controlthebleeding Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Looks like it's that time of the year.... Justin, up for doing it again? the last few years have been good. the last year went rather decent. just a matter of people actually sending shit on time. that's the biggest concern. So if Justin's up for helping me again we can start this up right an early so we can do this in a ample time limit. So we aren't getting our gifts well after X-mas. Who's all on board? I can post up all the rules once we get everything situated. also POST A FUCKING TRADELIST!!!!! because once we start taking names and info, your PM's won't be answered if you don't have one. I am not in the mood to keep asking people to do it and them not do it out of laziness. Just keep that in mind. And i won't ask you for one either. it's up to you to figure it out. update (10/18) c'mon guys, you have two days left till deadline.. i'll hold off till saturday, after saturday 23rd, i'm handing half of the list over to justin so we can start PMing everyone. so people, get me your info. update (10/3): VC Secret Santa 2011 Rules Your Moderators will be Mike (controlthebleeding) & Justin Communiqué. 1. Everyone interested in participating must PM Mike (controlthebleeding) their following: • Name • Address (please place on one line) • Avatar name and original name registered under (your login name when logging into the board, this issue comes up every year because people switch names a lot and often, myself included, started my account with a different name…and when trying to track somebody down it can be impossible to find them) • (if you participated last year) the person you had last time, if you remember (to give you somebody new to buy for!). • The link to your trade list. (if it's a google spreadsheet, please make shareable) • Size of shirt just in case they have clothing in mind • If you’re willing to ship overseas/US to Canada, etc…(this will probably drastically increase your monetary involvement, no skimping on the gift value if you spending most of the agreed amount on postage, only agree to do this is you can afford to do it.) Send this info by the end of the day (wherever you are) Monday, October 17, 2011. This will be the cut off date unless we have an odd person and from there we’ll accept requests to take the missing spot. • Wait for confirmation 2. Mike will divide the list in half divided between himself and Justin Communiqué and we will PM everyone their person. Justin’s list will have Mike’s name, and vice versa so our names are randomly assigned to someone that we don't know. 3. Buy a gift for the person you get spending no less than $15 and no more than $25 (unless you really want to). These gifts can be vinyl, music related or just rad things you think they’ll like. 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. If you have questions ask around, or we'll ask for you. If you want to participate, you need to have a trade list; post the link in your signature so that your Secret Santa can get ideas of what to buy and what not to buy for you. There is no excuse not to have a trade list. Any person without a trade list will not be allowed to participate. No exceptions. So even if you don’t have time to catalog your entire record collection, create one (they’re free, another reason for no excuses) and name a bunch of your favorite bands, movies, whatever, just to give people a hand in looking for a gift for you. If you have a google spreadsheet, PLEASE MAKE IT SHAREABLE so your secret santa can view it. If you don't it's like you don't have one at all. entries with no type of tradelist will go unanswered. 4. Pack up and send out your gift no later than November 20. Unless you specify that you’ll agree to send packages to other countries, we’ll try to keep people to mailing within their own country, as easy cheap delivery confirmations don’t work for the USPS’s international Mail…but there are more deluxe forms of tracking, but all of them raise the price considerably for international mail. Pick the type of shipping most appropriate or affordable(in the US please remember media mail can ONLY be used for audio recorded material, books, video recordings on whatever format, ie: this is media, breaking this rule could cause your box, should it be inspected to be deemed mail fraud and not delivered, and if you’re lucky returned to sender, but most likely will be thrown away!). This is assuming that all people outside the US will use their countries equivalent delivery confirmation tracking information. • And this is very important: ALL PACKAGES ARE TO BE SENT WITH SOME SORT OF CONFIRMATION OR TRACKING. Send the tracking information to your Secret Santa Moderator once your package has been sent, so we have a idea of who is sending what and when, also save your receipts just in case!!!! Everyone please use Justin’s address as the return address. Please be sure to put VC Secret Santa, ATT: Justin Schwier, 2441 West Gunnison St. #2, Chicago, IL 60625. Thanks 5. This year is slightly different than years past. This year please include 1 or several (you choose) cd mixes with music you think said person might like. Hell send them music they might not have even heard. You never know. they might be turned on to something totally new they never even thought of listening to. Also 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…this is part of the fun! 6. When you receive your gift: • post what you got in this the main thread and guess who sent it to you. • PM your Secret Santa Moderator that you received your gift so we can mark you off our list. This is a must: Once you've figured it out or it's been noted, please, please say THANK YOU. There's nothing more thoughtless than not at least giving a “thank you.” It's rude to say the least! 7. If you don't receive your gift by December 20th, PM your moderator AND post in the main thread(do not create a new thread) This means there has been a full month of allotted shipping time. 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, re-gift or sell the item. 9. On Jan. 1 (or shortly thereafter) we will reveal who everyone's Secret Santa was. 10. All new Boardies. Rather than completely disqualify you from participating, we need you to go through a few extra hoops in order to participate. All new board members (aka if you have less than 1000 posts* or are less than a year old) are required, after all initial info is entered, to send first. and have a shipping date a few weeks shorter than regular members. This is for good reason. We ask this so there's a less likely chance of anyone getting ripped off. Secondly, we ask this so your package arrives in a timely manner because once your package as been confirmed upon arrival (again, please send with confirm so we can track it) by your recipient, we will then allow your Secret Santa to send your gift. Hope you understand. *= not including those who deleted their accounts and re-joined, were part of last years Secret Santa gift exchange, or are longtime members but don't post often (again, we know who you are). **Note to any future Secret Santa’s from overseas. We must have a even # of Secret Santas across the pond or have people willing to send overseas. Please remember to note that in your initial email/PM so we put people together in this instance. ***We also ask, once this starts rolling to have everyone hide who their recipient is until after everyone has received their gifts and figured out their Secret Santa or till we announce the list... it makes it more confusing and fun This list of rules is not set in stone, feel free to make more suggestions and we'll alter it accordingly. This can be really fun if everyone holds up their end of the bargain. Also if people want to start PM’ing Mike their addresses we'll the information listed in point #1: • Name • Address (please place on one line) • Avatar name and original name registered under (your login name when logging into the board, this issue comes up every year because people switch names a lot and often, myself included, started my account with a different name…and when trying to track somebody down it can be impossible to find them) • (if you participated last year) the person you had last time, if you remember (to give you somebody new to buy for!). • The link to your trade list. Don't PM Mike till you have one. • Size of shirt just in case they have clothing in mind • If you’re willing to ship overseas/US to Canada, etc…(this will probably drastically increase your monetary involvement, no skimping on the gift value if you spending most of the agreed amount on postage, only agree to do this is you can afford to do it.) • Wait for confirmation. Thanks everyone. J & M ____________________________________________________________________________ Confirmed Names: controlthebleeding Tattoomike Naven R Johnson weck Randy Savage tellallyourfriends smailtronic element101 deafmx jasonskanks a-money marc cesar11 iwantmynametobespeghetti sharkticon idreamofpunk devinr kevin ! selfreliable recordhound1002 steventangent kriss stress jhulud gkersey scott h. justin communique dynamitekid ....fin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 ahahahaha. <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 oh and, i'm probably down for this again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weck Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 into it....as long as I get a tradelist up in time...otherwise I guess not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 i'm trying to figure out how it is so hard for people to get a tradelist up.. it took me a evening to put up 600 records when i started. and people dont understand that it's more a gauge so people can figure out what you have and don't have and what' you are into besides 4 to 5 bands. it helps everyone out in the long run.. dan, do it asshole!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Looks like it's that time of the year.... Justin, up for doing it again? the last few years have been good. the last year went rather decent. just a matter of people actually sending shit on time. that's the biggest concern. So if Justin's up for helping me again we can start this up right an early so we can do this in a ample time limit. So we aren't getting our gifts well after X-mas. Who's all on board? I can post up all the rules once we get everything situated. also POST A FUCKING TRADELIST!!!!! because once we start taking names and info, your PM's won't be answered if you don't have one. I am not in the mood to keep asking people to do it and them not do it out of laziness. Just keep that in mind. And i won't ask you for one either. it's up to you to figure it out. I'm in! always a rad time, I too will try harder to get my shit out on time...i just tend to overthink the shit I end up buying for people! ALSO POST A FUCKING TRADELIST!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm in! Last few years have been a great experience and lots of fun. POST A FUCKING TRADELIST!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weck Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 dan, do it asshole!!! I will get it done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesar11 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm in! Last few years have been a great experience and lots of fun. POST A FUCKING TRADELIST!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Looks like it's that time of the year.... Justin, up for doing it again? the last few years have been good. the last year went rather decent. just a matter of people actually sending shit on time. that's the biggest concern. So if Justin's up for helping me again we can start this up right an early so we can do this in a ample time limit. So we aren't getting our gifts well after X-mas. Who's all on board? I can post up all the rules once we get everything situated. also POST A FUCKING TRADELIST!!!!! because once we start taking names and info, your PM's won't be answered if you don't have one. I am not in the mood to keep asking people to do it and them not do it out of laziness. Just keep that in mind. And i won't ask you for one either. it's up to you to figure it out. I'm in! always a rad time, I too will try harder to get my shit out on time...i just tend to overthink the shit I end up buying for people! ALSO POST A FUCKING TRADELIST!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourfourtwo Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'll join for this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themullet89 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 I love how justin was last to send last year and I was the year before. I didnt send till almost feb. But I had muzzy and had.to get him back for sending me shit months late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damianzamora Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I am down, I just need to POST A FUCKING UPDATED TRADELIST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm down again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm down. Whoever gets me better keep the tradition going and send me some booze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm in. Missed out last year, but did it in prior years. Always a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devinr Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm in. The last few years have been pretty fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Wait, do I need a tradelist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Wait, do I need a tradelist? hard to say; everyone seems to be pretty unclear on that point so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Wait, do I need a tradelist? Ask dead format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papermonsters Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm down for this. I had a good time with it last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushbacktosquare Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 This has been my first year on VC, and this seems like a great and fun idea. I'm in. I'll wait to hear about the guidelines and whatnot, I don't know how this whole thing works. Let's do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xadamhudsonx Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I am in this year. Sounds like a good time. Please don't send me booze... =)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Please don't send me booze... =)) SAME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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