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The swapmeet, episode 2

Posted by Robin on 23 March 2013 190 Comments — Comments are closed

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Update: the swapmeet is now closed!

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Second swapmeet coming up next weekend

Posted by Robin on 16 March 2013 21 Comments

Coming up next Saturday will be our second swapmeet. You can find all the rules and see how it works by taking a look at the first swapmeet, which we held last September, and you could also take a look at the feedback poll we did a month later.

Don’t know what swapping is, or you know but you’ve never tried it? See here.

A number of people also suggested that we have a "gift box for newbies" sort of program, whereby those of us with too many samples can send them off to someone who has few or none. Stay tuned, we're going to try it out next month. If anyone has suggestions about how we might best organize this, do comment!

The swapmeet follow-up

Posted by Robin on 21 October 2012 68 Comments

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So, for those of you who participated in the swapmeet, how did it go? And feel free to tell us what you got, and whether or not you loved it.

Should we do it again? And if so, is there anything we should do differently?

And I said in the swap rules that you would not be allowed to post complaints here, ever, but I really meant that you would not be allowed to post an accusation against another reader…

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The swapmeet

Posted by Robin on 15 September 2012 148 Comments — Comments are closed

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Update: the swapmeet is now closed!

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Swapmeet coming up next weekend

Posted by Robin on 8 September 2012 17 Comments

By request, we’ll be holding our first Swapmeet next Saturday, and I thought it might be worth telling people in advance how it will work, in case anyone wants to plan, or complain, or avoid it altogether. We’re going to structure ours much like Swapmania at Perfume Posse.

Don’t know what swapping is, or you know but you’ve never tried it? See here.

How it will work

1. Anyone who wants to play can list up to 15 items they’d like to offer for swap…

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