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    Default 2014 Secret Santa Rules & Signup

    Official Secret Santa Thread 2014




    It is my pleasure to be your host for the 2014 Secret Santa Exchange.

    You will be sending your address AND email to me via Private Message. Label your PM "Secret Santa 2014." I have cleaned out my inbox, so there should be enough room. I will send you the name and address of your Secret Santa recipient after all participants have entered (see important dates below). 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 while allowing anonymity. Don't expect me to give up any Santa's identity. The password will be given out through PMs to participants only as stated below.

    All active members in good standing are eligible to participate, meaning that international shipping may be required. If this is a problem for anyone, PM me and we'll see if we can work something out.

    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. Our previously established means of determining cigar price is no longer available, and by this point, all past price guides should probably be deemed unusable. Please PM me if you have a question about a particular smoke. Premiums are great to send, but no whining if you don't get a box full of $20 sticks in return. That being said, no one is expecting you to send HTF ISOM's or Stradivarius cigars. The rule of thumb is, if YOU wouldn't pull it out to smoke to celebrate the holidays, then DON'T SEND IT OUT.
    There are lots of choices, but please determine your recipients preferences before sending out your package. Listen to them. I'm not saying you have to spend hundreds of dollars on your recipient, but given the choice of sending a dozen mid-ranged cigars or 4 quality sticks I know he'd enjoy, I'll go with the latter every single time.

    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. Use the initial communication (via the Secret Santa login) to communicate with your recipient and determine what their likes, preferences, or dislikes are. Get creative.

    3. The cut off date for your recipient to receive their package is December 25, 2014. You can send at any point before that. 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. Having a problem? Thompson taking too long to fulfill your order of Anejo's? Communicate with me. Communicate with your recipient (via the Secret Santa account)

    4. 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.
    If you haven't caught on by now, the members on this cigar board frequent other cigar boards. Don't think you'll rip us off and never hear from us again. Need references? Just ask.

    5. 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.

    Those are the ground rules for this year’s Secret Santa. The cutoff for sign ups will be Sunday, November 9, 2014 at midnight EST (Eastern Standard Time). The random Secret Santa selections will be finished by at the latest Thursday, November 13 at which point I will PM everybody involved the name and address of your Secret Santa Recipient and the account password.

    These are the rules borrowed from a few SS's, slightly modified for updates.

    If you are not an established member here, please don't get offended when you are asked to not participate. Gain some rep, do some trades and there is always next year.

    IMPORTANT DATES:

    November 1: Official SS13 signups begin. Actually, it already began, but people can still sign up!!! After signing up by posting your intentions in this 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 9: Secret Santa 2013 signups are closed.

    November 13: 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 13: Name drawing. Names will be drawn and paired ramdomly; one members name and mailing address will be PM'd to you. You will be that person’s Secret Santa. 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 11: Final day for mailing out your Secret Santa package. DO NOT MISS THIS DATE

    Questions? PM me, or post in this thread.

    Participant Addy? Shipped? Rec'd?
    SPEEDRACER REC'D REC'D
    buzz REC'D REC'D
    ashauler REC'D REC'D
    kingbeefy REC'D REC'D
    Eville REC'D REC'D
    TheGreekTitan REC'D REC'D
    SailorJoe N/A N/A N/A
    kevin7 REC'D REC'D
    S.A.W.B. REC'D REC'D
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    Are newb santas allowed??
    "I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time." ~ Mark Twain

    "Internet quotes are always 100% accurate." ~ Abraham Lincoln

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    Quote Originally Posted by SPEEDRACER View Post
    Are newb santas allowed??
    Usually. Wait and see.
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    So is this the signup thread? If so I'm in. If not, well, I'm still in.
    Quote Originally Posted by badwhale View Post
    Buzz is smoking our cigars. This probably is his triumphant scam.

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    In.

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    I'm in.

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    Count me in. It's good to be able to participate around here again.

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    In.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eville View Post
    Count me in. It's good to be able to participate around here again.
    I wish you would have waited until after the FFL was up and running this year before getting so involved again. :)

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    Im in again! it was awesome last year!

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    Im in
    The older I get ,the better I was

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    I think I can update this post, and if George can make it a sticky, we can go from there. I will go back, and cut / paste some of the old SS rules, and maybe make a few minor tweaks if necessary.

    I think this can serve as the signup thread too.

    Will
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    I see my name is first on the list. I guess that answers my question... I'm in!
    "I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time." ~ Mark Twain

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    Quote Originally Posted by badwhale View Post
    3. The cut off date for your recipient to receive their package is December 25, 2010.
    Meetng this requirement may be a little difficult for some of us...
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    Buzz is smoking our cigars. This probably is his triumphant scam.

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    Quote Originally Posted by buzz View Post
    Meetng this requirement may be a little difficult for some of us...
    What, not my problem nobody asked for a time machine for christmas...
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    If anyone didn't notice, I tried to make this the official rules and date thread. Signups are still open, and I still need a few address confirms per the rules.

    Thanks,
    Will
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    I'm in

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    Your doing a nice job BW~






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    Reminder on the deadlines above. Also, I have not received any word from the Admin on the SS password... I suppose I can break the forum rules and create a new Santa user, but then again I'll need a Admin to approve the account...

    We'll find a work around, if necessary.

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    I roughed our unpaid Admin help and got the SS password, so that's all set.

    Almost ready!!!!
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