Adventures of the Traveling Postcard Round #71

I have been in this swap since round 19 and have never seen any of my cards come home. Where are they going? Is there a black hole full of my postcards? if anyone has one of mine, please let me know!

Unfortunately the same happened to me too.... I am afraid many of my cards joined yours!

Same here. I dropped out about 2 years ago, but check in occasionally to read comments here. I still have one out there somewhere.

I had two on rotation for the last two years and so far they haven't comeback to me. This is quite disappointing... :-(

Maybe we should start a lost card club! Has anyone seen mine?

Interesting - I joined the very first of these swaps and never got mine back, so after a year or two, I dropped out, too. But, like @palmettogirl727 I keep hoping if I comment, or check in, I might see where my card got to. I'm afraid, though, that it's sitting under a pile of stuff in somebody's house (I hope), or it's been thrown out (no idea why, when it has a stamp on it)!

Somebody comment who HAS gotten their postcard back... please! Give the rest of us hope! I've only been in for a few rounds but I hope that I see my card come back someday.

I should add that I enjoy seeing all the postcards that come in and that I pass on, and many people include little extras in the envelope. So the swap is totally worth it even if I don't get mine back. :-)

Juniebird-I did get my first postcard back successfully. That's been 3 years ago or so. It had 6-7 "swap" signatures on it. I started a second one then, and it's not come home.

I have gotten several back filled , possibly 3 stull love doing these even if it takes a long time to get them back . This round i sent 2 back filled and hopefully their owners have recieved them and very happy all the places its been ! Don’t give up hope ! I love doing these swaps ! Thank you for hosting this swap and hope to see many more !

It is possible that flakers have joined these swaps and never returned which is why some cards wind up lost in the wind. Perhaps have a rating requirement? Just a suggestion.

It's not about flakers only in my opinion :( I already had some partners whose cards did never arrive to me :( so it means cards got lost. 2 or 3 of my postcards are (?) in the game, but I already put them into in the first rounds, so I don't expect them coming back to me :D

I just received a postcard back I started in round 52!

Thanks to @mcovey for sending it back home and thanks to @ashanti2106 @Rimbar @Starmouse @Sam86 @SaraJaneKnits, @NatashaMay @Rimbar (once again!), @mymymymy @pne @elinor @teresallo and @fabriqueen for signing my postcard and sending it along!

I also received several back home, one of them was away for about 2 years! I will try to keep track from now one about how many of my own are still traveling and wil keep you informed about that! Does anyone have one of mine with them?

I have 2 cards to send this round, @theaterfan23 and Margie D. from TX,USA

I am sending home Nadja from Austria started in round #48, and forwarding on Jackie from St. Paul,MN from round #65.

I have one from @fbesnah started in #68
Actually I wanted to send it in #70 but I couldn't find the card. When I was tidying my office yesterday I found it and will now send it in #71.

@fbresnah is the correct name...

I've been in since the early days and received quite a few back. I never kept count of how many I sent out so I don't know if any are missing or not. I'm guessing the missing ones are from people who just dropped out of participation and unfortunately we're not kind enough to pop it in an envie and spend a stamp to get it to the owner. Some of it is certainly flakers, too. I believe I've had to rate a 1 at least once and I had another I should have given a 1 or 3 because I never received and when I contacted them they were so ho-hum and not concerned that I didn't receive it. It made me wonder if they sent. That was a couple of years ago.

Anyway, I find it to be a fun swap. I use PCs I really like but no super special or slight costly PCs, just in case it doesn't return.

This round sending on Sherry from Alaska.

I have another two cards to send in this round. One is from @mellyrose89 (#66) and one from @religt (#61).

I have two to send on this round. One for Mimi7 which says it was started in round 40. Looks like there is room for a couple more names. And one for someone named Jane in West Yorkshire England (can't find her user name on the card). It's from round 65 and has plenty of room for names still.

@fbresnah about the rating: I check each profile every round manually to check their scores (if they have lower than 5). People are only allowed in this swap if they have at least 50 type 2 or type 3 at their name.

I created round 72 already. ;-)

http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/252204?new=1

I'm forwarding Mary Warns (USA) & Julia ? (USA)

JUST A SUGGESTION: Maybe it can be included in the rules that when we join the swap, we ALSO do what I have done above & state who's PC we are forwarding. Then EVERYONE will know if their PC is still in the system.

I have received cards back. I also have mailed some where my partner said she did not receive them. The envelope apparently got lost in the mail.

I have not gotten any of my cards back yet and have chosen to drop out of the swap. I have two cards here with me now from Round #70 that will be returned to the Coordinator (whom I've contacted). The two cards I have are addressed to Dawn Anderson, and Katka Loutilova

I have cards for Dawn Nivera and Sarah Coller, both of them with lots of space.

I have postcards from @Maggie249 and @Natusa will be sending off in the next round.

I'm sending home a card for Tammy Donnelly.

I have @evaizzy to send on

I will be sending on @SatisHuman 's card this time.

I have sent out 7 of my own cards in the almost 5 years I've been participating in this swap, the last one for R71. Some have come back, usually after quite a long delay, and others haven't, but I haven't kept track of the numbers.

I have cards for Patricia LaPierre started on 6/2/17 (about 1/2 done) and Peggy Olivier started in Round #66, also about 1/2 done that I will be forwarding this round.

Thank you @noname13 for the update about my card! Happy to know it's still out there!

I will post a comment of the cards I'm sending before I drop them in the mail. :) I also have a list at home of nearly all the cards I've had come through, so I'll check it for names of some of you above. I think I started in round 58, and have 2 floating around.

I have had 2 cards come home, I treasure them. I've also had 2 cards sent to me in the swap that never arrived in my mailbox. I like the idea of everyone listing whose card they got in any given round- I have a new (round 67) card from Stacey Coates to send on.

Sending on cards belonging to Stacey Coates (what's your user name?) and @cookiechops (Jess). I don't have any other useful updates unfortunately. I had one of @tizzicat 's, but that was a year ago. @Caddi - I had one of yours in round 69.

@tizzicat I had your card in Round #59 and I was never rated for that round, so it's possible it got lost on the way to the Czech Republic, sent to @Kacka Two other card were in that package, belonging to @lisalisa3 and @draco .

Am mailing out cards from Alaina and Jane M to Bonnie P today.

Sending to Chen in Israel

This round I am sending out cards started by... Patty Tran (started round #64) Rebecca Watkins (started round #62)

@juniebird - I'm actually sending on a postcard from you from Round 66 this round - so you have at least one still in circulation :)

Thanks @ReLigt for the update!

I am passing on a postcard for @AmookIslandCreations and a one for @mymymymy is going home!

I'm passing on the postcard of @Rimbar (Inez Moncada)

I'm sending cards of @NatashaMay (round #68) and @TexyDeb (round #69).

I am sending cards belonging to @Tyracrafty from #66 which is nearly full and one for @Caddi which is half full.

@Janeengland thanks for the update! Can you let me know in a private message who you sent it to so that I can check if the address is still up to date?

I have cards for @Apelser from round #66 and #69

I'm sending on cards from @Janeengland - round #62 and Sherry Harmes in Alaska - round #64. Both still have lots of space left.

I sent a cars from Lucy Chan (petercure)

I have "institches" from round 67.