Who wants a box of disappointment?

@capnjb I considered offering to run one, but do I reallllyyy want that chaos?

@mikibell I got ghosted last time but still want to participate again. It’s the ultimate Mehxperience!

@capnjb @mikibell I have run it a bunch of times in the past. I suppose I could do it again. When I ran it we had several people who were willing to send boxes to those who had been ghosted so no one went without. Also people (as long as they had done it before) could do the exchange with up to three different people. I’d put that back in.

I wouldn’t be using the app that was used two times as I don’t feeling like giving up all that personal information to a company where it is free for us so they make their money selling our information. In the past I had excel randomly assign folks. Then I checked to make sure no one got themselves and if someone in, say, Northern Maine, was sending to someone in Southern California or something since postage can be a killer if a medium priority mail box wasn’t used. When all is said and done, other than keeping a list of people who ghosted others, sent broken absolute trash, or who didn’t post, I deleted everything (also you could use whatever name you wanted as long as the various delivery services (USPS, UPS, etc.) would actually know to deliver it to your house, place of work, or whereever and you’d get it.

@Kidsandliz You set up a Meh-rican holiday exchange and I’ll volunteer to do a Goatvember Thanksgoating 2.0, if no one else shows up to the party (FWIW, I’m sure Kyeh has files on EVERYONE!)

@capnjb So when do people want to ship out their boxes (I’d work backwards from there to find when to start - about 1.5 weeks to sign up, several days for me to get it organized, a week for people to ship, a week for stuff to arrive - so starting around a month in advance of arrival of boxes).

@capnjb @Kidsandliz I only keep track of goat-worthiness. I don’t always pick winners, although I think I hit it out of the ballpark when I nominated you!!! And next month IS Thanksgiving month. Hmmmmm!

@Kidsandliz I think mid January would be fun for a post holiday ‘I didn’t get what I wanted for the holidays, and then I still also didn’t with Meh!’ exchange.

Christmas time would be fun, but there are 3 problems:

1: People are busy that time of year…

B: all the shipping companies are also busy and we don’t need to lose anything…

Red Circle: people are both busy and tired and annoyed and not going to the post office.

Let the peoples enjoy the end of the year and take some time to find and pack boxes (especially with that item from your cousin Tim). In my ADHD brain I’d say sign up by Thanksgiving and/or before the end of that month because you might have been extremely motivated or distracted by the current November Goat (whomever that may be) and then on Boxing day pack up all the weird stuff that the odd neighbor gave you. Put your feet up and relax as you get the package in the mail by 08JAN2023.

Reveals around the 15th. ish.

Well… that’s just what my ADHD told me.

edit - Might need a new thread if you want to grab the reins.

@SylvreKat $17.10 It’s flat rate so price is the same to anywhere in the US.

@SylvreKat I’m willing to repack it in a standard box if it makes shipping cheaper for anyone.

@mehgrl @SylvreKat Also look at pirate shipping. You weight it, pay for it online, print a mailing label and take it to UPS. It goes via them. WAY cheaper than UPS.

@Star2236 Well, of course you don’t want it but secretly you do. That’s the Meh way.

@studerc Your heart of joy could run it since you are the one who started it way back when. I am just a tag along, one of the many, who ran it later in the game. It would be like a homecoming for you. Right? (PS I’ll run it if no one else steps in, I just can’t deal with it in the next couple of days as I am really busy).

@Kidsandliz @studerc I might be able to throw in some TrackRs to sweeten the pot (they say I’m an enabler )

@werehatrack you unstuffed Irk!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

@tinamarie1974 @werehatrack let’s not bicker and argue about who killed who

@capnjb @werehatrack wait, what?!?!??! Also who is bickering!??!?!?

@tinamarie1974 @werehatrack You are tasked with watching Monty Python’s Holy Grail, 5, no 3 times in a row to understand the inference.

@Pony That’s just because I sent you a bunch of weird stuff

@capnjb But it was good weird stuff. I’ve gotten great exchange boxes and I’ve gotten terrible exchange boxes. You just never know. My favorite part is filling a box for my recipient- I try really hard to make every box a fun one.

@werehatrack Anything I ship may contain humans based on what is in my trunk.

@werehatrack @yakkoTDI MY first quick read was humans (which of course yakkoTDI would know about)

@Kidsandliz @werehatrack @yakkoTDI I’m officially changing my game plan.

@werehatrack smeared all over the inside of the package, or still in it’s containers?

@OnionSoup Random draw, suggested size medium priority mail box (to keep postage under control but you are not bound by that), stuff that isn’t total garbage (although a tracker wouldn’t be out of line), broken, etc. Some stalk their exchange partner online to give something that fits them so to speak, something you know they will like due to what they have posted on here (or they, um, ‘deserve’ ), your choice what goes in - often it is irk stuff you don’t want, stuff you bought on meh you decided was a mistake (again as long as it works), or other stuff you have sitting around that isn’t trash. No food due to allergies.

Then you are required to post what you get, flagging the giver. You won’t know who is giving to you until it arrives (so don’t forget to at least put your meh name inside the box so people know who they got it from). If you don’t want your real name on the package coming to you make sure what you put will at least mean the post person will deliver it to you. If you want me to pass a tracking number on to who you send it to send me that and I will pass it on (so I need a working email address - a temp one or whatever- your choice. I dump all information that is personal after the exchange is over (except for those who ghost people or don’t post - I save their meh name as those of us who have run this send that info on to the next person).