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Posted: Tue Nov 9th, 2010 03:28 am

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Posted: Thu Aug 5th, 2010 12:18 pm

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Hi all,

Just wanted to give a quick update that we now have almost 600 members! But we'd really like to see more local people joining up to make it really work in the Saltaire area. Please do check us out if you need to get rid of something or are looking for a particular item!

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Tom

http://www.scavenger.org.uk

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Posted: Mon Jul 26th, 2010 11:44 am

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Thanks for the feedback. It's really useful. I agree with what your saying and will be implementing most of your comments over the next few weeks. We look forward to your further comments once you've tested out a few more of the sites features!

To all of the rest of the Saltaire folk, please check out http://www.scavenger.org.uk and if you have anything you need to get rid of please have a go at listing it on the site to see just how easy it is to do!

Tom

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Posted: Mon Jul 19th, 2010 09:10 am

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I think the layout could do with some tweaking. Things like "numbers joined" and "questions" could be tucked away on the right, and "News" and "about" could be accessed from the menu bar, as they are not essential to the site's usability.

This would give you more prominent space for the available items (shown my proximity and popularity), and maybe a big Register/Offer an item box.

I found the menu buttons a bit too subtle, and actually missed the "offer an item" button on first inspection.

Having said all that, I was impressed with how easy it was to use the website, and I like the post code and proximity function, which I think is genius! Assuming you can save the post code in a cookie, people can easily come back and see what's current in a flash.

I haven't tried to offer an item yet (although I will be some time), so I can't comment on this process. But I would hope that it's very quick and easy, and would encourage more use.

Hope this feedback helps, and I wish you success with your project. :)

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Posted: Sun Jul 18th, 2010 09:31 am

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Thanks for your comments Bunzer. Constructive criticism is welcomed with regard to the look and layout of the website as we are constantly trying to update it and make changes but without feedback it's sometimes difficult to see specific faults!

Glad your impressed with the basic functionality of the site though-our ethos revolves around making recycling/reusing as accessible as possible for everyone!
*joy

Thanks Tom

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Posted: Sat Jul 17th, 2010 09:41 am

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I initially wondered what this does that Freecycle didn't do already, but, on closer inspection, this seems much better organised and a more efficient way of reusing unwanted items. Well done!

If you want any feedback, I'd say that the website still needs a little bit more work to make it easier to read and navigate, as it is a bit fussy. Otherwise, once you get more contributors, I think it should be pretty impressive. *angel

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Posted: Fri Jul 16th, 2010 08:57 pm

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Two Scavengers hard at work…
will you join us?

During a big house renovation project myself and a friend, Steven, were keen to call upon our local recycling networks to source and pass on useful treasures. We both grew increasingly frustrated with just how difficult it seemed to be to do this! Once the house was completed and we had again spare time on our hands we decided to skill up and create a new user-friendly recycling platform!

A year and a half later scavenger.org.uk was launched. Two months from launch date it now has nearly 500 active members giving away everything from grapevines to Playstations and most recently a fully functioning caravan!

A website like Scavenger relies almost entirely on communities joining up and getting involved. Operating as a non-profit making organisation and both of us being in full time employment, Scavenger cannot make use of endless time and big budgets when it comes to promoting. Instead we both hope that the originality of the website and the way it functions will impress its users enough to harness word of mouth as our main advertising tool. If our membership base continues to grow as it has done we hope to be able to operate effectively not only locally but on a national level too. Our other long-term aim includes building links with local councils to combine expertise and continue to develop the website as a useful everyday tool that will assist with tackling the environmental problems that today’s throw-away society has created.

If you are still reading this article and can think of at least one thing that you own but no longer want, then why not log on to http://www.scavenger.org.uk. 10 minutes scavenging and you’ll have shown your support, de-cluttered and saved one more thing from landfill!

Thanks, Tom and Steven

Tom Winslow tom@scavenger.org.uk
Steven Strange steven@scavenger.org.uk

Some of the key features of the Scavenger.org.uk:

Items are displayed by postcode location or by distance from your location.
All items showing on the site are available to be taken by someone.
You can search for items using a range of criteria including distance, description and condition.
You can save your search for an item. Then when your desired item comes available the website will notify you by email.
You can provide feedback to other members when you give/take an item. Therefore ultimately restricting the number of items available to time-wasters on the site.
You will not be bombarded with unwanted emails. You can just check the site whenever you need to get rid of an item or search for something new.
Each member has their own profile page in which they can track the items that they are currently giving or requesting.
To sign up all you need is an email address and the first half of your postcode.

Last edited on Fri Jul 16th, 2010 08:58 pm by Webmaster

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