I will usually swap with most people if they have a crime story on their list, I never remember to look at their book's  condition, providing I haven't read their books already I am happy to swap.

Am I the only one who doesn't look at the book's condition ?  I have received some really good stories that have been quite old and I have been pleased to get them.

 

No I don't alway look at condition either so long as the pages are intact and I haven't read it before then I am happy.

You could always just leave them in your list... don't accept OR deny. They'd then have to cancel to re-request (but would do so repeatedly, no doubt). Barring that, you could drop the book from your active list for a bit... maybe add it just before you make a swap request from someone, and then drop it out again.

I keep all RISI swap mails in a folder, sorted by the activity (need to send out, posted, received, rejected, cancelled, etc), and when I'm requesting a book I'll check my 'rejected' folder to see if I've already asked that person for a book (use your email's 'find' feature). If I have and I've not added any new books, then I'll skip requesting from that person. If I *have* added new books (or it's been a few months), then I'll go ahead and request from them anyway.

This was a recommendation from Hecate when I first joined up, and it's worked really well. I don't *think* I've annoyed any people to death, at any rate. ;-)

 

 

 

baffiebabe:

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I keep all RISI swap mails in a folder, sorted by the activity (need to send out, posted, received, rejected, cancelled, etc), and when I'm requesting a book I'll check my 'rejected' folder to see if I've already asked that person for a book (use your email's 'find' feature). If I have and I've not added any new books, then I'll skip requesting from that person. If I *have* added new books (or it's been a few months), then I'll go ahead and request from them anyway.

Goodness me, you're so organised!  I just try and remember who I've asked and rarely go back to someone twice.  It wouldn't be the end of the world for me if someone asked me several times - in fact I was really pleased when someone who had asked me several times for a book, then joined the forums so I could pm them to tell them I didn't want to read any of their books but was more than happy to send the book to them anyway.  Also, thanks to being able to communicate with anyone who posts on the forums, we can now suggest that someone looks at our TBR pile in case there is something there they might like instead.  This seems to work very well on the forums.

Sounds like we have similar tastes Emma, I have the Karin Slaughter one, haven't read it yet though as I seem to have had a bit of a buying frenzy lately, but I also have Broken Angels on my TBR, so won't be swapping for that one....................
I sometimes feel that if I've just bought a new book I should be able to get something really 'good' in return, but I end up turning everyone down because they haven't got anything I really want and the book stays on my list. I think it'll give me 'swapping power' when I request from someone else, but often it'll be something older on my list that someone else will go for, or turn me down altogether.
I guess the truth us, one second hand book is just as much value as another, the only thing that matters is its condition.