You may or may not have seen this fabulous website, but at Free Cycle, you can get free stuff right from the folks in your neighborhood. That's right... you know your neighbor that gave away a free couch before you had the chance? He probably listed it on Free Cylcle for the first taker. Think your community is not listed? Think again; I bet it is. Even small towns are active with this program. You can even send out "items wanted" messages to your local FreeCycle group. Best of all, it's free to join, and free to use.
http://www.freecycle.org