Wow, I was wondering why this hadn't been assigned and just now realized it was for 2009! Silly me.

Are you going to change the date? Since it still reads 2009. lol!

its meant to read 09

its an 09 09 09 swap

wow I am defnately signing up this year 2008 I was lucky to receive loads of postcards from all over and especially from those in Beijing with the special Olyimpics special post mark :)all dated 080808

Wouldn't I only know AFTERWARD whether I could make it to the post office on September 9? So a sent by date of September 10 would make more sense?

If you went to the post office on September 9 before closing hours, then you certainly would know that you sent them by that same date.

If you know that you are unable to make it to the post office by September 9, then as the swap states, drop them off earlier.

The send by dates remains September 9.

8 is my favourite # and that day was magickal to me, I wish I had been a part of Swap Bot then...

can we write stuff on the post cards?

Of course you can write stuff on the postcards! That's the whole idea of sending a postcard: to send a short message to someone.

Personally, I prefer receiving postcards where the person has written more than just their name, swap name and "hello". I always make sure I include some sort of message on the postcards I send out.

awesome! i was in the 080808, so this will be fun!

with the new swap limits, I am going to have to drop this one until closer to time.
I am marking it as watch though.

Hi, I would like to participate in this swap.

YAY that is my birthday!! I would love to join.

This is a great idea and a wonderful snag for the coordinator, but with the swap limits, sigh [but completely understandable] I have to hold off also.

And COOL birthday Evestar! Too bad you aren't 9 or 99, right? lol

The swap limits are really not that limiting.

Requiring a 4.5 rating and no no-sends before the swap is really quite generous.

I hope you reconsider!

sorry - I was saying that with the new 20 swaps at a time limit, I was not able to leave this as a current swap the entire year - I will re-join closer to the actual date - the swap will be in my watch list until then. == everything that was more than a month out went on watch so that I could participate in more swaps.

I participated in the 08-08-08 postcard swap and received wonderful postcards from around the world. I'm looking forward to this one. However, with the new limit of 20 swaps, I will be dropping from this swap for now. I will definitely be re-joining closer to September! Until later...

WHooo Hooo. I'm with PurpleTX I am extremely excited about this swap but want to sign up when we are closer to September. Now that the Holidays are almost over I want to actually sign up for swaps up to my 20 swap limit. This is a wonderful swap though!!!!

Best wishes to you all -Shay-

Cool that's my birthday to.. I'm gone be 21 !!!!!!!!!! :D

does anyone want to swap with me as well?

• martiene

If I sign up can I be reminded close to maybe month before to mail out we are talkin along time for this swap

I did the 080808 swap so I am in for this one!! It's a long time to wait, but Swap-bot always sends a reminder email one week before the "Last day to signup/drop". Also, I will drop off my postcards in a postal box on the evening of the 8th, after the last mail pickup. That way they will be picked up on the 9th!!

:-)

There are swap limits??

Okay, I read the rest of the comments, and see what the limits are. :-)

I know it's a LONG time to wait, but considering how fast 2008 zipped by, before we know it, September will be here!

Yay Dutchgirl! My birthday's in September, too! Maybe we can consider setting up a September birthday swap?

Hallo.. Frens.. Im New Participant here. Nice to meet you all !! Wow.. Such a good swap. I will join it then.

I have a dumb question.... maybe end the swap a little earlier so people have time to mail the card on the 9th of September?

Never mind my previous post... I read the dates wrong.

what does "postcards sent naked" means?

As the swap descriptions says,

postcards sent naked (that is without an envelope for the gutter minds.)

Sorry I may have to drop temporarily as there are some swaps I would like to join, but will keep on my watchlist for sure! Thanks!

I just checked and as I write this there are 9 of us, cool!

I have just joined and want to take part in the postcard swap it sounds great fun, can I still join.

This sounds fun. Count me in!

I'll be watching this until it gets closer until the sign-up date. See ya in September!

Yay! This is the first swap I have ever joined! This site looks AWESOME! I look forward to sending some people some postcards from New Zealand. :) Btw, I'd join the September birthday club too! September 12th 1987 for me! :)

I'm moving this to my watch list as I maxed out on the number of swaps I can join, but I will re-join for sure!

I'm at my max also but I will join this one closer to time. Great idea.

kiwiholly, you and I share the same birthday, though I was born a bit earlier in time. Hurrah for September 12th!

Wow, that will be a fun job checking profiles on Aug 31st! :o)

09-09 is my birthday- so obviously i will join this swap! :)

This postcard swap has benn #1 for a while!

hi, im new here :D i joined im so excited!!!

we choose who ?, or the admin?¡

Partners are randomly assigned by Swap-Bot admin after the signup date ends, and once I have approved all participants. I, the coordinator for this swap, select who may or may not participate.

SWAP DISCLAIMER

If you are questioning your participation because you see a questionable swapper or two, please send me a message informing me of the situation so I can get to the bottom of it.

However, due to the long sign up period, I will only ban people once we near the deadline date in order to allow some with mishaps time to improve their personal ratings, and Newbies to be rated.

Thank you for your understanding, Your swap coordinator

ok, thx for the answer :D!

this swap is gonna be great!

It's my birthday too!! ^^ I´m watching it! ^^

Hey, 60 second newbie here. This swap sounds great and my B-Day is Sep. 3rd so a Sep. swap is a must.

I love swapping postcards.

I'm watching for now...

I'd love to participate! I'm the epitome of newbie though...if my profile needs more than what I wrote, then please let me know :) But again, I'd really like to be part of this!

• Anna

Am watching, sign up in sept. Cant wait.

So if you have a well filled filed out profile, and still get rejectied why??

I would love to join also. Collecting 9 cards from all over the world will be amazing. And my father will be happy also, coz he is collecting stamps from all over the world. I would love to join.

I have to cancel myself, because I can´t swap anything else, coz I´m in 5 swaps at the moment. But of course I will rejoin at the end of April, when a couple of my swaps are finished. Because I love this one very much!

Oh, this sounds fun! I can't wait until September! =)

I am picking up postcards as I go and look forward to this trade.

In response to rplante525, a participant could be banned for being a questionable swapper. This usually means I have been sent warnings by other participants, or the individual has too many 3's or any 1's recently. As the host, I may consider banning anyone whom I believe will not complete the swap, and sometimes a poorly completed profile is the first clue.

If you have any further questions about participating in this swap or suggesting any questionable swappers, please send me a message so that I can look into it.

Remember the swap deadline is not until September 1, so there is A LOT of for swappers to improve or get ratings. I will not seriously consider banning anyone until mid to late August.

Your coordinator : )

If at all possible I would love to receive art, map, print, drawing, girly, etc. type cards instead of building, animail or city view cards - in exchange for a heart! :) Thank you in advance,

What a great idea! I just joined the swapbot to be in this swap as collecting postcards is something I'm doing ;)

My concern is that by September many of those who signed up early may have stopped swapping by then and others will have flaked off. How will you check the hundreds of profiles at the time partners are assigned?? What about the hundred or more who sign up on September 1?

To KarenK: Thank you for your concern. Rest assured, I will be ready to check so many profiles when the time comes.

However, I cannot know a person's complete swapping behavior from only a profile, especially newbies. I'm sure there will be a flaker or two, as I've had flakers on a lot simpler swaps. If anyone knows of any questionable swappers, I appreciate any feedback with this information.

I cannot guarantee 100% sends, but we can all hope that the participants in this swap will send responsibly.

I'm looking forward to this swap since the 080808 was so much fun! I'll be signing up near the ending date. And thanks for responding to my question and hosting this great swap.

I'll put it on my watchlist, seems like a lot of fun!

What fun! I love to get mail! Coordinator, I have ties to Thailand. Maybe we are neighbors:)

As I finished 3 swaps I´m not a real newbie anymore, so no limited number of swaps anumore :-) So I moved this swap from my watchlist to the joinlist. I love this one!!!

I really hope that you look through everyone's profile. I did see a 1.00 rating! I am unsure if you banned that person already or not.....

To ButterflyPrincess, rest assured that I will be looking through profiles periodically to assess questionable swappers. However, please feel free to send me a message if you have any specific ideas regarding particular swappers that you think I should know about.

This swap will be my first, and will mean the world to me. Last year in January, when my mother was in the hospital from breaking her hip, we were talking about the "specialness" of 08-08-08 because she was turning 80 in Oct. We agreed that we would have to do something on that day that we would always remember.
That was the day she passed away. So, I had already decided to make the 9 set a very special time, something to honor her memory. So, I must find postcards with roses, her favorite. Looking forward to all the fun this site can bring! ~Gypsy~

This sounds like are really neat swap! Maybe I could do this as my first swap? I'll have to investigate!

this is one of our anniversarys:) we married in court house then sept 9th an out door wedding:)

juliewong96 has been surspended, incase you hadn't noticed yet =D!

hi this sounds like lots of fun!! can't wait. how do we get our names for the swap? thanks angie

To ajdag:

Partners will be assigned after the last day to sign up for the swap on September 1. You will receive an email telling you that you can begin swapping after that.

Count me in! My birthday is September 9th and this year I will turn 49 on 09-09-09! We are planning a party but I can still mail out a card that day! The last birthday party I had was 09-09-99 when I turned 39, this is going to be fun! Almost makes heading to AARP territory a fun thing! LOL

i love that this swap keeps growing and growing and growing!!!

REMINDER TO ALL PARTICIPANTS

Postcards should be sent naked, i.e. NO ENVELOPES, please.

I can't wait for this thing to happen!!

Thanks for letting us give people lower ratings if the postcards get sent out late! Part of the fun is getting the postmark!!!! I got annoyed the one time someone gave me a lower rating because something arrived late; for this swap, people need to send on THAT DAY to get a full and FABULOUS five!

Again, thanks for authorizing us to give lesser marks for late-sends. I can do regular postcard swaps the rest of the year :0)

I have to put this on a watch for now as i hope to be on a short hoilday interstate with my kids around this time but i love postcards that peolpe have written on and its more personal and i would never re-send a postcard i have recived and also can i please request that postcards sent to me come from the sendeds counrty, state or town as i have been in a few postcards swaps and was disaponted when someone sent me a dull re-used postcard from somewhere the have or hope to visit. will do my best to join.

I am new to this. My name is Marilyn and I live in Anchorage/Alaska. I am married & i have 3 grown kids all in the lower 48 .

Note from the coordinator

You may be dropped from this swap if you do not have any recent activity (more than 1 month) on your profile. i.e. you signed up for the swap in March, and your profile indicates that was also the last time that you signed on to Swap-Bot.

WOW! 263! Good luck going through all of the swap members to figure out how many are good swappers and the ones who don't send out.

Thank you! It's a big task, but I've started looking at the early sign-ups already, so it won't be so difficult in the end.

But, in the end, it's not 100% possible to sift out all of the questionable swappers. There will always be flakers, unfortunately.

I loved this swap last year! I got some great postcards, but the handmade ones were the best! I think I'll probably send out some home-made ones as well this year :D (9 is also my favourite number!)

I loved this swap last year, had some wonderful postcards, I'll sign up nearer the date, great swap.

I would love to join this swap, this would be my second one, and what a date to send them on.

This will be my first swap! I'm excited. =D

Oh and I definitely won't back out on this. I have a giant sticky to remind me to keep an eye out for cool postcards and to remind me of the date and when to send. =)

i'm new...how do i choose who to send cards to?

My Grandson's Birthday is 09/09 and I'm hoping to get several postcards from around the world to give to him

Savhilt,

After the sign up date has passed, September 1st, the host will assign partners, you can then click and see who you send to.

This sounds like so much fun! I just signed up today and I'm so excited about this. I love sending letters and receiving them is even more fun. Thanks for doing this!

My daughter has her 12th birthday on this day! I would love you to send her a birthday card if possible... - or a postcard from your city/country.

Hello pike!

Sorry, but this swap is not for special requests such as birthday cards. Often there are birthdays swaps organized for that kind of thing. Only postcards will be sent for this swap. If your partners choose to write birthday wishes on the postcards, then that is up to them.

hi! I'm a newbie and just registered. I'm really looking forward to this :D