Name: CHEC Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-06-12T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-14T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Denver, CO

Tagged: Paperback swap

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February 2, 2015 at 11:47 am
Sue
Participant
I didn’t get an email either, but I think my membership/login was under an old email account I’ve since closed. So, I would have to create a new account to find out what the fee options are since I can’t get to the old email to acquire a password reset from them. I haven’t used PBSwap in awhile.
The link Misty posted doesn’t show me anything about the fees since I can’t login. Can anyone give me a brief idea of what a basic membership option for books only would cost?
Sue
February 3, 2015 at 7:26 am
RobinP
Participant
I tried to copy and paste from the email I got this morning and it won’t let me.
Standard membership – $20/yr- unlimited swapping and wish list of 500
Limited membership – $12/yr – swap 30 books and wish list of 200
A la carte – .49 per book and wish list of 100
Beginning Feb. 15
February 3, 2015 at 12:41 pm
Misty
Participant
Glad to hear from everyone I have like 33 credits. But most the books I want, like many mentioned, are never on PBswap. So am I just out? I don’t know what books I’d even look for just to use the credits. So unsure of what to do.
February 3, 2015 at 1:10 pm
Karen
Participant
How about converting your PBS credits to DVD credits? You’ll still have the $.49 transaction fee, but maybe you could get some DVDs you’ve been wanting for sort of cheap.

February 3, 2015 at 8:04 pm
my3boys
Participant
I posted something earlier, but it never made it.
I am going to continue, probably $20 membership for unlimited swapping. For me, I’d rather swap, eventually get something I want (kind of like a surprise) or get it right away, than sell on amazon/ebay or just give to the Goodwill. I could give a ton of books away (I have a ton right now on PBS and waiting to be posted) but then I wouldn’t get anything in return. Even the tax deduction wouldn’t be much, if anything, and there’s no fun in that!
I have swapped so many books and have received countless (and in good shape), so I guess it’s been good for me. I also do amazon/abebooks and library sales (which I don’t do near as much as I did when we were building our library). I just picked up several at a library bookstore and many online in the past few days, along with PBS books. Fun, fun, fun!
February 3, 2015 at 8:45 pm
RobinP
Participant
I just used most of mine on some individual Shakespeare plays I didn’t have just to use them up. They always seem to be on there. I still have 2 credits. I don’t have any suggestions really. Every time I search for something that might interest me, I come up empty.
February 3, 2015 at 8:57 pm
my3boys
Participant
I have about 20 credits right now and enjoy using them on the “wish list” books I get ever so often.
.Thats a bummer, Robin, but with the amount of books you have I’m not surprised you come up empty. I only have a fraction of a fraction of your library so I’m still getting books that you’ve probably had on your shelves forever!
Btw, I’m reading A Tree for Peter to my very active 9 year old and he loves it!
February 4, 2015 at 9:03 am
my3boys
Participant
Plus, I have like 20 credits that I don’t want to forfeit 🙂