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U-16:  We don't want to use our request credits on
offerings that we have little chance of receiving.
Can you offer some tips?
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An equipment offering will continue to be listed on our
pages until the offerer cancels the offering, or until
the offering expires.  Each time an offerer receives a
request through us, it is a simple process for them to
cancel their offering.

Of course, some who offer equipment may neglect to cancel
their offering in a timely manner, so your best chances
of receiving any offering will always be when the offering
is fresh, or newly listed.  To be informed of new listings
promptly, it is best for you to be subscribed to our daily
email list here: http://recycles.org/manage

Here is a secret tip that may help you.  Recent offers are
listed here: http://recycles.org/list.php

Please take note of a sequence of characters at the lower
left hand corner of each offering.  For example, you will
see a sequence that may appear similar to this:
DN2468135 0 1 P 29  or this  DN2468135 2 1 C 4

This coded sequence can be interpreted as follows:

The first column represents the donation ID number and can
be ignored.  The second column represents the total number
of requests made for this offering, and the third column
represents the total number of days this offering has been
listed with us.

The fourth column indicates whether this offering will be
Canceled (C) or made Public (P) after the number of days
listed in the fifth column.  If the fifth column is a
negative number, then the offering is currently available
to the public.
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