[amanda1210]

This is about jymware015 from MakeupAlley.com I sent her two eyeshadows for a swap, and she NEVER sent me my product while she got hers over two weeks ago! Now she is not even a user and I am very upset especially since that was my first swap ever, and I am NEVER EVER SWAPPING AGAIN because of this! She at first wanted EVERYTHING on my swap list (3 mac eyeshdaows, and 2 ulta shadows) for one mac blush and an eyeshadow, and I thought that was asking for a little much especially since she wanted me to send out the items first, and THEN she would send them out AFTER she received my end because she "had people not sending items to her" in swaps before. So I seattled on two eyeshadows for a blush (which she got her shadows in 3 days!). And then the other girl I swapped with "forgot" to send me the gift card that she owed me in a swap and I'm still awaiting that a week later! I am very upset and have no idea what to do.

[shyiskrazy2]

I'm sorry babe. Swapping can be a bad experience. I had swapped a brand new Clinique e/s for a mini lipgloss (which she failed to mention...I know because it came as a set of 3 lipglosses in UD). I felt cheated. I guess, now I just do sales on here because you get payment first and send product second. Are you still looking for that honey uD deluxe e/s? PM me....I will give it to you.

[Ricci]

Hey shy thats awfully kind of u!
Amanda that sucks .. if u want to buy and swap here as lot of users here have excellent feedback

[amanda1210]

Thank you for sharing your story with me about how you were also treated unfairly in a swap. I will PM you in a minute... I can't believe how messed up people can be. I use to be an "only-selling" kind of person but figured that some stuff just wont sell so I should try swaping, but nope, never again, well atleast not at MUA, but I know all of the girls here are SO kind!

[shyiskrazy2]

PM box full. Please empty it a little. THX!

[amanda1210]

Just emptied it, sorry I didn’t know it was full. Thanks for posting the message here.

[Aprill]

Nope nope nope, dont quit.

I am sorry that happened, and the same thing happened to me where I had a member lie and say that something I sent her was broken I requested pics, she said she didnt own a camera, yet posted FOTD's here, lol

Long story short, she gave me a negative, kept the palette and deleted her account.

But there was a lesson to be learned that I hear the girls cry over and over aand over again: Swap with vets. Feedback of 50 tokens over a 3 month period is not a vet and i guarantee they dont know the unspoken rules of swapping. Most peeps (like me) have those in my notepad. Dont give up, dont let it get you down, Find longstanding members here and there (by here you know what I am talking about) , to swap with.

[michal_cohen]

it happend to me once or twice but i still love to swap

if you had a bad experience once it doesnt mean that it will happen again

[Arielle123]

I'm sorry that happened to you, there are bad people out there!

It's been suggested to swap only with vets. Is that fair? I'm a new swapper. I'm willing to ship first isn't that enough? I have tons of feedback on ebay and have been more than generous and doing everything right as far as I know. Is it fair to not swap with me b/c there are a few bad apples out there?

Back to the matter at hand. Chin up, not everybody out there is bad. Don't give up!

[Ashley]

I'm sorry that happened to you! Don't swear off swapping entirely, just be more careful and try to swap with established members who have great feedback.


Two users here also had trouble with the same person:
mac_cosmetics: MUA swaplifers!

[Aprill]

Originally Posted by Arielle123

I'm sorry that happened to you, there are bad people out there!

It's been suggested to swap only with vets. Is that fair? I'm a new swapper. I'm willing to ship first isn't that enough? I have tons of feedback on ebay and have been more than generous and doing everything right as far as I know. Is it fair to not swap with me b/c there are a few bad apples out there?

Back to the matter at hand. Chin up, not everybody out there is bad. Don't give up!

yeah but swapping with some one with as many tokens as you spells trouble. That rule is in place for a reason.... if you send first to someone first that has been around a long time, you wont get lifted. And ebay feedback is not swap feedback because it has happened where someone gave a ebay name and it wasnt even theirs.

In short, the blind shouldnt lead the blind, that's what two noobs sometimes do. And as you will see, if you havent seen, your swaplifters are the new people, not the ones with 200 tokens

[Kenalive]

It happend to me with the same chick. I did file mail fraud but I am so mad!! She deleted her account last week. This was only my second swap and I do not think that I will be doing another. I am going to get rid of the stuff that I have up threre and buy from here on out. It seems like MUA does not even care about posting something to keep jymware015 from doing this to others.

[Arielle123]

Originally Posted by Aprill

yeah but swapping with some one with as many tokens as you spells trouble. That rule is in place for a reason.... if you send first to someone first that has been around a long time, you wont get lifted. And ebay feedback is not swap feedback because it has happened where someone gave a ebay name and it wasnt even theirs.

In short, the blind shouldnt lead the blind, that's what two noobs sometimes do. And as you will see, if you havent seen, your swaplifters are the new people, not the ones with 200 tokens

Yes I know the swaplifters are generally those with less than 200 tokens I'm just saying that we're not all noobs and we're not all swaplifters and we should be given a chance After all, how else are we supposed to get up to 200 tokens? So by what you're saying then newbies should be given a chance if sending first to an experienced user right? And yes I know that ebay doesn't mean anything really. But that's a whole different issue.

I really didn't want to make an issue out of this. I just don't like being grouped with all of the bad newbies.

And I am truely sorry to hear whenever somebody gets swaplifted. It's a horrible thing! You should file fraud reports at least with the usps, and I'm sure there are a few other agencies out there. Probably won't amount to anything but good to report.

[Aprill]

No no, haha Im something like a noob too! lol. Its just that the older members know a bit more and are more trustworthy. after 50 tokens or so, you dont have to send first. And it takes no time to get to 50