UNOFFICIAL MEH EXCHANGE, finally
12https://www.elfster.com/gift-exchanges/b3aa77b5-8e87-4194-bdf3-199fec414382/?join=yjnh
This is the unofficial meh exchange (meaning it’s not sponsored by meh), this year I’m your host so blame somebody else if something goes wrong lol.
Sign up starts today, please click the link above. I’ll leave the sign up open till February 1st @ 5pm eastern time. Later that night I’ll draw names so everybody should be able to view their recipient by Feb 2nd. You’ll have till February 14th to stalk your person, ask them questions, fill your box and ship it. After that we’ll start the reveal thread to see what everyone got.
Now for some rules.
-We are using elfster so if you have an account from the exchange years ago you can sign into that.
-please include your user name when you sign up/create an account, there will be a spot to put your shipping address so you can put your real name there or still make it your username. If you don’t include your user name, we won’t know who you are.
-you must ship a box to receive a box, this is not a free present from meh.
-if you’ve screwed people in past exchanges and try to sign up, you will be removed.
-if your sender ask you questions, please answer them. They’re just trying to figure out what to ship you.
-please include your user name when you ship your box so the recipient knows who it came from.
-the wishlist is there for you to fill out to help your sender get a better idea of who you are.
-you are required to a picture in the MEH reveal thread (description is also appreciated) after you open your box.
-please check the box that says you’ve sent your box once you’ve done so.
Now for the PRICE
The minimum you are required to send to participate in this is about $11 after tax. The box is $10.20 to ship. The box size is 8 11/16” x 5 7/16” x 1 3/4” it’s the small box (at usps) that hold about the size of a vhs (remember those). Now do people go above and beyond and send huge, massive boxes filled to the brim? Yes they do. People really get into this and love to send all types of stuff new and used. But you are not required to. That’s why the minimum to participate is the vhs size box and the $11 to ship it.
Now what to put in the box?
-Nothing broken
-No junk
-No trackers, well maybe one as a joke
-This is the time to get creative and some people stalk their person on meh to find out everything about them so they can fill their box with all their favorite things.
-Some people fill boxes with food/alcohol and local stuff from around their town so it’s like a taste from a different city box.
-This is a meh exchange after all so include some meh leftovers in you have them.
-Not everybody is the same and some people don’t like the meh irk stuff. Which was the case of my recipient last year. I sent him a massive box filled with pasta, sauces, oils, soups, breads, jams. A real specialty foodie box.
-Look at the persons wishlist, you don’t have to buy anything off it (people sometime do) it’s there to give you a better idea of the person.
-Don’t put something in the box of you wouldn’t want to get it in return, this isn’t a way to empty the junk out of your house.
-Lastly have fun! This is not supposed to be stressful
Please do not ask me questions pertaining to elfster, I’m the dumbest person when it comes to doing stuff on computers. If you don’t know, I’m the last person to ask. That’s why I keep saying if this goes off without problems I should get a prize.
Now if your person isn’t responding to you and you think they’re fake or anything that is a time to reach out to me. I will get back to you as soon as I can.
If anybody sees anything I missed, as this is my first time, please inform us all.
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You will need a few people who want to send and not receive as usually there are a few fuck heads who don’t send. Just have them whisper you or something. The years I ran this there were always people who wanted to do exactly that.
meaning wanted to send but not receive.
Done.
In…and if you need someone to do more than one, I can.
@mikibell ditto
no trackers, love it…or maybe one…so I could send about 80 boxes out. Ill sign up tomorrow. Thanks for running this.
@jchizmar I think I did Trackrs as ornaments once…
@jchizmar Do you really have 80 boxes?
Just curious… How many come in a case? I just put the case I received back in the box, never opened it, and haven’t given them away yet. After all, they’re not garbage, they DO WORK for people that use android phones. Jus sayen.
@jchizmar @Lynnerizer they do work for those folks IF they don’t need batteries… otherwise whomever is going to use them will need to buy batteries. That is the issue with donating is it isn’t fair to whomever buys them unless you check each battery first.
@Lynnerizer
I recounted, only 72…30 in each box with the smaller packaging, 12 in the larger size
@jchizmar @Lynnerizer Hmm… I must have more than I thought. I have three of those bottom boxes and at least a dozen or more loose ones of the bottom boxes kind and close to that with the top box kind.
@jchizmar @Kidsandliz @Lynnerizer someone who is Crafty could actually take them and paint them and make them look like whatever image. I mean maybe especially if you check the batteries and they do work you could paint them to an image that fit the person you were giving them to if you’re crafty. I’m not. At least not paint type. But for me I think they’d be cool having Ravens on them or moons are even a tree of life or something like that not that I’d use them I probably hang them somewhere
@Cerridwyn @jchizmar @Lynnerizer Hmm so this is one of those “this would be a good idea but don’t you dare send me any because I am not crafty” posts to try to avoid getting the motherlode in your exchange box??
@jchizmar @Kidsandliz @Lynnerizer lol. I have some of my own you know. And until my last irk, I only gotten one here and there last when I got rocks I got a box. Haven’t opened it probably won’t open it uses too much trouble don’t make him work and I’m lazy.
@Cerridwyn @jchizmar @Kidsandliz @Lynnerizer I think I did do some as mini ornaments, with Meh images pasted shoddily on.
BUT.
I have a brilliant idea. A Meh-tacular idea. It is stuMehndous. So whoever gets me? Send me as many trackrs as you want. Preferably dead! And feel free to add glitter paint if you have it!
@brainmist @Cerridwyn @jchizmar @Kidsandliz @Lynnerizer Oooooooooo!!!
@brainmist @Cerridwyn @jchizmar @Lynnerizer post your address and I am sure you will get hundreds in the end from so many of us.
New price on small flat rate box is $10.40 at the retail counter. (New prices on many other stuff that started today 1/21/24)
Online labels can save you a bit. $8.51 for the small flat rate box on one site.
Weight, size and distance all can be a factor in pricing a box. Online price calculators can help you see the difference an inch or pound can make. Always round up so you are not surprised later.
For sending your box, you should use Pirateship - https://www.pirateship.com/
I learned about it here, when the last exchange happened.
@Kyeh Seconded! Pirateship is amazing.
@Kyeh @mossygreen Yes!! Pack your box. Go to UPS, get them to weigh it if you don’t have something accurate at home. Then go to the Pirate site, fill in the address, size of package and weight, pay, print your label and go back to UPS to mail it.
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @mossygreen Pirate Ship is great. Just sent a 20lb box with UPS for $23. It’s like I’m making money!
/giphy rofl
I’m in! Thanks for volunteering!
I’m in! Yay!
Thanks Star! I can now re-gift of that jar of spiders and that creepy voodoo doll that never seems to be where I remember putting it
Edit - and someone is getting a TrackR! Fight the power!
@capnjb I guess I might have a TrackR or two around…
@capnjb Hey @mycya4me just a (as in singular, just one) tracker or two? You are seriously deprived. I have 50 or 60 or something like that. If you put your address out there I am sure a number of us can address your deficient supply in short order.
@capnjb @Kidsandliz I think that I originally had 10-15 total, I have depleted that collection in past exchanges… So Thank YOU SO Very Much for your Ever so Kind offer to give me More. But I truly would NOT want to Deprive you of the Joy you get from have so many! That would NOT be right of me! HEHEHE ROTFLOL!
@capnjb @mycya4me Oh I am wiling to self sacrifice for the greater good. No problem! Just send me your address. I can even add a bonus gift of about 18 or 20 pink phone rings. I am sure you likely could do good things with those too.
@capnjb @Kidsandliz @mycya4me note to self. And everybody else for that matter. If you get this person in the exchange send them all your trackers, all of them
@capnjb @Cerridwyn @mycya4me And if you have none to send whisper me and I can quickly send you mine to you to send to them.
@capnjb @Kidsandliz @mycya4me
@capnjb @Cerridwyn @mycya4me Sorry no picture to see… just a blue box with a ? in it.
@capnjb @Kidsandliz @mycya4me dang it I hate it when it does that when I try to post it from a portable device like a phone or a tablet
@capnjb @Cerridwyn @mycya4me so maybe screen shot it and post it that way? I am now curious what you posted.
@capnjb @Kidsandliz @mycya4me just a super elaborate
@capnjb @Cerridwyn @Kidsandliz If that happens I will have friends that are good in the Dark Web… they will Hunt You down! we will put you on Every list we we can to get the Most JUNK! hehehe
@capnjb @Cerridwyn @mycya4me
Surely you will be getting the most junk in the mehrican exchange. What’s a few more trackrs? Right? (snicker).
@capnjb @Kidsandliz @mycya4me
/giphy giggity
@capnjb Spiders and voodoo dolls??
pick me pick me pick me
Yay!
Hooray! Thank you for getting this organized!
I’m in
/showme a man called Onion Soup putting random items in a box
Hope you all like… looks like books, gauges, empty bottles, kettles, and random onions!
@OnionSoup An onion watch, it looks like!
@mediocrebot Um hello when did you become Timothy Omundson?
@brainmist
Or is it Orson Wells?
@brainmist @macromeh Oh, yes - definitely Orson!
@brainmist @Kyeh @macromeh I’m jealous of the moustache in the generated picture. I maintain my beard/moustache, keeping it short at 3mm each morning, but I’d love to be able to have a moustache like that… Lol
@OnionSoup 31 years ago, during my prior existence, I decided to try growing a mustache. Three months in, nobody had noticed. I shaved it off, and nobody noticed. So much for that itchy annoyance.
I had always regarded all facial hair south of my eyelashes as being something I’d gladly do without. The quantity remaining continues to be reduced.
@werehatrack well, truth be told I probably could physically grow a nice moustache, but I wouldn’t want the maintenance. Why I keep my beard super short it’s easy to keep looking neat and tidy and I don’t have to worry about waxes and oils.
Oh… and I see how Elfster makes money… I bet they make a commission if you buy off the wishlists- that’s why they have the wishlists set up like that.
@OnionSoup You can bypass the suggestions and add your own. Or we could make a wishlist topic.
I’m in… or at least will be after I log in to elfster tomorrow!
Make sure your meh user name is included in your elfster name.
@Star2236 I used Josh-capnjb as my first name… hope that shows up. Thanks again!
@Star2236 did you send that email to everybody?? Just wondering because I had already done what you asked, not sure it is visible though.
@mikibell @Star2236 I think it was a group email to everyone who has registered.
@Star2236 Uh-oh. I don’t know how to do this. I think this is different than what I thought. Can I withdraw?
@pooflady @Star2236 ohhh no, don’t leave us – you can just go into elfster… at the top of the page, there should be a letter in a circle, mine shows an M in the circle.
Click on the letter in the circle, that should take you to your information. Under that is a blue rounded box (too early to come up with the name of the shape!) Click that.
That takes you to Settings.
Under settings click personal information and whaaala … you can add (pooflady) next to your first name!!
don’t forget to click save. then you are good to go!
@capnjb
Yup, yours showed up. I looked at everybody’s before I sent the email.
@mikibell @pooflady
Don’t withdraw, just edit and add your user name next to real name. If you have trouble let me know and I’ll see if I can help you since I’m the organizer(i might be able to edit your account).
@mikibell @Star2236 Okay, managed that.
@Star2236 sorry for the delay
I just saw the message you sent me in elfster. Profile name updated don’t kick me out!
@fool @djslack I think those are their names? Sign up for the meh exchange?
@Star2236 ohai, things got busy. Thanks for the reminder!
@djslack
Your welcome, I was hoping I got your name right lol
@Star2236 you did, but you slightly missed @f00l
@djslack @f00l
Thank you
@f00l 2 more days to sign up for the meh exchange if you want in. Just a reminder.
OK, so I know it’s random… but I’m really hoping I end up with someone old-school meh. I’ve got two items to go in mine that I think old-school mehtizens would get an extra laugh out of that newer members might just look at and say “that’s random”.
@OnionSoup send me your address i’ll send you trackrs and some old school meh stuff (not going to be part of the exchange though).
@Kidsandliz lol… Definitely don’t need more trackrs now. I still have a few left after my “project” and don’t intend a second one. Thank you though.
@OnionSoup Party Pooper. You KNOW your life will not be complete without about 80 or 90 more.
@Kidsandliz so by “life won’t be complete” you’re saying “will come to an end”… I’m other words. Trackrs will be the death of me
@OnionSoup
Oh but you discuss them so often across threads that now we all know you secretly lust after them and just don’t want to admit it. You want us to figure that out by all your hints and then to fulfill your dreams.
@Kidsandliz @OnionSoup
So did I miss the post your TrackR project or have you not shared it with us yet? I know I’d LOVE to see what you made!
I knew I should have got out of this. What if you have nothing to wish for? I’m elderly, nothing comes to mind. I read. A lot. A whole lot. My hearing’s lousy so I don’t watch TV or go to movies. I liked getting IRKS and BOCs.
@pooflady If you have nothing to wish for then it will be like pre-eflster exchanges where each of us just sent stuff, “stalked” the person on meh (and now likely casemates too) to see what you could figure out what to send besides irk stuff you didn’t want or other meh like stuff you had at home. I only bought something once. By stalking I found the person i was sending to was a major sports fan of one team. I bought an inexpensive, small christmas ornament of “someone” wearing a shirt from the team. Another time someone was complaining they never won fukos so I sent a fuko bag, some stickers from meh and irk style contents.
SO ATTENTION ALL EXCHANGE PEOPLE - be sure to stalk your person on meh and casemates to get some clues about what you have in your house they might like.
@pooflady
I think you can write in stuff you like on your wish list Bc people love giving their irk leftovers. I wish I would had got your name now bc of the stuff I have already bought. And collected for this, you would had been right up my alley.
Names are drawn and sent
If you missed signing up and really want to participate please get ahold of me, we’ll figure it out.
@Star2236 thanks! I’ve already messaged my person. I haven’t found them on the forums yet so I’ll let you know if they are a potential ghost.
@ironcheftoni @Star2236 me as well. But searching on a tablet or phone is a lot harder than searching on a computer
@Cerridwyn @Star2236 they did respond when i sent questions on elfster though so not a ghost. If you cannot find them on meh, you can ask anonymously
@ironcheftoni @Star2236 I did that. No response yet but I’ll give it a day
@Star2236 My recipient didn’t add their Meh name, and hasn’t replied to my question. I guess it isn’t that big of a deal, they did post a remark about a couple of things they like, but still…
is there a way to see more than 30 days of activity on Meh for who we got picked?
@jchizmar just search the user name. IF they have any entries it comes up or try in google site:meh.com username
I just did[ ‘username’ meh] and a bunch of stuff came up from long ago…
I’m going to need a bigger box.
@capnjb Says me every time I start rounding up stuff to send in an exchange. lol
It’s here! I am so jazzed for this exchange.
It says I’m not matched up with anyone? Did the matches happen already?
@UpbeatDuck yes they did @Star2236 ^^^^^
Finally I can get rid of TrackR Pixels?
@datruandi You need to sent them to @onionsoup. On another thread that person said they’d take 2000 of them if @werehatrack took the rest. Might have to be send outside of this exchange though.
@datruandi From the rules, above:
@datruandi @Kidsandliz @werehatrack werehatrack deserves them more. All the tireless work as a volunteer here deserves trackrs as a reward.
@Kyeh i don’t have trackers I have only TrackRs
@datruandi @Kidsandliz @OnionSoup
And this factored into my decision to forego participation this time.
Anyone claiming to know where I live is trying to TrackRDrop-prank an allegedly innocent third party.
I have forgotten, is the person to whom I am sending the same person sending to me?
@mossygreen Usually not unless that has changed. You aren’t supposed to know who is sending to you and you would if it was that kind of swap.
@Kidsandliz I thought we did a straight exchange and not a round robin once, but maybe I’m thinking of somewhere else.
@mossygreen that is why elfster as then it is a hidden sender because it was created for secret santa
@Kidsandliz Aha, so if I’m thinking of something pre-elfster, if it even happened it was probably at deals.woot or something.
@mossygreen When we did it spreadsheet random number generator matching (I ran it 4 or 5 times) you didn’t know who got you and we had to check to make sure people didn’t get each other or get themselves (since they could send more than one box if they had participated at least once in the past).
Hmm, my person has some stuff on their wishlist that is giving me ideas.
@mossygreen Sounds ominous…?
No one has asked me any questions yet as far as I know, unless there’s a place to check that I don’t know about.
@pooflady you should get a notice from elfster if someone asked you a question.
@ironcheftoni @pooflady And check your junk mail just in case.
Alrighty then! Packed and shipped early! I just couldn’t take the screams coming from the box anymore. Glad that’s gone
@capnjb UGH, some of us haven’t even started the slightly complicated projects we just decided to take on (I’m assuming it’s not just me who looked at a wishlist and went OH I COULD DO A SOMEWHAT CRAPPY VERSION OF THAT).
@mossygreen I have a pro-level ADHD thing going on, so deadlines are my friend. I get things done, but most of the time they are last minute. This weekend I’m dropping kiddo and doggo off with my mom and sneaking my wife off to a romantic weekend in DC at a swanky hotel. Monday starts with a week-long client audit, so if I didn’t get things out early, I’d be making excuses and apologies. Thanks guilt!
@capnjb @mossygreen So you going as a famous country music singer with your guitar suitcase with your “daughter” again?
@Kidsandliz @mossygreen Whitney Morse will be getting into town on Friday We don’t have much of an agenda, but Gordon Ramsay has a Fish & Chip shop by the wharf that my wife has always wanted to try, and we want to try to see the part of the National Museum of Art we didn’t get to on our last trip. Other than that, who knows what adventure awaits? We can’t seem to leave the house without coming back with a story.
@capnjb @mossygreen And your stories are so good - along the lines of: Holy crap. Who would have thought that would happen?
@Kidsandliz @mossygreen The only thing that is certain is oysters with brunch at the Old Ebitt, Saturday morning. When I walk around in a cowboy hat, in my wife’s brain, she is thinking, ‘Oh, please don’t do that’. And me? I’m thinking ‘I’m going to f’ing do this’.
@capnjb @mossygreen Just remind her of the hotel upgrade that came from that.
@Kidsandliz @mossygreen Oh, I do that constantly. Edit - and I’ll be wearing my earrings, so that removes all the boundaries
@capnjb @mossygreen I call myself the “just in time, mom”… everything gets done right as it is needed and not before – lots of lists going!! Downside is, my kids keep adding to my list. I am in the same boat as mossygreen and I said, yeah I can make that… and now my kid asked for 150 patches to be made by Monday for an event next week. sighhhhh… so new list
@mikibell @mossygreen You sound like a wizard.
@capnjb @mossygreen I am spoiled to have great toys to make this happen. My kid is hilarious. She tried to buy patches from multiple sources, but Chinese New Year has impacted production offshore, so all the onshore embroidery places are slammed. So what does my kid do… “Mooooommmmmm”… hehe good thing I love her. And it was not poor planning on her part, there was a snafu with the order they placed back in Nov. She makes me laugh with her “can do” attitude… she still thinks we can work miracles!!
@capnjb @mikibell @mossygreen Obviously you’ve shown her that you can!
@mikibell @mossygreen Having great toys isn’t being spoiled, it’s great parenting My daughter is in a really cool compsci/robotics/engineering program in high school and her projects frequently need some sort of 3D printed items. So, we have all things!
@capnjb @Kyeh @mossygreen she is very lucky she is my favorite daughter!!!
@capnjb we have a 3d printer but it is my son’s and he makes me question my intelligence when he says how complicated it is to use. Hubby bought a resin printer that I am dying to try, but just haven’t had a moment to play. Soon… I am trying to prioritize my family over all others. I might succeed this year!!!
@mikibell Wow, you really do have all the toys
@Kidsandliz @mossygreen Here we go again
@capnjb @mossygreen Update us on the perks you get this time using your guitar case as a suitcase while wearing cowboy boots and hat.
@Kidsandliz @mossygreen Upgraded to a nice king suite. No presidents name on the door this time, but it’s plenty nice. And this trip is 100% on points, so I am zero dollars out of pocket so far. Well… until dinner. Can’t complain. And within 30 minutes of check-in, the ‘Are you a country singer?’ count is already at 1. edit - and the bellman I took a picture with last summer came running up when I pulled into valet. I told him we could do another picture if he wanted. I’m getting fist bumps from ALL the staff
@capnjb @mossygreen You are SO SO SO bad. See if you can find out this time who they think you are. Well without blowing your cover.
@Kidsandliz @mossygreen The paparazzi caught Whitney Morse checking in.
@capnjb @mossygreen
I sent mine on monday and got noticed today that I am getting something that was shipped today!. Woo Hoo!
On its way!
/giphy patting myself on the back
When they come someone needs to create a reveal thread. And when you post what you got don’t forget to tag your sender!
reveal thread here !
https://meh.com/forum/topics/unofficial-meh-exchange-reveal-thread
Heads up mehtizens. If you are at all concerned about having your real name associated with your meh name
DO NOT ANSWER ANY ELFSTER ANONYMOUS QUESTIONS.
I just checked the page and saw several real names (and even some addresses) listed for all the world to see…
Don’t remember that being an issue last time…
@chienfou And it is this kind of stuff that keeps me from participating when Elfster is used even though I have a ton of good stuff I could send. I’d rather do it the old way with spreedsheets and only 2 people know this information - your sender and the person running it until they dump the spreadsheet and form you fill out when the exchange ends.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz the better option, though not obvious to use, is what amounts to a private message. Go to the recipient’s wish list, click the 3 dots to the right of their info and click the Send a Message link. Seems like “secret Q&A” doesn’t mean private, just anonymous for the sender.
@Kidsandliz @ybmuG
yep… live and learn
@Kidsandliz @ybmuG
yeah, but is it an anonymous message, or does it ID you to the recipient. I would like to say that I sent my box out, but don’t want them to know it is from ME until it gets there…
@chienfou @Kidsandliz the one I got from my sender was anonymous
@Kidsandliz @ybmuG
Was that a ‘mark as sent’ message or a PM from the “3 dots” entry? So many questions.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz That was a PM. The ‘mark as sent’ was also anonymous
Somehow I convince myself the box had to go out on Tuesday… We are headed into a major storm, which yes, I live in New England, so nothing new. But for the love of God it was 60 yesterday!!! I thought I was going to be late mailing, because snow brings lot of work between my house and my parents’… hurray we have until Wednesday!!!
@mikibell
yep, I know what you mean. Work has been bat-shit crazy at the ER this week, plus all the usual BS around the house and getting ready for a 2 week trip to Tuscany. Still getting my shit together for my exchange but the plan is for it to hit the USPS on Wed before they close (Pirate Ship to the rescue!) and may have to have part of it drop shipped directly ( and therefore be a bit late…)
Sigh.
@chienfou take me with you!!! I hope you have a phenomenal time in Italy… and my poor recipient is not getting as wonderful a box as you received!
@mikibell Wait, I was thinking it had to go out tomorrow? If I have more time, I might move some stuff around, go up a box size. This changes everything…
Sorry about the coming snow for you, in any case.
@mossygreen if I am reading it correctly, it has to go out by end of day on Wednesday!! You and I would be great friends in real life!!!
@chienfou p.s. God bless you all who work in ERs… man, I could not do that job. I have spent wayyyy too much time in the ER with family members in the last few years. We have some fantastic emergency workers around here.
@mikibell
Thanks!
I’m 10 hours into a 16 hours shift today…
@chienfou @mikibell Hopefully it wasn’t as busy during the football game.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz @mikibell For what it’s worth, I’ll use all my internet points to award nurses 24 guilt free hours. Plus whatever shit shift they worked today. Also, those covered in and/or expecting snow can take a minute.
I have spoken.
Thanks Mad Dog I’m here because of people like you… enjoy your time off
@capnjb
Thanks. I appreciate the sentiment!
@Kidsandliz @mikibell
It did at halftime or so…
@mikibell
Well, did the snow materialize?
@chienfou missed this comment… over a foot of snow… my stubborn parents insisted on shoveling. Their equally (probably more so) stubborn daughter made it to their house in car with crappy tires (only got stuck three times!!) and shoveled them out…and the stupid hydrant.
I can’t wait to be old and stubborn!!
Ive had 99% of my box ready for over a week. Got the last finishing touch today… Ready to send out to my victim tomorrow.
/giphy evil laugh
I sent my box out Saturday, supposed to arrive Tuesday. So I got my half of this exchange done.
@pooflady Got it today - thanks! I’ll post in the reveal thread
Oh no, I was waiting for another exchange to happen, but missed this!
@eric1024
Bummer. Better luck next time…
OK, so I sent my box out today (yes… it is actually early this time). I want to notify my recipient, but REALLY want to stay anonymous until the box gets there (slated for Friday)… Any way to do that from Elfster?
If not, consider yourself notified your box is on the way.
@chienfou I think on elfster you stay anonymous if you mark as sent and add tracking info that way. Last time I think everything but direct message left me anonymous to my recipient.
@metaphore
Where in the F*CK did you find a place to mark as shipped?? I can see a “mark a gift as purchased” button. Is that supposed to be it?? I don’t remember this being such a PITA last time…
@chienfou the “mark gift as purchased” is the one. Once you click that it gives you a place to add in tracking info, and a note if you want. It does remain anonymous, I was told the box headed to me is on its way but no info about the sender is shown.
@metaphore
OK thanks so much for that! I wasn’t sure if that meant I had shipped my stuff or bought something off the wishlist! Gonna go post that now I guess. Worse that can happen is it isn’t anonymous and my “cover” is blown… /shrug
@metaphore
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dammit… guess I got a space in there then walked away from the computer without proofreading.
Got mine in the mail a whole day early! Adding tracking to elfster when I get home later tonight.
@metaphore
Were you able to do that and if so… HOW?
@metaphore
thanks for the reply above… Got it!
Sorry everyone if I’ve kinda let the ball drop at the end. I got a horrible, horrible case of food poisoning on Saturday night and I can’t remember the last time I’ve been so sick (I’ve had the worst luck lately). Anyway I’m feeling a little bit better now and can at least get back on my phone and start messaging people.
@Star2236 Hope you’re back to fully recovered soon!
@Kyeh @Star2236
Yikes… that is awful. Hope you are doing even better. Any idea where you got the poisoning?
@chienfou @Kyeh
Yeah, Saturday we took my boyfriend’s mom out to Black Rock. It’s one of the restaurants where you cook your meal on a hot stone. I had never been and thought the idea stupid bc if I wanted to cook my own food I would just stay at home. I was the only one that got shrimp bc I don’t eat red meat or pork (but I know how to cook shrimp bc I cook them at home and even cut them open to make sure they were cooked). I even tend to over cook everything still since I had salmonella poisoning (so bad my dr hadn’t see anything like since he’d been to a 3rd world country). So I know it had to be those shrimp bc nobody else got sick. So there’s another place I won’t eat from ever again.
My box will most definitely be sent out late this year. I know I need to practice what I preach but I also got reassigned half way through bc my person was a no respond and then this happened. I’m gonna try and work on it today after I go the drs.
@chienfou @Kyeh @Star2236 No good deed goes unpunished!
We all do appreciate your efforts.
Hope you recover quickly.
/giphy get well!
@chienfou @Kyeh @Star2236 oh no I’m so sorry! Food poisoning is so traumatic. I hope you’re able to rest and recuperate soon!
@chienfou @Star2236 If you feel up to it, you might want to call the health department in your area. Also that restaurant ought to give you your money back!
@chienfou @Kyeh @Star2236 yeah that’s true - sometimes they don’t know about a contamination and it can keep going.
Wow… I’ve recieved some strange boxes before, whether they were IRK’s, Fuko’s, BOC’s, or other previous exchanges. But this one right here is by far (and I mean this in the most complimentary way possible) the most DERANGED box of stuff I’ve ever received. I can’t even begin to figure out what all is in it!! some of the highlights include:
Hundreds of random stickers
bunch of fidget spinners
some rope animals
assorted earbuds
dinosaur cards
several lanyards
a lego set
bumper stickers
a bunch of children’s movie DVD’s
a lunchbox
and much, much, more!!!
Thank you to my gift sender, my goal when trying to get one of these random boxes is to get the most random combination of stuff possible, and this one might be the best one I’ve received yet. Thanks so much!!!
@jdude727 Don’t forget to tag your sender. You might want to ask @werehatrack to black out your name and address on the box.
@jdude727 I love glass straws! And the total chaos of this!
@jdude727 So what’s your sender’s username?
@jdude727
Woo-hoo! Glad you’re enjoying the randomness. I had fun packing as much in there as I could.
A small box has been left with the wonderful folks at the UPS store. Now the clock is ticking for someone!
Finally dropped mine off a few hours ago!
@Kyeh I had a Saga that involved a former PastaDrop box, a very dead mouse (and a brief moment of wondering if I should include it), an issue with scales, and, wonderfully, having to pry open some TrackRs (only to discover the battery was the wrong size).
A lot of days my life feels like this: A hole in my bucket
(In this scenario I am both Henry and Liza)
@brainmist
Dead mouse! I guess that would please your recipient’s cat or dog …
I ended up switching some things out for some other things, and then forgetting to include the Meh bag I was going to put in, and then second-guessing some of what I sent …
I always overthink these things. 🫤
@Kyeh me too. Should I have included a bidet? Such a quandary.
@brainmist
Mine came but not open yet. Out of town company here and a concert tonight, but will try to get pics up tomorrow when I get up.
@chienfou there is a reveal thread…
https://meh.com/forum/topics/unofficial-meh-exchange-reveal-thread
@Kidsandliz
I know that…
That’s were the pics are. This was just acknowledging it’s arrival from ?? (No name)
I’m hoping they’ll come here and see this thread or the other one. Need to know who they were so I can thank them properly. I’ll ask Star if they don’t show up and acknowledge.
Folks there is a reveal thread. And don’t forget to post your sender’s user name. If they forgot to tell you then ask star2236
@star2236 hi!! Can you let me know if you brought the box in from the cold? No need to post a reveal until you’re ready, I’m just stressing about the plants freezing!!
@mehhhhname
Yes I brought the box in the day it came
@Star2236 Yay!! Thank you