Posted on: January 21, 2010
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If the doomsdayers have it right, we’ll be growing our own food and bartering goods in the foreseeable future. But what’s so bad about that?
In a recent post, I wished for a place where people could swap home accessories. Kashless.org does this, but also adds incentive after incentive.

The website provides a place for people to give away and find free goods — everything from firewood to a piano. You can search for a specific item by neighborhood or by category, and if it’s not there, the site will email you when it’s offered based on how far you’ve indicated you’re willing to travel.

Just yesterday, I found a Samsung 20-inch TV with a stand, a metal desk, a washing machine, two Polaroid cameras, and a food processor. Some listings have photos (which are very helpful), but most don’t yet.
But here’s how it’s different from Freecycle and Craigslist: In return for your exchange on the site, you can earn gift cards to more than 1,500 stores like Target, Sears, local grocery chains, and the Purveyor of All Goods, Amazon.
And for those who can afford it, you can also choose to donate your rewards to one of many charities (you’ll get a tax receipt for donating online).
The site tries to find solutions for any problems that might come up. You can telegraph your giveaway on Freecycle, Facebook, Twitter and all your email contacts through one posting on Kashless. If you find something you want, but it’s too far to drive (you can search other cities too), you can buy postage through the site and have it mailed to you. And if you’re already using Craigslist or Freecycle, you can track and search those listings through Kashless.
I predict this site — and those like it that will inevitably pop up — will be extremely popular, especially in progressive, forward-thinking metropolitan areas like ours. I’m signed up and ready to go.