Secret Santa 2008: Official Rules & Info

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Official CigarSmokers Secret Santa Thread 2008

There is no minimum requirement for joining SS08 but everyone who participates is expected to follow the rules, so please read them carefully before signing up. If there is large opposition to this (any and all pm's will be kept private and confidential), we'll run a separate noob SS.

Please send your address AND email to me via Private Message. Label your PM "Secret Santa 2008." I will send you the name and address of your Secret Santa recipient after all participants have entered. The Secret Santa user account is for everyone to access once we get going to ask questions of their recipient or to taunt their recipient to keep us anonymous. The password will be given out through PMs to participants only. I will send out the password once Hex resets it to something new and PM’s me with it.
I am the person running the Secret Santa this year, thus I will not be participating. Keep in mind that I am not personally responsible for your Secret Santa turning out to be a scumbag if that should happen. I will offer up the information so the scumbag may be outed if it comes to that, but I will not be raked over the coals for something out of my control.

RULES:

1. You send a 4-stick bomb to your Secret Santa recipient. You will, in return, receive a 4 stick bomb from your Secret Santa. There is a minimum of 4 QUALITY cigars. Each cigar MUST be quality smoke. Use accepted internet sites for pricing rather than store pricing since they vary so widely and you won't end up sending way overpriced $2 sticks. Premiums are great to send, but no whining if you don't get a box full of $20 sticks in return.

2. Extras are encouraged and make this what it CAN be. Extras cannot be urged enough. A PIF is a PIF, but a Secret Santa is entirely different. Everyone can make homemade fudge for $5 to send. Use your imagination. If you have no imagination, borrow someone else's.

3. The cut off date for your recipient to receive their package is December 25, 2008. You can send at any point before that. This year people will receive their packages BEFORE Christmas. For people shipping internationally, be sure to leave lots of time for the package to arrive. 3 weeks is suggested in my experience with the postal system near Christmas time.

4. Please use a method of mailing that has a tracking number or delivery confirmation number.

5. If you fail to fulfill your obligation as a Secret Santa you will be outed, raw hamburger will be shoved down your shorts, and you will be tossed to the dogs on every forum we can find. Don't be a scumbag.

6. If a problem arises and you cannot participate after the names have been drawn, please notify me as soon as possible so I can make adjustments.

7. This is one of the highlights of being a part of a forum so above all, Have Fun!


Those are the ground rules for this year’s Secret Santa. The cutoff for sign ups will be Saturday, November 15, 2008 at midnight Pacific Time. The random Secret Santa selections will be finished by at the latest Friday, November 21 at which point I will PM everybody involved the name and address of your Secret Santa Recipient.

If you are on the list, you don't need to post here. If you aren't on the list, feel free to express your interest in this thread.

Dates To Remember:

October 20: Official SS08 signups begin. After signing up in the "Official Thread" you will then need to PM me your mailing address, even if you think I already have it, you must PM me your current mailing address.

November 8: Secret Santa 2008 signups are closed.

November 15: Cut off date to PM me your mailing address. I will not go out hunting down a mailing address in your profile, this is my confirmation of your most current mailing information and participation. Unfortunately, if I do not receive your mailing information by this date you will not be able to participate in this year’s Secret Santa.

November 19-21: Name drawing. Names will be drawn and one person’s name and mailing address will be PM'd to you. You will be that person’s Secret Santa and that person will be your recipient. Once you have the name and address, please work in a timely manner to get your Secret Santa package in the mail. Please let’s don't leave anyone hanging.

December 12: Final day for mailing out your Secret Santa package. DO NOT MISS THIS DATE


2008 List:

1. dustin pollock received address
2. Roham received address
3. ashauler received address
4. Alcibiates received address
5. sammis received address
6. prophetic joe received address
7. nhcigarfan received address
8. stjohnroe received address
9. JFellows received address
10. logan37 received address
11. CAJUNBLAZE received address
12. Hex 1848 received address
13. slcraiders received address
14. mrtr33 received address
15. Lopaka received address
16. Bassfever received address
17. cigarsarge received address
18. Cabaiguan Juan received address
19. Mizicke5273 received address
20. bigwhiteash received address
21. Corvin received address
22. DeeDubya received address
23. Silencei2 received address
24. mithril received address
25. Eville received address
26. heftysmokes received address
27. derivation received address
28. ppovar received address