candi

Ditto. I know it hasn't been denied yet, so I am not complaining, I guess I am just putting my two cents here. I LIKE the secret part about it, playing Santa every month, checking the mail everyday thinking there might be a special package in there. BUT, I do understand how disappointing it is to never get that package..and that was why I offered to send replacement packages before. I also do know that secret swaps are a lot more work for the hostess, so I can see why a partnered swap would be easier in many ways.

That being said, I would still play even if we were partnered, and it would still be fun, like the doll quilt swap, and the pincushion swap. However, I don't see how that is going to prevent slackers. I personally have never been shortened in any swap, but I hear some people saying they didn't get a pincushion, or quilt or whatever, I think if you are going to slack, you are going to do it either way, because even in the secret swaps, the hostess still knows who is partnered with whom, and will track down people who are late sending same way they would track it in a non-secret swap. I am not sure if I am making sense here.

I just hope that hostesses are leaving negative feedback to people not doing their part in swaps, and denying them signing up in future swaps. I personally feel that when you sign up for a swap of any sort, you are taking a bit of risk on not getting anything, not getting as much as you sent, not getting something you like or whatever, and sometimes you will just get a lot more than you expected, and I think that is fun thing about swaps, you never know, and in the process you could make many cyber friends.

OK, that was more like three cents worth :lol: