I hate freecycle. I've had more no-shows than anything else. Even when I say please don't be a no-show and let me know if you can't make it, people don't show. I was giving away a nice wooden crib and after 3 no-shows, dh said forget it and threw it away. Maybe other people have better luck.
Oh and the requests for video game systems (with games, please), working computers, cars (newish if possible), a whole house worth of furniture (not the cheap stuff), etc just bug me. lol
HOWEVER, if your freecycle isn't like mine then it's great. We have gotten rid of a couple of things without incident (literally two things, a pool and a back yard play castle/sandbox). So I guess it can be a very good thing too.
eta: I believe most freecycle groups are through yahoo groups. So go to groups dot yahoo dot com and look up your city or county and the word freecycle.