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*Sign-ups are CLOSED - Exchange is in progress โค
It's back! The gift exchange celebrating "the best day of the year" is here
Our previous rounds have been wonderful platforms for bringing us all together though our appreciation for beauty, treats and camaraderie. We're glad that you've decided to join in on the fun!
Positive Energy and Unicorn Love Always,
Mcakes & ZombieMetroAnt
Tips and Tricks:
โฅAsk questions! Anyone can ask anyone an anonymous question, that will help you get a better idea of likes and dislikes, haves and wants, etc.
โฅWhen you purchase something, click "Mark As Purchased." They won't see it, but they might be using the same wishlist for other gift exchanges, so this can prevent them potentially getting the same gift from two different people.
โฅIf you got something for yourself, remove it from your wishlist!
Shipping Suggestions:
How to ship abroad/add a customs label while still using online shipping:
1. Creating an account: First, you must create a free account on the USPS website. The paypal.com/shipnow site will not let you create customs forms.
2. Shipping Label: To create the shipping label, you want to use the "Click n Ship" function from the dropdown menu under Mail & Ship. Many of the directions from above are basically the same but the key difference is under, "Where are you sending to?" you will need to use the dropdown menu to select the country of choice.
3. Finishing the Shipping Label:Fill in all the corresponding information until the end of the form including the value of the package. The Canadians on the board may have more to speak to with this but I always kept this amount on the lower side so the recipient doesn't get hit with high customs fee. (average amount I would put would be $10-$20) A great feature is at the end of the page it will give you all your options for shipping. I can tell you on a personal note that when I ship to England I always choose first class international mail and I have never had a problem. Once again, delivery confirmation is thrown in for FREE.
3. Beginning the Customs Form: You will then get to a page that will you through step by step filling in the customs form. The first question will ask you to "Enter Package Information." This is where you can just write this is a gift box for a friend. You do not need to write anything more!
4. Customs Inventory: Next up is, "Enter Item Information." Okay, this one is a little tricky. If you want to itemize, and fill in every single thing in the box, you can. If you only want to do a couple, you can. I've done both over the years and both have been okay. I'm not going to tell you though that it will work every time so ultimately, the decision is up to you. Make sure though that you mark each item a GIFT so that the recipient does not get charged increased fees. Also, and this is IMPORTANT, the total that adds up for the all the items has to be the same total you gave on the previous page for the value of the box. So if you make something worth $1, that's fine! (Again, Canadians speak up hear if I'm wrong but my abroad friends always told me it was better to do this to reduce customs fees for the recipient.) Lastly, each weight of each individual item will need to add up to the to the total weight item, so I've honestly literally made up ratio numbers in the past. (I have never had a problem in years of sending packages)
5. Tarrif Number: Lastly, you do not have a tariff number so leave that blank. Okay, one last thing, choose your AES exemption. I would choose the second one having to do with gifts.
6. Obtaining the Label/Customs Form: The steps following this are similar to the ones from above except that I believe the payment options for USPS may also include credit card options as well as PayPal. Go ahead and print your label which will also contain your completed customs form. (Please note: you may need to sign your customs form before affixing it to your package) On a positive note, YOU STILL SAVE MONEY BY USING THE ONLINE POSTAGE SYSTEM!
7. How to actually ship it:For international packages, my personal advice is yes, bring it to the post office, and yes, actually check it in and get a receipt saying it was checked in by a postal worker. Since many international packages take quite longer than domestic and tend to get delayed at different intervals, you want to make sure that everything is okay when it first enters the system.
Link to Galentine's Day 2018:
Housekeeping :
*Information Only- Exchange is already underway*
If you are interested in joining, please see the Eligibility Requirements, Rules, and Key Dates below to see if this will be a good fit for you!
Eligibility-
Have you participated in a gift exchange on BT/BIC previously?
Yes
Previous participants in exchanges that either ZMA or I have hosted without incident on their part are pre-approved. If you participated in an exchange that ZMA or I have not hosted, please kindly provide a link to that exchange thread for us to do our due diligence. If there were no issues from the exchange on your part, we are excited to have you on board!
No
Meet one or more of the following requirements:
1.Must be willing to do a $50 box deposit that will be taken at sign up and returned once your Galentine has given us confirmation of delivery.
2.Must be vouched for by 2 members of the community who ZMA or I are familiar with.
*Since we are trying to be as inclusive as possible while also protecting other participants in this exchange, ZMA and I will have final discretion on participant eligibility. We realize that this is very subjective, but we must establish a certain degree of trust between users as there is sensitive information being exchanged. Thank you for your understanding.
Rules-
By expressing interest in signing up for the exchange, you are agreeing to the following:
-The minimum spend for this exchange is $50. You do not need to go over this amount, but in the spirit of fairness you may not go under it.
-If you have not participated in an exchange previously, you must ship your gift on or before February 1st. If you miss this deadline and do not communicate with ZMA or I about the reason for your delay, you will not get your box deposit back. Instead, we will use your box deposit to create a gift on your behalf. No Galentine will be left behind!
-Provide tracking number(s) to ZMA or I once you have shipped your gift. This can be done via Elfster or messaging ZMA or I.
-Acknowledge receipt of your gift ASAP, even if you need a little more time to do a full post. This is a courtesy to your giftor to know it was received (it is stressful waiting to know if a package made the journey ok!) and for ZMA and I to keep track of the progress in the exchange. You may do this via Elfster, by posting on this thread that you have received the parcel, or by messaging either ZMA or I.
-You must post pictures of your gift. This is an integral part of the exchange experience and we want to share in the excitement with you! We know how much thought and care goes into curating a gift, and we want to acknowledge your giftor's efforts as well. You may provide pictures for either ZMA or I to post on your behalf if you are having issues posting, but please know that the pictures are a firm requirement.
Key Dates-
Sign Up Deadline: 12/31/18
Draw Day (This is the day you find out who you are shopping for, yay!): 1/1/19
Ship Date for First Time Participants: 2/1/19 (*If you are shipping from Canada to US or vice versa, this deadline will be earlier)
All Gifts Must be Received: On or before 2/13/19 (Galentine's Day)
To sign up, please comment on this thread! ZMA and I will be messaging approved participants with more details and will be updating the Participant List as we go.
We are looking forward to celebrating with y'all !
Positive Energy and Unicorn Love Always,
Mcakes & @ZombieMetroAnt
P.S. We will make every effort to accommodate all shipping restrictions, please state those restrictions at sign up via PM. Thank you!
Participants (42)-
ZombieMetroAnt - gift received, thank you faeriegirl!
Mcakes - gift received, thank you godivamoon!
notcrocker - gift received, thank you melissapurple22!
unfungirl
pixiedust2 - gift received, thank you mermadelove!
Tamara76 - gift received, thank you pixiedust2!
darkiceis - gift received, thank you Kim888!
godivamoon - gift received, thank you darkiceis!
sister13 - gift received, thank you CC3616!
prettyinpa - gift received, thank you Ispend2much6!
CC3616 - gift received, thank you SportyGirly125!
Kim888 - gift received, thank you sabrinas!
Ispend2much6 - gift received, thank you Samtian!
Anastasiya13 - gift received, thank you imlostagain!
ElleElleG - gift received, thank you prettyinpa!
bakeamuffin - gift received, thank you GG84!
scott1201 - gift received, thank you gonerogue!
Spacellama - gift received, thank you NotCrocker!
melissapurple22 - gift received, thank you Nickelliebear1!
Indy701 - gift received, thank you unfungirl!
GG84 - gift received, thank you Spacellama!
faeriegirl - gift received, thank you skcfan!
mermadelove - gift received
gonerogue - gift received
SportyGirly125 - gift received, thank you jen143xo!
MissPuff - gift received, thank you scott1201!
snoflakefaerie - gift received, thank you Tamara76!
lipstick4soul - gift received, thank you Anastasiya13!
quspork - gift received, thank you lipstick4soul!
naturalooks15 - gift received, thank you itscarin!
veronika23
itsfi - gift received, thank you Indy701!
eshoe - gift received, thank you MissPuff!
Samtian - gift received, thank you itsfi!
itscarin - gift received, thank you quspork!
skcfan - gift received, thank you eshoe!
imlostagain - gift received, thank you snoflakefaerie!
ohheyitscindyk - gift received, thank you ClassicallyFab!
ClassicallyFab - gift received, thank you ohheyitscindyk!
Sabrinas - gift received, thank you Mcakes!
Nickelliebear1 - gift received, thank you bakeamuffin!
jen143xo - gift received, thank you naturalooks15!
That's happened before, usually they just ask for like unicorn mail or things like that.
@GG84 I noticed that too and was hoping there wasnโt a system error resulting in multiple people getting the same person. ๐. If you do unicorn mail it would be a good opportunity to get in a few questions.
@GG84 like @veronika23 said, I have TOTALLY snuck in anonymous questions during and right after doing an exchange to unicorn or mermail someone!! Sneaky BIC tricks. LOLOLOL ๐ง๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ
Lol got it!! @mermadelove@veronika23 my first thought was genuinely that two of us got the same person. Now I just see my Galentine is a popular gal ๐
@GG84 I've randomly asked questions before if I needed to know something because I was planning to send the person something. Now my secret is out. ๐
Maybe someone is just trying to ask questions to different people to get a sense of how the collective group would feel about something or they're trying to cover something up. (I don't mean this like a watergate cover up, I just mean trying to throw someone off the trail).
For example, if you still haven't mailed your galentine's gift, you might ask another galentine questions to make it look like other people are still shopping, or you might ask another galentine's a question because you don't want to make it too obvious. E.g. "would you like a limited edition pez dispenser?" might get the intended recipient's hopes up, but if you ask a random third party, you can get the sense of whether someone thinks a LE pez dispenser is a good gift or not.
that's strange - maybe they are participating in another exchange elsewhere!
@Kim888 But would I be able to see their questions/answers? I definitely didnt ask that question but its been asked to others in the group ๐ค I just hope there wasn't some glitch and two of us got the same person.
@GG84 I do this sometimes if I'm buying a bday gift for a friend and the timing just happens to be during an exchange. Then I mark it as purchased in Elfster (I always check to make sure the item hasn't already been marked as purchased first).
You can actually see the answers to any secret questions your Galentine has been asked in any previous exchange. Just go to her profile and click "Secret Q&A" on the left hand side. Then at the top of the page, you can click on the little link that says "answered" to view all their previous answers.
@GG84 I just checked and I see that has happened to my galentine too! I wonder what's up? Elfster is not always a glitch free platform, the last exchange, there was at least a week (maybe more) where no one would see more than the top half of everyone's wish lists and lots of answers to the secret Q&A's wouldn't register as answered.
@MissPuff Hmm okay. That makes me feel a bit better. I was a bit panicked thinking someone might have got left out!
@GG84 That would be bad! I could see all my Galentine's past answers to questions asked by someone else by clicking secret Q&A from their wishlist page though so maybe anyone asking them questions would should up if you are following them? Though it does seem concerning it's a commonly asked question for the group
FYI for any last minute shoppers - there's a 20% off email going around but it was only for selected members. You can call the sephora hotline and get them to do 20% but it's only over the phone and it does NOT combine with the rouge reward.
See more here: https://community.sephora.com/t5/Rouge/Why-does-VIB-get-20-off-and-us-Rouge-do-not-get-20-right-now/...
The sale expires on 1/23.
@Nickelliebear1girl your still ahead of me. I am waiting for an order to come in still, but I have yet to decorate the box for my gal
@Nickelliebear1 you still have time! I'm still waiting on stuff. ๐ Can't wait for another unboxing!!!
@Nickelliebear1 Don't worry - You still have time! โค๏ธ
I am about half way done shopping for my Galentine but probably won't ship for another week or two because I have a lot on my plate rn.
I was planning on shipping closer to the date ๐ but love having unboxings already!
I am still shopping too ๐
Iโm still shopping too! And a late-shipper, too! But itโll get there and hopefully everyone has patience, lol. @Nickelliebear1๐ ๐ ๐