KarenHolt said: ... If I am told that someone wants something specific, I'm just adding it to their bag so they can save their dib for something else. Make sense? ...
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That's very kind!
But I think that you'll find, after the first few days of the trade, that everyone has requested everything that they want the most, and most things they want very much. By the last few days, everyone will have lots of dibs tickets left over and can request anything they want, until they get to the point of requesting seeds they won't even have room or time to sow for more than a year.
Giving the wish list seeds as a gift instead of a trade is kind. Some variety might "run out" before they request it, or they might not see that you added it to your list. I'd urge you to keep a list of those gift packets, though, so you can add them to your "shipping list" when you package up all the seeds going to DnD.
BTW, I just thought of another reason to request more seeds than are requested from you.
SOMEone has to receive more than they give. The numbers CAN never balance exactly. Wanting to get into the "plus" column motivates us to think of seeds that would be desired by many, but no one can predict what others will want most.
