hickey Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 So I was reading on another message board about folks doing a secret santa...with a limit of $25. Everyone PMs their name and address to the organizer, who distributes them to others. People use what they know about the person they get to find the appropriate gift and send them out with a dummy return address. Inside the gift you include a few hints about who you are and then see if the person can guess...I thought it sounded pretty cool. We can adjust it and make it our own. Anyone interested? I will gladly organize it if that's the case. We could also tweak the value of the items, like $10 or $20 or whatever...and the rules. Suggestions? Thoughts? Or is this just a really bad idea? Oh, also, if someone receives a gift and doesn't end up sending one to their person they get banned from the board or named on VC as "Deadbeat of the Month" or something. Ok. The rules of VC Secret Santa (so far): 1. Everyone interested in participating must PM me their address by midnight the day before Thanksgiving (Wednesday, November 21). 2. I will PM everyone someone to buy a gift for on the night of Thanksgiving. If you get me, you have to trade with someone else so I don't know who gets me. 3. Buy a gift for the person you get spending no less than $15 and no more than $25. These gifts can be vinyl, music related or just rad things. It can be a few small things or one big thing, whatever. Don't send anything gross or crude (NO PORN, unless you know the person loves porn). If you don't know what your person likes, look up some of their posts and use what you've learned about them from this board as a guide. 4. Pack up and send out the gift no later than December 10. Pick the type of shipping most appropriate or affordable.Evveryone can use my address as the return address and just put "VC Secret Santa" instead of my name (I'll pm everyone my address to use). 5. Include with the gift a piece of paper with three hints about who you are. It can be anything you want, your hometown, your favorite band, something anyone familiar with the board could figure out. Or, be vague. 6. When you receive your gift, post what you got in this thread and guess who sent it to you. 7. If you don't receive your gift by Jan. 1, post it here. We'll find a way to punish that person. If it arrives after that, we'll forgive them. 8. If you don't like what you got, feel free to swap with someone else, regift or sell the item. 9. On Jan. 1 (or shortly thereafter) I will reveal who everyone's Secret Santa was. This list of rules is not set in stone, feel free to make more suggestions and I'll alter it accordingly. This can be really fun if everyone holds up their end of the bargain. So far here's who is in: decibel120 adamlikesmusic kirbypuckett destroyingthescene cj amsterdamned counterfiction hootenanny momentumlost ronniethebear steventangent ryanwood magalvsr13 kurtmanner lokithelion roadmonkey mrc ben xjustinxschwierx scottheisel jhulud mediocore born2bleed ScriptedRain ericxthexred riddle350 cadetapplesauce loren kyle falloutcollapse benchwarmer hickey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniethebear Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I think this would be totally awesome. I'm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 That sounds pretty cool. I'd be down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magalvsr13 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 im up for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainmorgan Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 sounds like fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokithelion Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I'm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Count me in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Totally down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericheartsu Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 down for real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephanttttt Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 im down like a clown charile brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counterfiction Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 yeah, let's rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 If you guys are looking for someone to run this or something, hit me up. I wouldn't mind at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Wow! So should we suggest some rules? Price limit? Deadline to have gift shipped out? Punishment for deadbeats? etc.... I would say anyone who wants in PM me their name and address (and their name from the board, in case the person who gets you doesn't know your real name). We'll have to have a deadline for this to work. Let's say you have to get your info to me by midnight on Sunday Nov. 25. That following Monday I'll send everyone someone else's name and address. Whoever gets me will have to trade with someone else so I don't know who it is. Since I'm orchestrating this, we can use my address as the dummy return address. I'll send it to everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 sounds awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Not to be a dick, but we should also limit this to people with a certain post count to ensure no deadbeats. Say 100+ or so. Ok, let's list some rules and get this rolling. This could be really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Price limit - $15. I'm a brokeass kid though, so maybe it should be a little higher. Rules - Just make sure the person will actually enjoy the gift Deadline - December 8th maybe Punishment - Everyone snail mails them insulting letters and they get banned or something And I pm'd ya hickey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Nice. Everyone make sure you put 'Secret Santa' in the subject line of pms. We can also set a range, like $15 - $25 ppd or something. And maybe people in other countries can get people in their native lands so folks don't get socked with high shipping prices. And if you don't like what you get you can always trade with someone else on the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 If I go to people's profiles, I can add a "warning level." not sure what it does, or if it has any affect, but that could be part of the punishment. I say it should be $15-$20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 If I go to people's profiles, I can add a "warning level." not sure what it does, or if it has any affect, but that could be part of the punishment. I say it should be $15-$20. Nice...if only you could change their avatars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loren Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 im down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 And if you don't like what you get you can always trade with someone else on the board. YANKEE SWAP! You Office geeks know what I'm sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 A Yankee swap is really hard through the mail... Can someone sticky this thread so we have a place to post what we get and guess who it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I'd say a range of $15-25 is good. Deadline for shipping should be early Dec., no later than maybe the 10th, to ensure delivery by Christmas. If thats the case, though, then we should set the deadline to join earlier than Thanksgiving, because that will give people only about a week to come up with and buy something for the other person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 Ok.So why doesn't everyone get their address to me by the day before thanksgiving. That way I can send out on Thanksgiving night and everyone will be ready to shop on Black Friday and ready to ship by Dec. 10... Delays (accidental and others) can happen, so lets say that if everyone doesn't receive their gift by Jan. 1 without a legit excuse that santa is punished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 If I go to people's profiles, I can add a "warning level." not sure what it does, or if it has any affect, but that could be part of the punishment. I say it should be $15-$20. Nice...if only you could change their avatars. I can actually do this as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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