# YoYoExpert Forum Secret Santa Thread: Ship anytime between now and December 1st

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [November 10, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047 "2012-11-10T20:55:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![yomagic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomagic/32/131_2.png) [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/1 "2012-11-10T20:55:38Z")

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Well I don’t know if many of you remember, but I organized and executed last years’ Secret Santa. It was a pretty good success and its about time to start organizing this years. I enjoyed doing this last year and glad to help continue this tradition. Please read the thread carefully and if any other questions PM me.

So before we get this started there are going to be a few guidelines that will be followed:

1.) United States Only- I know for many they won’t be able to participate in this but with shipping cost and waiting time, US would be the only efficient option. I apologize but that’s how I did it last year and many agree with me.

2.)Mandatory feedback count- Basically if you have no feedback I’m sorry but you cant participate either. You must have 10 positive feedback or more to be involved with this, unless your a well-known forum member. This is at my discretion and I can allow who I feel can be a part of this. If you have feedback from other Forums that can count as well. This is only for safety precautions and no offense to anyone.

3.)Will ship between November 16th and December 1st- Yup, Open shipping so there is more then enough time to ship a package and whoever is in this years Secret Santa will ship within that time span. Shipping method is up to you but just make sure it gets to your Secret Santa. Use tracking though so you can provide proof of shipping worst case scenario. Everyone must use tracking and send me the tracking number via PM when they ship

4.) Random Drawing- The meaning of this is that I am going to put the names on pieces of paper and randomly pick names that I will pair up. The person you receive for your Secret Santa might not be the same person your getting from.

5.)50 participants-This number is firm and won’t be changing. Basically there are going to be 50 people participating so there will be plenty of opportunities to be involved in this. Its first come, first serve. If you don’t respond in time that the list gets full, sorry but can’t help you.

6.)Gifts-This is one an important aspect. Gifts are at your own discretion and can be anything you please. Of course there is a limit to that. Send a Gift as if you were going to receive it. So at least one yoyo is a must (can be more then one) and any other goodies like strings, bearing, pouches, Hi-chew and other stuff can be included as well. Minimum Price of Gift should be at least $20 or more.

When you ship please include a piece of paper with your username so that the person receiving it can know who sent them their Secret Santa gift. DON’T FORGET THIS

List of Participants:

1. MikeEff
2. yoyomaverick
3. Proboscis
4. Titanium221
5. Yomagic (Me of course lol)
6. Slowyojoe
7. Mullicabob (Offering a free Powdercoat job as gift, if you receive him you would send him a throw to be powdercoated for free. Only a solid color or translucent coat)
8. Maranellokid
9. BenM36
10. Rdeleon975
11. Jake Elliott
12. Slade Riggs
13. JohnnyJ
14. Mr.yoyoguy
15. d42kn355
16. Big yoyo
17. yoyospirit
18. Preinfalk
19. Kdbams
20. ShaunC
21. Baerinatux
22. robbieG123
23. Supreh1234
24. Fellavader
25. Mx.yoyo
26. Yoyomasterjr
27. ColeJ
28. Magicman21
29. Offstring-stewart
30. Mgiroux77
31. coffelt
32. Brian2002 (coffelt’s son)
33. Totalartist
34. Jasonwongzero
35. Sparhawk
36. Troy(oyo
37. Treebarktrevor
38. vegabomb
39. Yoyoavenger
40. Avandar
41. Linkslegionaire
42. Qwertyo
43. ElendilAndurilz
44. oldyoyograndma
45. Stillinkansascity
46. Nivo
47. Stephosh
48. Jack Shaw
49. Nicholi2789
50. Yomartyo

Enjoy! Happy Holidays

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**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/2 "2012-11-10T20:59:00Z")

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I’m in, I’ll try to stay out of trouble this year :wink: And maybe one of the rules should be everyone ships priority mail with tracking and the send the tracking numbers to you?

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**Author:** ![magicman21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@magicman21](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/magicman21)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/3 "2012-11-10T21:09:06Z")

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I would also say something about price, like the contents should be worth at least $XX.XX amount, so that way no one gets a lemon. Somone could say send more then that minimum, but at least it has to be worth that amount.

Wasn’t it at least $20.00 last year?

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**Author:** ![yomagic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomagic/32/131_2.png) [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/4 "2012-11-10T21:20:35Z")

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updated it a little…dont forget to PM me if you want to join this

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/5 "2012-11-10T21:26:42Z")

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Someone will be happy if they get me as their Secret Santa. ;D

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**Author:** ![slowyojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@slowyojoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/slowyojoe)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/6 "2012-11-10T21:28:54Z")

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I don’t often post things, and I am comparably new to this forum(and yoyoing in general), but it is little things like this that make me so glad that I both picked a yoyo a bit more seriously and also that I joined this forum. I think this is a fantastic idea, and look forward to having a trade count sufficient to participate next time around. You know, some people in the wider world seem to think the idea of ‘community’ is dead, really good to see otherwise. I apologize in advance if I shouldn’t have posted this here, and feel free to delete…

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**Author:** ![yoyomaverick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyomaverick/32/641_2.png) [@yoyomaverick](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaverick)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/7 "2012-11-10T21:34:35Z")

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I am down.

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**Author:** ![yomagic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomagic/32/131_2.png) [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/8 "2012-11-10T21:39:21Z")

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Any posting on this thread is cool…wish you had the feedback count 😕 Remember to PM me if you want to participate.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Yoyoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr_yoyoguy/32/922_2.png) [@Mr\_Yoyoguy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mr_Yoyoguy)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/9 "2012-11-10T21:40:55Z")

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Dang, don’t have the feedback needed…

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**Author:** ![yomagic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomagic/32/131_2.png) [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/10 "2012-11-10T21:43:01Z")

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With people with lower then 10 trade count, how do you think we should do it? Should we allow them to participate (at my discretion) and require them to send me Tracking when they ship or not allow them to participate?

Any input is helpful

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**Author:** ![yomagic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yomagic/32/131_2.png) [@yomagic](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yomagic)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/11 "2012-11-10T21:43:36Z")

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If you dont PM me your address, you dont get added on the list

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Yoyoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr_yoyoguy/32/922_2.png) [@Mr\_Yoyoguy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mr_Yoyoguy)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/12 "2012-11-10T21:44:57Z")

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> [@yomagic](#):
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> With people with lower then 10 trade count, how do you think we should do it? Should we allow them to participate (at my discretion) and require them to send me Tracking when they ship or not allow them to participate?
> 
> Any input is helpful

Definitely the first one.  
I might be a little biased though… 😃

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**Author:** ![Proboscis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/proboscis/32/135627_2.png) [@Proboscis](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Proboscis)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/13 "2012-11-10T22:23:55Z")

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I said let them join if they have say 5 feedback? It’s too risky to have someone with 0. Have them send a tracking no. to you if they have 5. 5 may be too much still, it’s up to you.

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**Author:** ![Proboscis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/proboscis/32/135627_2.png) [@Proboscis](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Proboscis)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/14 "2012-11-10T22:25:31Z")

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Oh shoot…Why did that post 3 times? My bad.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Yoyoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr_yoyoguy/32/922_2.png) [@Mr\_Yoyoguy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mr_Yoyoguy)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/15 "2012-11-10T22:33:37Z")

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haha, I was like"Wait, what?"

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**Author:** ![Big\_Yoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/big_yoyo/32/1032_2.png) [@Big\_Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Big_Yoyo)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/16 "2012-11-10T23:12:41Z")

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I’m in! I meet all the requirements this year!

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**Author:** ![magicman21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@magicman21](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/magicman21)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/17 "2012-11-10T23:38:35Z")

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I say you must have at least 5, and you have to have a tracking number, anyone 10 and over is good to go.

Cheers,

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**Author:** ![Joeybob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@Joeybob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Joeybob)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/18 "2012-11-10T23:49:42Z")

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I only have 7 feedback but could I still participate?

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**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/19 "2012-11-10T23:56:19Z")

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My $.02 -

Trader feedback should defiantly matter. However, I feel like ten feedback is a little high - five is a better number to shoot for.

Concerning people without feedback - These people should be looked at on a case by case basis. There are some people on this forum who have no feedback, but still are excellent and trustworthy member of the YYE community. Just because they haven’t engaged in a trade before doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be involved in the secret santa event.

You probably wouldn’t want to throw someone with 50 posts into the mix, but someone with hundreds of well written posts should be considered.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Yoyoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr_yoyoguy/32/922_2.png) [@Mr\_Yoyoguy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mr_Yoyoguy)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yoyoexpert-forum-secret-santa-thread-ship-anytime-between-now-and-december-1st/45047/20 "2012-11-11T00:04:33Z")

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I’ve never participated in a trade but am around the forums alot and would consider myself a trustworthy person. I have two pending offers also, as of now.Can I participate?

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