• people lend stuff to friends and strangers alike
  
• take a cash deposit for the thing they lend out
• use phone numbers and addresses to get in touch
  

There are no networks of trust, scores or the hiding of identity. People say who they are and list a few things they're prepared to lend out, along with the deposit value.

There are rules for lenders:

1. if something comes back broken, well it happens, still give the borrower their deposit back
2. because of (1), only list stuff you'll hardly ever use again or don't really care about
   

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You can list things in the following categories:

• Neighbourhoods (part of a road, 1 or 2 streets)
  
• Districts (10~100 streets)
  
• Across Town
• Special Groups (closed groups)
  

Within each category are lists which can be printed out. For example:

Neighbourhoods
...Milcote Avenue
......21 Milcote Avenue, just call round if you live in Milcote Avenue
.........Flymo mower
.........petrol strimmer
.........ladder
.........sewing machine

Districts
...Aldrington
.......Stuart Conway, BN3 - tel: 07973 752070
..........wheelbarrow - £25 deposit
..........petrol strimmer - £90 deposit
..........ladder- £60 deposit

Across Town
...Car Tools
.......Stuart Conway, BN3 - tel: 07973 752070
..........Jump leads - £5 deposit
.........Battery Charger £20 deposit
.........Strimmer - £90 deposit

Special Groups
...Weald Road Allotment Users
......Stuart Conway, BN3 - tel: 07973 752070
.........Petrol Rotavator - £120 deposit


The first version of this site is at lendingstuffuk.wetpaint.com

Stuart Conway, March 2007
email stuart@lendingstuff.org
tel. +44 7973 752070