Just put a fake name and address on package.
Just put a fake name and address on package.
Dear, SS. If you haven't already purchased a gift for me; instead, I'd ask that you purchase a gift for a less fortunate child in your area via Toys-For-Tots or some other such organization. Thanks!
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
Although I understand the sentiment towards making sure a tot has a toy, by signing up for the SS you tacitly agreed to give and receive a gift-likely SK related. There is no reason a person can't participate in SS and also donate a modest new toy to Toys For Tots.
If this is how members want to proceed, we might as well plan on no SS next year.
Why are you confused?
If the person wants to be able to have fun looking for moderate SK items for their recipient, but either doesn't want or need those items themselves, why should anyone have an issue with that? It allows them to participate in the Forum, feel joy finding items for their recipient AND allow/encourage charitable giving.
I think we are going to have to agree to disagree.
I agree with RF. This is not about a charity fund raiser. Members are more than welcome to opt out and make donations instead of participating in the TDT.org SS. The point of this is two-fold:
1. The enjoyment ofstalkinginvestigating your recipient and coming up with a gift that you think they would enjoy.
2. The enjoyment of receiving such a gift and getting an idea of how other members interpret YOUR OWN collection and personal likes.
Removing one side of this affects both parties.
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
With that added information, which I didn't think of, I'll concede. Looking for gifts IS a lot of the fun. The reaction to shut the whole thing down is not in proportion to the 'offense'. That's my final word on the topic since I want to keep the thread a positive experience. If you would like to discuss further, let's do it via PM.
So when is ship date on this? I feel like I need to find a few more items before I ship out.
And that is dicey.
Only Amazon and such will be delivered Saturday the 24th and even more dicey is Sunday 12.25
Full Disclosure: I was told to open this box early-
Thank you Secret Santa. What an incredible and thoughtful gift.
Merry Christmas
Ralph Mulleins
I'm the caretaker of Room 217..............I've always been the caretaker of Room 217
Sweet doodle, Ralph!
That’s awesome!
Very cool doodle
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Load up the Spaceship with the Rocket Fuel
Opening in November?
Damn, I wish it was like that when I was a kid.
Very cool Ralph, congrats.
Wish List
Christine S/L
“Everyone isn’t bad, Mama! Everything isn’t a sin!” - Carrie
That’s cool!!!
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HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
Very nice, Ralph! Love the doodle also!
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
That’s a great way to kick off Secret Santa! Congrats Ralph!!