For me there’s nothing I particularly need, and if there’s something I want; eBay or Amazon would work.
I have a nice sized gift card balance on Amazon, (I found a way to turn it into PayPal balance sorta, so PayPal is OK), and at the worst, I could always cancel that $90 book preorder.
The fun I have with Fukos is seeing what I get, and if there’s anything in them which I could possibly use. I still have stuff which I haven’t touched but am too lazy to figure out what to do with. They’re in my closet for stuff which I haven’t figured out what to do with.
@PlacidPenguin That was kids are for-give the stuff you aren’t using to them and let them sell it on Craigslist or e-bay. It took several months but my daughter finally sold the children’s humidifier I got in my first fuko for $ 35.
@Yoda_Daenerys
I’m sorry it the hassles and difficulties were worse than you expected. Or the pointless criticism. You were the one actually doing the work.
@PlacidPenguin Truth be told. Its really quite easy once you get the hang of. The first few were rough as shit. But systems like Google Forms and sheets have made the process incredibly easy.
Honestly…the biggest pain in the ass is sending all the fucking emails when names are drawn. Seriously…its like over an hour of fucking emails.
Ive been busy as fuck for months with family, work, and round 2 of grad school. Id be happy to start up another later down the road, but for the time being Id have to pass on that action.
@PlacidPenguin@studrec@Yoda_Daenerys Oh that has been a while. Well let me think about it. I don’t know how to use google forums. Guess I would need a google account for this then and read how to use it. I’d need learned the hard way tips. Oh and the list of slackers.
@PlacidPenguin Can’t be any worse than herding 60-90 undergrads at once though starting 4-6 companies a term to either make and sell a product or put on a special event to raise money for charity while at the same time learning about organizational behavior and how to function in much larger teams than they are used to…
@f00l Students generally like it. Reviews include things like “This class changed my life” and “I learned more in this class than all my other ones put together” or “In this class, unlike other classes, you finish the class knowing what you actually learned” (these are all actual comments - they are all final semester graduating seniors and I was wracking my brains how to keep them from tuning out; experiential education and practical stuff helps with that).
The service learning part many of them also enjoy. I credited how much they “earn” with fair market value of their time volunteering at their chosen non-profit and the fair market value of what they scrounge up to donate there. Once a kid on the basketball team got the boys and girls club every single useful sports item the athletic department was going to send to university surplus. I have them competing for who makes the most for their charity (usually they netted around $2-5,000) and so that adds incentive to volunteer and find things the charity needs and get them donated.
Initially I personally loaned the companies some start up funds that they repaid. Then the dean decided to give them loans which he then had them donate that money to the charities rather than repay it. I sort of rigged that though. I had a special event the last day of class for the groups to give short presentations, give the charity a check, had news media there and invited the Dean, then let him take much of the credit - goal was to get him to decide this was worth it and front the money instead of me. Worked. He liked all the good publicity he got. LOL
@Kidsandliz
The operational educational portions of business degrees - where I would have to be functional and effective and profitable - terrify me a bit.
Perhaps it would be ok once I got into it. From the outside looking in, am certain I would be the biggest failure in educational history.
I have never gotten a bag of crap from woot. The pause thing has scored me two recent fukos though. Almost didn’t get one because of the captcha and time to reload.
To answer the question…
Honestly, the last fuko I got was worth a solid $20. I wouldn’t pay that not knowing beforehand. Good odds of getting some moustache chip clips, ugly ass slippers, and some shit that not even goodwill wants. Some items I think meh just laughs because I just paid them to take their shit to the recycler. Sounds like hate, but it isn’t. I think it is a fun gamble.
If you think that’s bad, it’s even funnier when some people would get ridiculous things in second part shipments for Fukus. (I don’t recall if there have been Fukos with a second half to them.)
Pretty sure it’s not necessarily cheap to send pallets of junk to people.
@PlacidPenguin
I will admit I was totally jealous of the old 1970’s trophy, used crutches, and other random parts. That’s just funny and totally worth my $5 and $5 shipping. I might even pay $20 if it was guaranteed absurdity in the box.
This is off-topic, but I cannot for the life of me figger out how to post a new topic. This is galling the snot out of me because I’ve been using forums since 1981 (and I began running them myself in 1983). (Neither of those is a typo.) For the love of cow, would someone please help me outbefore I go nuclear? Where is the “New” (or whatever it’s called) button hidden in my iPad?
$5 w/ $5 shipping, and I have never won one either. As much as I like to bitch about it, it is not worth paying anything more for it.
Would that be before or after you knew the contents???
VMP + $5.
The fun is “something for next to nothing”.
If I have to bid, wtf. There is stuff I want at Amazon.
@f00l
For me there’s nothing I particularly need, and if there’s something I want; eBay or Amazon would work.
I have a nice sized gift card balance on Amazon, (I found a way to turn it into PayPal balance sorta, so PayPal is OK), and at the worst, I could always cancel that $90 book preorder.
The fun I have with Fukos is seeing what I get, and if there’s anything in them which I could possibly use. I still have stuff which I haven’t touched but am too lazy to figure out what to do with. They’re in my closet for stuff which I haven’t figured out what to do with.
@PlacidPenguin That was kids are for-give the stuff you aren’t using to them and let them sell it on Craigslist or e-bay. It took several months but my daughter finally sold the children’s humidifier I got in my first fuko for $ 35.
@PlacidPenguin will take any unwanted fuku or fuko related goods
@boredashell
Participate in the next Mehxchange and maybe you’ll end up being one of my recipients.
@PlacidPenguin when will that be? I’m down for it
@YourLazyButt
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I believe @Yoda_Daenerys was a bit disheartened after 4.01.a v2, and I believe @studerc has been busy with life stuff.
@PlacidPenguin I have participated in the last two. Have had a bunch of fun with them. Will cross my fingers next time
@PlacidPenguin tru dat, i will not organize another. perhaps @kidsandliz is up to the task?
@Yoda_Daenerys
I’m sorry it the hassles and difficulties were worse than you expected. Or the pointless criticism. You were the one actually doing the work.
You put out a lot of effort and energy.
Thx.
@Yoda_Daenerys @studerc
I’m assuming it’s one of those things which people think is hard, but they won’t understand the gravity of it unless they actually try organizing one.
@PlacidPenguin Truth be told. Its really quite easy once you get the hang of. The first few were rough as shit. But systems like Google Forms and sheets have made the process incredibly easy.
Honestly…the biggest pain in the ass is sending all the fucking emails when names are drawn. Seriously…its like over an hour of fucking emails.
Ive been busy as fuck for months with family, work, and round 2 of grad school. Id be happy to start up another later down the road, but for the time being Id have to pass on that action.
@Yoda_Daenerys Maybe. It would have to be in March sometime though… When was the last one (eg roughly the date)?
@Kidsandliz
October 5th
@PlacidPenguin @studrec @Yoda_Daenerys Oh that has been a while. Well let me think about it. I don’t know how to use google forums. Guess I would need a google account for this then and read how to use it. I’d need learned the hard way tips. Oh and the list of slackers.
@Kidsandliz
You’ll also need to be mentally prepared for the task.
@Kidsandliz started oct. 5, my last follow up email was dec. 12, so 2 months effort, on and off
/giphy on again, off again
@Yoda_Daenerys That slash gif could have gone wildly wrong (or right).
@Kidsandliz
You’re seriously considering following in the footsteps of @studrec and @Yoda_Daenerys? There’s a reason they aren’t active as much.
(And don’t buy into their claims of being “busy”
)
@PlacidPenguin Can’t be any worse than herding 60-90 undergrads at once though starting 4-6 companies a term to either make and sell a product or put on a special event to raise money for charity while at the same time learning about organizational behavior and how to function in much larger teams than they are used to…
@Kidsandliz
I’d flunk both the class and (presuming I had the degree) the teaching of said class. I’d run howling.
Bless you.
@f00l Students generally like it. Reviews include things like “This class changed my life” and “I learned more in this class than all my other ones put together” or “In this class, unlike other classes, you finish the class knowing what you actually learned” (these are all actual comments - they are all final semester graduating seniors and I was wracking my brains how to keep them from tuning out; experiential education and practical stuff helps with that).
The service learning part many of them also enjoy. I credited how much they “earn” with fair market value of their time volunteering at their chosen non-profit and the fair market value of what they scrounge up to donate there. Once a kid on the basketball team got the boys and girls club every single useful sports item the athletic department was going to send to university surplus. I have them competing for who makes the most for their charity (usually they netted around $2-5,000) and so that adds incentive to volunteer and find things the charity needs and get them donated.
Initially I personally loaned the companies some start up funds that they repaid. Then the dean decided to give them loans which he then had them donate that money to the charities rather than repay it. I sort of rigged that though. I had a special event the last day of class for the groups to give short presentations, give the charity a check, had news media there and invited the Dean, then let him take much of the credit - goal was to get him to decide this was worth it and front the money instead of me. Worked. He liked all the good publicity he got. LOL
@Kidsandliz
The operational educational portions of business degrees - where I would have to be functional and effective and profitable - terrify me a bit.
Perhaps it would be ok once I got into it. From the outside looking in, am certain I would be the biggest failure in educational history.
@Kidsandliz
Did you think about it?
@PlacidPenguin Think about what?
@Kidsandliz
Heading the next Mehxchange.
@PlacidPenguin Oh that…
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OK I’ll do it.
@Kidsandliz
@f00l
Cancelled the preorder for the $90 book.
I have never gotten a bag of crap from woot. The pause thing has scored me two recent fukos though. Almost didn’t get one because of the captcha and time to reload.
To answer the question…
Honestly, the last fuko I got was worth a solid $20. I wouldn’t pay that not knowing beforehand. Good odds of getting some moustache chip clips, ugly ass slippers, and some shit that not even goodwill wants. Some items I think meh just laughs because I just paid them to take their shit to the recycler. Sounds like hate, but it isn’t. I think it is a fun gamble.
@jason2483
If you think that’s bad, it’s even funnier when some people would get ridiculous things in second part shipments for Fukus. (I don’t recall if there have been Fukos with a second half to them.)
Pretty sure it’s not necessarily cheap to send pallets of junk to people.
@PlacidPenguin
I will admit I was totally jealous of the old 1970’s trophy, used crutches, and other random parts. That’s just funny and totally worth my $5 and $5 shipping. I might even pay $20 if it was guaranteed absurdity in the box.
This is off-topic, but I cannot for the life of me figger out how to post a new topic. This is galling the snot out of me because I’ve been using forums since 1981 (and I began running them myself in 1983). (Neither of those is a typo.) For the love of cow, would someone please help me outbefore I go nuclear? Where is the “New” (or whatever it’s called) button hidden in my iPad?
Thanks for helping a very frustrated Meh-er out.
Binky
@BinkyMelnik
Go to this page:
https://meh.com/forum
Then look at the upper right on the page.
Below the top headings bar
+ ADD TOPIC
PS if you are on a mobile device or tablet, view the page in portrait mode, not landscape mode.