Some notes on how the swap tool works:
First and foremost, if you have any questions on how to use the swap tool,
PLEASE ASK. It's quite likely that someone else has the same question.
Times and Dates:- All dates and times are based on the current date and time on the Garden.Org server. For those of us on the East coast, that time is 4 hours ahead. So, when it's 09:00am where you are, the server time is 01:00pm. This will be critical as the trading dealine approaches.
- Trading for this swap ends on Friday, September 9, 2016.
- As far as the Garden.Org site is concerned, the date changes at 08:00pm local time. This means that at 08:00pm each evening, you will receive more 'dibs' to trade items.
Getting Started: - To participate, you need to register
- Once you complete your registration, the system will automatically set up some stuff for you to keep track of what you're offering and what you've called dibs on.
Your Swap List:- The swap list is a list of items being offered. There are two different swap lists: your personal list and the master list.
- Your personal list is where you list items that you are offering for trade.
- The master swap list is everything being offered by all registered traders.
- As you add items to your swap list and marked them as available, they will appear on the master swap list.
Trading Items:- The master swap list shows all items being offered by registered traders.
- In order to 'call dibs' or 'buy' an item in the swap, you need a supply of 'dibs'. Think of dibs as tokens for the bus or subway. Each dib let's you claim one offered item.
- The system hands out more dibs each day. The number of dibs given is equal to the current trading day. For example, if trading has been going on for 5 days, each person receives 5 more dibs. Dibs are cumulative. If you had 3 dibs left at the end of the day, they are added to what ever you get the next day.
- Dibs are given out at 08:00pm each evening. Please refer to the 'Times and Dates' section above for an explanation
- You do not have to use all of your dibs!
- When you call dibs on an item, your number of available dibs is reduced by one, the 'seller' or person offering the item is notified that you want something and the available inventory for that item is reduced by one.
- If the quantity available for a particular item iszero, you may contact the seller via tree mail to enquire if they have any more available. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t.
Seller Inventory Tracking:- The system will automatically track your available inventory. When someone calls dibs on an item that you are offering, it will appear on your 'Sold Item' list, and your available inventory will be reduced by one.
- Once the swap has finished, you can print out your sold items list to use for packing everything up.
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Updated 18-Jul-2016 21:42 - Add links to 'bought' and 'sold' pages; clarified system time vs local time.
