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jaynesmith

jaynesmith
Date Joined: August 26, 2020
Last Online: February 23, 2023

Country: South Africa

About Me

I've been rated two 1s by the same person who didn't receive my postcards fast enough. International mail is notoriously slow and she didn't even have the courtesy to drop me a line to let me know she was feeling impatient. I have no control over the speed of the postal services. So I will no longer be able to swap. I will wind up and rate anything I receive going forward and then bow out from Swapbot. I don't have time for this type of juvenile schoolyard behaviour.

Greetings from South Africa.

Sadly, so many of my packages I send have been opened and pilfered en route to my swap partner. I am now going to solidly tape up all envelopes. I know this is an absolute pain to open at your end. I'm so sorry. But it's a deterrent to mail theft.

I enjoy interesting and semi-adventurous things that are not the norm. My children and I help my cousin with his group, Snare Aware. We go into the bush and eradicate poaching snares.

I enjoy participating in Postsecret (https://postsecret.com/), Postcrossing (https://www.postcrossing.com/), Bookcrossing (https://www.bookcrossing.com/), Geocaching (https://www.geocaching.com), and the Postfun app.

At home, I scrapbook but it's really difficult to get ephemera and other interesting things to scrapbook with so sometimes things come to a standstill.

It's interesting to try out different teas.

It's also pretty much impossible to get postcards here so if you have any spare...

South African mail can sometimes be slow and it's really difficult to find proper stamps, instead of that awful printed out receipt that they use in place of them. If that's what you end up with from me, I am so sorry. I am trying really hard to get stamps but we can't even order online - I've tried. SOUTH AFRICAN POSTAGE IS TAKING SOMETIMES UP TO 3 MONTHS TO DELIVER. IF YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH THAT THEN PLEASE DON'T SWAP WITH ME AND THEN POST ME A 1. I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO RESEND AFTER THE 3-MONTH MARK.

Stuff I Like

Alice in Wonderland (not Disney), Alphabet stickers, ATCs, Books, Bees, Cottagegore, Doggies, Dragonflies, Ephemera, Feathers, Frogs, Geocaching, Hilda postcards, Labyrinths, Mazes, Miniatures, Pretty Postage stamps, Postcards (ever so hard to find in South Africa and then we can only buy the touristy ones if we're lucky; if you have a couple spare to throw my way I'd be very grateful), Stickers, Scrapbooking, Tags (decorated or not), Tickets, Wax seals

Ratings

quaisoir rated for PROFILE BASED POSTCARD SWAP on Mar 1, 2024
5
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Comment: Wow Jayne, this arrived on 1st March 2024! Almost 2 yrs since you mailed it. Thanks for the postcard. 😊
ahywka rated for Alphabet ATC - F (round #2) on Jan 20, 2023
5
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Comment: It's hard to believe but it finally arrived 😁 today i found your envie in my mailbox. It's amazing.... Half a year to get here πŸ™ˆ and the froggy you made is supercute😻 IT has a crown! πŸ‘‘
NRGordon rated for Found Image ATC #5 - International on Nov 6, 2022
5
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Comment: Thanks for the swap and the nice ATC. (sorry for the late rating. I apparently didn't click on the 'save ratings' button.)
Chaosfay rated for WIYM: GREEN POSTCARD SWAP #3 on Oct 21, 2022
5
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Comment: Thank you for the resend
Response: Oh my word! Why a 1? Didn't you receive my postcard? Why didn't you contact even contact me and give me a chance? You do realise that international mail is taking a long time now don't you?
Chaosfay rated for Ugly PC Swap #51 on Oct 21, 2022
5
rating
Comment: Thank you for the resend!
Response: Oh my word! Why a 1? Didn't you receive my postcard? Why didn't you contact even contact me and give me a chance? You do realise that international mail is taking a long time now don't you?
SunflowerRose rated for Ugly PC Swap #58 on Oct 17, 2022
5
rating
Comment: Thanks
Eulegirl rated for WIYM BRIDGE POSTCARD SWAP on Oct 12, 2022
5
rating
Comment: Thank you for the lovely bridge card!!
Eulegirl rated for Ugly PC Swap #55 on Oct 3, 2022
5
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Comment: Thanks for the card. I think the hands look really weird on the card. I don't know what feels off about them, but they look odd.
5
rating
Comment: Thank you for sharing your favorite things with me! I also love to cross stitch and my whole apartment is a cottagecore aesthetic!
5
rating
Comment: Thank you for your swap. Sorry for the late rating. I took a long long break from swap-bot.
armadillogal rated for WIYM BRIDGE POSTCARD SWAP on Sep 19, 2022
5
rating
Comment: Yay! Finally arrived after almost 7 weeks. Big chunk out of it but the picture is pretty & I love the stamp! Thx!
5
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Comment: What a great PC! Thank-you so much, I really enjoyed the badger, reminded me of the Beatrix Potter books a little bit and brightened my day:) β™₯β™₯β™₯β™₯β™₯
mle rated for NYUP Sender's Choice #106 on Sep 4, 2022
5
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Comment: Thank you for the frog postcard. It looks like it is an illustration from a fairy tale.
5
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Comment: Thank you for the great ship postcard. It is huge.
QueenHannie rated for Ugly PC Swap #53 on Aug 7, 2022
5
rating
Comment: I got your lovely postcard! Thank you so much I love it!
cassie3001 rated for NYUP Sender's Choice #106 on Aug 5, 2022
5
rating
Comment: Hello, Jayne! Thank you for the cool frog postcard! I love it!
mamajoy rated for FROG/TOAD POSTCARD SWAP on Jul 10, 2022
5
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Comment: Oh Jayne, I'm sorry I didn't wait just a little bit longer. Yes, it's postmarked March 22nd. Who would have thought. If you haven't sent another please don't. If you did, I would like to send one to you if you pm me your address. Any way, he's adorable. Thank you so much. πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’— Joy
Risna rated for Postcard with a theme Int #4 - edited on May 22, 2022
5
rating
Comment: Thanks for the lovely Kirchner card! Sending hugs.
Cindymt rated for A Happy Surprise #7 on May 4, 2022
5
rating
Comment: Thank you for the cute goodies and for joining my swap :)
5
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Comment: Thank you. I love the Ada Lovelace post card. This time arrived safe and dry! Envelope came today.I wish previous send had not been damaged enroute.

Rating Overview

Overall Hearts Stars Hosted
5.0000 73 4 4
Completed Fives Threes Ones
72 92 0 0
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Uncategorized
7 53 12 0
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Comments

mamajoy on Sep 6, 2022:

Jayne: Got your resend today. LOL. 2 months almost to the day. Thanks again. You may or may not get my envie (stuffed with stuff). I hope you do, no matter how long it takes. If not, I'm sorry. I had fun putting it together for you. There is still hope. Have a good year. Joy

Amelia on Sep 24, 2020:

Mega Profile Bible Verse Swap #2

Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.
Isaiah 26:20

God bless you <3 - Amelia

carrotkate on Sep 11, 2020:

Welcome to Swap-Bot! I hope it brings you lots of happy mail!!

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