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re: Android App for BM I have noticed for mass markets that it works more consistently if you scan the bar code on the inside cover instead of the back of the book. Belladonna1975 12 years ago
re: Android App for BM This is a great idea and I bought it and downloaded it. However it will not show my wishlist or my inventory. I was getting the message on each that "It was unable to update this view." but now I am not getting any message, just a blank screen on both. Also, how is the pending page organized? Is it by date because it makes it difficult to look for something since it isn't sorted by catagories (pending, accepted, sent...) Thanks! Belladonna1975 12 years ago
re: Followup to points discussion @ljpbb - I have used the Book Search Among Friends Forum as recently as last week. I posted a list of books I was looking for and that I would be willing to smooch 2 additional points for each one and had no responses. Belladonna1975 13 years ago
re: Followup to points discussion Oh wow, I didn't think about inactive accounts getting wishlist emails! That is a huge issue especially if only 1/5 of the members on BM are currently active. I also love the idea of the "reward" I have a good 100 books on my 2000+ wishlist that I would gladly give an additional 2 points for! Belladonna1975 13 years ago
re: Charitable Fund for Angels You are full of good ideas today Becca! ;) I have been just reposting the book after I receive it. I would definitely start using "official" angel listings instead for tracking purposes. Belladonna1975 13 years ago
re: Charitable Fund for Angels Ok, now this is awesome. :) Belladonna1975 13 years ago
re: Followup 2: intl mooch ratio change I just wanted to say that I received an apology (and a smooch) from John. I have also let him know that despite the changes, I will continue to be an avid moocher and Angel for those who need books from the US. I plan on using the site the way I have always used it. If, in the future, my ratio is damaged as a result of how I mooch, I will cross that bridge at that point. Like Scarlett O'Hara, I will worry about it tomorrow. To everyone who came to my defense, I appreciate you all and hope to see you around LT or BM. :) Belladonna1975 13 years ago
re: Followup : intl mooch ratio change I am going to try to explain my thinking but forgive me if I jumble it up a bit. I am a very active angel on BM with lots of both incoming and outgoing international mooches. Those are the ones that cancel each other out. Then you add in the fact that I am mooching and sending domestically and those are supposed to be 1:1. Right? Ok, here is my point. If I continue to add books to my inventory in order to send these books out, I will continue to accrue points. I already have 200. I will never have a way to successfully use all or most of my points (under the new ratio changes) without continuing to send more books out so it doesn't affect my ratio, thereby adding more points to my account that I can't spend. People say "Give points away" or "Give deals on multiple mooches". I do both of those things regularly but I also don't appreciate being told what to do with the points that I have accrued by sending out books. I have earned them and feel that I should be able to "spend" them however I wish. Until this change, I wasn't ever concerned about any of these things. I sent books out as an Angel for the joy of getting books to people who really wanted them and I mooched "almost 1000 books" according to John because I am a book lover and like to surround myself with them (and read them and try not to create avalanches with them). Another though is what if I have to discontinue my Angel mooching for financial reasons at some point. I have no control over who mooches from me out of my normal inventory. I will have to begin to pay careful attention to that and only mooch internationally the same amount of books that are mooched internationally from me. What a pain! I guess ultimately I am mostly saddened by the way that changes are occurring on BM and less by the changes themselves. There is a huge sense of community here and I have made what I consider to be very dear friends. Regardless of what John does, I will continue to be here. I will continue to mooch and be mooched from and I will do it because I love many of these people and I love books. :) Belladonna1975 13 years ago
re: Followup : intl mooch ratio change I have done no accusations of stealing and no name calling and yet I was used as an example in John's response as if I were a criminal. I have not been gaming the system but rather using it as it had been set up previously. I have a flawless feedback record and have sent close to 700 books (international and domestically)in the past 2 years. I am a good moocher and always respond promptly and communicate delays effectively. For John to insinuate otherwise is insulting. Incidentally, in 2 days it will be my 2 year anniversary of joining bookmooch. Happy anniversary, indeed. Belladonna1975 13 years ago
re: Mooch ratio change for international My mooch ratio was .85:1 and now it is 1.16:1. My understanding was that the bonus was to encourage international mooching. I have almost 200 points in my account and I can see where eventually, if I continue to mooch internationally (which I do quite often) I will get to the point where I will be unable to continue to mooch books (even though I earned the points by sending out books) because my ratio will be too high. At that point I will either have to discontinue using bookmooch or post even more books and get more points that I cannot use. As a US member, I can see where this change will definitely make me think twice about mooching books internationally as much as I do. I was under the impression that you were attempting to increase international mooching but this is a HUGE step in the wrong direction. Belladonna1975 13 years ago

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