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After having received only positive emails about the Pink Swap up until last Friday I thought for sure the new "rules" had worked. Sadly, several "bad" experiences have been brought to my attention in the past few days. I wanted to publicly apologize to all those that were paired with someone that was unable to put forth any effort in this year's Pink Swap.
In my opinion there is NO excuse for not following through with your end of the bargain in the Pink Swap. The rules were posted numerous times and were VERY clear and you had several weeks to back out if needed.
To REGIFT items your partner sent YOU is not acceptable.
To send your partner BROKEN items is not acceptable.
To send OLD and DIRTY toys to a grown woman is also not acceptable.
I am saddened that I even have to post this, but some people seem to only want to receive and refuse to give and follow through with their end of the bargain. If you did not follow the swap rules (which can be found here) I encourage you to consider apologizing to your partner. No one that neglected to follow through with their end of the deal will be able to sign up for any future swaps I host and your names will be sent to all other blog hosts, per their request. Again, I apologize to those that got the short end of the stick and hope that this experience did not ruin swaps for you.
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(I did not participate in the swap, I love the idea but I knew I didn't have the time I would want to invest in gift(s) to knock someone's socks off.)
It just baffles me that people out there in the blog world would take advantage of something so fun and creative - especially when the expectations were very clear. Shame on them.
Well I for one would like to THANK you! I'm sorry people had bad experiences, but I loved the things from my partner & I believe she liked what she got too! Thank you so much for organizing all of this craziness for us!
UGH!! I hate this.. I am sorry to hear that this happened. Broken toys?? no!! xo
This just makes me so upset as I have always given and recieved such wonderful gifts and "met" such wonderful ladies through your swaps. I would be so upset if I spent time and effort on someone else only to be given "old and dirty toys"
Thank you for hosting but ALSO thank you for making sure those that don't participate correctly will be allowed to ever again!
This is SO awful!! Those people should be embarrassed! I honestly do not understand how people actually took the effort to send someone dirty and broken toys. Clearly there is something wrong and this person needs help. I greatly enjoyed the swap and thank you Hopsy for organizing!
Sorry to hear this happened. I did not sign up only because I knew I had surgery and other things that may interfere with participating. This is so sad that a few rotten apples have to ruin things like this. I know how much hard work on your part goes into organizing an event like this. If I can contribute gifts for the person(s) who did not receive a gift please let me know. This is exactly why we will never host another Holiday Gift Swap on Re-Lilly, same thing happened 2 years in a row.
I am disgusted. I am not eligible, so I did not participate in your lovely swap, but I would be happy to donate some items to those who were so badly mistreated by their swap partners.
I feel bad that not everyone had the very positive experience I had. I am fortunate to have received some really great items, but even better, to have met a couple of really great women.
Thanks for all your hard work, and I'm sorry it didn't work out for everyone as well as it should have.
very sad for everyone involved -- I, too would be glad to send to those who needs a little boost after a bad swap! Count me in!
I hate to hear this! I had such a lovely experience and feel that I have made a great blog friend through your swap. Thank you for organizing such a wonderful thing! I'm sorry that there are people out there that took advantage of you and their swap partner. Sad.
-Sara
That is horrible to hear! I didn't participate this year...I just didn't have the funds to do a swap the justice it deserved.
I'm so sorry that a few people sullied the reputation of your wonderful swap. Truly shameful.
:-(
I am sorry that some had such a bad experience. I was fortunate and had a wonderful partner. I have a few things that I could send to someone that was let down as well. If you want to try and organize something let me know. It isn't much but it would be better than broken toys.
That's awful. I really agree with people who said they did not have the time or finances to put together a great box, why bother?!
So sad. I say post the pictures. Old toys!? Oh dear.
Just want to say thanks for hosting. In the last swap, I never received anything after sending my package. It was so disappointing.
My pink package arrived today and it is perfection! So lovely and thoughtful. My partner worked to hard, and everything is just so beautiful. Happy Endings!
It's unfortunate that people did not own up to their responsibility. This happened to me once, and since then I have been extremely hesitant about trying it again.
Hopefully, things will go better next time for those that were sent garbage.
You are a very nice person, and hostess.
Oh, goodness. How disappointing for the people who received recycled/broken items, and for you, too. Thank you, Hopsy, for organizing this swap. You have a generous spirit so I'm sure that this has hurt you greatly.
I'd like to add to what others have said. I went a bit overboard purchasing pink things, so I'd be happy to contribute/send something to the offended parties.
Again, thank you for your organizing the swap. Do not let a few miscreants spoil the fun.
I've had this happen to me with a swap I participated in during Christmas. I sent a gift & got nothing. It's very annoying.
Luckily, with the pink swap I have been lucky!So thank you for hosting!
Maybe next year, you just use people who have participated before or have a referral from a previous blog swap they've been in?
You do an amazing job! Swaps are hard work and stressful!!! Thank you for organizing such a great swap ... I loved shopping and had so much fun shipping!!! And to think I get to swap again!!! Yeah me!!
xo mpm
I've participated in several swaps. For two of them, I received zilch in return. I would get emails saying, "It's on the way! Just need to take it to the post office" And then when I would say weeks later that I didn't get it, nothing. I felt uncomfortable telling the hostess because she was blog BFF with my partner! Awkward. Needless to say, I tread very carefully these days!
Seriously??! Regifting and sending toys? Pathetic. I can't wait to participate in this swap next year and show people how to properly pink shop and swap!
This is so sad. I got a very cute box and I had so much fun with my box I sent. I also want to Thank you for all your time you put into this.
So frustrating! I have been on the rotten end of a swamp and it's the worst feeling :O(
Since I do a lot of giveaways etc I wouldn't mind having the list.
I had a wonderful time with the Pink Swap. Thank you for organizing it. Is there anything I can do to help out the people who didn't have a wonderful experience?
Old toys...who sends old toys?!!! Why would someone sign up for a swap and not follow the commitment they made?!!! I'm sorry Hopsy that you had to put up with such bad manners from people. I know it takes a lot of planning and organizing to hold a swap.
I've had wonderful swap partners and I've had such awful ones. One box I received was a box of junk...it all look liked regifted items and food that had expired dates on the packaging.
Unfortunately, I missed out on this year's swap. I hope this doesn't discourage you from doing it next year because so many people really do enjoy it.
I don't even know what a Pink Swap is (assuming you swap things pink :-) ) and it's so sad to hear that not everyone participated properly! It's such a grand and fun idea! xo
I'm sorry to hear that this happened. I have never worked up the courage to participate because I am horrible blogger, but I really enjoy seeing the surprises everyone receives!
The bright side, if there is one, is the generosity all the commenters to this post are offering:)
Oh my goodness! This was my second year and I for one had a ball! I now consider this year's PiNk SwAp partner a friend! We have continued to exchange e~mails after our prezzies were mailed. She is now my Pinkster...Pink Southern Soul Sister. I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for hosting such a wonderful event! Now I would be tickled to send some PINK love to a friend who got the short end of the stick!! You just say the word.
Love and Hugs,
Mrs. Kindergarten
What the hell is wrong with people? How disturbing!
Oh I hate to hear this...I have also been on the side where I didn't get anything from a swap partner...so if you would like to send me the name and address of someone that did not receive their swap items...I would love to send them a special package!
This year I received my partners items and one of the items arrived broken, the response from my partner was that there would be a little something on its way to replace the broken item...now that above and beyond and thoughtful!
Thank you again for hosting a great swap...I look forward to this swap all year!
Norah
Oh this is so awful! I feel so bad for the girls that were hoping for a fun swap and were treated like that! :( I would be happy to send a few goodies to one of the pink swappers who was ignored or treated so horribly! :/
Oh this is so awful! I feel so bad for the girls that were hoping for a fun swap and were treated like that! :( I would be happy to send a few goodies to one of the pink swappers who was ignored or treated so horribly! :/
Me too. Happy to send along a little something to those who had a bad experience.
Some people are so rude, how awful! I enjoyed this year's swap and want to thank you for hosting again! I missed the swap linkup but the lovely goodies sent and received are posted on my blog: http://www.pinkmapleinboston.com/2012/02/pink-swap.html
So sad!! My partner was amazing and I will be doing a post soon to thank both of you! Thank you again so much for hosting it!!
This is super sad; I was so lucky to have an amazing partner this swap, I forgot what its like to be on the receiving end of a bad one. Please let me know if I can send a few things to those who had horrible partners!
Xx, Amy
I still haven't received my swap package from my partner. She claimed to have sent it on Jan. 25. Pretty sure this is my last swap.
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