Proudly from your country

You will send one partner a small surprise, consisting ONLY of great things made in your country which are not widely distributed by big international chains, therefore they are difficult (although not impossible) to get somewhere else and which you thing is so great that it makes you proud on where you live (in case of US swappers it must from your city or at least from your state, not widely distributed in other US states). Value around 5$ (thats roughly 3,6 Euro today) so we will not risk so much in swap opened to everyone.

Completely senders choice so you prepare something even before swap deadline. However if you want to send edible stuff, take a look on your partners profile before sending, because people in some countries like Australia (i think) cannot recieve edibles internationally. Checking for example http://worldweather.wmo.int/ to find out temperatures in your partners country this time of year might be also good idea if you want to know if what you are sending can survive the trip.

Everybody is welcome :-)

"Few" how-to notes for absolute newbies:

Until we reach one day after "Last day to signup/drop", the swap is not actually started yet, so you can anytime signup/drop without any consequences. When we reach that day, i have to press a button to assign partners (I cannot influence who is assigned to who, its automatical). Then you will see on your dashboard in details about this swap "Partners assigned: Yes".

Until we reach one day after "Date items must be sent by:", you should click on "See the patners you send to" link and check to who you should send your surprise and (for this swap at least when you want to send something edible) check profile of this person, put surprise you want to send into envelope or box, send it and go to this swap and click "Click here when you have sent your items". Thats it :-) . It does not matter how long it takes to arive, however if you send somewhere far use airmail (or if your financial situation is not so good, at least notify your swap partner that you sent by land).

If you did not send until "Date items must be sent by:" date, you can still send your items and mark that you sent, but be prepared that some people may rate you only 3 for the delay. If you have some serious reason for delay with sending, please let me and your swap partner know.

If you dont receive your package from this swap for long time, click on "rate your partner and coordinator" link, but dont rate yet. Just check person that should send to you (It may be different person that to who you send) and her/his profile, click on "View participants" to see when the package was send and if you will see that package has to travel between continents (for example from Europe to Asia, from Asia to USA) be patient!

When its really too long, contact the sender try to sort out together what happened (maybe she/he got ill or has house damaged by tornato, you never know). If the sender will be willing to resend, you still might get something, if not, we will all consider her/him to be a "flaker" and you can give very very bad 1 rating :-P .

If you DO receive your package and printed date on it when post office accepted it is "Date items must be sent by:" or before, rate always 5 for this swap (because its senders choice what you should get) and if you love what you received, you may give a heart for it. If it was sent later than "Date items must be sent by:" date, you may rate 3 (but you dont have to, its up to you).