Let me start off by saying I am sorry. I have been crazy busy here and I haven't been able to get online to check this thread much this past week.
OK everyone, we are getting off track here. This is a swap thread and lets try to keep the chatting to a minimum, please.
I would like to see this thread remain open and calling people out on unsent swaps could be seen as flaming and can get us closed down.
I understand the frustrations with people who are not fulfilling their end of a swap but at the same time I have to ask everyone to please PM me or one of the others who agreed to help moderate this thread with issues from this swap only. I can not do anything about swaps from other threads or pages. I unfortunately cannot force them to send you what they owe but I can provide some incentive for them to take care of their end on this swap page. I will ban people who do not fill their swaps in a timely manner. We all understand things happen such as molting, broody hens, predator attacks, etc. If possible try to provide a second option such as a gift card to a agreed upon place or a GFM membership here. If the claimer agrees to continue waiting, then that is their choice and they should know what they may be getting into.
99% of the times things go smoothly and everyone gets the agreed upon swap within a couple weeks. Most get them the same week. You get one or two people who do not fill their end every once in a while. It happens with all swap threads, no matter where you go. I know of another swap still going elsewhere with many of the people who had many swaps left unfulfilled cause they have burned their bridges here and had gotten in over their heads. There is a reason for # of swaps limits and time restrictions on how long you can make the person wait that is claiming the eggs. If you do not think you can fill their order within a shadow of a doubt, don't offer that breed up or do not swap. If you do not think you will have the extra money to pay the shipping on the eggs you are sending out, then please again, do not swap. This saves everyone a lot of heartache and keeps them from feeling as if they did not get what was owed to them.
It is only fair to send what you agreed upon. You got eggs in the mail for free, now spend the few dollars it cost to ship the eggs out (trust me, I ship a ton and I know most boxes ship for less than $10, and rarely over $15). A lot of us only swap because we can not normally afford to buy some of the eggs that come across on this page. I know I have offered eggs that I normally sell for $10 an egg up here just because I wanted whatever the previous claimer had, whether they were equal value to my eggs or not.
Thank you everyone and keep offering up the awesome eggs that you have available so we can all get breeds we desire at less cost. Now let us get back to what we do best, and swap some eggs!!!