Another Penpal Swap!

I am brand-spanking new to SwapBot. I would like to join this swap but I am uncertain how to actually join it! Looking forward to participating in many more swaps to come. Love, love, love the premise.

Glad to see you made it in!

Hi, how will I know who I will swap with?

I sent you a PM

Isn't last day to signup supposed to be June 24?

It was but I extended it to be close to the send date. I noted it on the swap when I changed it.

It says one month from partners assigned to mail deadline - shouldn't it be August 24 for due date? 8 days is a bit short to write 5 letters for me.

Hey....i m new to swapbot can u tell me whn will i be getting my partners???

On 24th July or maybe a day or two later there will be the option to click "see the partners you send to" and then you´ll see the addresses.

id like to be a part of this :) were stationed in Germany!

Newbie here as well! Excited and I can't wait. :-)

I know this is a crapshoot but I figure I'll try here anyway. I'm looking for an English speaking penpal for my 7 year-old daughter. If anyone joining this swap thinks your daughter might be interested can you please PM me? (And yes, I've posted in the forum area too.) Thanks.

I'm in !!! Love snail mail and meeting people!

Is there a reason that I can't join now? Is it too early?

I would also like to join but I can't!! It doesn't say 'join swap' at all. Like @rilakkumasensei I would like to join but can't!

I just joined the Site and this is exactly what I was looking for!! I can't wait to meet some new people!!

I love this idea but there is no join button!

Just joined this as my first Swap Bot Swap! Looking forward to sending out! I already have my letters ready to go!

If there is no join button then for some reason you don't meet the swap requirement

I also just joined this site and cannot wait to get started, this weekend I will complete my profile and then the swapping can begin!

I am also brand new to this site and how do I know if I have signed up for this swap? im excited to get some mail and to send some off :)

This is so Cool I love writting

Looks like I'm joining not only the mass of people who just joined, but those who are asking how this works. Is there something I need to click in order to receive people to send letters to?

The day after the sign up deadline, the person you send to will be in the upper left corner. It will also show you who sends to you so you can rate them.

Much appreciated.

Woot! I just joined swap-bot, and I just joined the swap. I was actively looking for pen-pals anyway, so this is awesome! Thanks! tm

Hi! I just joined, and am so happy to see that there seem to be other newbies on this swap! I am looking forward very much to making new friends!

I have a question, if we are writing on regular note book paper, is two pages considered the front and back of two sheets of paper, or the front and back of one sheet of paper (or two fronts)??

front and back would be two pages

Yeah, I'm new too. The deadline of the swap is the dead line to send the letters, not to receive them, is that right? It's just that I have three essays to write first!

help... I cannot find the names and adresses from the people i have to send a letter. I've lost them...

I'm not the swap coordinator, but I can answer! :D

rila - Letters should be sent by August 21. How long it takes for them to be received will depend on location. (Some international mail can make it quickly and other pieces can take a month or so to arrive!)

aafke - When you're logged into your swapbot account, the upper right part of this page will have a link that says, "See the partners you send to". Click on that and you will see the names and addresses of the people you will be mailing to.

today I sent the first 3 letters

I have finished my 5 letters and will be posting them tomorrow :-)

I sent my first 2 yesterday, doing one letter a day until they're all finished :)

Three letters are on their way - the last 2 will leave Tuesday.....

Mine are ready and will all go out in tomorrow's mail :)

Last 2 mailed today. My Mother has been admitted hospital and I have to travel. Finished them before leaving for Cape Town (6 hours drive from here)

All of mine are in the mail now! :D

Sadness :( one of my swappers has been suspended and another hasn't logged in since the 4th August and hasn't marked as sent. I really hope I don't get my first two flakes in the same swap :(

@ColleenPamela I would contact the coordinator directly about getting angels. It looks like multiple people haven't sent. :/

Mmm but i saw the coordinator isn't well i think so didn't want to bother her.

It's crazy how many people in this swap didn't send out....and how many have been suspended, and have ratings below 3! If the host sees these posts, I can angel for a few of the flakers. Just send me a message.

I was thinking that last night. Lots with no history and blank profiles too. One of mine that's not now fully suspended read the message i sent her but no response and still no send. We live in the same country so there's not much excuse :(

I was just noticing that too :( If anyone would like a letter from a 28 year old Canadian, message me, I'd be happy to angel :)

I'm also happy to angel for this swap - 26 year old from England here :)

Hi! I am fairly new here (about 8 months) and have not received a letter from 3 out of 5. How is that handled? I want to make sure I follow the rules! Thanks!!

Ooops! Only 2 have not sent; not 3.

@servingHim I am a newbie as well, but the procedure, as far as I understood, is to contact the person(s) who are supposed to be sending the letter to you by private message (pm).

You can do that by going to their profile page, and click on "Send Message". When you do that, a new screen magically pops up. I usually use the swap title as the title of the message, although some people just put "Missing Swaps." If you don't hear back from them in a reasonable amount of time (I would say one week, but it is your judgment call) rate them with one.

Considering that it's been over 3 weeks since the "send by date" as of right now, the ones who haven't clicked "sent" by now deserve 3 already, but most send a pm before taking such drastic action right away.

If someone clicked on "sent" but you haven't received the letter, it is an entirely different story... Post office is not always perfect, and letters can get lost. Please send them a message first. If you don't hear back from them in a "reasonable amount of time," you can go ahead and rate them "1".

It is important to rate them accurately, because future swap hosts can weed out the flakers. Case in point... one of the flakers on this swap is on another similar swap, and I got matched with that person. Not surprisingly, I am yet to receive anything from that person, grrrr. In this case it could not have been avoided as the sign up date for the other swap was during this one was still going on. Ah, well....

Incidentally, I am happy to angel. I am a 38 years old woman from Philadelphia, PA. Please PM me if anyone is interested. Here's a catch though... I will be away for vacation on Sept. 16-30, so actual letter will come after that. I can at least send a PC from my vacation destination in the mean time! (^^)

I am actually missing two letters from this swap as well, and- my goal for this swap is to find new penpals/ friends anyways, so- if I make new friends by being an angel to them, that's totally cool with me.

First....i thought dat i hav only one flaker as my partner...bt nw d other one has also been suspended....wat to do nw???

:( :( :(

As flyingfox said, please, please, please rate your partners so that they don't have the opportunity to flake again and again.

If your partner has never marked as sent and never contacted you about being late, I would automatically rate a 1 at this point. While etiquette typically expects you to contact your partner before rating a 1, I personally view this as an exception because we're so far after the deadline. If your rating prompts them to send their letter to you (better late than never?), you can then change your rating to a 3.

If they marked as sent, but you haven't received, I would send a Private Message (PM) to ask them. If they don't reply within a week (or whatever time frame you're comfy with), I would rate them a 1. If they reply back and resend promptly, I would wait and give time for it to arrive. (When something is truly lost in the mail and resent promptly, it is still eligible for a 5.)

As for me, all 5 that I sent have been received & rated. I received 4 of the 5.

Sadly, until now I have not received a letter from any one of my swap partners until now. I have sent them a message today. Hope to hear back from them.

I had two partners flake. @Holliee and @RNRISLOVE Sent messages to both on SEptember 19, 2013. RNR has read message but neglected to respond, Holliee has not read the message as of today. Hate to do it but will go ahead and rate 1's for both.

I am back from my vacation!

One of the missing letters showed up while I was away, Yay! It was just taking extra time, as international mail sometimes does.

As for the last one, @japoshke .. it is a bit more complicated. It is not marked "sent" as of yet (9/30). I sent her a PM on Sept. 13, right before I left for vacation, but she has not read it yet. In fact, she hadn't logged in since Sept. 6. As much as I hated to do it, at this point I rated her 1. Will change it if I receive anything.

My angel offer still stand! Or we can angel each other! If anyone wants to be my penpal, please let me know! (^^)

I had the same two partners as you earthnk but was a little behind on sending out messages with my own medical issues so I just sent out messages to the two of them today and will give them a little bit to see if they respond before rating.

I only got two of my five letters. I was so excited about this swap too. So far it's the only swap I've had flakes on and it seems unfortunate that I'm not the only one. It's too bad. I really wanted some penpal. I'm a 23 year old fantasy/sci-fi writer who's in love with everything nerdy, if anyone wants a new penpal :/

I'm also willing to angel if anyone wants me to. (Send me a PM, please.) :)

I'm 33, from Oklahoma, happily married, homeschool mom, with loves such as creative writing, guitar playing, collage art & photography, dancing, reiki / energy healing, and time in nature.

Hi I am new here!! I would like a pen pal that is into Kpop and Asian things!!! I am 18!! From Nebraska!!! Likes Kpop (like a lot) and wants to journal Kpop things. Please talk to me if you like Kpop also. Also I would love a pen pal that could send me stuff like photos of groups, washi tapes, stickers, and things to help me create a cute Kpop journal.

Hi ı am yunus. I live in Turkey and ı can speak turkish but ı cannot speak English so ı want to learn english wit penpal

Hi! I'm a newbie here, What exactly is Type 2 flat mail???