The Safe Swapper newsletter is a free website that gives safe swapping tips, and includes a site which offers updates on potentially bad swappers. It will include swaplifters from Mikki’s old swap page (some of the more experienced swappers will remember this)as well as other external sources.
First, the Safe Swapper does not give out references by email. Second, subscribers will always have the website at their fingertips. Third, the Safe Swapper does not mediate in swap problems except in extreme cases. The newsletter and the Swap Police are both useful tools, but in different ways.
Swappers who submit a report MUST have at least two good swap references (one can be the Swap Police). This is a requirement. Possibly more may be needed if the references given cannot be contacted. Hopefully, it will prevent swaplifters from seeking revenge on good swappers who have reported them in the past. See the end of this page for what information to send.
The website will soon offer suggestions and hints for a better swap. The Safe Swapper is based solely on what is sent by subscribers as well as the external sources mentioned. The Safe Swapper may or may not verify any of the information given to us by subscribers. The Safe Swapper will not be held accountable for any negative situations that may arise from this website.
A swap can be determined to be "bad" if any or all of the following occur:
These are the 6 levels of a bad swap and each subscriber who reports a bad swapper must assign at least one of these numbers to their comments.
Names are indeed listed, including all aliases, along with all known email addresses. The state or country the swapper lives in will also be listed, if the information is given. However, full addresses will not be listed.
An interactive website may be in the works sometime in the future. This would work like an Ebay feedback system, so that good swappers could also be checked.
Send the following information to safeswapper@yahoo.com:
Name: Email: Two swap references: Swap sites used: Primary email of swaplifter: Name used by swaplifter: City, State or country in which swaplifter resides: Any other emails or aliases used by the swaplifter: Comments (should be limited to one or two sentences, similar to Ebay feedback): Any additional information you think is necessary:
If you have any additional questions, please send an email to safeswapper@yahoo.com.
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