2023 Holiday Exchange Is Here

This has been a long and difficult road this year. Definitely with the change that you will make Richard concerning shipments should make a big difference. Can we also at same time, increase the dollar amount to $20?

My secret Santa gift arrived today! A big thank you to grizzlybear706 for the coins and also to loonielewy for sending it to me after it made a stop at his place.
The package included an uncirculated roll of 2020 pennies, two silver clad bicentennial quarters and an 1976-S half dollar, a dime with very cool toning and a cent that confused me at first. I wasn't sure what WUFO-001 was, so had to look it up. You can find more info here: https://doubleddie.com/2398858.html It is also what shows on grizzly's avatar. Quite interesting! The pic I took of it isn't the best, I need to play around with the lighting some more when I have more time.

I would consider raising the value of the gift to $20. For US participants, this is probably a very small amount, but for some of us it may amount to a significant amount of his earnings. I think it's worth discussing.

When I send my SS gift it is usually at or above that $20 mark, but having said that it is up to each individual as to what they send.
Also the postage can be equal to that and more, depends where you are sending.

Let's consider as well the cost of postage for some of the senders. I mailed a package this season to a Canadian recipient and the postage (USA sender) alone was $24 at the lowest price option the USPS has.

I say I'm fine with the $10 minimum and by reviewing the gifts it also appears that most Santa's sent gifts valued more than that.

I wanted to write a big post, but realized that I would make do with a few sentences. What if we start collecting participants for the Secret Santa a little earlier? I see that many people did not manage to get to it this year. I missed one of those days myself and was only able to participate next year. Might it be worth launching some kind of newsletter? I also suggest gradually raising the limit, let's go around $15 next year?

$20 is closer to the cost of an ounce of silver, depending on when it's bought. I sent a package to Canada, figured the cost of postage was not an issue. Yes, it was about $13 or so to send the package but postage in the USA can be close to that depending on how much it weighs. $20 just seems to me to be based on inflation the new $10

I'll chime in. Postage costs are part of the gift. How many of us gladly flooded molydeii last year in hopes of some getting through? Some made it, mine didn't. Chance I was willing to take. Same this year, got an extra gift and am not beefing about the postage to pass it on. Just part of the fun. I say leave the value at $10.00. Let the giver do his or her thing without financial pressure.

Let's hope next year runs a smooth as a clock.