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2nd Annual SD Secret Santa ~ PARTNER LIST POSTED! (check OP)

26,039 1,610 October 16, 2007 at 09:18 PM in Video Games (3)

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*2nd Annual SlickDeals Lounge*





*How It Works*
It's Christmas time! Well, almost! Since the Secret Santa Gift Exchange went over so well last year, we're going to give it another go this holiday season. In case you don't know, this is how the Secret Santa Gift Exchange here at SD works: first, participants sign up and fill out a questionnaire. The questionnaire will be composed of questions that will help the Secret Santas buy a gift that their partner will like! When the sign up period is over, partners will be randomly drawn, and gifts will be purchased and shipped by the Secret Santas. You'll want to keep your identity a secret until all the participants have received their gifts. At the end, we will share pictures of our gifts and the partners will be revealed.


*Rules/Important Information*
1. You must have a minimum of 1,000 posts to participate.
This gift exchange is meant to be a fun way to celebrate the holiday season with the friends we have made on this board. Unfortunately, a limit does have to be set that determines who should and should not be allowed to participate. This rule is not in place to be "mean" or exclude any specific members. If you don't make the cut this year, stick around and post some more! You will get to know us and we'll get to know you, so when next year's SS rolls around you'll have even more fun participating!
2. You must not share your partner's address with anyone else.
The only two people who will ever see your full name and address will be myself and your partner. Under no circumstances are you to share that private information with any other user.
3. The spending limit for this year's Secret Santa is $20.
This is a reasonable amount to spend on a gift. Also, don't forget to factor in shipping costs!
4. When you're ready to ship your gift, make sure you buy delivery confirmation.
This will serve as proof that you actually did ship your gift to your partner!
5. You must sign up by Sunday, November 11th.
Shortly after the sign ups are closed, you will receive a PM with your partner's information.
6. You must ship your gift by Monday, December 10th.
This will allow four weeks for you to shop for and send out your gift. I will make posts several times throughout the month to remind you how many days left you have to ship. The sooner you get it out, the better!


*How to Participate*
WAIT! Before you sign up, please read this! Last year, the gift exchange went over flawlessly. Every single participant sent and received their gift - not one person flaked! It's very important that you realize once you commit to participating, you must follow through and send out your gift. The dates posted are a reasonable time frame for you to purchase and ship your present. If you need to withdraw from the exchange, please let me know as soon as possible, preferably before partners are chosen.

Now, if you understand the aforementioned information and you are ready to sign up, here's what you do:

1. PM afusinatto your full name and address.
You MUST PM me this information before I will add you to the list of participants. Be assured that your name and address will be kept private and will only be shared with your partner.
2. Make a new post in this thread with your repsonses to the questionnaire, which can be found in the wikipost.
Your partner will use your questionnaire when it comes time for him or her to shop for your gift. There will be a link to your questionnaire post in the wikipost. Feel free to edit it as you come up with new ideas!
3. Shop for a gift for your partner.
Shortly after the November 11th sign up cut-off date, you will receive a PM with the name of the person you will be shopping for. Use that person's questionnaire for ideas on what to buy him or her.
4. Ship out your partner's gift.
You have until December 10th to send out your gift. That's an entire month to find something, so no excuses! It's very important you send out by December 10th so your partner will receive it before Christmas!

4. PM afusinatto when you receive your gift.
While you are busy being somebody else's Secret Santa, remember that you will be receiving a gift from your own Secret Santa, too! When your gift arrives, PM me and let me know. You can either open your gift right away, or wait until later to do it. If you can remember, TAKE PICTURES and post them so we can all see what your Secret Santa sent you!


*List of Participants*
1. afusinatto - [link]
2. AggieMomx2 - [link]
3. amethyst8503 - [link]
4. Autumn - [link]
5. BETSYCARVER
6. briang - [link]
7. catluver - [link]
8. CrazyCatJade
9. celjla212 - [link]
10. cnct_agl - [link]
11. CountryGirl27 - [link]
12. daisy. - [link]
13. diveborg - [link]
14. Dizzy Devil - [link]
15. dstam015 - [link]
16. ecko - [link]
17. ericcartman - [link]
18. eternal sunshine - [link]
19. eve252 - [link]
20. finzz2dlft - [link]
21. guest2 - [link]
22. hathor - [link]
23. iconian - [link]
24. JeanGrey - [link]
25. jennidbell - [link]
26. Jex - [link]
27. jeznnib - [link]
28. Kimber - [link]
29. Kristin - [link]
30. Lextacy - [link]
31. MarkBett - [link]
32. mom2soup
33. MrsMcDreamy - [link]
34. n30 - [link]
35. Nikayla - [link]
36. Norgechica - [link]
37. obekaho - [link]
38. PassionateGray - [link]
39. RandomGirl - [link]
40. rayzac99 - [link]
41. redfuzzycow
42. redjen910 - [link]
43. RedLuvsPugs - [link]
44. Saranndippity - [link]
45. schbusdrvr - [link]
46. sevillada - [link [photobucket.com]]
47. shuriken - [link]
48. SimplyDABulous - [link]
49. SlickChik - [link]
50. SlicKitty - [link]
51. STPATTY3172000
52. vec - [link]
53. w3kn - [link]
54. WoodyWoodPecker
55. wuzzy - [link]
56. Yardboy - [link]
57. zmarko - [link]

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Last Edited by afusinatto November 17, 2007 at 09:15 PM
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HeyLookItsMe
11-25-2007 at 01:48 PM.
11-25-2007 at 01:48 PM.
i wanna see more of the stuff people got.... have there really only been 2 people who have recieved yet? OMG we all need to get steppin...
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just live your life :)
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afusinatto
11-25-2007 at 01:50 PM.
11-25-2007 at 01:50 PM.
Quote from MarkBett :
i wanna see more of the stuff people got.... have there really only been 2 people who have recieved yet? OMG we all need to get steppin...
This thread gets really exciting right around the ship by deadline nod
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Kiss my Krabby Patty
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~Kimber~
11-25-2007 at 01:54 PM.
11-25-2007 at 01:54 PM.
My stuff will hopefully ship by next Friday as long as the main gift I ordered gets here reasonably fast. It's coming UPS ground. Pray
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Be Happy
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crazymom
11-25-2007 at 02:21 PM.
11-25-2007 at 02:21 PM.
I am so BUMMED I missed this thread!!FrownFrownFrown
Well, there is always next year!!
Hope you all have fun and get some great goodies!!!
I will follow along for fun!!!!
I will try to remember for next time!!!!
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just live your life :)
> bubble2 26,039 Posts
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afusinatto
11-25-2007 at 02:31 PM.
11-25-2007 at 02:31 PM.
Quote from crazymom :
I am so BUMMED I missed this thread!!FrownFrownFrown
Well, there is always next year!!
Hope you all have fun and get some great goodies!!!
I will follow along for fun!!!!
I will try to remember for next time!!!!
hug
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Grinch
> bubble2 2,042 Posts
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mom2soup
11-25-2007 at 02:43 PM.
11-25-2007 at 02:43 PM.
Quote from afusinatto :
hug
I have all the gifts for my secret santa just need to ship them now.
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briang
11-25-2007 at 02:45 PM.
11-25-2007 at 02:45 PM.
how the heck am i supposed to wrap mine?
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~Kimber~
11-25-2007 at 02:46 PM.
11-25-2007 at 02:46 PM.
Quote from crazymom :
I am so BUMMED I missed this thread!!FrownFrownFrown
Well, there is always next year!!
Hope you all have fun and get some great goodies!!!
I will follow along for fun!!!!
I will try to remember for next time!!!!
Awww....sorry. I'll PM you next year and remind you. Smilie
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*JeanGrey*
11-25-2007 at 03:07 PM.
11-25-2007 at 03:07 PM.
Quote from afusinatto :
Yep, in the OP! I've linked to the post where the people announce they got their gift and said what they received, but nobody has posted pictures yet.
I got mine yesterday! But I haven't opened it yet - I was planning on waiting till Christmas.

BTW SS, I had to check the label because I'm expecting another package too. It said what company it's from, but they sell a lot of stuff so it's definitely still a mystery as to what the gift is, and it gave absolutely no indication of who my SS is (although I still have a couple of educated guesses Wink )
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batan
11-25-2007 at 03:10 PM.
11-25-2007 at 03:10 PM.
Quote from afusinatto :
This thread gets really exciting right around the ship by deadline nod
i bet,lolnod LMAO

i'll ship this week or early next weeknod
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finzz2dlft
11-25-2007 at 03:53 PM.
11-25-2007 at 03:53 PM.
Quote from cnct_agl :
EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK!

that's what I was afraid of.. don't they have some form of delivery confirmation, insurance, etc ?

Lost your packages ?!?! Ranting Comfort

I'd be mailing from Office Max.. so I don't think that I'd have to deal directly with DHL's customer service.. just OM.. Looks like that would be a good thing EEK!

but.. I'll probably end up sticking with USPS...

Yes, they do have tracking,and in each case the packages just sort of..........stopped en route, and when I called customer service I was given the run around. I definitley suggest sticking with USPS. I will never, ever use DHL again.
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jenni.
11-25-2007 at 04:09 PM.
11-25-2007 at 04:09 PM.
I don't like DHL either. It doesn't have anything to do with packages, but out here, the guy doesn't even get out of the van. He sits in the driveway and HONKS to see if I come out first. Mad My FIL lives next door, and once, he drove THROUGH my yard, THROUGH my FIL's yard and out HIS driveway.
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finzz2dlft
11-25-2007 at 04:13 PM.
11-25-2007 at 04:13 PM.
Quote from jennidbell :
I don't like DHL either. It doesn't have anything to do with packages, but out here, the guy doesn't even get out of the van. He sits in the driveway and HONKS to see if I come out first. Mad My FIL lives next door, and once, he drove THROUGH my yard, THROUGH my FIL's yard and out HIS driveway.


hug hug hug
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hathor
11-25-2007 at 06:37 PM.
11-25-2007 at 06:37 PM.
Quote from ~Kimber~ :
Half of the fun is seeing what everyone got. Pictures people, pictures! Whip
There is a picture of one of my gifts posted somewhere in this thread. The other gift I have decided to wait and open later! Big Grin
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hathor
11-25-2007 at 06:45 PM.
11-25-2007 at 06:45 PM.
Quote from Kristin :
Doh

It took me a minute to figure out what that avy is... it looked like a robot with big boobs sticking out of a round blue thing..... it still kinda does LMAO
Hmm.. I knew what it was before I even saw this post. Perhaps you should ease off on the eggnog. Beer laugh out loud

Quote from afusinatto :
Oh I LOVE PICTURES!!!!

I took pictures of the gift I sent Kristin last year before I shipped it out Blush I was proud of the way it looked.
Ut oh, were we supposed to take pictures of them before we send them? They are all wrapped, but I didn't take pictures. Frown

Quote from briang :
how the heck am i supposed to wrap mine?
Those santa hats in your avy look mighty festive! Smilie

Quote from finzz2dlft :
Yes, they do have tracking,and in each case the packages just sort of..........stopped en route, and when I called customer service I was given the run around. I definitley suggest sticking with USPS. I will never, ever use DHL again.
We always use Fedex for holiday shipping. Even when we pay for ground, they have almost always gotten it places in 2 days. Smilie

Quote from jennidbell :
I don't like DHL either. It doesn't have anything to do with packages, but out here, the guy doesn't even get out of the van. He sits in the driveway and HONKS to see if I come out first. Mad My FIL lives next door, and once, he drove THROUGH my yard, THROUGH my FIL's yard and out HIS driveway.
That would be a call to the company. They have no right to ruin your landscaping when they obviously got there via a road to begin with! hug
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