How do I contact another member?

SwapaCD has a Personal Message (PM) system to allow members to communicate with one another. Clicking a or button will open an empty (new) PM text box. Type into the text box and click Send Personal Message. Personal Messages can be read in My Account (click the Personal Messages tab from the My Account view, or choose Personal Messages from the dropdown menu under My Account from the main toolbar at the top of the site). You can also communicate with other members in the Discussion Forums or in SwapaCD Chat.

If you are trying to contact a member you are swapping with (or have swapped with):

If this is an active request

Click My Account in the grey menu bar at the top of the site
Scroll down if necessary to see the tabs for active transactions ("CDs to Mail" or "En Route to Me" or "CDs I've Mailed" or "Requested From Me" or "Wish List Holds")
Click the appropriate tab for the current status of the CD you want to communicate about
Click on the active transaction for the CD
- if you are the requestor, sending a PM from a request "waives" the 1-hr delay in request submission, and submits your request to the sender immediately.

If this is a past request

Click Transaction Archive under My Account at the top of the site
Scroll down or sort the list to show the proper (Requested from me/Requested by me) transaction category
- The Transaction Archive contains ALL past transactions--so there may be multiple past transactions for a title.
- Be sure you have the correct transaction for the CD you are communicating about:
  - Check the status of the past transaction (Canceled by sender, Canceled by requestor, Canceled--no response from sender, lost in mail, completed successfully, received damaged, received damaged by USPS, received as wrong CD) and
  - Click Request Details on the right side of the transaction to identify the date requested, printed, etc.
Click on the transaction (canceled, completed, "received with a Problem" or Lost) for the CD in question.

If you are trying to contact a member from a Discussion Forum posting:

Click under the name of the member on his or her Forum post.

If you are trying to contact a Buddy

Click beside his or her name in your Buddy List

Your Buddy List is a tab in the My Account view; it is also an item in the dropdown menu from My Account in the toolbar at the top of any page on the site.

If you are trying to contact a member from a SwapaCD Profile

Click at the top of the SwapaCD Profile
You can find profiles in the Member Directory OR by clicking a member's highlighted Nickname on her Discussion Forum post OR by clicking his or her highlighted name in the To or From field of a PM (if the member does not have a SwapaCD Profile, clicking his or her highlighted name in a PM will take you to his or her Tower)

If you are trying to contact a member from the Member Directory:

You must search there by Nickname to be sure you are finding the correct member
Members who do not have SwapaCD Nicknames do not appear in the Directory
The Member Directory is in the dropdown menu under Community in the toolbar at the top of any page on the site
Click beside the member's name in the search result that comes up.

Note: It is not all right to contact a member by means outside of the Personal Message system, unless he or she has given you permission.

We know that the Internet contains search engines which can permit access to private information such as telephone number, but it is NOT OKAY to use information obtained in such a manner to contact another SwapaCD member.
If such contact is initiated without the express permission of the other member and the other member complains, you will recive a warning. If the offense is repeated, or if any such contact is harassing (even if it is a first offense), your SwapaCD account will be terminated permanently.

Help Center - How do I contact another member?

If this is a past request

If you are trying to contact a member from a Discussion Forum posting:

If you are trying to contact a Buddy

If you are trying to contact a member from a SwapaCD Profile

If you are trying to contact a member from the Member Directory: