Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Terms & Conditions:

You may only swap with each other out of letters you've drawn but do NOT wish / need to use

You may only swap green / purple squares with like colours

You may swap letters that have been read, for example you wish to swap out L for R however you are willing to read L prior to swapping. The person you swap with, must agree to read R prior to swapping with you for the L. After the official handover of letters, neither of you are required to read the letters you've got (cuz it's been read!)

Please note, I will try to make notes on what’s available in the market and from whom however you’ll have to organise the swap between yourselves. Just make sure that whatever I listed as available is still available and if it’s gone, drop me a note to update.

Available for Swap:

4-6 – Karen

B – Karen / Amy
C – Lauren
H - Tien
K - Amy
O - Bea
Z – Karen

For – Bea

Letters Wanted:

F – Lauren
H – Karen
I – Karen
L – Amy / Tien
S – Amy / Karen

I have an X and a B to swap.

I am looking for I, D and S.

Letters to trade: M, 1-3
Letters needed: I, F

ok, just want to clarify a question -

so say, I need a B and Coralie has it; and I have a D to switch with her...in order to do it - I read the D and she reads the B...then we swap...but then I can just use the B without reading a B book because she already has?

Letters to trade - V,Z
Letters needed - H,U

Letters to Trade - J, Y, B, 7-9
Letters Needed - R, U, H, T,

Swaps Taken Place - B swapped with M (Lauren); N swapped with I (Bea), V for A (Karen)

Market Place - the, in for R, S

Letters to trade: 7-9,P,4-6,X,Z,7-9,W,THE,FOR,F,Y,AND,C
Letters needed: L,A,S,T,T,H,G,E,E,I,G,O

Tien...note that I no longer need one "I" or an "N" since I'll be using "IN" which Susan is trading with me for "THE"...did that make sense?

Dee wrote: "ok, just want to clarify a question -

so say, I need a B and Coralie has it; and I have a D to switch with her...in order to do it - I read the D and she reads the B...then we swap...but then I c..."

You'll need to come to an agreement with whoever you're swapping with whether you'd swap before or after reads. So, if you swapped after reads, you won't need to read your 'new' letter but if you swapped before reads, then you both will have to read your 'new' letters.

thanks - that clarifies

Letters to trade: C, W, 4-6, W, A, M, C

Letters needed: F, R, O, T, B, U, R, N

Letters switched: M for B (Dee)

Do we discuss the trade in this thread? Once we have traded, do we remove the letters available/wanted from our original post here?

Lauren, I have a B that I will trade for your M ;)

That would be great, Dee - let's swap!

so based on what Tien said #9 - do you want to read your M book and i'll read my B then we swap, or not? its up to you

Unless, you have a book lined up already, I don't mind swapping immediately and I will read the B book.

not gonig through my list I didn't (off the top of my head) - or I did, but its an ebook only, so I can't use it :(

Alright then. I'll update my post to show that we switched :0)

Lauren, I'll give you an R for your A

Amy, I'd like your "the," and you could take your choice of "on," "in," or "of" for it.

Sure thing, Susan.

letters I need: S, A (I need another one besides the one I'm hoping to get from Lauren)

I have available to swap: M, G

swaps made already:
R to Lauren for A, before reading
"in" to Amy for "the"

Lauren wrote: "Sure thing, Susan."

Great! Do you have a preference about swapping before or after reading? I could do either, but maybe swapping before is easier unless you have a book in mind already for "A."

I'm happy to swap before as I haven't picked anything out yet.

Susan wrote: "Amy, I'd like your "the," and you could take your choice of "on," "in," or "of" for it."

Sure, Susan. I'll take "in" for "the"

Lauren wrote: "Do we discuss the trade in this thread? Once we have traded, do we remove the letters available/wanted from our original post here?"

Yes, discuss on this thread. If you could just do a new post with an update with what's still available / you need and I can work with your new post to update #2 - I will try to keep up with your swaps though do look through #2 once in a while to make sure that I've still got your letters right, thanks!

Thanks Tien.

Here's my updated list:

Letters to trade: C, W, 4-6, W, A, M, C

Letters needed: F, R, O, T, B, U, R, N

Letters switched: M for B (Dee), A for R (Susan)

Updated listing:

letters I need: S, A (I need another one besides the one I'm hoping to get from Lauren)

I have available to swap: M, G

swaps made already:
R to Lauren for A, before reading
"in" to Amy for "the"

I sure hope the broker offers vowels! It looks like a lot of us will need those.

Tiles needed: the, N, M, the, S

Tiles for exchange: L, I, W, D, Y, for, K, O

Tiles exchanged: I for N (Dee)

Bea - i'll trade you an N for your I ;)

Post #2 updated to post #29

Tien - I have another B available that you are missing ;)

Tien - I no longer need one "I" or an "N" since I'm using "IN" instead (Susan traded me IN for THE). Note that I was one roll short, so I rolled again and got a C, yet another letter available to swap.

Dee. I will be glad to trade the I for the N. I have not done the reading. Is that OK with you?

Tien, post #2 correction, I do not have an X but I do have a W.

That's fine by me ;)

updated to post #36

@Amy: I had you down for 2 Is - do you still need 1 more I?

I've tried to update #2 after the broker trading session - those of you who managed to catch it, please check and make sure your available & wanted letters are still correct.

@Bea: sorry you missed this session - don't worry, there should be another one before the weekend and as most has traded this session, they'd have to sit that one out ;)

Tien wrote: "@Bea: sorry you missed this session - don't worry, there should be another one before the weekend and as most has traded this session, they'd have to sit that one out ;)"

Yeah, Tien, I really doubt that I will make any of the trades during those times. I am on between 6-7a EST and 8-9p EST. The rest of the time I am working and spending time with spouse after work.

I will read the books that I can as well as my goal title...but I do not think I will earn all the tiles I need for the goal title any time soon. Weekends are the only time I may be online longer.

Besides..I am still working on several birthday games from last year! LOL

I would like to propose a four-way swap (is that permitted Tien?)
If I swap an E to Amy who swaps an F to Tara who swaps an M to Bea who swaps a D to me?

@Bea: Times will vary so you just may, one day ;)

@Coralie: May swap anyway you like...

Wow, Coralie! I am impressed! I was trying to figure out a three-way but had not thought to try a four-way.

I am in, if the other two are.

Tien, please delete G , for , and of from the list of things I have available to swap. I never had a for -- don't know how it got there, so you might want to check whether you meant someone else.

And I gave up those other two because they were the last 2 things I'd drawn, after I realized I'd drawn too many.

I'm in for sure. I fell asleep at the switch and missed the trading session, so I can use all the help I can get!

Here's my list:

Need to Swap
R B 7-9 1-3 7-9 Y

Letters Needed
L L E I A T

hhhm... no available swap, really...
For the sake of fairness, who would like to be my representative for trading in with the broker? ;)

I will if you want Tien

Dee wrote: "I will if you want Tien"

that'd be great, Dee :)
Thanks! I'll leave it up to you!!

Coralie wrote: "I would like to propose a four-way swap (is that permitted Tien?)
If I swap an E to Amy who swaps an F to Tara who swaps an M to Bea who swaps a D to me?"

Coralie, did this swap go through? Did Tara and Amy agree?

Coralie wrote: "I would like to propose a four-way swap (is that permitted Tien?)
If I swap an E to Amy who swaps an F to Tara who swaps an M to Bea who swaps a D to me?"

I am in if everyone else is.

Letters Needed

O O S E I V V

Letters to Swap

A B D For Of In 1-3 4-6