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Swap Coordinator:ninethreeo (contact)
Swap categories: Random Items  Challenges  Miscellaneous 
Number of people in swap:5
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:August 18, 2006
Date items must be sent by:August 31, 2006
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

OK, I'm bending the Swap-Bot system a little here, but bear with me, I think this will work..

The first four people to sign up for this swap will be the ones who participate. This means there will be five people including myself. We will each buy a 24 exposure disposable camera, mark it clearly with our name/swap-bot ID and send it to the person Swap-Bot says we are to swap with. We will then be recieving an empty disposable camera in the mail, we'll take six pictures with it and mail it on again to the same allocated person. In total we should recieve four different cameras, (from the same person each time), take six pictures with it and then mail it on again. If it works correctly we'll then get our original camera back complete with 24 photos taken by four strangers. It will then be up to us to get the camera processed and see what we get! I guess I should say at this point - no nudity please, that's a surprise we could maybe do without.

A few other notes: This is an international swap, and you will have to send a camera four times for it to work, so please bear this in mind. Please send by airmail/global priority mail only, and pack well.

As this is a trial, established swappers with good feedback (say 3.5+) only please. I'm afraid I'll remove you if you have no feedback or bad feedback this time. I may run another for newbies if it works OK.

When you sign up, drop me a quick contact message. I'll run this on a first-come-first-in basis and the first four people I hear from (feedback allowing) will be in.

I'll try to edit the sign up dates when we're all in to close the swap. The send out dates won't be binding as such, just please take your photos and send on the camera as soon as you can. Try not to hold on to the camera for more than 3-4 days.

If you choose you can include a little booklet/piece of paper with your camera for the participants to record some details about the photos they have taken.

You could also send a 36 exposure camera and have each person take 9 photos if you prefer.

We can keep track of where the cameras are using the discussion below.

That's it. If you've read this far and it all makes sense then jump on board. Let's see if it works!

Discussion

Farruska 08/16/2006 #

Although I won't be able to join on this one cuz the timming is just not right for me (and I'm new therefore no rating :D) , I'd like to just make a couple of comments.

first of all, excellent idea for a swap ;) This idea works, when commited. I've participated in a camera-travel around the world, and all went great! also in something similar in geocaching as well :)

have fun!!

user1901 08/22/2006 #

Hi--This is Raquel in Homestead, Florida and I've sent my camera on to Julie in New Mexico. Sara is in the U.K. Where are the other 2 cameras coming/going to? Just curious.

ninethreeo 08/22/2006 #

Hi Raquel You're all in the US apart from me! Florida, New Mexico, Illinois, Kentucky and... Nottingham, UK

user2160 08/23/2006 #

Maria, I received your camera today...I'll have it on the road again really soon!

EuniceBurns 08/25/2006 #

Hi Raquel I got your camera today and will have it traveling again by Monday!

I also got my camera back in the mail today postage due! And the post office calculated postage! Argh. It will also be sent off again by Monday.

ninethreeo 08/31/2006 #

Retta's camera received, snaps taken, and sent on to Raquel yesterday. Be with you soon I hope!

user1901 09/ 7/2006 #

Hi--This is funny I received 2 cameras from the UK one day apart. The first one (ninethree0) Wed 9/6 and the other (droolkitty/Retta) today. We've been having an awful lot of rain so I figure this weekend will be a good time to snap pictures on both cameras. I've got locations swirling around in my brain and I am carrying the cameras with me in case something "picture worthy" crosses my path.

user2160 09/ 8/2006 #

I'm sending out Maria's camera to Sarah today. It has been rather gray and rainy here so I wasn't able to get the shots I wanted until the past couple of days. It should be there soon!

user2160 09/ 9/2006 #

I also got Raquel's camera yesterday and took the pictures and am sending it out today.

ninethreeo 09/14/2006 #

Thanks Retta, I'll keep an eye out for them arriving here. It's dull and rainy in Nottingham too at the moment, will have to get creative if the weather doesn't improve!

riario 10/12/2006 #

Um, I haven't seen a camera for about a month. Does anyone know where they are?

EuniceBurns 10/13/2006 #

I haven't had one for since the end of August. I was just coming here to post the same thing.

ninethreeo 10/19/2006 #

I'm so sorry ladies, most of them are with me. I had three turn up almost at the same time, but then the baby was poorly. Happily she's all better now and I've made a start on the cameras. Raquel's is just finished so I'll try to post tomorrow, and I've made a start on Maria's. I'll post an update here when I get each one in the mail. Sorry sorry sorry again! Sarah

EuniceBurns 01/11/2007 #

I got ninethreeo's and droolkitty's cameras a couple weeks ago. I am mailing them off to today! :)

riario 02/ 1/2007 #

mailing off ninethreeo's and droolkitty's cameras today :)

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