Just caught on to Freecycle after hearing our friends had great success using it in the DC area. Freecycle is like Craigslist but for stuff you want to give away. Its all about free (thus the name, duh).

Wake County has its own Freecycle group with 6,036 members. Orange County has 1,904 members and Durham has 2,312. Looks like a good place to get some bargains and give away some stuff.