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Last time I checked, an iphone 4 in good condition was worth about \u00a3200. Who in their right mind would give one away?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freecycle is one of my favourite websites, where people can give away their unwanted stuff. I freely give and freely get there. Lately however there has been a spate of people asking for &#8216;your unwanted smartphone (preferably an iphone 4 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2013\/01\/sick-and-tired-of-people-scroungers-on-freecycle\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-iT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1741,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2013\/12\/do-a-bit-to-save-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":1171,"position":0},"title":"Do a Bit to Save the World","author":"taxicle","date":"December 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Everyone can improve their little corner of the world. 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