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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Perhaps for 2017, we could have two Secret Santa groups: 1) rggoodie's Patient & Pliant Program; and 2) trout1005's Punctilious & Precise Program. Happy campers all around.   Edited by dd27
01/22/2017 01:09 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Perhaps for 2017, we could have two Secret Santa groups:
1) rggoodie's Patient & Pliant Program; and
2) trout1005's Punctilious & Precise Program.
Happy campers all around.
There is definitely NO shortage of Smart comments here  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1795 Posts |
He He ....."Can't we all be just Friends"......"Life is too Short to be otherwise!"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1512 Posts |
One nice thing is all the comments make waiting seem that much shorter, lol.  Santa, Still nothing, but I'm not worried. Thanks! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3473 Posts |
Can't wait to be part of the 2017 event.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
514 Posts |
I appreciate the flexibility on date received; This year I had a heck of a time trying to pick something for my SS - even though I had a heck of a time picking something I did find something without too much delay, I was ultimately at the mercy of the ebay seller to mail my gift in a punctual manner... I could see how matters would be made much worse if some sort of family crisis ect hampered getting a gift out. I look forward to next years SS exchange - One thing I learned this year was to not stress on picking the gift too much; If my SS's don't have a "want list" or don't have threads about what they're looking for, I will just pick a couple things I like, and probably throw some sweets in there to round it out - like what my SS did for me last year. :) Edited by unruhjonny
01/23/2017 4:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2133 Posts |
I had a family crisis in 2015.
My recipient in 2016 didn't have an entry in What Our Members Collect, so I sent something from my duplicates.
However, I doubt that buying something would be my first choice because it's impossible to guess what they haven't got unless they have an up-to-date wants list.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
Remember, there are members from the entire world. Tracking might end at the border the package was sent from.
Coupled with some members may not check in every day/week/month as well.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I look forward to next years SS exchange - One thing I learned this year was to not stress on picking the gift too much;
If my SS's don't have a "want list" or don't have threads about what they're looking for, I will just pick a couple things I like  I actually prefer to give/receive gifts that are NOT on peoples "Bucket List" or what they usually collect. I like to Widen collectors horizons by sending them something that they Don't have. This way they get something Nice and they also get to research some new aspect of numismatics at the same time, I would call that a "Win Win" situation   Nothing to do with SS but a while back Sel gave Me a circulated 1845 Maundy 4d coin. I had never seen a Maundy coin before and the design and the small size of it had me intrigued, So I did some research on Maundy coinage. I have since added quite a few different Maundy sets to my collections because they are very attractive and low mintage coins But without that initial coin that came from the generosity of a Good Mate I would Never have bothered to look into these types of coins. It only takes a single acorn to grow a magnificent Oak tree   Edited by trout1105
01/23/2017 11:13 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
514 Posts |
huh...
you made me look that up - neat!
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Moderator
 United States
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I usually try to give something from their wish/want list, but I add extras that are different. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
514 Posts |
it would be great if a prerequisite of being involved in the exchange was some sort of a wish/want list.
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Valued Member
Canada
192 Posts |
I've got good news, and I've got bad news.
The good news is that I received a thoughtful SS gift when I checked my box today. (Thanks to my Secret Santa and RGoodie aka Richard for organizing.)
The bad news is that it included a sad letter about a first attempt winding-up in limbo after being sent to my flexdelivery address. Shame on CP for selling flexdelivery as a value-added service when this now marks at least 2 shipments they've screwed-up (at least they had the courtesy to return the other package they never notified me about). :(
I should add, I'm not keen on mandatory wish-lists; I've got some coins now that I almost certainly would otherwise never had obtained, and thus I also have research to do I wouldn't otherwise have done... win/win in my book :) Sorry for the lack of pics, but the sun hasn't been out for a week or more here, and the lighting in my cave is not great... all the pics are coming out blurry.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
514 Posts |
mandatory, no;
but a list for some of the less creative of us, would be kinda nice ;)
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Moderator
United States
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And with arrival of NeoSpec's gift, that brings it to 4  |
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