Technical questions

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

This is you: http://www.elfster.com/profile/view/1...

I don't see a wish list but I do see a Q&A question from your SS!

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Everyone else hanging in there? I'm trying to iron out any problems!

[D.C.]

Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "D.C. wrote: "I'm still completely confused by Elfster, and I'm not even sure I'm actually signed up. I will mess around with it a little later, and see ..."

I'm on, and fairly pleased with myself for actually getting that far. Now let's see if I can actually make myself a wishlist.

[D.C.]

Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Everyone else hanging in there? I'm trying to iron out any problems!"

Thank you so much! I hate to be high-maintenance.

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

D.C. wrote: "Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Everyone else hanging in there? I'm trying to iron out any problems!"

Thank you so much! I hate to be high-maintenance."

Nope, you're fine! That's what I'm here for ;)

[Rissa (an M/M kinda Girl!!)]

Quick Question..(more about ARe)
If I buy books today..can I gift them tomorrow.

I'm coming up on a time crunch but really want to buy right now! But won't be able to send till tomorrow.
(Make sense) Plus I was thinking about torturing my person and sloooowly sending the books.

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Rissa (an M/M kinda Girl!!) wrote: "Quick Question..(more about ARe)
If I buy books today..can I gift them tomorrow.

I'm coming up on a time crunch but really want to buy right now! But won't be able to send till tomorrow.
(Make s..."

I think you can!

I like giving books all month! Like once a week! So fun that way!

[K]

Yeah, if you buy them today they sit in your library waiting to be downloaded or gifted till you are ready - doesn't seem to be a time limit on it....

[Meep]

finecat wrote: "@Meep - Send a friend request to the person on GR and/or send an anonymous email via Elfster asking the person what books they want, etc. Let them know that you can't see their linked GR wish list ..."

Elfster emials are anonymous? Good to know.
Not a big problem but I think it's fun being anonymous, I don't get to be mysterious often ;) and a friend request spoils that ;)

[Stella ╰☆╮╰☆╮]

K wrote: "Yeah, if you buy them today they sit in your library waiting to be downloaded or gifted till you are ready - doesn't seem to be a time limit on it...."

It would be funny!!!

[finecat]

Yeppers, Meep <3

[Anne]

Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "The gift that you bought for your secret santa? They won't see what you marked at received.
"

I guess my problem was solved. Thanks. :)

[Shannon The Co-Captain]

~Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure ~ wrote: "The ARE deal was great - I got enough rebates between the Exchange and books for me to buy a couple more books."

How do I gift a book from ARe? I can only find where I can do gift certificates.

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Shannon The Show Stopper wrote: "~Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure ~ wrote: "The ARE deal was great - I got enough rebates between the Exchange and books for me to buy a couple more books."

How do I gift a book from ARe? I can onl..."

Once you buy it, you can look in your library and see the present icon. Then you can gift it.

[Shannon The Co-Captain]

Thanks Heather! I found some great deals there :-D

[Dawn]

I have books in my ARe account waiting to be gifted for almost a year now. I got in the habit of "buying" books that were offered for free even if I already had them so I would have the ability to gift them later on.

[Amanda]

Dawn wrote: "I have books in my ARe account waiting to be gifted for almost a year now. I got in the habit of "buying" books that were offered for free even if I already had them so I would have the ability to..."

Oh thank you...I'm not the only one stock-piling potential gifts :)

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Dawn wrote: "I have books in my ARe account waiting to be gifted for almost a year now. I got in the habit of "buying" books that were offered for free even if I already had them so I would have the ability to..."

I do that too :D

[SueM]

Amanda wrote: "Dawn wrote: "I have books in my ARe account waiting to be gifted for almost a year now. I got in the habit of "buying" books that were offered for free even if I already had them so I would have t..."

Me too, lol!

[Sofia]

Forgive me Heather but somehow I pressed No instead of Yes when I came to accept. Help me if you can, otherwise no worries will retry next year. :)

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Sofia wrote: "Forgive me Heather but somehow I pressed No instead of Yes when I came to accept. Help me if you can, otherwise no worries will retry next year. :)"

Resubmit and try to add yourself to the group. I think we can still squeeze you in!

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Sofia wrote: "Forgive me Heather but somehow I pressed No instead of Yes when I came to accept. Help me if you can, otherwise no worries will retry next year. :)"

Try going through here: http://www.elfster.com/exchange/view/...

[Sofia]

I tried this Heather but I still appear as Not Accepted and I cannot find how to change that.

Thanks for your help and hope that you are much better :)

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Sofia wrote: "I tried this Heather but I still appear as Not Accepted and I cannot find how to change that.

Thanks for your help and hope that you are much better :)"

You can try registering under a different name.

[Samantha]

If I hit "mark as sent" for my SS, will I still have access to their wishlist? I wanted to get more for them as we go along.

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Samantha wrote: "If I hit "mark as sent" for my SS, will I still have access to their wishlist? I wanted to get more for them as we go along."

Yes, you will.

[~ Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure ~]

Someone suggested updating our wishlists. I've been leaving the books on my GR elfster wishlist and adding the tag 'own'. Should I just remove it from the GR list?

What about Elfster? When I buy for someone, I've been clicking 'purchased' so should I just leave my elfster wishlist intact?

[Rissa (an M/M kinda Girl!!)]

~Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure ~ wrote: "Someone suggested updating our wishlists. I've been leaving the books on my GR elfster wishlist and adding the tag 'own'. Should I just remove it from the GR list?

What about Elfster? When I bu..."

I don't have a GRs wishlist, I'm just using elfster. However I did delete the books that were bought for me off my wishlist because I can't see if the person buying for me has clicked purchased or not.

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Rissa (an M/M kinda Girl!!) wrote: "~Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure ~ wrote: "Someone suggested updating our wishlists. I've been leaving the books on my GR elfster wishlist and adding the tag 'own'. Should I just remove it from t..."

I did that too, just to be on the safe side.

[~ Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure ~]

Ok - thanks, that's what I did.

[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn)]

Hi I am wondering how I could mark items on my Elfster wishlist as 'purchased'? I can't seem to do so to my own list. Since I have already received the items from my SS I thought it would be best to mark them as purchased.

[Didi]

Kynthos-the-Archer wrote: "Hi I am wondering how I could mark items on my Elfster wishlist as 'purchased'? I can't seem to do so to my own list. Since I have already received the items from my SS I thought it would be best t..."

I simply deleted the one I already got from my wishlist; following the steps from others :)

[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn)]

Thanks, Didi. Looks like I have no other way around it.

[Alice]

Are you supposed to get an email from ARe when your SS sends you a book? I swear i got them last year, but my SS just sent me another book (thanks Santa!) and I only noticed because i looked in my library.

[Eepa *mm loving bookworm*]

Alice wrote: "Are you supposed to get an email from ARe when your SS sends you a book? I swear i got them last year, but my SS just sent me another book (thanks Santa!) and I only noticed because i looked in my ..."

You should. If you haven't deleted the original mail, the new notification e-mail could be stacked with the first one and you could have missed it because of that.

[Alice]

They only seem to spam me with sales lists, unfortunately.

[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn)]

I bought a book from Kobobooks as a gift but I am lost as to how on earth I could send it to the intended recipient? There's no gift buttons on Kobo. I am screwed. :(

[Dawn]

Kynthos-the-Archer wrote: "I bought a book from Kobobooks as a gift but I am lost as to how on earth I could send it to the intended recipient? There's no gift buttons on Kobo. I am screwed. :("

I don't think they have this functionality, but call customer service to confirm and if they can't you can appeal for a refund. I've had success when getting refunds from them when coupon codes don't work properly.

[Anne]

Kynthos-the-Archer wrote: "I bought a book from Kobobooks as a gift but I am lost as to how on earth I could send it to the intended recipient? There's no gift buttons on Kobo. I am screwed. :("

I don’t know, Kyn. I can’t use Amazon or Kobo to give or receive gifts (due to territory rights, I guess).

[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn)]

Dawn wrote: "I don't think they have this functionality, but call customer service to confirm and if they can't you can appeal for a refund. I've had success when getting refunds from them when coupon codes don't work properly."

Thanks. I've tried to appeal for a refund. I hope they are helpful on that.

Meanwhile, I've just found out that there's no gift functionality for my region due to territory rights. Sigh... I should have just stick with AllRomanceEbooks. Lesson learned the hard way.

[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn)]

Anne wrote: "I don’t know, Kyn. I can’t use Amazon or Kobo to give or receive gifts (due to territory rights, I guess)."

Thanks, Anne. And like you said, they really don't have gift functionality and it is due to territory rights etc thingy. So frustrating. From now on I must remember to just stick with Smashwords and AllRomanceEbooks when it comes to gifts giving.

[Shannon]

Does anyone know if there's some way to see what gifts you've sent on All Romance. I can see the ones I haven't sent yet but the others disappeared. :/

[Anne]

Kynthos-the-Archer wrote: "From now on I must remember to just stick with Smashwords and AllRomanceEbooks when it comes to gifts giving."

Me too!

[~ Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure ~]

Kynthos-the-Archer wrote: "Meanwhile, I've just found out that there's no gift functionality for my region due to territory rights. Sigh... I should have just stick with AllRomanceEbooks. Lesson learned the hard way...."

When the DSP Tweetaways were going on, I looked to see if DSP had gift giving capability and it didn't appear to. I don't know if that's the case with all the publishers but if it is, that cuts out the people who like to buy from pubs for gifting.

[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn)]

Shannon wrote: "Does anyone know if there's some way to see what gifts you've sent on All Romance. I can see the ones I haven't sent yet but the others disappeared. :/"

Same thing with me. I tried to go back to check if my gift has been received etc but there isn't a trace of it. It's like I've never purchase it before. Rather confusing. I had to go back to my email to check if I have indeed purchased the book. Yet there's still no way to trace it to your intended recipient.

[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn)]

~Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure ~ wrote: "When the DSP Tweetaways were going on, I looked to see if DSP had gift giving capability and it didn't appear to. I don't know if that's the case with all the publishers but if it is, that cuts out the people who like to buy from pubs for gifting"

Okay mental note to self, never to consider DSP when buying gifts. I just don't understand the rationality of not having such basic option.

[Didi]

Shannon wrote: "Does anyone know if there's some way to see what gifts you've sent on All Romance. I can see the ones I haven't sent yet but the others disappeared. :/"

Same with me, they should have at least list down the titles we bought as gift. But after we send out the gift, I'm guessing that list appears on someone else's library.

[LenaRibka]

I'm a bit in despair right now, I can't find any 's end as a gift'button on Amazon.DE and I can't buy somewhere else except DE!:( I'd like to stay anonymous, but if I have to buy somewhere else, I can't send it as a anonymous gift, right? Help! My draw is waiting for her surprise!

[Karen]

Didi wrote: "Shannon wrote: "Does anyone know if there's some way to see what gifts you've sent on All Romance. I can see the ones I haven't sent yet but the others disappeared. :/"

Same with me, they should h..."

I only know the ones that I sent by looking at the e-receipt they send me and then I know what books I bought for me and what books I sent as gifts and I have to keep track of what went to who myself, sorry.

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Lena♥Ribka wrote: "I'm a bit in despair right now, I can't find any 's end as a gift'button on Amazon.DE and I can't buy somewhere else except DE!:( I'd like to stay anonymous, but if I have to buy somewhere else, I ..."

You can buy from All Romance and stay anonymous!