Welcome to the Beta Edition of the Magic Library Holiday Gift Exchange.
I’m Analog_Kid. My wife MoonSprite and I have volunteered to coordinate things this year.
We have a few guidelines and suggestions that we'd like to go over, to get things started.
There is an arbitrary price limit of about $25 US. (shipping costs not included)
All members are eligible to participate.
From now until 4pm (California time) November 6, 2005 we will be taking “sign-ups."
We would request you send via PM to either of our mailboxes the following information:
Name
Mailing Address (or address you would like items shipped to)
an email address (other than M.L.) you may be contacted at
and (optional, but recommended) a “wishlist.†(try to keep it under 25 items.
)We will also need to know if you are willing/ able to ship internationally.
Your information (excluding your email) will be provided ONLY to the person who draws your name.
Confirmed participants will have their Library names listed at the bottom of this first post once we have recieved their information.
Names will be drawn from the “Magic hat†and participants notified (via PM or email) during the week of Nov. 1st - 6th.
Due to a usually higher amount of postal workload, we are requesting that persons shipping internationally (overseas) have their items shipped no later than Nov. 28, 2005.
Those with domestic shipping should ship by Dec. 8, 2005. This is so the items can hopefully arrive “on time.â€
We would like members to notify us when they ship gifts AND when they receive them.
Here are some suggestions maximize the experience for the community.
1) Research your recipient.
Spend some time reading through their posts to try to discover what they collect. Part of the fun is in getting to know
people and trying to please them. (You're recipients wishlist will be provided on request, if they supplied one.)
2) If you can't find something that you know is on their wishlist, try to find
interesting, oddball things that they may not have seen. Customizing a card(s) is an idea for those rich in creativity but poor in pocketbook.
The goal should be creativity rather than bottom line eBay value.
3) The gifts should not be given anonymously, we are trying to make friends.
You may publicly post that you recieved (please wait until after Dec. 19, 2005 to post) and if you like, WHAT you recieved if you are thrilled so the person responsible will know.
Please DO NOT publicly post WHO sent your gift and you should ALWAYS privately acknowledge a gift.
4) $25.00 is the suggested value for gifts but please give whatever you want to give and think is appropriate for the magic rarities community.
If you are thinking of sending standard commons or would be upset if that is what you recieved, it might better if you didn't participate.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. We will do our best to answer and assist you.
Best wishes to all and have a wonderful day!
Analog & MoonSprite
Confirmed Participants: (date signed up and info rec'd) :D
Aleksandr (10-24)
Analog_Kid (10-30)
Axios (10-28th)
Big Game Supply (11-6)
Bigfatkitty (10-28th)
Celebrindor (10-15)
Dilligaf (10-14)
Dragsamou (10-14)
Ende73 (10-18th)
Erl00 (10-28th)
Fvzappa (10-19)
GraueEminenz (10-28th)
Gryfalia (10-17)
Hammer7 (11-1)
Leocrazy (10-15)
Mahdishain (10-15)
MoonSprite (10-30)
Mr. C (10-15)
Misterpid (10-15)
Phyconaut (11-1)
Pickle.69 (10-28th)
Rick21n (10-20)
Secretgiant (10-16)
TerraFrost (10-18th)
