I know I got Some stuff I am willing to trade from this one Plus some of my Loot Crate stuff. If someone wants to run it I will contribute. or if folks just wanna do out and out trades I am down too.
@Mehrocco_Mole Would you be embarassed to have the contents of your box on display (as it most likely will)? Keep that in mind, and be generous of your stuff and you'll do fine.
@mikibell You'd have to ask @stallion. He sent me two of them. I finally took pictures earlier this week, need to put them up. He sent love notes, which had my husband raising his eyebrows at me...
@thumperchick...you rang? Oh god, didn't we just have one of these like a month ago!? I mean, I guess if we have enough interest I could throw one together, however, realistically I was hoping to wait until at least March and have a Spring Cleaning Crap Exchange. I will however, as a benevolent leader, submit to the will of the people!
@glindagw We wait for @studerc to decide if there will be an exchange now. If there will be one, a new post announcing the exchange, with details on how to participate, and instructions will show up.
@tightwad You're not the only one. I even went out and purchased eveything I sent in my box except for the former meh purchases I included. The person who received my box never posted. It made me a little sad and slightly paranoid. I think that person had few boxes sent/received and didn't post any of them.
@LadyLeela@tightwad neither one of you need to worry about being on the lists, as you are both fine upstand meh-itzens, unlike some others in the past exchange.
I'm not in. Too soon since the last one for me. I prefer it when these community exchanges are more infrequent--keeps 'em special. Also allows me to stockpile good crap, rather than just crap.
@goldenthorn I'm in total agreement. give me a chance to put together some awesome boxes. in the words of the greatest engineer ever "we need more time captain"
@goldenthorn Actually thinking about it, I agree and rescind my "I'm in". Doing a mental inventory I don't think I have enough for a good box since the bar got raised significantly last time and I can't afford to go out and buy stuff to put in the box.
@Mehrocco_Mole Quantifying these sorts of things ruins the magic, too. It should be occasional, not too infrequent but certainly not too close together, spontaneous but not preciously so. Which is to say: fuck if I know, but not right now.
As much as I want to be in for another, I'm kind of bummed by the last round. I opted for 2 boxes and sent 2 boxes, but I only got 1. The box I received looked like someone literally went to their grandma's and dumped her junk drawer into a box, grime and all. I should set it all up and take a picture soon.
Would be cool if someone kept track of who didn't get boxes so you can nix people off the list. Its no fun when you package a box with tons of crap, and never get one back.
@Stallion@studerc That wasn't me, but as a newbie to the exchange, I was stunned at some of the over the top nature of some boxes. In comparison to some of the insanity posted, my boxes I sent, that I thought were pretty cool, turned out on the lame side. Everything I sent was brand new, but not at the level of many posted boxes. It did exceed the Fuku I received from Meh, and definitely above the lousy BOC unboxings in the forums. I know there was discussion about somehow leveling the playing field, by capping values. That idea won't work, though. TL:DR How do we keep this from being hyper competitive?
@Pamtha we don't :-) Put together what you can with the time you have and if people aren't happy then who cares? Not everyone gets excited about the same stuff and there will always be people who go over the top for whatever reason. If that's how they have fun with it then let 'em.
@Pamtha Yeah I agree. I had what I thought was a thoughtful box - some useful stuff (new christmas gift bags), something silly (new cow in clamshell with santa hat that pooped jelly beans), new wallet with tag (more likely would be liked by a grade schooler), some very nice christmas chocolate that I bought with my food stamps, new in clamshell Koss ear buds and then some more lame stuff. The new things were left over from my garage sale except the pooping cow - surprisingly food stamps paid for that. I though it was pretty nice until I saw what some others got. Then my person didn't even post about it. I had to email to make sure she even got it since there was radio silence for more than a week after I know it arrived so I finally emailed. That sort of deflated a bit of the joy of giving - which to me is also part of the fun.
@Kidsandliz I think you & I need to do a private exchange. :) I bought my kids the pooping reindeer for Christmas, and that's a staple item that I grab for those random gift exchanges every year. Sounds like we have the same sensibilities!
@Kidsandliz Yeah it is really disappointing when you send someone something you think is at the least amusing and then the person never posts it...and waits awhile and dumps on it in another thread
@chellemonkey@Kidsandliz I learned back in elementary school (St. Teresa's Parochial in New Cumberland, PA) that not all families had the same financial status and not all kids gave the same $$quality of gift. That was one of my first real world lessons in it's "the thought that counts". I'm sad that @Pamtha would not want any of the really cool neoprene cases I have.
@chellemonkey I opted and sent 2 boxes, but only received 1, so i'm unsure if the box was from you, or the other person. What was the name you put on the box label, or the city you sent from? I'll look later and see if it was your box, or the other person's. I guess there is always the chance a box got lost in the mail??? Still have the tracking info for that package? @Kidsandliz, I totally get this is a MEH Grab bag of sorts, all the stuff you never wanted will ideally show up. But the stuff that came in the box I received was simply unusable and gross. I was going to set it up and take a picture but life got in the way, but I will soon so you can all see what crap I got, ha ha.
@lisaviolet ((hugs)) Glad it worked out - I have a hoarding issue with softsided coolers. OH, and my only fear is that I'd get MORE Kindle Fire cases. I am already tempted to stand on the side of the road with a "Will give you Kindle Fire case for food" sign to try to unload some more of them. I've gotten my $8 out of it so far, but if you have anything sized for a Kindle Keyboard (the original one), I'd LOVE it!
@chellemonkey Definitely DIDN'T get a box with anything edible inside. Can you see if the tracking shows it landed? We all know shipping around the holidays can be questionable. By now I'm sure the mail man has enjoyed those chocolates either way :)
@Stallion I was able to find the info in my history phew according to USPS "Your item was delivered at the front door or porch at 4:36 pm on December 26, 2014" Delivered, Front Door/Porch
@Stallion@studerc I volunteered to send a makeup fuku box in the event that somebody did not follow through. I have not been called upon yet, and my offer still stands.
Hey all, I thought about it and I've come up with the following remarks/comments/solutions. 1. Crap exchange will wait until March, I know you all are eager, but I want to keep this special and if we have one every other month, it just becomes another thing. 2. I am currently maintaining a list of "banned" individuals from the exchanges. The biggest problem here is that I am never fully aware of when people do not receive boxes. If you did not receive a box in the past when you should have, please email me at mehexchange@gmail.com and we can sort out who I need to add. 3. There will be no limit on the amount of "worth" an exchange crap can be. The other day, I got my fukubukuro, filled with glee that it could finally contain something amazing and great, I opened the box to find standard contents. Again, that's part of the fun, sometimes you win, other times, ...meh. If you come into this expecting to get an amazing box, I've got news for you, expect disappointment instead. Everyone is different here, we all come from different backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses. Personally, I would find it extremely rude to comment on another's box in a negative fashion. You don't know them, or their situation, to them, this might be all they had. Then you're the asshole putting down someone already in a rougher spot, congratulations dick. 4. Unfortunately, I can not force people to post contents in the forums, nor can I force them to post pictures of said contents. Yes, it's fun to see contents and truth be told, probably the best/most important part of the exchange. However, it's just not realistic. Think of the fukubukuro, they sell over a thousand, but I'd put money that only about 1/4 of them are really talked about in the forums. 5. This will no longer be cross posted over on Woot, I attempted last time to extend the invitation to join and was pretty much shit on by the community there. Essentially told that they would simply run their own from here on out. If you know people around Woot that would want to join, go for it, but I'm not going out of my way to fuck with that place anymore.
I'm sure there is more, but I've got a PD meeting at 8 that I need to attend at school. Feel free to comment below with any additional things you feel should be elaborated on.
TL;DR -No exchange till March -Pissed off you didn't get your box? email mehexchange@gmail.com -No limits on amounts spent, this is America. -Posting contents/pics is fun/important but cant be controlled -I'm done fucking with Woot. Haters will indeed hate.
@Pamtha Thanks. It was weirdly depressing but was more than made up for by the extraordinary kindness and generosity of Mikey who responded to a random comment I posted about not getting the last fuko.
@studerc it's March! ok. So not being impatient. Just missed out on the last one and want to make sure I'm in. How does one get a reminder to be in/sign up for it??
@studerc I didn't expect it overnight :). Just didn't want to lose track of it/ miss out. As I know things are going to be crazy for the next few weeks for me as well :) thank you.
@studerc I'd like to propose a couple of things related to posting pictures and delivery status. If you have a K badge, you are expected to post pictures, and should expect to be shamed if you don't. While I would really like everyone to tell you ahead of time if they don't plan to post pictures, in the absence of that, a requirement to acknowledge receipt of their box when asked (either as a reply on the forum, or directly to you) isn't too much to ask I believe.
Oh...nice. Can't wait until March! I just cleaned my space and found lots....and lots....and lots....of goodies to put in a box for an exchange. Actually, maybe a few boxes. So now I cannot wait! heh heh heh
Ah, dang, missed this whole, month-long discussion. Well, whenever it's up, I'm in. In fact, I bought something at a thrift store this week specifically for an old-fashioned crap exchange, in hopes that one would be coming up soon. Here's a question: I am one of the terrible people who posted neither receipt nor pictures in the last exchange. I took pictures, I just never got around to posting them. Is it too late? Should I find the discussion and post them? I feel the bad karma weighing me down, but I can live with it. I just want to do the right thing.
@studerc Cool. Thanks. I've been hoarding all the cool stuff for a month, keeping things away from my wife and son to make sure it will be around for the exchange. I've got enough I could probably go in for two or three.
Makes me wonder. Which one will show up first. The exchange or the woot boc I ordered today... Given woot ships from west coast and usually don't get it to leave the warehouse for 2 days... If this exchange happens this week the person mails it mid next week from east coast it may be faster than the woot boc. They take a little longer than most meh packages.
@thismyusername thanks. It seems that boc is just about all I buy there and usually for the rush of "I got one" then the dissapointment. But I paid for it too. The community trick seems to be the best way to get one. And instead of log out/log off just click on the past purchases/stuff I bought. And it keeps your account logged in if not log in then.
@thismyusername Did you miss it? Here are some Crappy Tips from WootStalker: 1. Stay Logged In - When the current item reaches 5%, log out of woot and log back in to keep your session fresh. But @sohmageek is correct about just clicking on stuff I bought 2. Keep your cart clean - Clear out any sold out items from your cart 3. Refresh the Community Page - New items show up faster on the community page than they do on the main page. When an item is sold out, the forums are the place to be. 4. Click the image - Make sure you are clicking on the image of the crap, and not the text. This will get you directly to the Add to Cart page, and save you some more time GOOD LUCK! Keep in mind though this is not foolproof. If those sneaky B... um, Beautiful folks of Woot want to they can turn off the forum refresh.
@Mehrocco_Mole I've also noticed if it doesn't load in the forms or the main page... Use the app... it works :) There have been appsclusive BOC... Good luck to my fellow Suckers trying/getting crap. Maybe there'll be something fun like baby stuff or speaker docks. although, I think all of the fun crap is now called a fukubukuro. :)
@Mehrocco_Mole Also how bad is it that I pretty much stopped shopping there in 2012, until I got a BOC in July... Since July I've purchased 10 things from woot... 3 were for my son 6 were BOC, the last one was a X-mas gift and only because it had expidited shipping...
for anyone that wants a BOC, i found this out during the last wootoff: keep wantone.woot.com open in another window. once you hit the 'add to cart' button in the main window, flip over to other window and refresh. then hit 'place order'. done.
I did find this whilst digging through the older ones... I don't know if this is still used as the "signup" but I just sent my info...
Step 1: review the posted information and guidelines HERE Step 2.1: If you agree, email your: username, real name, # of boxes, and full address to mehexchange@gmail.com . Please keep in mind that this exchange is limited to the continental US.
@sohmageek@Mehrocco_Mole Godsdamn... calm down, yo. It's awsome to see noobs excited about this (and I sure hope your respective boxes reflect your excellent enthusiasm), but the guy's human and life is life. Studerc said upthread that it wouldn't be for a couple weeks cuz he's swamped with shit. HE will let US know when he's ready, with a whole new thread. You don't send info in until he asks for it. Just wait and watch the forums for a new thread titled something like "mehrican exchange 3.0." It'll happen when it happens. This stuff ain't simple!
@goldenthorn thank you. You took the words out of my mouth. People of meh, this will happen. Things are busy and im working out a few logistical changes to make things easier. Patience is a virtue and it shall be rewarded.
@studerc Isn't your first child due in 6 weeks or so? I'm pretty sure that you have a lot on your plate at the moment. "Honey, I really need to put some time into the Fuku Exchange" would be tantamount to poking a bear when I was pregnant.
I'm up for it.
Got crap from Fuku 3 and BOCs
Just how does this work? Rules? Guidelines? Boundaries?
@Mehrocco_Mole No food, no crap, and don't be a dick. Refer to the previous threads to get an idea of the bounty others often send
@capguncowboy Define crap. No WOOT crap or no nonfunctional broken crap? Oh wait, is there a difference?
@Mehrocco_Mole Would you be embarassed to have the contents of your box on display (as it most likely will)? Keep that in mind, and be generous of your stuff and you'll do fine.
@dashcloud Point made.
@capguncowboy No food at all? I saw a lot of nutrigrain bars or something I thought...
I'd love to get in on this! I missed the last one!
@studerc, this seems to have your name all over it.
I'm in. I have some slutty dolls to share....
@lisaviolet where does one find slutty dolls?
@mikibell You'd have to ask @stallion. He sent me two of them. I finally took pictures earlier this week, need to put them up. He sent love notes, which had my husband raising his eyebrows at me...
@lisaviolet awesome!
@lisaviolet Ha Ha, yours truly
I'm in. Been saving up some special stuff for the next exchange.
@thumperchick...you rang? Oh god, didn't we just have one of these like a month ago!? I mean, I guess if we have enough interest I could throw one together, however, realistically I was hoping to wait until at least March and have a Spring Cleaning Crap Exchange. I will however, as a benevolent leader, submit to the will of the people!
@studerc sounds good and make sure I'm in. is there an email addy we should hit up?
@studerc If there is going to be one, there's definitely names to be added to the "can't participate" & "Only allowed 1 box" list.
@dashcloud done and done. Nobody fucks with my exchanges....well erm, people can only fuck with them ONCE and then the hammer drops. haha
@studerc i'm in..my kids had so much fun with the last exchange!
@studerc This looks like fun & I'm definitely in. Now what?
@glindagw We wait for @studerc to decide if there will be an exchange now. If there will be one, a new post announcing the exchange, with details on how to participate, and instructions will show up.
@dashcloud Thank you!
@dashcloud @studerc Am I the only one worried that I could be on this list? I thought I did good then I saw some reveals...not so sure anymore.
@tightwad You're not the only one. I even went out and purchased eveything I sent in my box except for the former meh purchases I included. The person who received my box never posted. It made me a little sad and slightly paranoid. I think that person had few boxes sent/received and didn't post any of them.
@LadyLeela Mine didn't post either. There should be a rule - you participate you post.
@LadyLeela @tightwad neither one of you need to worry about being on the lists, as you are both fine upstand meh-itzens, unlike some others in the past exchange.
I'm in
@readnj Me too but only one box. This time it would be nice to get someone who'd actually post what they got.
I'm not in. Too soon since the last one for me. I prefer it when these community exchanges are more infrequent--keeps 'em special. Also allows me to stockpile good crap, rather than just crap.
@goldenthorn I'm in total agreement. give me a chance to put together some awesome boxes. in the words of the greatest engineer ever "we need more time captain"
@goldenthorn Actually thinking about it, I agree and rescind my "I'm in". Doing a mental inventory I don't think I have enough for a good box since the bar got raised significantly last time and I can't afford to go out and buy stuff to put in the box.
@goldenthorn I'm with this crowd. Too soon. Let's not lose the specialness, and let's give @studerc a break.
@goldenthorn So how long is long enough? Twice a year? Every four months say March, July, November?
@Mehrocco_Mole Quantifying these sorts of things ruins the magic, too. It should be occasional, not too infrequent but certainly not too close together, spontaneous but not preciously so. Which is to say: fuck if I know, but not right now.
As much as I want to be in for another, I'm kind of bummed by the last round. I opted for 2 boxes and sent 2 boxes, but I only got 1. The box I received looked like someone literally went to their grandma's and dumped her junk drawer into a box, grime and all. I should set it all up and take a picture soon.
Would be cool if someone kept track of who didn't get boxes so you can nix people off the list. Its no fun when you package a box with tons of crap, and never get one back.
@Stallion @studerc That wasn't me, but as a newbie to the exchange, I was stunned at some of the over the top nature of some boxes. In comparison to some of the insanity posted, my boxes I sent, that I thought were pretty cool, turned out on the lame side. Everything I sent was brand new, but not at the level of many posted boxes. It did exceed the Fuku I received from Meh, and definitely above the lousy BOC unboxings in the forums. I know there was discussion about somehow leveling the playing field, by capping values. That idea won't work, though.
TL:DR How do we keep this from being hyper competitive?
@Pamtha we don't :-) Put together what you can with the time you have and if people aren't happy then who cares? Not everyone gets excited about the same stuff and there will always be people who go over the top for whatever reason. If that's how they have fun with it then let 'em.
@Pamtha Yeah I agree. I had what I thought was a thoughtful box - some useful stuff (new christmas gift bags), something silly (new cow in clamshell with santa hat that pooped jelly beans), new wallet with tag (more likely would be liked by a grade schooler), some very nice christmas chocolate that I bought with my food stamps, new in clamshell Koss ear buds and then some more lame stuff. The new things were left over from my garage sale except the pooping cow - surprisingly food stamps paid for that. I though it was pretty nice until I saw what some others got. Then my person didn't even post about it. I had to email to make sure she even got it since there was radio silence for more than a week after I know it arrived so I finally emailed. That sort of deflated a bit of the joy of giving - which to me is also part of the fun.
@Kidsandliz I think you & I need to do a private exchange. :) I bought my kids the pooping reindeer for Christmas, and that's a staple item that I grab for those random gift exchanges every year. Sounds like we have the same sensibilities!
@Pamtha I loved your box! We use the cooler for our trips to our free advanced screenings of movies so we aren't tempted to buy theater crap.
@Stallion Wait....didn't I send you a box? I didn't think it was terrible...wow sorry
@Kidsandliz Yeah it is really disappointing when you send someone something you think is at the least amusing and then the person never posts it...and waits awhile and dumps on it in another thread
@chellemonkey @Kidsandliz I learned back in elementary school (St. Teresa's Parochial in New Cumberland, PA) that not all families had the same financial status and not all kids gave the same $$quality of gift. That was one of my first real world lessons in it's "the thought that counts".
I'm sad that @Pamtha would not want any of the really cool neoprene cases I have.
@chellemonkey I opted and sent 2 boxes, but only received 1, so i'm unsure if the box was from you, or the other person. What was the name you put on the box label, or the city you sent from? I'll look later and see if it was your box, or the other person's. I guess there is always the chance a box got lost in the mail??? Still have the tracking info for that package? @Kidsandliz, I totally get this is a MEH Grab bag of sorts, all the stuff you never wanted will ideally show up. But the stuff that came in the box I received was simply unusable and gross. I was going to set it up and take a picture but life got in the way, but I will soon so you can all see what crap I got, ha ha.
@lisaviolet ((hugs)) Glad it worked out - I have a hoarding issue with softsided coolers. OH, and my only fear is that I'd get MORE Kindle Fire cases. I am already tempted to stand on the side of the road with a "Will give you Kindle Fire case for food" sign to try to unload some more of them. I've gotten my $8 out of it so far, but if you have anything sized for a Kindle Keyboard (the original one), I'd LOVE it!
@Stallion Marysville not sure what i put in one or the other box but there should have been some mini dark chocolate crackle bars
@chellemonkey Definitely DIDN'T get a box with anything edible inside. Can you see if the tracking shows it landed? We all know shipping around the holidays can be questionable. By now I'm sure the mail man has enjoyed those chocolates either way :)
@Stallion I think I threw away the receipt last week :(
@Stallion I was able to find the info in my history phew according to USPS "Your item was delivered at the front door or porch at 4:36 pm on December 26, 2014" Delivered, Front Door/Porch
@chellemonkey Darn mail man must have snatched it. Thanks for sending it and trying :)
@Stallion it says it was insured for up to $50 if you call and complain maybe theyll give you money for your priceless personal items
@Stallion so YOU are the one messing with the CT county mappings :) Wondered who was from Fairfield County (New Haven county rep here!)
@Stallion @studerc I volunteered to send a makeup fuku box in the event that somebody did not follow through. I have not been called upon yet, and my offer still stands.
@mikibell Yup, holding it down over here. I was wondering who else was helping plot CT on the map.
I'm in. Sounds like fun.
I missed the last one so I'm in.
Hey @Del- would you ever participate in a community crap exchange?
Hey all, I thought about it and I've come up with the following remarks/comments/solutions.
1. Crap exchange will wait until March, I know you all are eager, but I want to keep this special and if we have one every other month, it just becomes another thing.
2. I am currently maintaining a list of "banned" individuals from the exchanges. The biggest problem here is that I am never fully aware of when people do not receive boxes. If you did not receive a box in the past when you should have, please email me at mehexchange@gmail.com and we can sort out who I need to add.
3. There will be no limit on the amount of "worth" an exchange crap can be. The other day, I got my fukubukuro, filled with glee that it could finally contain something amazing and great, I opened the box to find standard contents. Again, that's part of the fun, sometimes you win, other times, ...meh. If you come into this expecting to get an amazing box, I've got news for you, expect disappointment instead. Everyone is different here, we all come from different backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses. Personally, I would find it extremely rude to comment on another's box in a negative fashion. You don't know them, or their situation, to them, this might be all they had. Then you're the asshole putting down someone already in a rougher spot, congratulations dick.
4. Unfortunately, I can not force people to post contents in the forums, nor can I force them to post pictures of said contents. Yes, it's fun to see contents and truth be told, probably the best/most important part of the exchange. However, it's just not realistic. Think of the fukubukuro, they sell over a thousand, but I'd put money that only about 1/4 of them are really talked about in the forums.
5. This will no longer be cross posted over on Woot, I attempted last time to extend the invitation to join and was pretty much shit on by the community there. Essentially told that they would simply run their own from here on out. If you know people around Woot that would want to join, go for it, but I'm not going out of my way to fuck with that place anymore.
I'm sure there is more, but I've got a PD meeting at 8 that I need to attend at school. Feel free to comment below with any additional things you feel should be elaborated on.
TL;DR
-No exchange till March
-Pissed off you didn't get your box? email mehexchange@gmail.com
-No limits on amounts spent, this is America.
-Posting contents/pics is fun/important but cant be controlled
-I'm done fucking with Woot. Haters will indeed hate.
Love,
@studerc
@smoo99 @stallion - I've emailed @studerc with our collective experience. No need to inundate her. :)
@Pamtha just for posterity, I am a guy.
@studerc Crap! I was sitting here proud of myself for remembering your previous big gender reveal, and i apparently was wrong. Sorry!!
@Pamtha Thanks. It was weirdly depressing but was more than made up for by the extraordinary kindness and generosity of Mikey who responded to a random comment I posted about not getting the last fuko.
@studerc Cool - I'm in for March. As long as I'm still above ground.
@studerc Cool, i'll probably be in for March, I'm sure I would have collected enough stuff to build at least 1 more decent box.
@studerc Seems reasonable. I wasn't going to be in on this one, but one in a month will give me time to compile some good stuff!
@studerc Is that the same e-mail to sign up for it?
@studerc it's March! ok. So not being impatient. Just missed out on the last one and want to make sure I'm in. How does one get a reminder to be in/sign up for it??
@sohmageek its March 2nd. patience young padewan.
For the record, yes this will happen but not for a few weeks because im fucking swamped with shit.
@studerc I didn't expect it overnight :). Just didn't want to lose track of it/ miss out. As I know things are going to be crazy for the next few weeks for me as well :) thank you.
@studerc OK, I am in, but can we set a ground rule of NO BUILTNY ? I think we are all "over" them at this point.
@Pamtha Aw, come on. How else am I gonna get rid of this stuff? I only have like two friends in the whole world, I don't want to alienate them....
@lisaviolet @Pamtha EVERYONE is allowed to send me all their Built NY stuff!
@Pamtha Ha Ha can't agree more, but in true Meh fashion I think its ideal to stick more on people who will then have to beg people to take more!!! :)
@chellemonkey sniff You didn't want mine, cause it was not the "right" Kindle Fire case. sniff
@Pamtha how about not more than 1 per box
@Foxborn I can't do twenty-five exchanges. I just can't do it. The shipping will kill me. Plus, I think there's a limit of five exchanges, anyway.
@lisaviolet Haven't counted mine but if it's right I'd be doing like 80 exchanges. besides I have evil plans for mine
@Foxborn Wow. That's a lot of cases.
@lisaviolet I think the $8 bucks went to my head, but there are plans, evil evil plans and if I told you well you know how that ends
@Foxborn Whistling girls and cackling hens, always come to some bad ends. That's what I always say.
@Pamtha Right! Absolutely positively NO NY Built stuff! None nil zero NY Built stuff!!!
BTW: what's NY Build stuff?
@studerc I'd like to propose a couple of things related to posting pictures and delivery status.
If you have a K badge, you are expected to post pictures, and should expect to be shamed if you don't.
While I would really like everyone to tell you ahead of time if they don't plan to post pictures, in the absence of that, a requirement to acknowledge receipt of their box when asked (either as a reply on the forum, or directly to you) isn't too much to ask I believe.
Oh...nice. Can't wait until March! I just cleaned my space and found lots....and lots....and lots....of goodies to put in a box for an exchange. Actually, maybe a few boxes. So now I cannot wait! heh heh heh
I'm in for March. Gives me time to start stockpiling.
Yay! I'm so excited. I wanted to do it last time but I was brand new to meh and didn't feel ready to be that involved with you people yet. :)
how about I just shoot a video of me burning 30.. no...29 pieces of Neoprene and releasing their toxic gas into the atmosphere?
@unixrab As long as you inhale
@Kidsandliz I think I can work that out with the crew.... I'll check with them and get back to you... lunch?
Only 5 Shopping days until March!
It's march! Let's do this!
@Mehrocco_Mole patience young padewan. Soon...
@studerc The problem with instant gratification is that it's too damn slow!
@studerc soon please... pretty please
@Mehrocco_Mole Bump!
Ah, dang, missed this whole, month-long discussion. Well, whenever it's up, I'm in. In fact, I bought something at a thrift store this week specifically for an old-fashioned crap exchange, in hopes that one would be coming up soon. Here's a question: I am one of the terrible people who posted neither receipt nor pictures in the last exchange. I took pictures, I just never got around to posting them. Is it too late? Should I find the discussion and post them? I feel the bad karma weighing me down, but I can live with it. I just want to do the right thing.
@mossygreen There is someone out there who is very proud about their fuku they sent. They would be thrilled if it appeared in the thread. Do it.
@mossygreen And for us 1st timers this would give us an idea of what to do/expect. Post the pictures here please.
@mossygreen Yes, very yes to the posting of pictures! Either here or the old crap exchange arrival thread.
@Mehrocco_Mole If one has not done so already, a first timer can take one's time perusing the result threads of the first two Mehrican Exchanges for an idea of what to send, if one so likes, here:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/mehrican-exchange-the-results-show
https://meh.com/forum/topics/mehrican-exchange-ver--2-0-unboxing
COME ON ALREADY . . . .
@Pavlov This week...i promise.
@studerc Cool. Thanks. I've been hoarding all the cool stuff for a month, keeping things away from my wife and son to make sure it will be around for the exchange. I've got enough I could probably go in for two or three.
@studerc awesome! Thanks for the update!
@studerc I'm so eagerly awaiting this... I have to say a few more days won't kill me as I am special ordering an item or two for it...
I'm in
What is the process, is there a blood draw or anything? I hate needles.
Makes me wonder. Which one will show up first. The exchange or the woot boc I ordered today... Given woot ships from west coast and usually don't get it to leave the warehouse for 2 days... If this exchange happens this week the person mails it mid next week from east coast it may be faster than the woot boc. They take a little longer than most meh packages.
@sohmageek Good luck on the boc... I have missed the few times I've tried today... wish me luck.
@thismyusername thanks. It seems that boc is just about all I buy there and usually for the rush of "I got one" then the dissapointment. But I paid for it too. The community trick seems to be the best way to get one. And instead of log out/log off just click on the past purchases/stuff I bought. And it keeps your account logged in if not log in then.
@thismyusername Did you miss it? Here are some Crappy Tips from WootStalker: 1. Stay Logged In - When the current item reaches 5%, log out of woot and log back in to keep your session fresh. But @sohmageek is correct about just clicking on stuff I bought 2. Keep your cart clean - Clear out any sold out items from your cart 3. Refresh the Community Page - New items show up faster on the community page than they do on the main page. When an item is sold out, the forums are the place to be. 4. Click the image - Make sure you are clicking on the image of the crap, and not the text. This will get you directly to the Add to Cart page, and save you some more time GOOD LUCK! Keep in mind though this is not foolproof. If those sneaky B... um, Beautiful folks of Woot want to they can turn off the forum refresh.
@Mehrocco_Mole I've also noticed if it doesn't load in the forms or the main page... Use the app... it works :) There have been appsclusive BOC... Good luck to my fellow Suckers trying/getting crap. Maybe there'll be something fun like baby stuff or speaker docks. although, I think all of the fun crap is now called a fukubukuro. :)
@Mehrocco_Mole Also how bad is it that I pretty much stopped shopping there in 2012, until I got a BOC in July... Since July I've purchased 10 things from woot... 3 were for my son 6 were BOC, the last one was a X-mas gift and only because it had expidited shipping...
for anyone that wants a BOC, i found this out during the last wootoff: keep wantone.woot.com open in another window. once you hit the 'add to cart' button in the main window, flip over to other window and refresh. then hit 'place order'. done.
@studerc - Update?? It's go time.
I did find this whilst digging through the older ones... I don't know if this is still used as the "signup" but I just sent my info...
@sohmageek Did it work?
@sohmageek @Mehrocco_Mole Godsdamn... calm down, yo. It's awsome to see noobs excited about this (and I sure hope your respective boxes reflect your excellent enthusiasm), but the guy's human and life is life. Studerc said upthread that it wouldn't be for a couple weeks cuz he's swamped with shit. HE will let US know when he's ready, with a whole new thread. You don't send info in until he asks for it. Just wait and watch the forums for a new thread titled something like "mehrican exchange 3.0." It'll happen when it happens. This stuff ain't simple!
@goldenthorn thank you. You took the words out of my mouth. People of meh, this will happen. Things are busy and im working out a few logistical changes to make things easier. Patience is a virtue and it shall be rewarded.
@studerc I'm guessing F-Cats, T-Cats, or Whatever-Cats you have to deal with. I seem to remember seeing somewhere you are a teacher.
@studerc Isn't your first child due in 6 weeks or so? I'm pretty sure that you have a lot on your plate at the moment. "Honey, I really need to put some time into the Fuku Exchange" would be tantamount to poking a bear when I was pregnant.
@Mehrocco_Mole @sohmageek @Pavlov @Squid_07
Cough Cough
https://meh.com/forum/topics/guess-whos-back-back-again-the-mehrican-exchange-is-back---tell-a-friend