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oh shut the fuck up kess.

This is a little late, but- A FUCKING IPAD?!?! Seriously?
 
I thought I did pretty alright with my Secret Santa, and I added a couple of sentimental things, so overall- I hope he/she isn't disappointed.  
 
I received mine yesterday, but, like last year, I refuse to open it until Christmas week. 
 
Side note:  
I'm not sure if anyone has gotten all sappy about the whole SS thing in a bit, but I was talking to the lady last week while putting things into a box and she asked "what the hell are you doing?".  To which I replied, "Secret Santa, of course."  
She thought this community was the coolest, most amazing thing in the world.  I told her about how all kinds of people (who have only had a number of online conversations, come together for so much stuff (conversation, opinion, etc), and instead of her thinking I was a giant nerd, she thought it was just so awesome.
 
Dear Vinyl Collective Board, 
I truly love you all.  You are better than the bees knees and the cats pajamas.  

But then how will you know which Disturbed album is best?

I apologize, I got my gift a few days ago but haven't had a chance to research who my SS is. But, without further ado, I got Jimmy Eat World - Damages and a print of Green Day's Tre. My SS is Beardacus, thank you! my JEW collection grows.

I apologize, I got my gift a few days ago but haven't had a chance to research who my SS is. But, without further ado, I got Jimmy Eat World - Damages and a print of Green Day's Tre. My SS is Beardacus, thank you! my JEW collection grows.

Guilty. The only clues I gave you were the postmark and symbol at the end of the note. Glad you like everything!

You're welcome! I was hoping you didn't have the Have Heart ruler. So I'm glad that worked out.

Ok, got my package, and while i can say it isn't an ipad, it's definitely something i've been wanting:
 
the funny thing is while the records and cassette are much appreciated (and 1 that i've been looking for) the poster is what got me excited. holy shit. coming to america is one of my favorite movies of all time.
 
 i need to go get a frame for it asap. Thanks a bunch marc!!!
 

that's so cool! what generation is it?
i don't know which i'm more excited for--seeing what my SS came up with for me or seeing the reaction from the person who gets my package. this is really fun! all of the stuff so far has been great.

Did you open the box and make sure the Ipad is in there? and it's not a 7" of Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Ashley 

an ipad....the fuck

hahaha no better be thinking they're getting an ipad from me

Dang, one of the coolest looking variants I've seen (sounds great too, of course). Nice work!

It's not totally opaque. Picture doesn't really do it justice.

If anyone gets screwed let me know.

Mods can't ban, also his IP address shows 9 PAGES (not profiles, pages) of accounts. Most have 0 posts and were made in one day, the others with many posts were:
tonyfranciosa
patatfat
evenscore
Keep in mind that IP addresses can change overtime and our database can only reveal so much.
Let the dead rest, if we mention his name a few more times he'll probably return, like some weird shitty internet beetlejuice.

stop reading tabloids. (and the fanclub thing, yeah, it's lame. but they're not exactly the ones out there mailing out orders now are they?)
 
you said it yourself, you've never met him. The dude is still as nice as ever. Don't judge a man on a what could potentially have been just a bad day, coupled with a serious case of internet conjecture

If you wrap your gifts, and ship it media mail, and the post office inspects your package, you're gonna have a bad time.

I usually just open it because I have no restraint. Having a package of awesomeness sitting around for a month is torture.

i don't either. my wife and i usually exchange gifts before xmas haha. 
gonna try to just stick it in the spare bedroom closet and forget about it. probably won't work though.

ITT: Crazybeats argues on the internet about why his reasons for buying a piece of plastic are better than others reasons..

lol that includes singles buddy. Here is Eminem's statistics.
 
His worldwide albums sales stand at more than 100 million, singles 120 million, and the estimated sale of over 220 million records worldwide.[6][7][8] In the United States, he has sold 49.1 million albums and 42 million tracks.[9]
 
I'm talking ALBUMS. You know them right? That's the things you all apparantly buy since you're too good for singles but since we're on the subject of singles........120 million! So if you combine them that is 220 million lol.
 
 
How many years do you think it'll take Taylor Swift and Rihanna to get a total sales figure like that?

Not sure if we should be thankful or pissed at the mods for letting this go on for so long.

SDF has yet to do wrong.

This album is absolutely great... everything after is meh.

Ha this is always the type of thing in which the spirit matters more than anything.