Secret Santa 2012

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I did this last year and thought I would see if there is any interest to do it again.

What is?

Just what it sounds like. It's a Secret Santa between your fellow forum members. Everyone who signs up will be randomly assigned another participant. You are then tasked to buy that person a gift. As a recipient, you should leave a few hints in your signature (maybe an amazon wishlist link) as to what sort of interests you have.

Rules and Info:

International people are allowed. If you would prefer not to get an international person, indicate so in your sign-up post. But depending on how many international folks show up, you may get one anyway.

For the purposes of pairing, Canada will not count as international. If you aren't going to ship internationally, choose North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Pacific Islands. It may be the case that if you restrict your choice to local shipping then matching might not work out and you may be left out - I'll let you know once the matching is complete if that's the case.

-International Shipping Links: USPS
-Remember to allow extra shipping time when shipping outside of your home country

To sign up post your interest in this thread and send me a private message with Secret Santa in the subject line and your mailing information, e-mail address, international preferences.

PM the following to me and I will only share it with the person who gets you to ship to

Mailing Information:

Username
Joe Forumer
123 Anywhere Lane
Everywhere, NY 12345
[email protected]
Will ship anywhere

Who can sign up?

To keep things fair, only those with a join date earlier than July 1st and more than 10 posts will be allowed to participate for obvious reasons. If you would like to participate and don't fall under the requirements then you will just have to wait until next year. The final say of who can join this activity will be entirely up to the mods so there may be exceptions, but the final word is final. Don't complain if special dispensation is not made for you.

The deadline for signing up will be Friday November 30th. After that day, Santas will be randomly assigned and you will be sent a private message shortly after with the information of whom you will be purchasing a gift for. If nobody knows who you are, you probably will not be allowed to sign up. Nothing personal.

Recommended gift value is $15-25. Feel free to spend as much as you want, just be aware that the more you spend, the less likely you will receive a gift of equal value. Also, homemade/handmade gifts are allowed (no homemade food please).

Feel free to leave gift suggestions in this thread for your would-be Santa to get ideas of what you might like.

ABSOLUTE FINAL DEADLINE FOR GIFTS RECEIVED IS DECEMBER 24, PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SEND GIFTS BY DECEMBER 20 WILL BE ... well, we'll think of something nasty to do to you. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you are not sure you will be able to send a gift, then don't sign up.

Do not complain about your gift, conversely, try to send something you think the other person will like.

You MUST post pictures of your gift when you receive it. No exceptions.

UNLESS SPECIFIED AS SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE, PLEASE DO NOT SEND NSFW OR ALCOHOLIC GIFTS.

CAN I SHIP SOMETHING STRAIGHT FROM AMAZON OR SOMETHING?

Yes you can, and it's a good idea to shop at your person's home country's Amazon site (www.amazon.com or www.amazon.ca for instance) if you want to save a bit on shipping. Be sure and provide a note upon checkout saying who you are, though!

BE SURE AND SHIP WELL IN ADVANCE

Get your act together NOW and try and ship your stuff by Dec 14th or so to make sure it arrives before the crazy Christmas rush that always happens at the latter half of December