Secret Santa Thread #4
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SALT FREE ADDITION!
Wow that last thread flew by quickly!
Everyone's assignments have been sent!
Everyone should now be shopping for their assignments, and try your best to have your packages shipped by the first week in December. Shipping slows waaaaaay down during the holiday season, so get those packages out early to ensure they get there by Christmas!
To protect yourself from false Grinching accusations (who would do such a thing?) you can send me the tracking info or a picture of the package before you send it. This is important because Grinches will be put on a list that I will give to the Secret Santa organizer next year, so that you may never ruin our fun again! Mwahahahaha
Lastly! If you have any questions for your assignment or comments for your Santa, send them to me, I will be doing my best to quickly rely them so that you may communicate.
I'm working on replying to everyone's emails right now and forwarding your messages, I'll update when I'm done.
Also I'm having fun watching everyone get excited!
I'm still working on mine. I've got what I want to send him, but there's a few extras I want to throw in as well.
I've got half my guy's stuff, one thing will be here on Thursday.
Santa-chan is the best
How do you guys feel about handmade things to go along with your gift?
I'm thinking about painting something like pic related on a Christmas Ornament.
>>5288541
I would appreciate that so much anon! Probably even more than the actual gift. It's something you put thought and effort into and that's more than anyone could ask for.
Ok, I've gone through all the emails in my inbox.
I'm gettin hyped you guys...
>>5288544
>It's something you put thought and effort into and that's more than anyone could ask for.
Fuck off, I want toys.
Looks like my santee got 1/3 of the their present delivered today. More inbound tomorrow and next week as well.
>>5288553
Fuck off.
>>5288554
wow shitlord you had it delivered straight to their house do u even care at all i bet anon will hate it
>>5288562
It sounds like the exact same anon from the last thread who said "IF I HAVE TO BUY TOYS FOR A SHIT HEAD I DESERVE ONE TOO"
>>5288561
>i bet anon will love it
FIFY
Hoping the first part of my guy's gift ships out soon, probably gonna order the next bit tonight!
>Ctrl F
>Type my name
>Phrase not found
Please be a cool Santa and not a Grinch
>>5288580
You guys that are so worried about this really shouldn't have participated. I didn't get namedropped and I frankly don't give a damn. If there was something I wanted that badly I wouldn't have participated and would have just bought myself a gift.
The fun in this is giving someone else something.
>>5288561
Punctuation is free nigga.
>>5288588
Have you never seen a shitpost, anon.
>>5288541
Go for it, Anon!
Got this little guy with my present last year, and he's probably still my favourite part of the whole thing.
>>5288596
That's cute as fuck I want one
>>5288596
what the fuck I want one
>>5288587
This anon gets it. This entire thing is organized so you can give people cool stuff, it's not to get cool stuff/beg. If you want shit that bad just buy it yourself and stop acting like children who don't immediately get what they want.
>>5288587
I would be happy if I got a box of broken gundam parts and an empty toilet roll honestly. I just want someone to take the time to send me something.
That being said though, I've got three things en route to my house for my santee and I'm making a cute little card to go with it. It's fun.
>>5288596
Oh my God, that's adorable.
>>5288553
This makes me sad to see.
>>5288596
Ok that give an idea!!! I hope My santa will like it thank you
>>5288596
who's /crafty/ here because i want one
>>5288645
I am /devious/ does that count?
>>5288645
/illustrator/ here so one of you is getting a few drawings in your package.
>>5288647
No. save your /hornets/ anon
>>5288645
I wanted to make my anon a blanket but I don't know where I would get weebshit fabric.
Just a quick update for Doki, I've bought your presents and should have them all wrapped up and sent off by Sunday at the latest! Since I'm a poor student and Christmas is a while away I'll probably send them by second class signed for. Also, for any anons writing cards, are you signing them with your name or just as "anon"?
>>5288664
The Weeb store should have some in stock
>>5288645
p-sure it's needle felting, should be pretty easy to do! If I can I will, but it's gotta be after this SS. I've gotta craft stuff for my anon first...
>>5288673
y-you're gonna make me tear up.
thank you but you don't have to kind anon. you have your santee to worry about.
>>5288683
I've been wanting to get back into needle felting anyway, it's really no problem. If you have a throwaway email or something feel free to drop it.
I'll contact you when it's done, it'll probably be mid December just a heads up!
>>5288587
Same, honestly I think I may have asked for some things that were a little too expensive anyway so if I get anything at all it'll be more than I expected.
I went physically shopping for toys yesterday for the first time in fucking forever, I'm searching around for small knickknacks and items that fit the theme to toss in, brainstorming shit for a clever way to bundle everything together. It's been fun to do.
I want to make a little fun care package but it's difficult to do for anime stuff. And I don't really want to make the trip down to Little Tokyo if I don't have to.
Just placed another order for my anon >:) can't wait to start putting it together.
>>5288705
>tfw like 90% of my guy's list is star wars stuff so I can easily keep literally every part of my bundle in theme
I won't name names, but I'll say that pizza rolls may or may not be key to all of this
I've got everything bought for my person, just waiting for it all to arrive here. Most of it should be here by the end of the week. One item is coming at the end of the month though.
And I'll probably end up drawing a bunch of cool shit to put in, too.
>>5288692
[email protected]
Thank you so so much anon.
>>5288562
Just be cool to each other man. We all know about the spirit of it all, it's only one or two people making a ruckus, just ignore them. The only reason they dominated so much of last thread was people responding to them.
>>5288725
I think it created a ruckus because people were telling them that their way of gifting wasn't good enough to participate in this.
A simple comment made with the intention of just pointing out whether or not their gift is truly in the Christmas spirit is enough to unintentionally be offensive to a lot of people.
>>5288154
Marvel stuff! I also like DC but been a Marvel fan for years. Star wars is always fun. I love dumb blind bag toys and doll house accessories and shit too. I take lots of dumb pictures with my toys so I can always use more of that stuff.
Mostly do 1/12th scale so if it fits I will take all superheroes and scifi junk. I have pretty broad tastes just normally don't collect in them.
Still haven't seen my name yet. Really afraid I'm going to get grinched. Might hold off sending my stuff out until I get mine first.
>>5288562
>These threads keep degenerating and it is making me sad
They keep degenerating because this is 4chan and most of the user base are emotionally stunted shut ins.
![ban-img-christmas[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/HJkB4wU.jpg "ban-img-christmas[1].jpg")
>>5288733
>>5288733
That's silly
You're silly.
Errol, your gift is on it's way.
I want my namedrop to be in the form of a fucking crate of dragon dildos being dropped by plane on my front lawn.
frankly I'm more worried about who I'm giving stuff to than who's putting my stuff together
>>5288761
I'm not sure what i'm looking at here.
>>5288761
They're surprised a guy on /a/ is a weeb? Really?
>>5288732
Alright Santee, you made my night by saying this.
I will admit, I was kinda bummed I wouldn't be able to shop for additional gifts for you because I didn't know much about anything you had on your Amazon wishlist.
But now I'm geeked. I'm a big Marvel fan as well so shopping for you is going to be a lot of fun and I might even get to craft now too! Thanks Santee.
>>5288775
No probs! I love Marvel Legends but stay away from them cause I have too many bugmen and I know I would get weak and buy ALL OF THEM. I only have Pizza Party Spidey and Flash Thompson Venom. They only thing I ask is avoid Cap, Ironman, Thor and Hulk. I got a couple of them already.
>>5288783
Would you be opposed to receiving non-toy Marvel items? (along with your primary toy gifts of course)
>>5288790
Not at all! I am not a picky person at all. I like most general nerd stuff. As long as its cool I will probably like it.
>>5288733
You do know the person you send your stuff to isn't the person sending you your stuff right? So all you would be doing is grinching some poor anon who had nothing to do with the person responsible for your gift.
>tfw missed the deadline by more than a week because I got busy and life's not going well
Damn, better luck next year. It'll still be nice to see what you guys give each other. This is one of, if not THE most thoughtful Secret Santa board I've seen over the years. You do a pretty good job too, Santa.
Merry Christmas, y'all.
>>5288827
This is so reassuring as this is the first 4chan secret santa I've ever participated in.
>>5288827
what would you have asked for, anon
>>5288827
I would have participated in a /co/ one too but it never really seemed to take off so I dunno
>>5288827
Iktf.
I just wanted to make some anon happy and maybe utilize my crafting skills.
redditgifts is still open but I don't know if anyone there would be as appreciative as /toy/ seems to be.
>>5288851
Bill Gates participated last year. Maybe you'll get lucky and get him as your Santa and not troll gifts from edgy Redditiers
>>5288863
Dumb bitch asked for a Loki helmet too.
What a waste.
>>5288885
Hey now. You can't forget her coffee table book and giant microbes polio virus plushie!
Awesome! I'm glad payday's this week so I can get started!
>>5288836
Probably just some cute small things from TOM, Beanie Boos, and maybe some LPS stuff.
>>5288841
/cgl/ is doing postcards this year because their previous santa system invited too many grinches.
>>5288851
>redditgifts
>We recommend about 20$ USD. However, you can choose to spend more or less.
>or less.
That's disconcerting but I'm tempted to try anyways. Thank you for letting me know.
tfw got promoted to a new position this week and now I'll have more money to spoil santee with.
hmmm got my reply. . .A huge Zelda and Metroid fan huh. . .I hope you enjoy reading, I haz plans
>>5288911
poor anon is getting fanfiction that's worse than getting grinched
>>5288914
HAHAHAHAHAHA I hadn't thought of that
Good one!
>>5288748
That was fast!
S. Howard I've got you covered! I hope you also like crafty/home made stuff cuz I've got some little holiday stuff to throw in as well.
>>5288897
Not to sound like a shill, but I'd actually really recommend redditgifts if you want to participate in a SS.
You have to meet a shipping deadline and post proof you shipped. If your assigned santa doesn't do this, you get assigned to a rematch santa automatically and the grinch gets banned and if you're sent an obvious gag gift you can get reassigned as well.
It's a huge community and they do exchanges year round with different themes.
Jasper M. you gonna get gifted.
Also, are their any Kamen Riders in particular you're looking for? I'd hate to get you a duplicate since I have no Idea what you have.
>>5288941
Hope you like it
>shopping for stuff
>suddenly fucking fire alarm
Good thing it was nothing, and I found s'more extra things to throw in. Hopefully mail is here fast
Guy from /v/ who lives in Japan here,
I'm guessing it's too late to join?
I tried joining /a/'s Secret Santa, but were too late, and then I heard you guys were doing one.
I just want to share weird shit I find here with someone.
>>5289076
Well, you're abou 11 months too early
>>5289078
Heh.
>>5289076
>tfw ill never get matched with someone who would send me saturn and super famicom games
>>5289107
That would've been easy to get here. Pretty cheap, too.
Sent some to friends last year.
>>5289133
Have you seen any of that Segata Sanshiro game floating around? It's the holy grail of mine
>>5289076
Could you send me genuine Arpakasso?
We could just do a straight-up swap of semi-secret gifts.
>>5289133
Yeah I know. Ebay prices aren't too bad but shipping takes like 2-4 weeks for the economy (about $4) price.
I don't mind though because the Japanese versions of the game are almost always substantially cheaper than the NA versions. Like Rockman X2 being about $20-25 while Mega Man X2 is $100+
>>5289137
Can't say I have, but I haven't been looking out for it, so I might have just overlooked it.
>>5289141
True that.
>>5289138
The Llama plushies?
I guess they shouldn't be too hard to find, but they are kinda big to send though, aren't they?
Also, is it much fun if you know exactly what you're getting?
>>5289138
>Arpakasso
I put that on my list for my santa. They're too cute.
Is there any way to filter stuff that's sold out on Amiami?
I know they have jack if you don't preorder, but going through 10 pages of stuff when 9 of those are sold out couldn't be more annoying
>have 3 items totalling to 8000 yen in shopping basket, two items worth 10 €, 13€ bonus thing, candy and still feel like adding something
>still feel like it's not enough, and afraid they already have this stuff
Not to mention I haven't even looked at my bank account yet. Maybe I should remove something
Guess I'll ask again if anyone has been assigned a guy from Rossville?
Just looking for some reassurance, I guess.
>>5289190
Stop being such a needy bitch
>>5288761
Aw man I was just thinking about this pasta yesterday and hoping someone would post it.
>>5289192
Sorry. :c
>>5289185
Stop spoiling them and cut away at least half of that [spoiler]and send it to me instead[/spoiler]
>>5289214
You're silly.
Saw this while shopping for my giftee.
Words to live by fellow Santas.
>>5289372
If only, Anon.
I have 20 euros to my name now, ans 10 of that will be gone tomorrow thanks to a bus. But I won't be letting my giftee down. I'll get them [toyspoiler]almost[/toyspoiler] the best present ever.
So sad I was too late, I wanted to give the good little anons toys too...
>>5289076
Go to /co/, I think they still have open registration
send Game Boy Light pls
>>5289399
The /co/ thread died really quick and I haven't seen it get renewed so I don't know if it's happening
>>5288999
Hibiki, Showa Riders that aren't V3. Haven't gotten any guys since V3 was new.
>>5288827
I missed it too.
Let's do each other, anon
>>5289185
I'm in the same boat, not sure what I should put back.
>$60-$80 in toys
>$15 in wrapping goods
And I haven't finished crafting or even started getting candy and whatnot...
Oh and shipping.
>ordered about 120 canuck funbucks worth of stuff without even really realizing it, not counting other small things I've been picking up around town.
Eh whatever, I always end up getting an obscene amount of stuff on Christmas anyway.
Yay I just ordered the main part of my gift for my person.
I just need to think of some fun little supplemental toys in line with their tastes.
Yay Secret Santa.
My Santee's gifts are on the way to me, hopefully they get here soon so I can wrap the shit out of them hnnng I love wrapping presents for people.
>>5289192
Calm your tits
>>5289567
Mine will probably be at $100 when all said and done (but just for one person).
But that's awesome that you can do that. Can't wait to see what cha got them!
Seems like a lot of people ended up spending a fair amount.
I've got about $125 wrapped up just in the gifts themselves, and that's not counting some treats/snacks/candy I'm going to throw in, or the shipping to have the items sent to me/shipping to send it to them.
Seems like a lot of anons are going to have nice Christmases. :3c
I was planning to spoil my anon, but some financial shit came up and I was only able to spend $35 on him. I hope he enjoys what I sent :/
>>5289632
Well you hit the minimum so I wouldn't worry too much. Maybe include some personal touches or something?
>>5289621
I can't help but keep thinking what a train wreck something like this would be on like 90% of 4chans boards. I definately feel a little less bad about wasting my life on this fucking website, it's great just seeing people legitimately eager to go all out with their packages.
>>5288454
>addition
>>5289666
Calm down Satan
>>5289632
>I was only able to spend $35 on him. I hope he enjoys what I sent :/
Damn, I hope you didnt get me.....
So, since people will probably start getting packages soon, are we waiting to open these until a certain day, or are people supposed to just open them right away or what?
>>5289773
Your choice. I usually wait until I leave for my sister's.
>>5289773
It really should be something you wait for until Christmas, but I know you greedy fucks will just tear up the package and complain about what you did or didn't get.
>>5289773
I'm gonna wait until Christmas morning to open mine.
I think the suspense of waiting to open a gift is the best part.
>>5289773
>not waiting until xmas
>>5289773
I'll wait till Christmas Eve or day ideally.
>>5289773
I've always been one of those people who, even if I know what I'm getting, I wait until Christmas morning. Because I'm a good little boy you see. By the way, did anyone get John from Ohio?
>>5289860
>By the way, did anyone get John from Ohio?
>>5289770
You are tellin me I spend like 70 dollars in the main gift for my Santee buying from local sellers search the same stuf in eBay they are selling for 20-30 dollars fuck this third world country
>>5289894
Sorry mang.
>>5289770
I hope Santa brings you cancer, cause that's what your posts give me.
>>5289773
I'm more about the season than the day. I'll probably open mine right away, I'd kind of prefer to know if the person I'm sending to likes what they got right away but obviously it's up to them if they wait.
I got all the components for my gift but I might not send it out until next week so I have time to wrap stuff and add some personal touches rather than just sending off what they asked for.
>>5289773
The package will be send to my parents home so I will wait til Xmas anyway but I would love to open it the 23 because is my birthday
I'm waiting until Christmas so the hornets will be sufficiently dead before I open the box.
>>5290037
Ok... I will bite where this hornets thing come from
Ok, its been like, 4 days and I havnt seen anyone drop my name, im so fucking done with this. I got grinched year and I KNEW I shouldn't enter again this year but I did anyways like a RETARD. Im just glad I waited to send my end this year, I guess its not a total loss.
Anyways, im out. Good luck to everyone else.
>>5290086
from me
:^)
>>5290191
Are you sure you checked the other threads? Maybe the person who got you just didn't name drop you, dude.
There's no need to be so hasty...
>>5290196
Stop taking the bait.
>>5290191
So you're going to grinch your anon who has nothing to do with whether or not you receive a gift or not?
>>5290206
Stop taking the bait tho.
If people are seriously waiting to be name-dropped, there's only been about a dozen people (out of what, like 90 of us?) who have been named. Y'all need to chill.
Thank you anons who are being cool about this, but you fuckers who keep baiting people or complaining about being grinched need to stop. Why are you trying to ruin a good thing? I know it's 4chan and you want to be le edgy master troll, but seriously...
>tfw pulled the trigger on my free amazon prime trial at the perfect time
>tfw all the stuff in my package will arrive, get wrapped, and be ready to send out by this weekend
>>5290513
That's really nice I will probably send mine in two weeks, I just hope the package gets in time
I'll probably send mine out this weekend, the only thing I'm waiting on should be here tomorrow but I'm also seeing if he gets back to me about food allergies or candy preferences.
>>5290086
Always Sunny
>>5290211
It's well over that but yes
>>5290358
Eh I can understand it, 4chan isn't exactly a place that instill a whole lot of trust in others. I'm spending a lot more than I'm expecting to receive but that doesn't mean I still wouldn't be disappointed if I got blown off entirely.
Unless you're going to be a total ass about it like >>5290191 then sure go fuck yourself.
>>5290780
Even then there is no reason to fearmonger in the thread, if you have any doubts you should email them to santa instead of trying to make everyone else feel like shit.
>>5290535
I didn't ask about allergies but I put all the candy in a separate ziplock bag and they're also individually wrapped so I imagine it's fine.
Participant here,
Is there anything I should be doing, like 'namedropping' or anything?
I ordered an item, it is en route to my house, and I should have it within the week so I can prepare it and ship it out on time.
Anything else I need to do?
>>5290976
You can be like "[first name] in [state]" I hope you like your gift. But the only thing you need to do is make sure you ship it out so it gets there before Christmas. Any time before Dec 13 should be fine unless it's international
>>5290980
Cool.
Thanks.
to EJ in nyc i hope you enjoy your gift :).
>item I was planning on ordering is now sold out
Guess this serves me right for being slowpoke. Time to check other sites if they have any
>>5290991
That sucks. Hope you find replacement
>>5291002
Yeah, me too. I really want to get them this particular thing, but there's nothing I can do if I can't find it.
Well, there's one on fucking J-list, but I'd rather die than order from there.
Okay, Adam S. in ohio, big bill came out of nowhere and slapped me right in the dick, so Imma have to put off your order until around next tuesday. Sorry for the hold up, friend. Gonna put in a little extra for the wait.
>>5289773
I'll be waiting till Christmas because I gave my home address and I'll be living at school until the 16th anyway. It's gonna be so COMFY being home.
>>5291193
Not Adam but I know that feel. My truck decided to shit the bed yesterday.
I already have my gift ready to go though, I just need to find time to get to the post office.
>>5291210
Well I'm lucky enough that I have enough savings to deal with the truck. I've definitely been in positions where I had to put emergencies on credit without a real way of paying it off though so I definitely feel for anyone getting hit with an unexpected bill.
Sure is a lot of belly aching about bills in here. Cant say I didn't see that coming.
"Sorry anon, dog got hit by a card, enjoy this painted pinecone, its crafted!"
>>5291223
Did I ever say I won't be getting them shit?
Despite all the issues I have right now, I'm going to get them best present ever.
>double VIP points and free shipping on all online Lego orders starting this Saturday
>placed an order just two nights ago
ah well.
>>5291223
Financial stability comes first, shit stain.
>Apartment concierge picked up my first parcel worth of SS orders so I don't even need to detour to the post office after work
>nationwide postal strike
FUCK.
>>5291349
>check news
>450 illegal pork tamales seized at LAX
>>5291193
its fine dude no rush, im sure i will like what ever it is. i am slowly building up my anons box.
also to martin R. i got some stuff this pay and next pay i will finish it off. if it were not for my phone bill i would have gotten more.
>>5291003
What's wrong with JList? I was thinking of getting my person one of their lucky bags as part of their gift.
>>5291441
>overpriced
>man behind it is major jew
>/a/ will make fun of you if you talk about it
You know, the basic stuff
>>5291447
>tfw I just bought some smut from it a month ago for a reasonable price
>>5291447
So... technically nothing?
>>5291451
Honestly it's probably bait.
Shit, I just realized that they empty PO Boxes here after two weeks if you don't pick your order up.
Maybe I should contact my Santa to let him know that I really need that shipping info so I actually remember to pick it up.
>>5291589
Email Santa and he will forward it
>>5291594
Yeah he's pretty good about that. My assignment updated his list and Santa passed it on quickly (though I got him other things on the list anyway)
Got a package today that is two of my items for my giftee.
Yes. It is all coming together now.
>>5291825
Is it for me?
Cause that'd be cool.
>>5291850
I dunno. Maybe?
>>5291857
I sure hope so.
>>5289162
If you put
&s_stockitem=1
behind your search url it'll filter out to instock stuff only
>>5291991
not that anon but, you are amazing.
Thank you!
How's everyone doing with their gifts?
Waiting on one more thing and then I can put everything together for my anon.
>>5292264
Pretty good, I went way overboard and ordered like $150 worth of stuff, sure hope my anon enjoys it
>>5292264
Just waiting for deliveries and to hear back about food allergies, then I'll be wrapping!
>>5292264
So far I've ordered one thing from Amazon and it should be here around Thanksgiving.
I'm going to target this weekend to buy a few more things, but I'm not sure what I should get. Would you guys prefer to get 3 smaller gifts or 1 small gift and 1 large gift?
>>5292264
waiting for stuff to get here. next pay im gonna gather the rest of the stuff and ship it out.
>>5292289
Personally the large gift. My list was mostly stuff that I'm kinda interested in but don't really want to spend my limited funds on. So I'd rather get one nicer more expensive thing rather than a few less expensive things I might end up buying anyways later on. If that makes any sense.
Okay all these people talking about dropping like $150 are making me feel really shitty.
I mean, I can manage a $30-$40 price tag, which I thought was what we all were shooting for, but, like, man, guys? I can't compete.
What do I do?
>>5292321
Stop comparing your gifts to other anons and realize that unless your santee is participating in this for the wrong reasons, they by no means are expecting a lavish package filled with $150+ worth of toys.
>>5292321
You did good anon, spend what you can. The entire reason we are doing this is to share the christmas spirit with other anons, not compare epeens. If you get me something for $30 I will be ecstatic.
>>5292321
My package is about 100 canuck funbucks but honestly I'd be thrilled with anything beyond getting outright grinched. Just give what you can, that's the whole point.
I had to bail from this year's SS because I ran into some financial problems with my family. Gonna just post my wishlist here for fun.
>>5292377
It's one thing to give gifts without expecting anything, but it's another thing to want gifts without giving back anon
>>5292264
waiting till next paycheck to start buying, already have the packaging and stuff ready.
still haven't decided what to get my anon though
>>5288596
Holy cow, I made that last year! Ahhh that makes me so happy. I hope you liked the uhh teddy bear gundam thing... I'm so sorry my knowledge of that is pissed poor, but I was happy to add a little extra something like a tiny prop and a crafty thing because of the throwaway name you used.
I skipped out this year because I've moved to an apartment, and I'm not sure about having something mailed here quite yet... But seriously, all the best to everyone here, I loved doing it last year (first time too) and I received a lot more than expected, especially since I didn't list a lot of /toy/ stuff (had a hard time brainstorming.
>>5292452
>especially since I didn't list a lot of /toy/ stuff (had a hard time brainstorming
Speaking of, here's a picture of the lovely goodies I received last year. To my SS'14, the yarn came in very handy for a lot of the stuff crocheted! It's a very generous amount, I still have some left! Thank you so much once again!
>>5292321
I have to agree with the others. I'm just doing this for fun and to do something nice for someone else for Christmas. Not to get something out of it. That's just a bonus to me.
>>5292321
Its about giving really, the best part of this IMHO is what is done to make it special, not so much what I get. If you really wanted something you can just buy it yourself.
>find a perfect gift, it gets sold out before I get a chance
>find it on other site, only one left
>"I get money tomorrow, it will probably be there then"
>sold out while I was sleeping
I feel like universe doesn't want me to get this thing
>>5292264
Just have to get it to the post office/UPS store
>>5292321
> I can manage a $30-$40 price tag, which I thought was what we all were shooting for,
It's a $30 MINIMUM
As long as you're hitting the minimum you shouldn't feel bad but you shouldn't be surprised by people going beyond it either.
If you can't go above and beyond by getting more items but can't/don't want to you could always try employing any crafting abilities you might have.
>>5288668
So fast Anon! I was planning on keeping it until christmas day so I'll have to lock it away until then haha. Postage is not a problem, guessing you're in the UK? Please do whatevers best for you.
I didn't individually wrap my gifts and don't feel bad about it because there's a roughly 67% chance if I did try to wrap them I'd end up attaching myself to the gift with scissors or having everything burst into flames like Homer Simpson trying to make cereal
Mike D in Taunton, MA just sent your first package should be there by nov 22
AB in France. One of the items I ordered changed into a backorder status, so it won't arrive with the rest of the stuff in that order, if they even have it at all. I can't say for sure yet, but it may not arrive here in time for Christmas. If that's the case, I'll send it to you later, and throw something new and exciting instead to the box.
Also, due to a postal strike here, I can't guarantee if any of this comes in time for Christmas. It may or may not be resolved in Monday.
>>5292806
ill give santa the tracking info asap
I probably won't get around to shipping my gift until the second or third week in December, but last year I waited until the 17th or so and it still came in time. I'm making sure the package will be extra special and unique.
To the anon in the last thread who asked if I have any food allergies, I don't, and I'm excited! Unless that was to someone else lol.
>>5292882
Would help if you gave your initials, haha.
>tfw I asked Santa to pass on some questions to my santee (like clarification how to write his address and any allergies) like two days ago and my santee hasn't replied yet.
>>5292890
I asked the same questions on Tuesday and still haven't heard back.
Sending out John b from Ohio's package today
I hope you have a VHS player
>>5292890
my initials are jw
Is it bad that I'm more interested on WHERE my Santa lives, instead of what they send?
It's just so strange feeling, that there may be someone on the other side of the world who's getting something for me. Can't quite comprehend it.
And I am mad as fuck that today wasn't business day at Amiami, I really need that stuff asap.
>>5292824
No problem. I'll wait patiently, thank you very much I'm super excited now !
>>5293042
Mine lives all the way in California and I'm in Florida, it's a neat feeling (though obviously probably not as cool as sending one to another country/continent). I'm considering packing in some tacky Florida things in for him.
>>5293241
I know that. I included a bunch of local candy and a plush of a very local character to throw in the box.
I hope I get something cool from the Santa too.
>>5292264
This weekend I'm going to pick up the gifts and I will employ next week to do some handmade extra stuff before send it I
>>5292264
Ordered a thing or two that I hopefully get next week, bought a pile of candy and a plush, and pondering if I should get few gashapon (at least I think they are gasha, it's not very clear on the site).
And I still want to get s'more on it.
>>5293267
If you're looking for a few small cheap things to include gachapon are great. I definitely wouldn't mind at least
So I wrapped the first few things I have, and I don't know if they are being held together by tape, or by good will alone.
God I hate wrapping stuff that's not a nice, symmetrical shape
>>5293411
>God I hate wrapping stuff that's not a nice, symmetrical shape
i know your pain dude.
>>5293411
I can't wrap for crap so I didn't bother. I just put the non boxed stuff in a smaller box so there's boxes in boxes. I hope my giftee doesn't mind too much.
>>5293477
If your giftee cares about how the package arrives, they are in this for the wrong reason
>tfw wrapping SS presents and drinking winter ale while watching the hockey game
>>5293477
>>5293485
I think it's cute when the wrapping is all messed up.
>>5293596
Pull that fedora on a little tighter bro. Dont want it to blow away.
>>5293621
>being comfortable is fedora
>>5293601
Maybe but my autism wont allow for it
BP from MI, I just sent you something. IDK what it is though. It was from the something store. Hope you like whatever you get. There is more to come!
>>5292264
Pretty bad desu. My anon wants anime stuff, granted it's like /v/ tier anime so it's not even obscure, but I'm just having trouble finding cool stuff. Basically gonna have to just order figs/statues on Amazon.
Bummer because I wanted to do a little care package dealio.
I know a lot of anons asked for Star Wars stuff and likely the Black series which are impossible to find anywhere it seems like. Wanted to let all the Santas know that I found a bunch in stock at Barnes & Noble so if you were looking for them for your Santee give it a shot.
>>5293712
>the something store
oh my god
this is marvelous
>>5293596
sounds nice and christmasy.
>>5293712
>the something store
Sergio in TX I got your box all planed out, headed toomorrow to grab the candy and fun sized things to put in there. Turkey day paycheck will be god tier so I'll get your stuff then and ship out (with all good luck) the first week of December.
I think you're going to like what I have planed. . .MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. . . .sorry I'm permitted one evil laugh per day.
>everything has been shipped in, wrapped, ready to go
>getting everything slotted into the parcel box I picked up earlier today
>box is half an inch too shallow, no refunds
>>5288454
Ah fuck am I too late for the secret santa this year? That sucks... Was basically all that made christmas last year worthwhile.
Halp fellow Secret Santas! I'm buying two things for my giftee from Amazon but need 2.30 for free shipping. Any ideas to throw into my order to make free shipping and my giftee's Christmas holly jolly?
>>5294045
I am given to understand hornets are all the rage this year.
>>5294045
Whatever little stocking-stuffer type item related to there other interests. Like a Neca scaler or lego minifig or small gunpla model
Alex in NZ, your presents are wrapped and will be shipped out Monday or Tuesday. I hope you're hype and that you don't mind messy writing on the card.
>EMS shipping from Amiami for two items is as much as the items themselves are worth
I know, shouldn't count the shipping cost, but still I'm little surprised
>>5293757
Oh shit, hopefully that's not me. I don't want to be any bother to anyone with this.
Granted, I asked for Lego too, and not anime stuff alone
>>5292913
A VHS player, eh. You have piqued my interest, oh mysterious purveyor of gifts.
