Does anyone here do swapping, penpalling or belong to any sites like postcrossing.com?

I have done a lot of swapping in the past. I have been penpalling for about 15 years now. I have stopped at this point b/c I am due to have baby #3 at any time. I have not had the time nor energy to keep up with it.

I do belong to a couple of swap groups where we swap stuff like journals, stickers and such; then I am a part of a couple of book swapgroups, such as Paperback swap, Book Mooch, anad Bookins; I have gotten some great books from these sources without paying a dime for them; I am also a part of a couple of swap groups that collect postcards as well; I came across Postcrossing via one of the groups I was in and I have gotten some real nice postcards from there. Most have been from Finland. I was surprised to get one from Brazil once. Canada twice, Spain a couple of times. When I started trading them again, I must have gotten them from all over the world except perhaps Africa. A lady from Austria that I swap with was kind to send me some from Kenya and the Seychelles Islands when she went last summer. Eternally grateful to her. Also, I am doing a post where I'm asking MyLotters worldwide here to send me a postcard, as well as if they want one from me, I can send too. So far I have gotten some real nice ones. I hope you guys here check it out and participate as well. Look forward to hearing from you.

I dont think swapping is good for a marriage but penpalling can be fun.

i would like to swapping but in the other hand i can't stand the ideia of share my wife. because of that i won't swap. about penpalling i think it is great. i dont have a penpal. nowadays we can penpalling in msn and stuff like that. Postcrossing its a great project created by Paulo (a friend of mine :D) and its a very great project, you can go there and register then you ask for and random address and then send a nice postcard, once you'r registered and sent at least one postcards your adress will be available randomly to those who request addresses. there are also a few other things you can see in postcrossing.com its a very nice project that everyone should stand for.

Postcrossing.com sounds interesting. I love sending postcards. I'll definitely have to check this one out. Thanks!

hmm never heard and never came across with this site.. as ive said i only trade postcards on several yahoogroups.. might as well check it out. thanks for the site

I have done a lot of Swapping of Friendship Books, Slams, Stickers, Post Cards, etc. and used to do a lot of it via Yahoo groups, but anymore do not have the time to do so. I still enjoy Swapping Stickers and postcards, and need to find some people to do some more of this with. I also Swapped Magnets before as well so I could get Magnets from all over the world as well also.

I used to swap beanie babies through Up4Trade (until they closed down a few years ago). Now I swap books through paperbackswap.com and love it. I read a lot, so this site was perfect for me. I've never swapped postcards, and I don't have a desire to do that at this stage in my life (retiring this year).

This is actually really interesting. I'll have to send my wife to that website as she likes to do things like that. I do know that she goes to PostSecret every week to look at that blog, as she's always very interested in it. I'm glad to know there's things like this out there!!

I joined Postcrossing and I have to admit that official postcards are quite slow. I joined the forum recently and I get addicted with swap, round robin and tagging of postcards and items from the forum members.

I've done both craft swaps, pen pals, and bath and body item swaps. I really enjoy it because swapping is a great way to both get to nkow other people, or help people find items that they want in exchange for ones that they don't want. Some of my favorite things have come from swaps when I've wanted to say, get rid of a soap I was given and didn't like, or just wanted to try some candy from England. It's amazing how generous some people can be and swaps can often give you a great snap shot of other people's lives. I know there is some risk involved because I know plenty of people who have had swap partners flake out on them, but it can feel really good when you send someone a package or letter and it makes them really happy. I'm really glad I saw this discussion because I have lost touch with my pen pals. One got married and moved and forgot to send me her new address, and the other just stopped writing. I think I will have to check out this website and hopefully make a new friend or two.

i do swapping and penpalling and am a member of postcrossing.com :) i tend to swap mainly within my country though, as we have postage prepaid satchels that we can use to send exercise book slams (which are cheap during back-to-school time). i also love decos, but don't have any time for the rest. i collect postcards and so far have had a great experience with postcrossing (apart from the abundance of Finnish cards) and i collect many other things as well, ranging from stamps to My Little Ponies :)

i'm a member of postcrossing. i haven't been active in a while but i was doing it a lot for a while. All over the world. It got kind of expensive though for postage