I've had one successful trade (DVD for CD) in progress. I have another trade I started, but the other person hasn't answered yet. I have a feeling they won't, as my book cost about $7 new, and hers twice as much. I'm positive on it for now.
Clearly I'm missing something because there are LOTS of sites out there for swapping. I've been working today with LibraryThing.com, to get my BOXES of books up somewhere on the net, to get rid of them to people who want them. Problem is - I'd rather have MONEY than the swaps, the point is to get stuff gone, not replaced. LibraryThing is cool because it links to a lot of sites for trades and selling, and keeps track of your list. What I also need is something to help me inventory - that book 1 is in box 1, so I'm not hunting *grins* I'm certain that's doable, IJ ust need to play with it and I've reached my level of caring for the day on this. I need to go shovel out my car.
One caveat on Swapfree - read the fine print. They do One for One trades, and if you list something on your trade list, they expect you to trade it for something on your want list - I talked about that I think yesterday. I took the 4DVD live Aid boxes set off because I don't want to trade that for a $5 book. Yet. They penalize you by restricting trades and reviewing your account, and you can get a rep for being unwilling to trade. Positive, but negative.
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Date: 2007-12-13 11:07 pm (UTC)Clearly I'm missing something because there are LOTS of sites out there for swapping. I've been working today with LibraryThing.com, to get my BOXES of books up somewhere on the net, to get rid of them to people who want them. Problem is - I'd rather have MONEY than the swaps, the point is to get stuff gone, not replaced. LibraryThing is cool because it links to a lot of sites for trades and selling, and keeps track of your list. What I also need is something to help me inventory - that book 1 is in box 1, so I'm not hunting *grins* I'm certain that's doable, IJ ust need to play with it and I've reached my level of caring for the day on this. I need to go shovel out my car.
One caveat on Swapfree - read the fine print. They do One for One trades, and if you list something on your trade list, they expect you to trade it for something on your want list - I talked about that I think yesterday. I took the 4DVD live Aid boxes set off because I don't want to trade that for a $5 book. Yet. They penalize you by restricting trades and reviewing your account, and you can get a rep for being unwilling to trade. Positive, but negative.