WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

A few years ago, we did a swap where we swapped items other than eggs.  If I remember correctly eggs were also allowed so it was a good way for members that were starting out with chickens to participate in a swap if they didn't have eggs to swap.   

Items offered were things such as home made soaps, fabric, books, home made jellies & jam, plant starts, nuts, home made candies, etc. and of course hatching eggs.  It worked just like to egg swaps with one item offered and then claimed and an item offered by the person who claimed.

One of the problems with the swap was that we had a "few" people who got over their heads in offers and then could not afford the postage cost thus they got their items and never sent items promised.    To perhaps keep that problem down we could limit the number of swaps allowed per member to a couple per week.

This is just to see if we have any interest in doing another swap like this.  Please post if you would like to give it a try and suggestions that could make it work better.

Yes, it is a bummer to not get your item.  I too was one that did get my items.  I don't know how to prevent that from happening.  I do know that some members took offer after offer then when the cost of the postage for sending the items started to add up they stopped answering PM's and didn't send their items.   Some people never intended to send the items in the first place and I don't know how to weed those out either.   The only way I know to is to somehow limit the exposure by only allowing so many swaps per week.    It still all comes down to the honor system.   

I  have this lovely bed of Irises that I got bulbs from two people on the swap and it reminded me of the swap.  I also have some really nice cookbooks from the swap.   

I just wanted to see if we have enough interest to try it again.