Hi Kylie
I too am an Aussie. What name where you under here in the forum before ? Aussie swaps do go on, but as not many meet the criteria for the swap rules we haven't had one in a while. Also with the cost of postage and prepaid envelopes it would not be cost effective unless there were a minimum of 10 per swap. I would run one , IF and only IF the members met the criteria and a 10 minimum. In the past people have signed up and dropped out at the last moment, which is not fair to the ones left. The last swap 11 signed up and 6 dropped out without letting anyone know, so they will never get to play again.
Here are the rules
1) DISCLAIMER: SMF is not responsible for any swap, sale, trade, co-op, pre-buy, fast buy, garage sale, ad or other transactions between members.
2) Above disclaimer must be posted at the beginning of each swap, sale, trade, co-op, pre-buy, fast buy, garage sale, ad or other similar transactions
3) SMF encourages active membership and require a minimum of (100) posts & (3) months membership before participating in a swap, posting any sale, trade, co-op, pre-buy, fast buy, garage sale, ad or other similar transaction.
4) Swaps are to be hosted by mods only at this time. An exception may be made if a member meets the following criteria:
...permission from the mod team
...minimum 500 posts
...minimum 6 months active membership
...favourable participation in at least 1 swap in past 6 months
..no swap drop outs in the past year
5) Please PM a mod or admin if you want to suggest a swap.
6) Please keep all sales, trade, co-op, pre-buy, fast buy, garage sale or similar ads relevant to the needs of this forum.
7) This forum auto prunes every 30 days.
Mods reserve the right to delete any post that does not adhere to the above points at their discretion.
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