Write to Barter Mail
There is one way to reach the sorting room, and it is a note to the address below. Put the right five things in it and your swap can start on the first reply.
What to put in it
With these five things, from your child's height to the size you're sending, we can send your swap number and the posting details in one reply, and start choosing your bundle the day your bag lands.
Tohello@bartermail.com
AboutFirst swap
- Your child's age and height
- Four years old, 106 cm tall
- The size you're sending
- Ages 2 to 4
- The size you need
- Ages 4 to 6
- Roughly how many items
- Twelve things and two coats
- Anything to avoid
- No pink, no frills
An example, filled in. Yours can be just as short.
Sorting room hours
School run to school run
Notes are read and answered Tuesday to Friday, 9.30 to 2.30. Saturday is packing only, so a note sent on Friday afternoon is answered the following Tuesday.
- MondayClosedAnd every bank holiday
- Tuesday9.30 to 2.30Sorting, packing and replies
- Wednesday9.30 to 2.30Sorting, packing and replies
- Thursday9.30 to 2.30Sorting, packing and replies
- Friday9.30 to 2.30Sorting, packing and replies
- Saturday10.00 to 12.30Packing only, no replies to notes
- SundayClosedThe sorting room rests
Closures and last dates
Three dates worth knowing
Last Christmas posting
19 December
Bundles packed after this go out after the break.
Closed for Christmas
23 Dec to 6 Jan
No sorting, packing or replies. Notes are answered from the first Tuesday to Friday after 6 January.
Cork, Ireland
No callers. Everything comes and goes by post.
There are no collections, no drop-offs at the door and no visits to the sorting room. Write first, and we send the posting details with your swap number. The swap started in 2011 between eight families on a kitchen floor, and it has gone by post ever since a cousin in Sligo asked to join.