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Archive for November, 2011
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Make Sure You Know Where Your Charitable Donations Go
Certainly you’ve seen the bins around town that allow you to drop off your old clothes and go. Perhaps you’ve even donated through those bins before. Presumably, the clothes make their way to a charity in need. But do you really know where those clothes end up? Most likely this isn’t even a question you have [...] -
How to Take a Screenshot
Whenever Swap.com members run into trouble on our site we ask that they send us a message describing the issue using either the “Contact Us” feature or by sending an email to “support@swap.com”. Most of the time simply describing the problem is enough for us to be able to help out. Sometimes however in order [...] -
Hottest Items on Swap.com (Week Ending: 11/5/11)
Swapping is really all about turning what you have into what you want, which is why every week we take a look at last week’s most wanted item on Swap.com (items added to member’s want lists the most). Add any one of these in demand items to your have list today (new or used) and [...] -
Top Five Movies to Watch This Fall
Just as there are books that seem so much more appropriate to read in the fall there are movies that just seem better around this time of the year. And because I know how much you all love my lists I’ve made you another one (turns out, being something of a Type-A personality, I get a [...] -
Grow Your Tastebuds with a Recipe Swapping Party
It’s so easy to fall into a routine when planning your weekly meals. You end up eating the same things week after week simply because its easy to quickly whip together something you already know how to make. But let’s be honest, that can get so boring after a little while. Why not change it [...] -
Swap Your Thermostat for Green Temperature Control
Introducing what is probably the smartest thermostat in the world: The Nest. Seriously, this thing is more intelligent than my smartphone, but it’s got good reason to be. Did you know that 50% of our energy bills come from our thermostat? 50%! That’s a pretty significant sum of money right there, and according to the [...] -
Financial Planner Makes Living Through Swaps
Imagine if your salary came not in the form of cash or check, but in the form of goods and services. You would have absolute power to determine what your time and efforts are worth, while giving access to your services to people who might not be able to afford it otherwise. Well that’s just [...] -
Hottest Items on Swap.com (Week Ending: 10/29/11)
Swapping is really all about turning what you have into what you want, which is why every week we take a look at last week’s most wanted item on Swap.com (items added to member’s want lists the most). Add any one of these in demand items to your have list today (new or used) and [...] -
Top Five Books to Curl Up With This Autumn
Fall is my favorite time of year. It is the only season that I don’t spend the majority of my time wishing for the next season to hurry up and get here already. It doesn’t get much better than when the leaves change and the temperature drops, but not so much that you can’t still [...] -
Discardia: Swapping The Old to Make Room for the New
While it’s always exciting to get new stuff sometimes it can be tough to make room for them, both physically and mentally. To help combat this issue author Dinah Sanders has created a new holiday that celebrates getting out with the old and in with the new. It’s called Discardia, which is a quarterly holiday [...]