separation" theory, but I'm sure you get the idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation
Thanks for the suggestion, erica. Sure, before we know it, we might even have a commemorative set of JumbleTown stamps with the faces of well-known JumbleTowners staring out at us!
Regards
Chris P
Admin
PIC BELOW: JumbleTown's Givers and Takers -- certainly less that six degrees of separation.