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re: Coming: 3 point intl mooches Well, adding the Bookmooch email address to contacts didn't work. I've changed to my Gmail address. Let's see if that's any better. I subscribe to the RSS feed of books on my wishlist. That doesn't seem to have been working too well recently either. Although that could just be because of the dearth of internationally moochable books. Veronica 12 years ago

re: Coming: 3 point intl mooches I'll try that, although it's never been a problem for me until recently, and the address I use works otherwise. I do check my spam bin regularly too. I've added the Bookmooch address to my contacts, so we'll see if the new mooch request gets to me. Thanks for the suggestion! Veronica 12 years ago

re: Coming: 3 point intl mooches It kind of makes sense. But I do wonder why I no longer receive any notifications from BM. I didn't even know the person had mooched the book, that's why I didn't respond. I know my email address is working, because the moocher has just replied to my email asking if they still want it. So it must be a problem at the Bookmooch end. Veronica 12 years ago

re: Coming: 3 point intl mooches What on earth has happened to BookMooch? The last time I successfully mooched a book was in August 2011. Since then I've had nothing from BookMooch -- no notifications of either moochable books or requests. Now I log in to find that a) all my inventory has disappeared because BM has decided to put me on vacation, and b) someone requested a book from me in January that I didn't even know about. Not surprisingly they cancelled the request when they didn't hear from me. I look at the "forums" and find only ancient blog posts. I'm about ready to abandon my 100 points as there seems to be no prospect of being able to mooch anything like that many books. Veronica 12 years ago

re: A dangerous idea I thought this was an interesting idea at first. I have books that have been on my wishlist for literally years, and no copy that I am eligible to mooch has ever come up. On the other hand, when I list books, many of them are mooched instantly, almost always by people who don't live in the same country as I do. So I have loads of points that I will probably never use. So at first I thought this sounded like a good idea. But then on reflection: if I want these books _now_, many of them are available for a few pounds/dollars/euros from Abebooks and the like. Why pay a monthly fee for the right to obtain a book that will cost me just a few euros if I simply buy it? I do like the idea someone suggested that BM should just buy a few copies of heavily wishlisted books occasionally, and circulate them in the normal way, maybe giving priority to those who give a little. I don't expect they'd include any of the books I'm still waiting for though :) Veronica 13 years ago