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We are so very excited about the recent partnership between Kashless.org and Recycle Bank and the beginning of the Kashless Rewards program.  This morning we sent out a press release celebrating the new addition to Kashless and sparking some Kashless shopping ideas for the Holidays. Below a quote from the release:

"This program is an easy way for people to go green for the holidays by
recycling and reusing items online that may otherwise be headed to a landfill,"
said Martin Tobias, CEO/Founder of Kashless.org. "This year go Kashless and
give, receive, earn great rewards, and most important, make a real difference in"
someone`s holiday season." 

Read the rest of the article on Reuters. 

The word is getting around about us!

Today we were featured on Boot Camp with Fred Fishkin.

The interview was great, with our CEO Martin Tobias on hand to shed some light on his inspiration for starting the company, saying:

"The idea came to me when I was cleaning out my garage and I had a bunch of stuff that was still good... And it was actually much harder than I thought to give it away to a charity. There's a long list of things the Salvation Army and Goodwill won't take. So I created the site."

Fishkin closed by summarizing: "Whether you have stuff to get rid of, or need to find stuff for free, Kashless.org can help."

We couldn't have said it better ourselves!

Listen to it here:

http://bit.ly/8eWIY

Tomorrow is Seattle's much anticipated BIKE TO WORK DAY! And remember, Kashless.org is hosting a commute station at Counterbalance Park with Caffe Ladro and Counterbalance Bicycles. Here's what you need to know:

What: Bike to Work Commute Station
Where: Counterbalance Park.  Corner of West Roy St. and Queen Anne Ave. MAP HERE.
Who: Kashless.org, Counterbalance Bicycles, Caffe Ladro, and YOU!

There will be Coffee, Water, Snacks and Bike Services! It's Bicycle-rific!

Can't wait to see you there.

This NPR radio spot with Brian Reed on KPLU news focuses on Kashless's points of difference, including advanced e-commerce features and online profiles for users.  The whole Kashless Krew is excited to be featured on NPR and we hope you enjoy the clip!

Kashless on KPLU NewsRoom

nice article over at FlipTheMedia.

There will be a story about Kashless.org by Tim Robinson, KING 5 reporter.  It was filmed last week and will be showing a couple of times tomorrow on a couple of different stations.

It will be shown several times....

 

* 6:40 a.m. - KING (teaser version)

 

* 7:45 a.m. - KONG

 

* 8:45 a.m. - KONG

 

* KING 5 News at Noon - KING

 

* KING 5 News at 10 - KONG

 

Additionally, a version of the story may run during KING 5 News at 5 (5-6 p.m., KING) or KING 5 News at 6:30 (6:30-7, KING) and it will be posted at KING5.com.

Very good videos and powerpoint presentations from the GigaOM Green:Net conference at which I spoke Tuesday this week.  If you can only watch one, watch Saul Griffith.  If you haven’t gotten enough of my mug, watch me. 

Some people were having problems finding the link to play the video of the KOMO.TV story.  So was I.  So here is a direct link to the “Money is no object” story. 

It has been a big PR week for Kashless.  The good folks from KOMO stopped by today and put the piece on the 5:00 evening news tonite. 

 

text here:

SEATTLE -- There's a shopping Web site where money is no object, whether you're after good appliances, DVDs, clothes or even free kegs of beer. 

Martin Tobias says he and his co-workers we outfitted the entire office for free. 

"We got this conference room table, chairs and white board for free from another company that was downsizing," he said. 

Tobias' new office began to take form after a botched spring cleaning sale when he tried unloading a blow-up pool, a snowboard and a bench. 

"The weight bench was a $300 bench that (we) tried to sell for $50 dollars. Three people wanted it and nobody showed up," he said. 

After that waste of time, Tobias developed Kashless.org. 

"On our Web site today, there's over 8,000 free things available today," he said. 

The entrepreneur's new site lists freebies found all over Puget Sound. Renee Gibson found a free Web cam. 

"I ended up responding to this. It's a Web cam for my mother on limited income, and it's perfect. It's free, which is my favorite word," she said. 

Gipson also acquired a free stainless fridge and grill. 

"I got a TV and gave away my TV," she said. 

Like Tobias, she loves that this online free-for-all comes with a green factor. 

"I don't want to go and dump something in a landfill and go buy something else," said Gipson. 

Kashless.org posts the driving distance to freebies, which saved Liz Heinlein , a new mom, a lot of time when browsing for baby clothes. 

"From the point that I saw the ad, it was an hour and a half before I was home a bunch of new clothing," she said. 

Kashless.org will also post what you want or want to give away on your Facebook page and on other free sites like Craigslist. 

Robert, thanks for taking the time to talk with me.