I recently saw a poster for http://www.freecycle.org/ . "It's a grassroots movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Each local group is run by a local volunteer moderator. Membership is free." I signed up a few weeks ago. Today I got a carload of old Commodore, Atari, Tandy and Mac IIci-era junk, free for the hauling ten minutes away, but I had to "take it all". It made me think there might be a business opportunity in a "freeBay.com" style site - like eBay but without the cost. And indeed, a little googling revealed other sites with the same aim. If anything, I think Freecycle suffers from a lack of centralized interface. Not everyone is smart enough to sign up for a mailing list, and a web interface would be easier to search. (Oops, didn't mean to start that "list vs. web" thread again. I give up. You're right, yes, absolutely, eBay should be a mailing list and not a web site.) I might want to subscribe to my county's list, but I'd also drive three hours for the right giveaway. It also made me think there could be opportunity in aggregating and searching these giveaway mailing lists. It would be great to filter the messages that contain the word "computer" or "fish tank" or whatever you're hunting for. At a simple level, you could do it with your mail-reader's filters. "freeBay.com" is in some sort of registrar-lock. Like the "hot deal" sites, an operator could make money on keywords and affiliate ads. - John