Unofficial Meh Exchange 2025 - Reveal Thread
12Yesterday I received an amazing box full of small LEGO sets, DVD/BluRays (some still with unredeemed digital codes!), IRK bags, other bags, a plethora of commemorative spoons, a dozen or so dolphin magnets, a bluetooth speaker, a single traker, a couple of cat doors that can be installed in people doors, what looks like a letter from a previous Unofficial Exchange sender, a letter mentioning that some of the items are regifted from @DJSLACK and a bunch of other stuff all packed in a very fine box. Due to 27-bluezillion other things going on (including a minor plumbing emergency), I only had a chance to take a quick look and take one picture. But hopefully I can post more later this week.
Thank you @KYKAZAA!
Here’s Kota checking out the very fine box before I opened it.
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@kykazaa Overachiever
Actually that’s nice @gt0163c. Way to kick things off!
@djslack the good part (or sad part depending on your perspective) is it was all lying around my house.
Thanks for getting the reveal thread kicked off! I received my Holiday IRK from @mbersiam on Friday (I am pretty sure I had received a shipping notification the same day that I found out who I had drawn in the exchange). Thank you for being so on top of getting this out!
The good
Besides being as early as this could be, this box contained a bunch of items that inspired 0 regret. An extreme steamer. A ring doorbell. A sleep sound machine. A “professional nail lamp” that was instantly claimed by my older daughter. A bag of screaming’ hot veggie straws. What a delight to open this kit!
The bad
None. Other than this reveal getting posted 4 days after receiving.
The Meh
While I still consider this stuff good, I did want a separate category for the items that have made these holiday exchanges so fun and interesting, the stuff that makes Meh meh. In here, that would be the ice scraper from Woot, the comfort republic undies, the phone accessories, the battery converters, the MASH party game, the pro-say toothpaste, the car chargers, the onion chutney with raisins and honey squeezeable cheese (!), and of course the purple and green IRK bag.
What a wonderful assembly of items that range from super useful to full on quirky. Happy Holidays all and thank you so much @mbersiam!
@eddiegordo Glad you enjoyed opening it!
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This is one fantastic IRK!
Exchange is starting off great!
Still out of the country (Costa Rica) so my match will be one of the very last to post. Hope to get it posted by the day before deadline…mehbe…
Likewise, if you ‘drew’ my name I’ll post pics on my return if you already sent it.
@chienfou
i.e. mailed… Not talking about posting to this thread.
Wow.
Thank you @cerridwyn. Your package was over the top
. As a recent Texas resident, you proved that not everything is bigger in Texas.
For starters, I get a box on my doorstep for toilet paper. WTF. When did I order toilet paper? I buy my 30 rolls at Costco and am well stocked for another 6 month. Well, pity the fool. I turn the box upside down and the joke’s on me.
It came via Ground UPS from Southern California so it likely traveled on I10 through Palm Springs, Phoenix, Tucson, Las Cruces, El Paso, turn onto state highway 290 to Fredericksburg, Johnson City, turn north and then to my house.
It came with the usual meh stuff that everyone gets by the boatloads plus other goodies. For starters, since this is my first meh exchange, I thought it was an exchange with just two people. My draw was a person from Ohio so I put in my wish list an OSU Collegiate National Champs t-shirt. Fooled me again. The person you send your meh goodies to is not the same as the person you receive meh goodies from. I realized everything is anonymous. I don’t know who my gifter is and in retrospect, why would a Southern California person ever send me an OSU T-shirt?
So let’s dig in.
A note from gifter apologizing for not sending me a T-shirt (are you kidding me!!! I should apologize for putting a stupid OSU T-shirt on my wishlist)
Box of 20 N95 Particulate Respirators, otherwise known as masks - put with another box I received in an IRK
6 piece eyeshadow collection - to my friend’s 30 year old daughter
Aduro Multi-Charging Station Surge Protecter with 9 outlets and 2 USB ports
Hand held double-sided mirror, with handle that bends to become a stand up table mirror
Monster Clean Touch for cleaning touch screens
Command Brand Broom Gripper for attaching to a wall
Pebble Bottle hot or cold brew coffee and tea maker
Dormroom Under-Bed Bag
3 Christmas lawn decoration: 2 candy canes and 1 letter to Santa
Rumi bottle of saffron spice blend
2 12” kitchen storage containers
But there’s more.
Inside each one of the containers was more stuff.
Container #1
Starbucks gift card - I’m 3 blocks away from a Starbucks and I walk there almost everyday to grab something. They know me by name and I have gobs of Stars from their loyalty program
Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Macchiato Squares - usually have just regular brew coffee but I’ll try a macchiato with the dark chocolate squares
Trader Joe’s Wicked Good Caramel Chocolate Bar
O-sheet bag - learned how to use this linen storage bag on Etsy.
2 small jars
Container #2
Food Clip with Pour Spout - these are really cool. I’d never seen these before so I texted the gifter. With their help and a video I found on amazon, I figure out how to use
Chip Clip Bag Sealing Clips
@cerridwyn Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.


@rcwbbb I have no clue what’s on the starbucks card. my landlord gives them every yule, and i don’t go there, so another surprise.
And look at the brand on the clips, i had to laugh.
I use the small bottles for single serving condiments. If you don’t pack a lunch maybe less usable.
@Cerridwyn
Did not notice before. IKEA. I was at a Home Show one year and IKEA was handing out cards for free goodies at their store. I ended up with a set of 4 mugs I can’t use so I’ll have to find a place to regift.
Thanks for how to use the small jars. I don’t pack a lunch on a regular basis since I’m retired but I do pack a lunch occasionally so good suggestion. And I do steal those little packets of ketchup or mayonnaise when I’m out as well.
Also, I have the Starbucks app on my tablet so I’ll add the card. P.S. Just so you know, in the right hand corner on the back, it says Initial Value $10 and I called Starbucks to confirm. $10 will be good for 1-1/2 Frappuccinos, my go to drink.
@Cerridwyn @rcwbbb
You opened your box at the library?
@Cerridwyn @Kyeh Very observant. I have a small place and no room to lay all this stuff out. Fortunately the library is only six blocks away.
@Cerridwyn @rcwbbb Libraries are great for many purposes!