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I mostly just copied and pasted this post from the last one, but have made a couple of changes.
So far the list (in no particular order) is:
Me - Albany, NY area
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dulcinbradbury - local to me
magpie49 - Pennsylvania
glinda_w - Northwest part of the USA
arathreel - local to me
tx_cronopio - Texas
My LJ-less sister-in-law Sara - Illinois
My LJ-less brother Bobby - Michigan
zarhooie - South Dakota
I need everyone who isn't local to me to send me their street address (even if you think I already have it) so that I can figure out the best (cheapest for each person) route to send the box on. You can email me, or PM me here or on Facebook. We also need to decide how we're going to get the addresses to the other people in the swap. The three I came up with are: 1) have each person email/pm the person they are sending to directly, 2) have each person contact me and get the next person's address, or 3) include all the addresses in the box to start with. Which does everyone prefer?
Instead of the box I posted about last time, I decided that it would be easier to use a 8"x8"x8" box from the post office. I'm going to put an envelope in the box for money. If your shipping is much less than $5.00 please put the difference in the envelope. If it's much more than $5.00, please feel free to take the difference out of the envelope. If there is still money in the envelope when it gets back to me I'll donate it to a charity.
Rules:
1) Spend as little money as possible. Some ideas are: craft supplies from your own stash, handmade things, homemade food, recipes, used books, CD mixes. If you do need to buy things, hit dollar and thrift stores and clearance sales. The idea here is to share things that are fun, not to spend tons of money.
2) Food should be labeled. I don't want to poison anybody because they didn't know that a food had something they were allergic to in it. If it's store bought, make sure it's in the original packaging. If it's homemade include the recipe.
3) Package things securely. If it's fragile, don't forget the bubble wrap. If it's liquid or might melt, put it in multiple Ziploc bags. If it's strongly scented, multiple Ziploc bags might also be a good idea.
4) Try to keep the fullness of the box even. Going by both weight and number of things, try to add about the same amount as you keep. That will help to keep both shipping and selection fair for everybody who comes after you.
Any other ideas for rules?
If everything works out the way I hope, I'll start the box moving next weekend (the 21st or 22nd).
I mostly just copied and pasted this post from the last one, but have made a couple of changes.
So far the list (in no particular order) is:
Me - Albany, NY area
dulcinbradbury - local to me magpie49 - Pennsylvania glinda_w - Northwest part of the USA arathreel - local to me tx_cronopio - Texas My LJ-less sister-in-law Sara - Illinois
My LJ-less brother Bobby - Michigan
zarhooie - South DakotaI need everyone who isn't local to me to send me their street address (even if you think I already have it) so that I can figure out the best (cheapest for each person) route to send the box on. You can email me, or PM me here or on Facebook. We also need to decide how we're going to get the addresses to the other people in the swap. The three I came up with are: 1) have each person email/pm the person they are sending to directly, 2) have each person contact me and get the next person's address, or 3) include all the addresses in the box to start with. Which does everyone prefer?
Instead of the box I posted about last time, I decided that it would be easier to use a 8"x8"x8" box from the post office. I'm going to put an envelope in the box for money. If your shipping is much less than $5.00 please put the difference in the envelope. If it's much more than $5.00, please feel free to take the difference out of the envelope. If there is still money in the envelope when it gets back to me I'll donate it to a charity.
Rules:
1) Spend as little money as possible. Some ideas are: craft supplies from your own stash, handmade things, homemade food, recipes, used books, CD mixes. If you do need to buy things, hit dollar and thrift stores and clearance sales. The idea here is to share things that are fun, not to spend tons of money.
2) Food should be labeled. I don't want to poison anybody because they didn't know that a food had something they were allergic to in it. If it's store bought, make sure it's in the original packaging. If it's homemade include the recipe.
3) Package things securely. If it's fragile, don't forget the bubble wrap. If it's liquid or might melt, put it in multiple Ziploc bags. If it's strongly scented, multiple Ziploc bags might also be a good idea.
4) Try to keep the fullness of the box even. Going by both weight and number of things, try to add about the same amount as you keep. That will help to keep both shipping and selection fair for everybody who comes after you.
Any other ideas for rules?
If everything works out the way I hope, I'll start the box moving next weekend (the 21st or 22nd).
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