The freebiemeet is open! Our rules changed with episode 8; if you have any questions, please post them under The freebiemeet rules. And PLEASE read the instructions, even if you’ve read them before! Really, pretty please, with sugar on top! There’s not even that many of them, and you will save us all so much time and confusion. This is not that hard. Plus, it’s free stuff! It’s all good, but it’s even better if you read the instructions.

For people who would like to chat in addition to, or instead of, giving and getting free stuff, there will be a poll along shortly.

If you have perfume-related items you’d like to give away (as opposed to swap for something else), and if you’re reasonably sure you can mail your items within the next month, feel free to list them below in the comments AFTER reading the instructions…

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The freebiemeet is open! Our rules have changed, so PLEASE read the instructions, even if you’ve read them before! Really, pretty please, with sugar on top! There’s not even that many of them, and you will save us all so much time and confusion. This is not that hard. Plus, it’s free stuff! It’s all good, but it’s even better if you read the instructions.

New rules are in purple. If you have any questions about the rules, please post them under The freebiemeet rules.

For people who would like to chat in addition to, or instead of, giving and getting free stuff, there will be a poll along shortly…

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The freebiemeet is tomorrow — for anyone who wants them, here are the new rules in advance. Everything that has changed I have posted here in bold purple. (And I meant to post this earlier this week so I apologize. I am having a very hard time catching up this spring!)

I know there were many suggestions for rules that I did not include. My hope is to keep it simple, avoid rules I cannot easily enforce, and as much as possible, avoid hurt feelings. Going forward, we are going to hold the freebiemeet three times a year instead of two — the next freebiemeet will be in September. So, other changes…

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The freebiemeet is open! PLEASE read the instructions! Really, pretty please, with sugar on top! There’s not even that many of them, and you will save us all so much time and confusion. This is not that hard. Plus, it’s free stuff! It’s all good, but it’s even better if you read the instructions.

For people who would like to chat in addition to, or instead of, giving and getting free stuff, there will be a poll along shortly.

If you have perfume-related items you’d like to give away (as opposed to swap for something else — our next swapmeet will be in February or thereabouts), and if you’re reasonably sure you can mail your items within the next month, feel free to list them below in the comments AFTER reading the instructions.

If you see something in the comments that you want, and if you already have a reader account here and have commented at least once (no new accounts today, sorry), you can call dibs AFTER reading the instructions.

I will leave the comments open until next Saturday, then I’ll close the freebiemeet…

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