New members, what did you think? Did you fare well? Excited?

Is there anyone struggling with claiming dibs or otherwise frustrated or have concerns or questions about anything? If so, please let me know so that I can address them.

Lol, Yes we are. Everyone in my house, including the baby knows to leave me alone at 6:59 or no one eats.

Lalambchop1 said:I was done in less than 2 mins.

Libby, are we going to get 5 tickets every day?

Actually, the MULTIPLIER is 4 (you probably got 5 tickets because atleast two people claimed dibs on your items so you got an additional 0.5 tickets per seed packet of yours that was claimed)
....which means on day 2 (tomorrow), you will get EIGHT tickets!

Edited to add:

...on day 3 you will get TWELVE tickets
...on day 4 you will get SIXTEEN tickets
...and so on...

DogsNDaylilies said:New members, what did you think? Did you fare well? Excited?

Yes and yes! I am gonna hug 'em and love 'em and call 'em all George! I still have a few things on my relatively-short wishlist that I am crossing my fingers for still being there for me tomorrow.

Off to organize what I'll dib on tomorrow. Wow this is fun!

DND--I had so much fun. I had no idea how it was going to work but it was a nice mystery. I think I fared very well and I'm very happy. I feel like I have 100 new friends.

30, anyway!

Well said!

Sometimes I get more excited listening to the new folks when they do this for the first time. It's so sweet and reminds me of my first time.

I lived thru it and came out relatively unscathed. Seriously, no problems but I do have a question: what is the quickest way to see if anyone wanted any of my seeds?

Wow that was fast. Reminds me of cooking the Thanksgiving feast, hrs & hrs of work, sit down for 10 mins a d all done Can't wait for round 2

Congratulations on surviving!

>> what is the quickest way to see if anyone wanted any of my seeds

Go to "View your "sold" items" from DND's swap home page.

That lists each person who requested a pkt from you. However, today it only lists those who wanted your seeds MORE THAN all 1,700 other offerings. By Day Four or so, people will be requesting "wanted" seeds. The first few days are more like "VERY Eagerly Wanted Seeds".

I'm not sure this link will take you directly there (it might take you to my "Sold" list instead):
http://garden.org/apps/swap/se...

Rick, for the record, that DOES take each member to their own, personalized 'sold' list, not yours (Rick's) sold list. I wasn't sure what it would do, either.

This is very true Rick about the first night. I always get the things I want the worst or have waited on for the longest, lol. Now, in the coming days, it's all just icing on the cake for me and others I would bet. The bad part is you get hooked on this. I thought about starting a seed trading addiction group, but then I thought about it. I am in a seed trading addicted group!

Hahaha, Karen! That sounds a bit like my description for the NARR seed giveaway from our All Seeds Swap group.

(BTW, you'll notice that I never abbreviate our group's name...with good reason, LoL! If it weren't a political symbol, I might find a really cute picture of a donkey, edit in some seeds, and make it our group logo, just to own the funny abbreviation with pride, LoL! Ah well....)

KarenHolt said: ... The bad part is you get hooked on this. I thought about starting a seed trading addiction group, but then I thought about it. I am in a seed trading addicted group!

Karen, you called it!

A recommendation for the newer members (and reminder for our vets)...

Go back into your wish list and un-star your already-claimed items so that your favorites that you hope to get tonight will go to the top of your list. (Otherwise, you have to scroll through your already-win items to get to the items you want and it will take precious time away.)

That's a great reminder!

DnD, good idea. Gonna go do that right now.

Just remembered that today was the first day!!! LOL ( I raced to get on) but I did get some of my favorites anyways can't wait for tomorrow's tickets

~Michael