I Joined :)

I'm IN! Why would anyone WATCH THIS swap? LOL. This is history in the making! Thanks Rachel!!!

Some people might be hesitating, because a lot of people no longer do open public swaps... But I am in...

Yep, I'm in, too. Why bother with watching!

Yay! Thanks, Rachel! :-)

Some people maybe wanted to know what the swap was about before joining. :P

Yay! I'm here, too! :D

Another reason people watch swaps is if the last sign-up date is a way off and they have other swaps that they want to participate in first. 'Watching' it means that they don't forget that they want to sign up when the time comes. That's why I tend to do it, anyhoo :)

Rock on Swap Bot

some people put it on their watch list while it was still a "private" swap and maybe didn't move it over to "join swap" yet

have been on a swap bot break but will be back to do this one for sure. 100,000 swaps - what an achievement :-)

Exactly Lotti, II am watching because I want to make sure I remember to join before the end of the sign up, still fairly new and only allowed 5 swaps going at a time, I assume that increases as my status increases. I am excited about this swap, but there are many others to join in the mean time!

what about sending our favourite things we like to swap or sending something from a group that we are officers in these are swap bot inspired.

I am watching, cause my limit is full - great idea

Love this swap, but didn't I suggest champagne and cupcakes? ; )

Watching 'till closer to the sign-up date. There's so many good swaps going on now :D

I'm with you, lotti02 and kewlmom23!!! You'll see me signed up as I get more ratings and the date gets closer...can't WAIT!

And after I figure things out. Obviously, if I'm sending messages twice!

Could we send postcard stamps so the recipient can send more postcards??

WoW! Already the Top Swap! Thanks for everyone for joining.

I'm not sure I understand your question, @kewlmom23 - but for this swap, you can basically send any item you would like to your partner as long as it references Swap-bot.

Any bets on how many participants the swap will close with?

I am watching and will join closer to the date.

I think I am still limited to swaps, and if I see thirty that I want to join, or is it twenty, I would have to jump out and jump back in, so I am watching for now and will, unless unforeseen occurrence happens, I will join.

Bets on how many and this is already top swap?

Hmm. well it depends on how many users are signed up and how many are active.

I would say at least 1,234.

I'm going to go with 1310 participants. I just know this will be awesome though!!

What about Crusher? He's lovely. I'm going to swim across the Ocean and kidnap him one day!!!! @CSNYfan I hope you are my partner. Champagne and cupcakes would go down very well, thank you! ;>)

Ok I am going to see how many more sign up each time I check this out.

Right now there are 149 signed up and 170 watching.

It is day time in the UK and Europe, so I imagine a lot more will be signing up whilist I sleep.

Sorry for sounding silly, but the minimum is just 1 item will do? Am I right?

Just want to make sure I'm on the right page..

We are well on our way to having more than 200 participants - yay! - but I don't know if we can hit 1,000... that is a lot!

And, @katjh - yes, you just mail one Swap-bot-themed item to your partner. It can be a craft, a letter, a postcard, anything.

Hey @racheljohnson ... just out of curiosity, what's the highest signup number for a single swap?

I don't mean to have a senior moment, but you mentioned Ernie...are you talking about Bert & Ernie from Sesame Street or is that the name of the little Swap-Bot logo??? bearnbabs

180 are signed up and 194 more are watching.

Perhaps over 1,000 is a stretch, but look how fast this got to near 200.

Bearnbabs- yes that is Ernie the envie!!

185 Joined, 198 watching.

Just curious~~how many total swappers are there?? (In "our" whole group). I love Swap-bot~fantastic people!!!!!!!!

@fawnscrafts - 200, baby! ;D

I see @Unna

There are 212 in the swap and 229 watching.

This is an idea for groups leaders, if you want to why not PM and/or do a group message about this swap?

213/232

I'm in! Thank you for letting me a part of this momentous event!

218/237

i say maybe 500 people sign up for this

Swap-bot is great, I have it on my watch!!!

Ernie = Ernie the Envie, the Swap-bot logo...

I think the largest swap ever had over 300 participants, but I need to check...

There are currently over 44,000 members of Swap-bot! Wow!

Good thing this is my day off!! Holy, that was alot of reading!! LOL! I'll join just to get the numbers up...have no clue yet what my partner will get. International ones will get something flatter!! :) We could always list 5 favorite items and then the partner could send one item from that list!!

right ! Rachel you are fantastic ! I am watching untill I get some swaps out but I will be joining for sure ! This site is my other family ! I would be so board with out this swap !

260/262

263 sending 271 watching

Woo hoo!

295 in 301 watching

I just had to sign up :)

I'm number 300!!!!!!!

This is unbelievable ~ I'm 312!

How cool. Thanks a million, Rachel! I'll drink the champagne and send the package!!!

Rock on, Swap-Bot!!!!

Hah! I joined last night...then realized I never even read the description! I guess I was just excited : D

I am very excited to be part of this swap

Darn! My baby's due date lands right in the middle of this swap! I might be a tiny bit distracted.

There was something on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me last week about how to save the US postal system. My suggestion: Require everyone to signup for swap-bot and participate in at least 2 swaps per month. (Detractors of this idea could call it Obama-Mail :^).

@carmen if your baby is late, you're going to need something like this to keep your mind off that fact! :^)

Woohoo 345 in

342 watching

Pm group leaders if you are in different groups than I am in. ( sent to most of mine and will finish that) You can go to my profile and see which groups I am in.

Group leaders PM all your members.

Lets advertise this.

40,000 of us on this site and only 300 signed up.

count me in, I love to craft and know I can come up with a craft item for my partner.that will fit the bill.

@fawnscrafts you have to keep in mind that not all 40,000 still all swap. If fact, that number includes anybody who joined from the very beginning 6 years ago, I think, including some who signed up, but never swapped. Many that do swap avoid public swaps entirely, not everyone on here is available to swap right now (real life timing, like with @carmen s due date, etc), some use swapbot to exchange partners for other groups and don't even look at the main swaps, etc. The fact that nearly 700 of those left are either in, or considering it, is a pretty phenomenal thing as it is :).

358/353 now

out of the current participant list, there are a couple of newbies, the vast majority are 5.0 and nobody any lower than 4.8... Woo! that's a hell of a lot of respectable swapper scores!

364 in 356 watching.

@dreamerkins

Oh I know. I would like to see over 1,000m but really see 2,000 join this swap.

Each day it gets higher, and I think more and more are spreading the word.

im in 20 swaps at moment will after put on my watch list... could i send a swapbot postcard from the meet up we had in sheffield uk would that count as its was sent for the swap bot meet up we had? rachel would that be ok?

380 in 368 watching

@reauk that is what my situation is also. I think that closer we will see a lot of the 'in' number jump up. And the watcher number start to go down.

Ah heck, I signed up! This is history for Swap Bot :) I'm a huge trading newbie but I'm sure I can do something. :)

I predict this swap will be for Swap-bot what the Missoni lane for Target was for Target...who's with me on this??

That should be Missoni LINE for Target was for Target--minus the computer issues, of course!

tend to stick the swaps that are a month or over on watch...that way i dont miss joining out on other good swap that are due long before my swaps on watch lists.i agree with you @fawnscrafts ..

LOTTI02 i do the same thing i put what i want to join in my watchlist so i can join after i get my recent swaps sent!!!

Wow! We are almost at 400!

394 in

379 watching

This is a thought, if you are sending a lot of cards out this week and next, maybe mention this swap.

There are a lot of folks that know nothing about this so far.

I have about 30 cards going out about 20 partners that I could tell, just in the swaps I have partners for as of right now.

Ah hell im #400!!

Wow!! Lucky you! :)

I already made my swap, I can't wait to send it out. :)

410 in

382 watching

I'm so sad :( I would absolutely LOVE to be a part of this swap, but I'm pregnant and due on October 30th. I would hate to join and then have my baby early and not be able to fulfill my end of this. But everyone keep me in mind if you get flaked on, I will be happy to angel (it might take a little bit considering I will have a new baby and all). I'm so happy to be part of this amazing website and community! Good luck everyone!

What a great idea!!!!

I'm in!

I'm #418!

I'm in ! N° 420 :)

I am happy that I joined just in time to celebrate! I am so looking forward to all of this! ^^ NUMBER 423!

I think I am in...lol

I'm holding out...I want to be #500!

OK Dumb question--how can you tell what number you are?????

That is besides counting them ALL!!!!

for whoever I get partnered with - no religious items please. (or talk of religion in letters) thank you.

Yay, I'm excited about this swap!!! @Kittenred - just a suggestion, I would wait until your partner is assigned and personally contact them with your request. There are just so many comments on this swap I wouldn't count on your partner digging through them to see what you've posted. :)

wow..this will be my first swap here! I cant wait to be able to send it..gonna get to it right now =) by the way, do i receive my partner address on October 17 or before?? im new here, but not new on swaps, if the cordinator wants, i can send the link of another communite account =)

Yes and hopefully @kittenred your partner will respect your wishes, but it is not a requirement of the swap. (I would DEFINITELY PM them if it is important to you. It seems unlikely all participants will read these comments first) The requirements are super simple and it is sender's choice, so if you receive something you consider religious, just toss it!

I am happy to be part of this swap, makes up for missing out on all the other 'notable' numbers!

@funkhoup

You look the number of peolple:

Number of people in swap: 440

And when you sign up that number increases in one (441) ans that's your number

447 in

401 watcihng

If you all want it to get higher and higher tell all you have any contact with before the swap starts.

I feel sorry for my partners a few days ago, they all got told about this.

I will tell a few more, if I get some I have not told yet...

Congrats on this site becoming what it is. What an accomplishment! Thankyou Rachel. :)

Thankyou to your partners too. ;)

Wow, almost 500!

489/408. if all 408 (for now) people who are watching signed up, just might hit 1000 people by the 17th

I am waiting so that I can be number 500.

500 in the swap!!! Yay!

Aw, @Amigirl beat me to it.

Quick! A few of us can drop and then it will be back to 499 again ;)

Over 500! woohoo!

Woohoo! Over 500! Amazing! I am extending the mail deadline just a bit due to popular request. Now the mail deadline is Friday, November 4th.

WOW! You'll angel?! That's commitment!!!

I could angel a few for you. :)

I'm sure you will have several angel helpers before it is all over.

I enjoy being part of the historical mega swaps. Anyone reading this please fill me in if you see some I miss. Good luck everyone.

I'll definitely angel this swap.

definately join this :D mine won't be paper but i am in love with my new turn a pic into a knitting pattern program i just got, so someone might be getting an Ernie coaster/small Placemat :D (all depends on the size of needles i settle with lol)

I would love to angel this swap as well

What does "angel a swap" mean?

@Angie .........if your partner doesn't send to you that means they are a "flaker". An angel is someone who will send to you in place of your original partner who flaked.

I am 505,yay =o)

507/428 - That's a LOT of people!

I just joined Swap bot yesterday.. How do I go about joining in on this swap?

Never mind.. I found it! sheepish grin

I guess I couldn't pick a better swap as my first on swap-bot!

I have a quick question...does what we send need to be an "Ernie" something? Like an Ernie ATC / doll / inchie / drawing. A few of us were wondering. This is so much fun!

521 in 425 watching

@clkea if you read the requirements, it says it must reference swap-bot in SOME way, it can be just a letter or a postcard or it can be something ernie related, but it does not have to be.

just had to do this one :)

@clkea - @Megbomb is right, your swap isn't required to have Ernie (the envelope mascot) on it. It just has to reference Swap-bot in some way. So you could write a letter about Swap-bot, make a Swap-bot bookmark, use the orange & blue airmail stripes to decorate a matchbox... anything!

Thanks @racheljohnson There was a little group of us that were a wee bit confused. It's clear now!

I was number 533.

I'm just watching it till the date comes closer because I like signing up for A LOT of swaps, and I can only have 20 at a time, so I need room!! I'll deffinately join though!!

So if I write a Penpal letter and send a Postcard, is that ok? Please PRIVATE MESSAGE ME!!

Thank you in Advance Laura

wouldn't that be cool if a 100,000 people signed up and sent out stuff?

@racheljohnson I will help angel if necessary :)

yippee, I'm making an Ernie mug rug!!!!!

So if you want to PM anyone you think might like to join.

If they have joined they will understand, if not, they may join!

I am going to go head and join tonight, in case something happens and I cannot be at the computer the next three days.

I may go to my archives and peruse my partners and see if any have nto joined yet, if not I will Pm some. I am caught up on my swaps and will only watch Tv other wise.

@Chantal B id love your coasters. i believe i bought a fairy from you on FB,

This I hope is going to be a huge success. I was looking at the view participants, because, YES I am in, but my name does not appear in the list. I am confused.

595, watcher turned swapper ;) Just started on swap-bot, but I'm super excited and already loving it!

Woa, not sure why the font was so large on that message. Yikes!

If my partner is going to send a coaster to me, must I send back something similar to it or can I just send a postcard? Will the items be surprises or should we let our partner know what we are sending, you know, in case he/she thinks it is unfair or he/she doesn't like it and gives low rating?

Do we need send something with Ernie The Envelope in the swap? Or can it be anything swap bot related them like: scrapbook supplies, postcards, journals, etc? Just to be clear, I don't want to mess this up.

xoxo

@MarieAntoinette & @cherriesberries - "The only strict requirement is that your item go through the postal mail and that it references Swap-bot in some way."

This is essentially a sender's choice swap using the theme of swap-bot.

since I missed being #500 I was going to try for #600 but the numbers keep jumping around and with my luck the computer will die...so I'm in!!!

I'm in because this sounded like a great idea! I'm new, and want to participate e in something Celebratory like this!

Last day to decide if you will sign up. So many fine participants!

If anyone is looking for a source for many, diverse new postcards, check out the website for VisionWorks at www.changingworld.com Featuring new postcards from hundreds of different publishers, organized by topic with a great search engine.

Ya know what would be cool? A little pouch decorated like Ernie, that will hold postcards. You could keep it in your purse and when you see PCs you like, free or bought, you could tuck them in the pouch to keep them safe til you get home! Hmmm, wonder if my poor sewing skills could temporarily improve to make something like that...

Number 640, im in and I almost forgot.

All this talk about "Angel the swap"...I sure hope nobody would sign up and then not send!!! That and not rating really makes me sad!

Nothing sadder than not receiving a swap! :( Can't wait to start this swap. My item is ready to go! :)

@astark2009 I just read your comment. If you want to sign up I will make and send your item.

I'm #666 ... ****sprouts demon horns, laughs wildly****

Huge swap closed with 666 swappers...creepy! :O

Lucky wunderland!

Oh man - 666 seems ominous! I will be checking over all participants and assigning partners today. Stay tuned!

666 !!!! Perfect number for Halloween! BWAH HA HA HA HA

It's 665 when it closed.

Too bad, 666 would have been perfect lol. Any idea when she will assign partners?

She says as soon as she looks over the participants. This may take her some time.

Yes, no rush!! We don't want flakers!!!!

Yes - I am sorry. I am still checking over participants, but I will get partners assigned by tomorrow morning. I'm sorry for the delay.

not a problem

No worries. I was just wondering, I didn't mean to offend anybody!

I made an Ernie Christmas Card!

I dont envy Rachel checking through all those participants.

Ok - partners have been assigned!! I extended the mail deadline by a few days since I was delayed in getting them assigned. The new deadline is Nov. 7th.

I removed a handful of participants for rating issues, but I would LOVE to do a private swap with anyone (including those who were removed) on this theme -- just let me know if you'd like to private swap.

Remember, I'd be thrilled to post photos of your Swap-bot creations on the blog. Please email them to rachel -at- swap-bot.com - Thanks!

Happy swapping!

I have a simple question, maybe it's splitting hairs but here it is: When you say, "reference swap-bot" do words need to be used? For example a granny square using orange, blue and white? That is an artistic reference, right? Just making sure now before I pull out my crochet hook or jewelry making stuff to only find out my intrepretation was incorrect. :)

What is the deal with Swap-bot and cupcakes???!!! What am I missing?

@MsSuzanne - a granny square in orange, blue & white would definitely work! It references the Swap-bot colors! You do not need to use the words "Swap-bot" on your item, but you should include a note with your name, username, email, and name of the swap.

@summerhawk - As for cupcakes, I just really like them, so I think they have sort of been connected with Swap-bot. No need to have cupcakes in your swap, though. :)

I made address labels for my partner with Ernie on it!

My Ernie the Envie ATC for my partner in South Africa left home today!

Lovely !!

Such a pity I have missed this great swap - would have loved to join, but I had not checked too many swaps recently

I uploaded my photo to the swap-bot flickr group.

Mine is about the same as above, but with the square button the square card and the magnet or card, I would not tell what is above.

I wanted to let my partner have enough goodies, if she wants to share she can, if not that is cool also.

I do not have a photo of it, but they is are common swap bot items.

My partner's top favorite thing is Miss Kitty, so I incorporated that into my image. I posted an image on my blog.

How did I miss this?! I'm not surprised this is such a popular swap, and congratulations to Rachel and the whole Swap-bot family for enriching so many lives.

Oops! I attempted to leave a photo in my comment, and obviously I did it wrong..! The pic of my swap item can be viewed on my Flickr page.

posted mine today! my send-to / receive from both look like people I'd like to swap with, so that's cool! :)

Thank you sooooo much for all of the amazing 100,000th Swap photos! So awesome! I am going to try to get a bunch of them in a blog post today.

I did an ATC of Crusher. You can see it in my flickr

This was the coolest swap EVER :o) Thank you Rachel ♥

A package to my partner went out. Enjoy!

Sent out my Ernie inspired swap today! Never made a glass bead with a face before... Sadly, I forgot to take photos. :(

Guys I'd be happy to Angel! :)

I made a puzzle with a message on the back... :)

Sorry I couldn't mark my item as sent on monday 7th - I did get it sent before the deadline :-)

i cant click here to tell that i sent already ;( is that some bug of swap-bot?

sssooo sad... This IS the super mega historical swap, and already, I can see some potential flaker. :-( Some people... There are a lot of later senders (and I can see already some that will surely turn into flakers).

I was so looking forward to receiving something cool swap bot related.

Sorry for the whining... just needed to vent it out after such a rough day.

My partner hasn't sent and hasn't logged in since November 6th. Should I message her now or give it a couple more days to see what happens, as its only been a few days since the deadline?

i feel dumb. i forgot to hit send. sorry but its been sent.

This was mailed on time but it's been a busy week, no internet a few days and my great-nephew was born!!!! On 11.11.11 at 11:11 am no less!!!!

I hope everyone is receiving their swap packages... Did you see all the amazing creations on the Swap-bot blog?!

Once all rating options (1 and 3) become available, let me know (via message or email) if you have not received a package. Once you have rated your partner honestly with a 1, I will send out an awesome angel pack!

Looks like I got flaked on, @WhitneyPitney hasn't been in since September and has two 1's for two other swaps she's missed. :-(

Sorry, since October.

Hi @Cakers - please rate your partner with a 1 and I will send out a fun Swap-bot swag angel package to you!

Everyone: All rating options are now available! Make sure to rate your partner honestly with a 1 if you did not receive and then contact me (via the message system or email) in order to get an angel package.

Lots of "Not Sent" on the participants page...very :( indeed.

I messaged my partner to see the status of this since it is still unsent. I wanted to try to give her the benefit of the doubt before rating a 1, but I am beginning to wonder if I am going to get anything.

I have not received anything and I have not been rated. I made a cute Hand drawn ATC of Crusher! Both of my partner are total newbies with almost no ratings under their belts.

I didn't receive anything from my swap partner also. Flaked on the 100,000th swap!

Mine has not yet arrived, either. It was marked sent on 7 November, the deadline. My partner has continued to log in, and I have messaged them to inform them of not receiving yet. However, some things can take up to 2 months to arrive in Cambodia.

It's sad that people flaked on this swap! Mine appears to be AWOL as well...

Am glad that my partner liked the postcard and ATC...

Mine has not arrived. I emailed my partner, but she hasn't been on in almost a month.

Never received anything either. So bummed out, this was the big one :(

I have still not received anything. Almost 2 months now.

mee too :(

me too:(

Same here :(