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Messages: Newbie Bookmoocher Thread
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Passing Up a Mooch of a Related Edition
Hello, I am new here and I have a question about removing related editions that show up on my wishlist. I have removed related editions that show up on my wishlist because the books are: a) printed in a language I don't speak b) the book owner is in another country and it would cost me 3 points (I only have 7.5!) to mooch the book. I don't have a problem if I never see the French, Italian, etc. editions of a book again but if I Remove a Related Edition from my wishlist because the owner(s) of the currently available book(s) are in another country will I now never see that particular Related Edition again? IOW, if someone from the US adds a copy of book I removed/hid from my wishlist in a few minutes, hours, days, etc. will the new book pop up on my wishlist?
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Dana
19 days ago 2 comments
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| (18 days ago) | Rats, I was afraid that was the case. Thanks for the information!
- Dana | | (18 days ago) | I am pretty sure if you remove an edition from your wishlist you have removed that edition from your wishlist, not just the copy currently on the site. So I would suggest not removing them but just ignoring them once you have determined it is not a copy you want to mooch. This sometimes happens with other books as well: a book may not be worth 3 points to you, or not be in the condition you need. You are not obliged to mooch books on your wishlist so I would just ignore them and leave the editions on your wishlist.
- Cara |
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DID YOU KNOW?
...about the BookMooch Angel Charity Fund? YOU may be entitled to a point reimbursement. If you are currently acting as a BookMooch Angel, please allow us to assist you by providing points to help cover your international book shipping cost. Check out our member page by clicking on our name and/or logo on the upper right corner of this message. Do drop me a line at bmangelnetwork@gmail.com with any questions or concerns. Hope to receive your reimbursement request(s) soon! Best, Michelle BookMooch Angel Network Volunteer
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BookMooch Angels Fund
24 days ago 5 comments
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| (23 days ago) | Thanks for helping out with this, Cara.
- michelle | | (23 days ago) | Thanks for that, have now read the information sucessfully, Rose.
- roseliptrot | | (23 days ago) | Rose, If you click the name Bookmooch Angels Fund on the message above, it will take you to the bio page.
- Cara | | (24 days ago) | Hi, unfortunately there is still no logo or link on the right hand side of the email so still unable to find out more about this. Please try again if possible, thanks, Rose.
- roseliptrot | | (24 days ago) | Sorry folks, the last time I posted this message I posted it while logged into my personal BookMooch account, so the logo and the link would not have taken you to the correct place.
- BookMooch Angels Fund |
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Member's email is not working
I tried to contact a member who ordered a book from me. He is in Germany and I tried to notify him that I cannot mail his book because it costs over $16.00 to mail to Germany. The problem is that his email bounces back and therefore I cannot contact him. What should I do about contacting him?
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Eadie Burke
1 month ago 7 comments
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| (27 days ago) | Leanne,
You have to click "remind" on all the books that he mooched. And then after some weeks the "forced received" button will appear. Not the best option, but better than nothing.
- Cara | | (28 days ago) | Leanne, are you the sender? If you have clicked the 'remind' button on these transactions, after some length of time (I want to say it's 2 weeks?) you will be able to mark them received from your end, without him needing to get involved. The tricky bit is that you can't click remind again, or the BM site will reset the clock for being able to force them received.
Also, keep in mind that you've already gotten the points when you clicked sent, so although the transaction is still on your pending page, your points are not on hold.
The BM wiki has more info on this process but I forget how to get there from here right now! Hope that helps.
- LauraTS | | (28 days ago) | no update. As I was contacting them to cancel their request, I don't need to have anymore contact with them.
Thanks for the suggestion of sending the email because I had another requester whose email bounced and they did get back to me.
Eadie
- Eadie Burke | | (28 days ago) | Any update on this? I have 5 transactions with the one member sitting on my pending page. Any communications have bounced, including reminders. USPS delivery confirmation shows all five were delivered on May 15th.
This member has points, but no inventory, so he's probably just trying to use them up and leave Bookmooch. I'm afraid this transaction is going to be clogging up my pending page for months.
Any suggestions?
- Leanne | | (1 month ago) | Cara:
Thanks so much for your suggestion. The email seems to have gone through even though I have not heard back from him yet!
Thanks,
Eadie
- Eadie Burke | | (1 month ago) | Ok thanks! I'll try that!
- Eadie Burke | | (1 month ago) | You could try getting his email address from the bounced back email and write him directly, rather than through Bookmooch. Some ISP reject Bookmooch emails.
- Cara |
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Issues with confirmation email and mooching
I did send an email to tech support, but I thought I would ask here too. I haven't gotten a confirmation email from here (and I've sent off books and am about to send a few more). It said that I wasn't able to mooch a book off of someone because I accept that confirmation email, but now that I look on my wishlist the book is gone. It hasn't appeared in my pending transactions and no points have been taken. I was wondering if the transaction went through and if I'll be getting the book or if it fluked? The book was Poison Study if that helps any.
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Mary Weather
1 month ago 1 comment
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| (1 month ago) | Welcome to Bookmooch Mary. The book is reserved for you. The owner is set for "ask first" so your first request was a request if she would mail it to you. That was the email you should have received saying you had to wait for her to accept the request before you can mooch. Once you receive her acceptance email you can mooch the book here: Maria V. Snyder : Poison Study If you are having trouble getting emails from Bookmooch, it could be your ISP which don't all accept Bookmooch emails.
ETA I just sent you a test email and it didn't bounce back so that is a good sign!
- Cara |
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Wishlist
Hey everyone, can you tell me how the wish list works? If a book is available, does it go to the next person in line or whoever responds first?
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AKinderman
2 months ago 1 comment
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| (2 months ago) | Hello, welcome to BookMooch! The wishlist does not go in order of who wished first--what happens I'm pretty sure is that those who are on the wishlist for that book and related editions are chosen in a completely random order, one at a time, to get an email that the book has been posted. Every 4 hours, I believe, another email goes out to another on the wishlist (unless the book has been mooched, of course), until all have been notified. Also, anyone having that book on their wishlist will, as soon as the book is posted (tho I think there is a few minutes delay to allow condition notes to be posted), be able to look at their wishlist and see if anything is available, even if they haven't gotten an email yet. Also, anyone doing a search at the time the book is posted will see it as available if they run across it while searching, even if it is not on their wishlist. Here is a link to the BookMooch wiki for more info:
http://wiki.bookmooch.com/index.php/Main_Page
Happy mooching, and welcome again :) .
Edited to add: I would advise having as large a wishlist as you possibly can, it really can't be too big, IMHO.
- Melanie C. |
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| (2 months, 2 days ago) | I'm new on bookmooch, and I would LOVE to have some friends!
- Elizabeth Perkins | | (2 months, 2 days ago) | Thank you, Cara.
- Diana Shye | | (2 months, 2 days ago) | Diana,
Once you have a few books on your wishlist, you can see who else is interested in the same books by checking the wishlist on the book details page. You can also look for people within your own country from the browse tab.
- Cara | | (2 months, 3 days ago) | Thank you, Cara and Mosca. Where do I find a list of names to like on to find people I might like to be friends with?
- Diana Shye | | (2 months, 3 days ago) | I started my friends list by adding people (or being added by) who mooched books from me or whom I mooched books from since we had similar interests. I also found a few who had the same books wishlisted as I did and people nearer me geographically. Welcome to Bookmooch!
- Cara | | (2 months, 3 days ago) | Just go to the person's page (click on their name) and click the button Add to Friends on the right-hand side.
- Mosca |
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| (2 months, 22 days ago) | There are two ways to refund a point. The simplest is to go to the member's bio page and look to the upper right for the "smooch" button. This will give the member a point from your points. The other way (which works best for multiple points) is to go to your member page, click on the "charity" button, scroll to the bottom and input the member ID of the person you wish to give points to. On the next page you can select how many points to give.
- Cara |
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Badly Damaged Book Received
I've not had this problem before so I'm not sure what can be done (whether the member sending the book can give me back my Points or replace the book with another request)??? Can someone help me with this? I was really shocked at the condition of the book sent to me; The book cover was taped all over, the edges of the binding were coming apart, the binding was coming undone, and after page 657 the pages were coming loose because of the broken binding. greatgrandmarosie Rosemary Minter
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rosemary minter
3 months, 1 days ago 3 comments
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| (2 months, 28 days ago) | I *hate* the "the book cost you nothing" argument. It cost you a point, which is the equivalent of around $3 in postage at least.
- Cara | | (3 months, 1 days ago) | The senders response to your feedback is ridiculous! I would amend your feedback to state that there wasn't any mention of condition in the listing. That way it clearly shows that they are at fault and it's not you being picky.
- donna | | (3 months, 1 days ago) | I am assuming that you looked back at the transaction record and there was no indication of the condition in the original condition notes? If there wasn't, and the sender didn't communicate the condition to you in an email, than your best recourse is to leave negative feedback giving a clear description of the condition of the book, and that this was not communicated to you by the sender. You can email them and politely suggest that a return of a point might influence you to change your feedback, but there is no other way of getting your point back. There is no refund policy or warranty on Bookmooch.
- Cara |
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Status of sent books
I'm new to this, so bear with me. I've sent 5 books out now but my pending page only lists one as being sent. That particular one was sent just yesterday. One other was sent yessterday and 3 were sent last week. I've clicked on the "sent" button but nothing changes. What do I have to do?
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Barbara
3 months, 22 days ago 5 comments
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| (3 months, 20 days ago) | Thanks for the advice and feedback. All seems to be OK now!
Barbara
- Barbara | | (3 months, 21 days ago) | I'm wondering if maybe you were looking at an older version of the page and if you had reloaded the page it would have shown the changes?
- Cara | | (3 months, 21 days ago) | Welcome to Bookmooch Barbara. On your page I see the 1 book (sent Feb 19) has been received and is now in your "given." Your 1 book sent Feb 25 and 3 books sent Feb 26 are listed as "pending gives." That's where they will stay until the individual moochers receive the books. After each marks their book "received," the transactions move to your "given." Everything looks fine to me.
- gemstone | | (3 months, 21 days ago) | hmmm, I could only see four, unless one has since been received.
- Cara | | (3 months, 22 days ago) | Hi Barbara, I've had a look at your page and all five show as having been sent, one on the 25th the others on the 26th.
- donna |
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Point system
In the "Doom & Gloom" comments there were references to the changed point system for international mooches, so I looked at "Points explained" and it says that giving a book internationally gets me 3 points, but receiving one costs me 2 points. Do I understand this correctly? Where does the extra point come from? Is this to encourage international mooches? (It's a benefit for me, no doubt!) I would have liked to see this information more prominently though, as "news to international members/ moochers/ Change in points system" or similar, instead of accidentally stumbling over it.
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nonameblue
4 months, 7 days ago 2 comments
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| (4 months, 7 days ago) | The points change happened quite a long time ago, but some of the information pages on Bookmooch (including the one you quote) were not updated when the change happened. I made a request about it a while back in the feature requests forum, but nothing came of that.
- Cara | | (4 months, 7 days ago) | i asked about this and it is a mistake, it's 3 points either way. i think it used to be 2 points for mooching but it was changed.
- Eva Cooper |
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can't access wishlist.
HELP please!! I've always had problems with getting onto my wishlist, it has always been very slow to respond when I click, though all the other pages have been fine. Now I can't access it at all - have even tried going to my homepage and clicking on wishlist there too, but no luck. I can get onto every other page, but my wishlist page will NOT come up, so can't see if there is anything I need to mooch. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks. Rose.
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roseliptrot
4 months, 25 days ago 8 comments
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| (4 months, 18 days ago) | thanks for the advice Laura, unfortunately I didn't understand a word of it, sorry. My son set my computer up as simply as possible and showed me how to do very basic functions. (I only had it initially as my daughter had emigrated to Australia and I wanted a webcam.) I've progressed slowly to getting onto various websites, but don't understand any of the terms you used, and wouldn't begin to know how to change anything - or dare risk it. But thanks again - next time ny son visits I'll ask him what it means, ok? Rose.
- roseliptrot | | (4 months, 21 days ago) | You might also try a different browser, in case it's an issue with how the browser's loading the page, and not just your internet connection.
- LauraTS | | (4 months, 21 days ago) | You can also change the number of books visible when you load the wishlist from the pull down menu top right. You will then have to go through each page to view moochable books, but each page should load faster with fewer books per page. Also, reduce the categories visible. For example, hide book covers, book details and Amazon prices.
- Cara | | (4 months, 22 days ago) | You can look at people's profiles when you're not logged in the same way as you would if you were logged in, by going to browse, then members and then putting in the bookmooch ID. To look at your own you'd just do it the same way. Your wishlist won't show the related editions and if you want to mooch something that is showing on your wishlist then it will ask you to sign in after you press the mooch button.
- kathers | | (4 months, 22 days ago) | thanks for that. Have deleted about 50 books from my wishlist, and it does seem marginally faster, but still takes about 5/6 times longer to come up than any other page on the site, but every little helps, so thanks again. Sorry, p.s. no idea how to access anything when I'm not logged in, wouldn't have thought this was possible, but yes, I can access other wishlists (quite quickly) when I'm logged in.
- roseliptrot | | (4 months, 22 days ago) | thanks for that. Have deleted about 50 books from my wishlist, and it does seem marginally faster, but still takes about 5/6 times longer to come up than any other page on the site, but every little helps, so thanks again.
- roseliptrot | | (4 months, 25 days ago) | It could be because of your Internet connection and the size of your wishlist. Try Kathers suggestion. See if you can load someone else's wishlist. One as big or bigger than yours. If the other wishlist loads, contact admin (abuse button on your bio page will work) and report the problem with yours. If it doesn't load then your problem is your Internet connection.
- Cara | | (4 months, 25 days ago) | I am able to see your wishlist both when I'm logged in and when I'm not. Are you able to see other people's wishlists? When you tried to access it from your home page were you logged in? If not try accessing it when you're not logged in. Otherwise I have no idea.
- kathers |
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Can't request book
I'm trying to mooch a book that's on my wishlist and is available, but when I click on mooch now I get to a page that has the member's details and asks me where the book must be sent, but there is no facility for me to enter my address, although my address is on the site anyway. I've been a member for a long time. Any idea what I should do? Errol
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Errol
4 months, 27 days ago 4 comments
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| (4 months, 27 days ago) | Thank you, Donna. I'll contact admin, that's a good idea. I have already written to the owner explaining the situation.
- Errol | | (4 months, 27 days ago) | Contact admin and ask them to look into it but also contact the book owner and explain your situation and ask them if they would hold the book for you until it's all sorted.
- donna | | (4 months, 27 days ago) | Hi Jacquie
Many thanks, but it still is. I have also gone to my bio page and re-entered my address, but it makes no difference. When I click on mooch now I still get the same result. What should I do now?
Errol
- Errol | | (4 months, 27 days ago) | Check whether your address is still entered. This happened to me a while ago; my address had mysteriously disappeared!
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Book lost in mail - can I mark it lost sooner than April?
I sent a book to the UK as a letter, and it got lost in the post. Whether it was eaten by the sorting machines or "borrowed" by an employee who thought it looked good, we will never know. (I sort of hope it is being read somewhere, by someone.) My moocher only received the paper it had been wrapped in, and a suggestion to contact the Danish post office. Given that I sent it as a letter and not a package nothing can be done, it cannot be tracked. However, does anyone know if there is a possibility of marking the book as lost earlier than April? Both me and the moocher agree that this is the best course of action, and he would like his points recredited ASAP, which I think is fair enough. Any tips?
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Buglet
5 months, 4 days ago 1 comment
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Book lost
I posted a book to a member and he emailed me to say that he received the envelope only. He says that he knows I posted the book, however, I don't know if I should mark the book as 'lost' or he should mark it as 'receive'.
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Karlene
5 months, 8 days ago 2 comments
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| (5 months, 5 days ago) | okay, thanks.
- Karlene | | (5 months, 8 days ago) | Since the book was lost in the mail, I would assume you should mark it lost. That way the moocher will get his point back but you won't lose the point, just the feedback. That happened to me once or twice. Such a drag.
- Cara |
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Smooches
I'm loving the site so far, and I've been hearing about 'smooches', which seem like a fantastic feature- but when I look on a member's bio page, there's no option to give them one! Is this feature still in use? And if so, where? Thanks!
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Rachel
5 months, 9 days ago 4 comments
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| (5 months, 8 days ago) | Oh, that makes a lot of sense- thank you! :)
- Rachel | | (5 months, 9 days ago) | Since you are a new member, the smooch feature won't be visible to you right away. This is a protection against people setting up fake accounts and then transferring points to another account. I don't remember how long you have to wait until it becomes visible, but once it does it will be where Peachfuzz says (on someone else's bio page, not your own). Welcome to Bookmooch and happy mooching!
- Cara | | (5 months, 9 days ago) | I only get "email", "add to friends", "recommended" and "report abuse" on the right side of the page...
- Rachel | | (5 months, 9 days ago) | Look at the 5 options on the right side of the page - "Smooch" is the 3rd.
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Books Received But Not Marked As Such
I have 2 different transactions where I know the books were delivered because they had delivery confirmation on the packages. I have e-mailed the receivers on several occasions as well as sent Reminders and still nothing. How can I mark the books received? I have an option to mark them lost but they are not lost, they were delivered.
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LaVonne
5 months, 18 days ago 2 comments
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| (5 months, 18 days ago) | Thanks for the clarification. I did not know there was a set timeframe and then I could mark them as received.
- LaVonne | | (5 months, 18 days ago) | 6 weeks after you click "remind" a forced received button will appear. The clock resets if you click "remind" again. Happy New Year and I hope the moochers respond on their own soon.
- Cara |
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Multiple copies...
I manage our school library (very small school, very small library), so I occasionally have sets of books donated. But when I try to list multiple copies, Bookmooch tells me the post is "a duplicate" and won't accept it. Yes, it is a duplicate -- I have 10 - 20 copies of some books! How can I list multiple copies? Can I list a set of 5 or 10 to be mooched As a set? Thanks...
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taimi
6 months, 7 days ago 3 comments
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| (6 months, 6 days ago) | Thanks to both of you, Sarah & Kathers. The information helps!
- taimi | | (6 months, 6 days ago) | Go into your inventory, at the top on the same line as where it says "your inventory" there is a drop drown box which will be showing the number of books in your inventory, click on the arrow and then select settings. That will come up with a page listing your settings including a box you can tick to "allow multiple copies of the same book in your inventory". I hope that helps,
Kathers
- kathers | | (6 months, 6 days ago) | I haven't done it in a while, but when I have posted more than one copy, it used to tell me it was a duplicate and ask me to confirm that I wanted to list two copies. This is to make sure people don't accidentally post multiple copies. If that doesn't work, you will have to wait until the first copy is mooched to post the second copy, and it is possible you'll have to mark the first one mailed before you can post the second copy. When you accept a mooch but haven't mailed it yet, it is still in your inventory when you look at it.
As for sets, you cannot require people to mooch more than one book domestically. You can ask but not require it. Most people who want more than one book from a set will check your inventory and mooch them all from you.
- Sarah |
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