Delle (delle) wrote, @ 2008-02-29 20:48:00

Topic of the Week #6: Swapping
Have possibly got internet back. Ridiculously slow, and intermittent, but it does exist.



Have you done a swap before (doesn't have to be a knitting swap)? What do you like best about swapping? Are there any personal "requirements" that a swap has to have before you will join?

I've never done a swap of any kind before, the closest I've got to a swap is the WD virtual Christmas presents. For that, you get a person to spoil and are spoiled by someone, it's just virtual, so budget isn't an issue (neither is reality). The present I remember most is the one Adam did for Lucretia. He got her John Lennon, by which I mean he found a picture of John and Yoko naked and superimposed a picture of Lucretia onto Yoko.

As for this swap, I'm loving it so far. I think that my upstream has a lot to do with that. She's been really friendly and, when she saw that I was playing detective, trying to work out who she is, she sent me a fabulous card, with 4 clues in it. Thanks to that, I'm now pretty sure I know who she is (there were 3 people I couldn't rule out, but one of them really fits the clues - and she's mentioned somewhere she's shopped for the swap on her blog, which made me squee with delight). What has surprised me about swapping is how much I'm loving the giving. Having clues as to things the recipient might like, and then finding things which with suit is my idea of shopping heaven. It makes me want to be a swap angel in future, something I was dubious about before I started.

In future I will join a swap again (although maybe not until after we've moved - house went on the market yesterday). I'd certainly do one which had been organised by Monnibo again, as she's been incredible. She's put a lot of thought and effort into organising things, and it shows. I do hope that she's rewarded by no swap participants going AWOL at final gifting time.

callie_demeter 2008-02-29 16:44 (link)

I like doing book swaps via BookMooch (www.bookmooch.com), and today two books arrived for me at work :D One of them I'd requested, then the person had notified me it would be delayed; the next day, it was rejected and her account closed (and my point automatically refunded). She emailed me this week to say her account had been sorted out, and the books posted (on the day she'd said it would be, with the delay notification). As she'd honoured the mooch, I gifted her a point, the one the mooch should have cost me - she emailed me back saying thanks, and it showed her good moochers were out there, maintaining the mooching spirit. So yay for swaps! And yay for people showing you the same good spirit and fun :D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2008-03-02 05:38 (link)
	Glad your card arrived safely and you have tracked me down. Your parcel is almost complete. I have one thing to finish today then I hope to post it early next week. I've had such fun finding things to send to you. (Reply to this) (Thread)