Secret Santa 2008: Information and Hints Thread

[peacelover18]

DEADLINE PASSED. NO MORE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.



Okay, so I think there's enough interest to do this, so here we go:

1. To participate you must have feedback somewhere, either here on Specktra, Makeupalley, or somewhere else. This is the best way to insure that no one is disappointed (although it's not a guarantee).
2. If you're interested, PM me with your name, address, your feedback info, and if you have a location preference (like US only, etc). If you don't provide a preference I will assume you don't have one.
3. The deadline to sign up is Friday, November 7. That's a little less than 2 weeks from now.
4. There is NO PRICE RANGE. Everybody's financial situation is different, so everyone can give what they can. The best gifts are always the most thoughtful ones.
5. Once the deadline passes, I will match up people as best as I can, and PM everyone with their elf's (the person you are the Secret Santa for) info. You will then have the rest of the month to shop for your elf. It is up to you when to send your gift, but please try to send before the holiday season ends. Keep in mind the postal services tend to slow down around the holidays.
6. After the deadline, we'll set up a hints thread where you can give your Santa a little bit of info about yourself and what you like. Another good way to get hints is to do a bit of snooping about the person's posts. If you have a specific question you'd like to ask your elf, PM me and I will ask them for you.
7. After sufficient time has passed and hopefully everyone has received their gifts, I will post the list of who was who's Secret Santa here in this thread.

In the interest of fairness, I have feedback here on Specktra and on MUA as Peacelover18.

Before you sign up, please seriously consider whether or not you will have the time and money to participate. No one wants to be disappointed.


Feel free to use the thread to ask questions, etc.

 

[user79]

Re: 2008 Specktra Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

Sticking this thread, but please be aware that this Secret Santa is organized privately and not officially arranged or endorsed by Specktra.net Participation is at own risk and Specktra.net will not be responsible for any problems.

That said, I do hope this year's goes better than last years. Have fun!

 

[thelove4tequila]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

There was a secret santa exchange last year?

Question, are we randomly given an elf (?) by peacelover18?

 

[peacelover18]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

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Originally Posted by thelove4tequila There was a secret santa exchange last year? Question, are we randomly given an elf (?) by peacelover18?

There was a small Secret Santa exchange last year, but it wasn't started until early December by a member who had just joined the board. Needless to say, it wasn't incredibly successful.


Yes, I will randomly assigned elves. I'm going to base it on the order people PM me, unless that conflicts with someone's location preference.




We've had a good amount of people already join, but we'd love to have even more!

 

[choozen1ne]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

Have you thought about using elfster.com ? , it is for secrect santas and randomly matches people and allows people to make up wish list and lets people ask their elfs anonomously questions , and it has features that can remind everyone of the events upcoming date , here is the link
Secret Santa Online Gift Exchange Organizer

I belong the the Purse Fourm and we have had a lot of succes with it

 

[user79]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

Quote:

Originally Posted by choozen1ne Have you thought about using elfster.com ? , it is for secrect santas and randomly matches people and allows people to make up wish list and lets people ask their elfs anonomously questions , and it has features that can remind everyone of the events upcoming date , here is the link Secret Santa Online Gift Exchange Organizer I belong the the Purse Fourm and we have had a lot of succes with it

I think that's probably the easiest and best way to organize something like this.

 

[xxainixx]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

i dont have any feedback... oh well

 

[carandru]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

^^^ Me either. I wanted to participate, but I guess so secret santa for me this year.

 

[nelyanaphonexia]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

oooh! this sounds so fun! sending a PM right away!

 

[xsnowwhite]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

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Originally Posted by xxainixx i dont have any feedback... oh well

same

I dont even know what feedback is...

 

[user79]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

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Originally Posted by xsnowwhite same I dont even know what feedback is...

It means a feedback rating that you have attained from a sale, swap, etc. to make sure that you are an honest and reliable person to do "business" with. For example from swapping on here, makeupalley.com, ebay, etc. Hope that helped.

 

[Willa]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

Did you receive my pm???

 

[carandru]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

O wait, I have ebay feedback!! Yes! lol.

 

[peacelover18]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willa Did you receive my pm???

Yes, I have.


We have almost 20 people signed up now, but there's room for many more!

You have 1 more week to sign up!

 

[Lizzie]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

That sounds like soooo much fun. But I have no feedback either

 

[peacelover18]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

Less than a week left!

Come on and join the fun!

 

[TISH1124]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

Quote:

Originally Posted by carandru ^^^ Me either. I wanted to participate, but I guess so secret santa for me this year.

I'll be yours...

But there goes the secret

 

[TISH1124]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

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Originally Posted by Lizzie That sounds like soooo much fun. But I have no feedback either

 

[melliquor]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

I just sent a pm. I love these.

Are we going to do wishlists?

 

[Stormy]

Re: 2008 Secret Santa - DEADLINE IS NOV. 7!

Yay I signed up! I also reccomend Elfster.com, it's awesome and easy to use and that way we can do wishlists and give our secret santa some info about us and what we like.