What supply chain mess? For Buy Nothing devotees, it’s not a problem

acquired the dress she is wearing, earrings, purse and kid’s bicycle through the Buy Nothing programme. She is seen at home in Claremont, California. — Los Angeles Times/TNS

Imagine not worrying about supply chain delays or the likelihood that your e-commerce order is stuck somewhere on a cargo ship.

That’s what life is like for members of the Buy Nothing Project, the terribly unfun name for a movement in which folks give away stuff they don’t need: children’s clothing, backyard produce, knickknacks, electronics, even big-ticket items such as cars.