Secret Santa Holiday Exchange (5th Annual) 2016

[bbcard1]

Got mine yesterday.

[mrmantlecollector]

Package received today. Thanks Santa

[SMPEP]

Hi Sean,

In post #61 I noted that I sent mine two days prior to that.

Cheers,
SMPEP

[Eric72]

Sean,

Gift sent on 12/12. Please see post 57.

Best,

Eric

[bnorth]

Received mine today. Thank you SS for the gift and thank you Sean for doing this.

[Snapolit1]

Got mine today. Very cool. Will wait to open.

[njdunkin1]

No dice on Santa yet for me. I heard he likes to be fashionably late

[Louieman]

Secret Santa arrived today!

[Sean1125]

Should be updated to current again. Caught a few I missed previously.

Have received no verification or contact from...

stat192 and markf31

[basesareempty]

I also received mine as previously posted.

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by basesareempty

I also received mine as previously posted.

Got it.

[nebboy]

Received per post #68

[SMPEP]

Hi Sean,

As per my post in #61 - I received mine.

Cheers,
SMPEP

[njdunkin1]

No sign of Santa yet for me :/

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by njdunkin1

No sign of Santa yet for me :/

Hopefully it shows up for you tomorrow.

[Kelleys1]

Originally Posted by njdunkin1

No sign of Santa yet for me :/

Same here

[njdunkin1]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Hopefully it shows up for you tomorrow.

That's what I'm pullin for, Ben. Thank you for the encouragement. Either way, I have joy in the gift I gave, even if I don't receive a single thing. That's good enough for me

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by njdunkin1

That's what I'm pullin for, Ben. Thank you for the encouragement. Either way, I have joy in the gift I gave, even if I don't receive a single thing. That's good enough for me

Great attitude! But I hope that anybody that did not send out gets the ban hammer like last year when a member did not send out anything.

[SMPEP]

Kelleys1 - FYI - you are listed as having received your gift in Sean's post #2.

Cheers,
Patrick

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by SMPEP

Kelleys1 - FYI - you are listed as having received your gift in Sean's post #2.

Cheers,
Patrick

Maybe Sean misunderstood post #84 when he said he received the final cards he was sending out.

[Kelleys1]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Maybe Sean misunderstood post #84 when he said he received the final cards he was sending out.

That's correct. I have not received. My gift out was waiting on a lot from an eBay slow shipper.

[njdunkin1]

Originally Posted by Kelleys1

That's correct. I have not received. My gift out was waiting on a lot from an eBay slow shipper.

Gotcha. Did you receive yours today? No dice yet for me.

[irishdenny]

My Secret Santa was RiGHT oN Time!
My Apologies fir my Complacency,
iN Which lead me to Report iN Late...

"Thank You fir Your KiND UnderStanDiN!!!"

As Always my Friends...

[stat192]

Sent and Received. Thanks and happy holidays

[bnorth]

Did everyone get their gift? If not please post that you did not receive it. Last year we had 1 person not send. Leon banned that member and I sent the member that did not get their gift a gift.

Hopefully with this list Sean can find out if the gift is on the way and the USPS is just slow or if the member did not send anything out. Hopefully Leon will ban any member that did not send anything out. If it is found that your SS did not send a gift I will happily send you out something. Merry Christmas everyone.

[Sean1125]

I will parse the lists tomorrow and inquire with everyone that either didn't send or didn't receive and work with members to verify tracking information and/or receipt of shipment.

Merry Christmas everyone.

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Did everyone get their gift? If not please post that you did not receive it. Last year we had 1 person not send. Leon banned that member and I sent the member that did not get their gift a gift.

Hopefully with this list Sean can find out if the gift is on the way and the USPS is just slow or if the member did not send anything out. Hopefully Leon will ban any member that did not send anything out. If it is found that your SS did not send a gift I will happily send you out something. Merry Christmas everyone.

That person definitely scored as I sent a gift also :-)

[Leon]

Banning is always a last resort. But if a member were to completely ignore their commitment then someone needs to convince us (the collective board) why that person needs to be a member? That being said, there are a lot of extraordinary issues which can come up. If they are dealt with they can usually be overcome. I am confident everything will end up fine with this one. Thanks again to Sean for organizing it.

Originally Posted by bnorth

Did everyone get their gift? If not please post that you did not receive it. Last year we had 1 person not send. Leon banned that member and I sent the member that did not get their gift a gift.

Hopefully with this list Sean can find out if the gift is on the way and the USPS is just slow or if the member did not send anything out. Hopefully Leon will ban any member that did not send anything out. If it is found that your SS did not send a gift I will happily send you out something. Merry Christmas everyone.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Leon

Banning is always a last resort. But if a member were to completely ignore their commitment then someone needs to convince us (the collective board) why that person needs to be a member? That being said, there are a lot of extraordinary issues which can come up. If they are dealt with they can usually be overcome. I am confident everything will end up fine with this one. Thanks again to Sean for organizing it.

I agree Leon, there could be several good reasons for someone not getting one out. I was more referring to idiots like the guy last year who used it to get free cards.

Ken our presents was to make up for the wait. Now if several others chime in with I sent him one also, he made out like a bandit.

[vintagerookies51]

On a positive note, I opened mine this morning, and before I opened it I said I could use a Marquard T206 to get my HOF set going, and it was a T206 Marquard portrait! thanks secret Santa!

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I agree Leon, there could be several good reasons for someone not getting one out. I was more referring to idiots like the guy last year who used it to get free cards.

Ken our presents was to make up for the wait. Now if several others chime in with I sent him one also, he made out like a bandit.

Agree totally. For me it was more about giving than recieving so I loved sending the extra gift. I really love the gift exchange as you neve know what you will receive. So much fun and so glad Sean takes the time to do this every year. Merry Christmas to all.

[njdunkin1]

So excited to see all of the posts with Santa pickups! I totally understand that the UsPs gets swamped during Christmas, so I find it reasonable for me to wait until the 28th of December before taking any futher action in regards to SS. Merry Christmas, all! A big shout out to Sean for hosting such a cool event!
NJ

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Sorry the envelope and packing material got thrown away during the Christmas hubbub so I don't know the sender but wanted to say thank you to secret santa!

[Sean1125]

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[mrmantlecollector]

PM sent

[mattsey9]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

I do know some members had delayed gifts from the postal hub-ub from the Holidays. In any case, I need to get tracking numbers from everyone on this list:

vintagerookies51
x2drich2000
GoCubsGo32
mattsey9
markf31 (member seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth, doesn't show sending or receiving)

If you see your username on this list please PM or email me (email in signature) so we may resolve things.

Sean

Sean,

Pm coming. My recipient posted long ago that he received my package. He even posted the contents after opening it.

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by mattsey9

Sean,

Pm coming. My recipient posted long ago that he received my package. He even posted the contents after opening it.

Got it - it was actually the opposite - fixed now.

[GoCubsGo32]

Thank you to my secret santa! Very excited what came! Will be posting pics in a little.

[njdunkin1]

Secret Santa came through today with a beautiful array of pieces--thank you! Sean, please mark mine as received when possible. Going over to post the goodies now!
Merry Christmas!

[jimtigers65]

Thanks Secret Santa for adding to my Tiger collection. I received a nice 1958 Al Kaline. Of course, Secret Santa knew I collect Tiger autographs and enclosed a 1958 Frank Lary signature.

Sean, Thanks for setting this up.

[Kelleys1]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

# Username
1 njdunkin1 - Sent - Received
2 bpm0014 - Sent - Recieved
3 vintagerookies51 - Received
4 TUM301 - Sent - Received
5 vintagebaseballcardguy - Sent - Received
6 ajjohnsonsoxfan - Sent - Received
7 nebboy - Sent - Received
8 kmac32 - Sent - Received
9 snapolit1 - Sent - Received
10 louieman - Sent - Received
11 gnaz01 - Sent - Received
12 jimtigers65 - Sent - Received
13 stl1944 - Sent - Received
14 gemmint77 - Sent - Received
15 basesareempty - Sent - Received
16 bbcard1 - Sent - Received
17 bnorth - Sent - Received
18 stat192 - Sent - Received
19 kelleys1 - Sent - Received
20 markf31 - Sent - Received
21 mrmantlecollector - Sent - Recieved
22 tschock - Sent - Recieved
23 39special - Sent - Received
24 eric72 - Sent - Received
25 Jantz - Sent - Received
26 brianp-beme - Sent - Received
27 ShoelessBob - Sent - Received
28 GoCubsGo32 - Sent - Received
29 x2drich2000 - Sent - Received
30 sycks22 - Sent - Received
31 irishdenny - Sent - Received
32 mattsey9 - Sent - Received
33 SMPEP - Sent - Received

I have not received. My secret santa contacted me and said he shipped Tuesday.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Kelleys1

I have not received. My secret santa contacted me and said he shipped Tuesday.

Hopefully you get it soon. I know the mail has been super slow. I sent out some cards last week for a couple kids and they were supposed to be there Saturday and they did not show up till today.

[Kelleys1]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Hopefully you get it soon. I know the mail has been super slow. I sent out some cards last week for a couple kids and they were supposed to be there Saturday and they did not show up till today.

Still nothing as of last night

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Kelleys1

Still nothing as of last night

Have you still not received anything?

[njdunkin1]

Kelleys-- hopefully you get it soon! The wait was worth it for me. USPS is also terribly slow at this time of year.
Best of luck.
NJ

[Kelleys1]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Have you still not received anything?

Correct.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Kelleys1

Correct.

That is BS PM me your address and what you collect and I will mail you something.

Sean who was supposed to send this gentleman something and do they have a good excuse for not sending? I understand better than most the USPS can take a very very long time to deliver but if they can't give a tracking # or insanely good excuse they need to be outed.

[njdunkin1]

Did Kelleys1 say his SS shipped the 27th? Or the 20th? Should we wait a few more days?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by njdunkin1

Did Kelleys1 say his SS shipped the 27th? Or the 20th? Should we wait a few more days?

Yes I just scrolled back and seen that. Seriously though every thing was supposed to be sent out 3 weeks ago. I understand some wanted to get that special gift and stuff happens but dang Christmas was 1 week ago.

Maybe the SS should send Kelleys1 the tracking #.

[Kelleys1]

He claims to have shipped Monday or tuesday before Christmas and has tracking number. Asked him about it last week in email and never heard from since.

Maybe he did as he stated but at least follow up with tracking.

Not really worried about the card, at this point it is about him not doing again next year if he really didn't ship.