Alright guys, if you have $200 or less to spend, get a good quality pair of binoculars like 8x42 Vortex, 10x50 Celestron or Nikon, and spend a year learning the sky with these and a good Zero gravity lounge chair for comfortable viewing.
If you really want a telescope to begin exploring the night sky my 1st recommendation is to start with good optics AND a very sturdy mount that can be easily pointed. You just can't get this with any "free" scope so spend your "free" on something else and spend a bit of real cash on a scope that will bring you pleasure rather than frustration.
The 1st recommendation is a classic 6" Dobsonian reflector. Good optics and a very sturdy mount that is easy to point will open up the moon, planets, and bright deep sky objects under dark skies. This is a nice one but there are many others. Sometimes you can find these used for around $250 and that is a great way to get introduced to astronomy:
https://www.astronomics.com/sky-watcher-6-f-8-classic-150p-dobsonian-telescope-s11600.html
My 2nd recommendation is for a small Mak with a solid mount for observing bright objects like moon and planets, and also as a quality terrestrial spotting scope for wildlife, hunting, birding etc. With this one you give up some brightness to gain higher magnification for longer reach. The Nexstar 90SLT has high quality optics that won't disappoint and the mount will find and track objects in the night sky once you have it aligned.
https://www.celestron.com/products/nexstar-90slt-computerized-telescope?_pos=5&_sid=7bdc902ff&_ss=r
Both of these are quality entry level scopes that are easy to use and transport to dark skies. They are WAY better than any "free" scope you can get from air miles and arguably better than the ones Charles Messier used to chart bright diffuse objects in the heavens. Ditch the cheesy finder they come with and spend $40 on any decent red dot reflex sight for ease of pointing the scope.
Why listen to me? I have been a backyard astronomer all of my life. I started with a TERRIBLE Sears 60mm refractor on a frustrating wobbly mount at age 12, graduated to binoculars as I got older, and did astro imaging for 10 years in the 90s with a Celestron C8 and Byers worm drive mount. After learning the sky and photographing it's wonders my interest has shifted to periodic comets and solar eclipses. I currently own a Celestron 90SLT, several nice tripod mounts, and an Astro-Tech AT70ED scope for eclipse and comet photography. Simple quality tools that travel to dark skies and solar eclipse totality easily.
Cheers!