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2020: Swap & Sound || SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN.
Here we go! Swaps in the time of COVID. How are you all doing?
We are expecting a fairly normal swaps season, with a few caveats:
1) International mailing: if you like to swap internationally, that's great! But a lot of countries are not currently shipping to certain locations. So, if you are not in the US or UK, it may be wise to double-check your country's postal restrictions and remind us if, for example, you are in Norway and therefore cannot mail to Australia this year. (We are also looking these things up, but we are fallible!)
2) Postal delays: we always expect delays due to holidays, but we expect them extra in 2020. Therefore we advise against shipping anything that could go stale (e.g. homemade baked goods) this year.
3) Checking in ON TIME: in the interest of getting all packages and pinch-hits out efficiently, all swappers MUST check in on Swaps Central by the end of the last sending day (this year that's Saturday, November 14), unless they have requested an extension.
Please note, we generally grant small extensions without penalty (we know people are busy, and our sending period is short), so we strongly encourage you to ask rather than risk being late. If you are very tardy and/or difficult to communicate with, you may be barred from one or more swaps in the future.
YULESWAPS 2020 SCHEDULE:
+ Sign-up forms are open now and will close on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 9:00 PM PDT. Click here for a countdown! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell yourself to set a reminder on your phone!
+ Match-ups will go out the last week of October, probably over a period of a few days (in order to accommodate mail merge sending limits).
+ As noted above, this year's SENDING DEADLINE is Saturday, November 14, 2020. Before signing up, please do a reality/calendar check to make sure you have the time, money, and bandwidth!
REMINDERS:
+ Swaps Central: our all-in-one check-in form! You remember it. Still a thing.
+ Email: please be prepared to contact recipients/respond to senders within 48 hours!
(If you are new, we also suggest emailing us ahead of time at yuleswaps at gmail dot com, so your email will hopefully know we're not spam.)
+ DW/LJ: we will post here after match-ups go out, so everyone knows they definitely did. Please see the FAQ for instructions on how to track the various yuleswaps tags!
+ Sign-ups: now with a confirmation email! And yes, you can edit responses (until sign-ups close).
PLEASE read instructions carefully, and take particular care not to typo your AO3 name or email.
+ Defaulting: can't say it enough... If anything (money, anxiety, life) should happen to you AT ANY POINT in the swapping process, please don't just disappear. Tell us as early as you can, and we'll work it out with you!
And now...
Candyswap 2020: Sweet Security!
Drinkswap 2020: Shelter & Sip!
Bookswap 2020: Snugly Shelved!
Questions? Comments? First check out the FAQ, and then, if that doesn't sort you, feel free to comment either here or there, or email us at yuleswaps at gmail dot com!
Kat (kindness_says) & Livi (anialove)
We are expecting a fairly normal swaps season, with a few caveats:
1) International mailing: if you like to swap internationally, that's great! But a lot of countries are not currently shipping to certain locations. So, if you are not in the US or UK, it may be wise to double-check your country's postal restrictions and remind us if, for example, you are in Norway and therefore cannot mail to Australia this year. (We are also looking these things up, but we are fallible!)
2) Postal delays: we always expect delays due to holidays, but we expect them extra in 2020. Therefore we advise against shipping anything that could go stale (e.g. homemade baked goods) this year.
3) Checking in ON TIME: in the interest of getting all packages and pinch-hits out efficiently, all swappers MUST check in on Swaps Central by the end of the last sending day (this year that's Saturday, November 14), unless they have requested an extension.
Please note, we generally grant small extensions without penalty (we know people are busy, and our sending period is short), so we strongly encourage you to ask rather than risk being late. If you are very tardy and/or difficult to communicate with, you may be barred from one or more swaps in the future.
YULESWAPS 2020 SCHEDULE:
+ Sign-up forms are open now and will close on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 9:00 PM PDT. Click here for a countdown! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell yourself to set a reminder on your phone!
+ Match-ups will go out the last week of October, probably over a period of a few days (in order to accommodate mail merge sending limits).
+ As noted above, this year's SENDING DEADLINE is Saturday, November 14, 2020. Before signing up, please do a reality/calendar check to make sure you have the time, money, and bandwidth!
REMINDERS:
+ Swaps Central: our all-in-one check-in form! You remember it. Still a thing.
+ Email: please be prepared to contact recipients/respond to senders within 48 hours!
(If you are new, we also suggest emailing us ahead of time at yuleswaps at gmail dot com, so your email will hopefully know we're not spam.)
+ DW/LJ: we will post here after match-ups go out, so everyone knows they definitely did. Please see the FAQ for instructions on how to track the various yuleswaps tags!
+ Sign-ups: now with a confirmation email! And yes, you can edit responses (until sign-ups close).
PLEASE read instructions carefully, and take particular care not to typo your AO3 name or email.
+ Defaulting: can't say it enough... If anything (money, anxiety, life) should happen to you AT ANY POINT in the swapping process, please don't just disappear. Tell us as early as you can, and we'll work it out with you!
Drinkswap 2020: Shelter & Sip!
Bookswap 2020: Snugly Shelved!
Questions? Comments? First check out the FAQ, and then, if that doesn't sort you, feel free to comment either here or there, or email us at yuleswaps at gmail dot com!
Kat (
kindness_says) & Livi (anialove)