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"Why I Flaked on Your Swap", Postcard Swap, R5

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Swap Coordinator:arianneroxa (contact)
Swap categories: Postcards 
Number of people in swap:4
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Rating requirement:4.98
Last day to signup/drop:June 13, 2014
Date items must be sent by:June 18, 2014
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Most of us have been flaked on during our time on Swap Bot, and I came up with this idea as a result of some of the more bizarre excuses that I've received over the years.

Here's the idea: you will send your partner a postcard based on their profile (so make sure that yours is filled out before you join up). On this postcard, you will write the craziest excuse as to why you couldn't send a fictional swap. Make it nuts, totally unbelievable, somewhat believable or even something that you've heard in real life. Yes, you will actually send this postcard to your partner. If you don't, you'll be flaking on a flaker swap, and will be rated as a real-life flaker. That just sends my mind down a crazy flaker wormhole that I'm not sure that I need to explore right now.

You'll be sending this postcard naked (without an envelope).

I will be checking participants profiles and ratings thoroughly before assigning partners; if you are currently showing as late on any swaps I will request that you follow through on those before participating in this swap. Similarly, if you have a 1 rating and have not made an effort to follow through on the swap owing to your partner (especially if they are still an active member of the site), I will likely ask that you do this before participating in any of my swaps.

Newbies are welcome on a fairly selective basis. Please have a well filled out profile (with a nice listing of your likes as well as a self introduction) and consider joining the Newbie Helpers group. If I see both of these things when I'm checking your profile, you're in.

I do angel all of my swaps, although I will make every possible effort to ensure that they remain flaker-free.

Discussion

jojokitty5853 05/25/2014 #

What a crazy cool idea ... I am in!

arianneroxa 05/29/2014 #

@jojokitty5853 It's been really amusing to see the crazy excuses that people invent. :) Glad that you'll be joining us!

kap397 06/ 2/2014 #

i'm back to swap-bot after a long hiatus, and this is a swap i'm excited to participate in once i get that 4.98 :) enjoy ladies and gents!!! xx

BeeDub 06/ 3/2014 #

These swaps are my favourite, can't wait to see what the excuse is this time!

arianneroxa 06/ 4/2014 #

@kap397 I had a peek at your profile, and I really wish you a lot of strength and peace as you work through recovery. It's not an easy thing, but I think that it's great that you're returning to make things right here.

Unresolved ones (especially when they are from still-active members) are something that I pay a lot of attention to when I'm vetting participants for my swaps. Please add comments (inclusive of tracking numbers or other details) to these ratings to show that you are working on making these swaps up-- this will show that you're committed to fixing your reputation in this community. Once these ones have been resolved to threes, I'm certain that swap hosts will consider welcoming you into their swaps.

Again, wishing you the very best, and please do feel free to reach out if I can be of any help. xo

arianneroxa 06/ 4/2014 #

@BeeDub I'm always happy to see you listed amongst the participants, and I'm glad that you're able to join us this round. Hopefully we'll be paired up at some point in future. :) xo

BeeDub 06/ 7/2014 #

@arianeroxa I hope we get paired up at some point too, we definitely share an interesting sense of humour!

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