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*SIGN UPS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR ALL SPOOKY SOULS*
Stick around for the spooktacular unboxings
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Something's brewing, and it 'll be ghoulishly fun! A wicked good time for everyone...
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!
We are looking forward to some haunting good fun!
Bugs & hisses,
@prettyinpa & ZombieMetroAnt
๐important information for all potential Ghoulfriends...
Have you participated in a gift exchange on BT/BIC previously?
Yes
Previous participants in exchanges that either @Mcakes @prettyinpa or I have hosted without incident on their part are pre-approved. If you participated in an exchange that MCakes, PrettyinPA 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 Ghoulfriend has given us confirmation of delivery.
2.Must be vouched for by 2 members of the community who PrettyinPA or I are familiar with.
*Since we are trying to be as inclusive as possible while also protecting other participants in this exchange, PrettyinPA 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.
๐ปRULES
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 October 21st. If you miss this deadline and do not communicate with PrettyinPA 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 Ghoulfriend will be left behind!
-Provide tracking number(s) to PrettyinPA or I once you have shipped your gift. This can be done via Elfster or messaging PrettyinPA 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 PrettyinPA 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 PrettyinPA 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 PrettyinPA or I to post on your behalf if you are having issues posting, but please know that the pictures are a firm requirement.
๐ปKEY DATES
Sign Up Deadline: 10/09/20
Draw Day (This is the day you find out who you are shopping for, yay!): 10/10/20
Ship Date for First Time Participants: 10/25/20 (*If you are shipping from Canada to US or vice versa, this deadline will be earlier)
All Gifts Must be Received or Shipped by: On or before 10/31/20 (Halloween Day)
๐ปTo sign up, please comment on this thread! PrettyinPA and I will be messaging approved participants with more details and will be updating the Participant List as we go.
๐Tips, Tricks & Other spooktacular ideas!
๐ 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.
๐ Participants:
Mix one part Scream with two parts Scare,
a pinch of Fear, a dash of Dare...
and give your elf a Halloween Box Extraordinare!
I've had almost this exact same issue, @ohheyitscindyk so I feel your pain. And then I stopped by Marshall's today because they ALWAYS have such cute Halloween stuff to find little odds and ends and NOTHING. Not a single pumpkin. But a couple of aisles of stockings and snowmen are all set up already. Sigh.
@quspork Same here, I was so disappointed by the lack of selection at Marshall's. When I went, a few employees were even unboxing more Christmas stuff & making room on the shelves for it.
@quspork @ohheyitscindyk oh noooo....๐ฅ
I FINALLY received my ghouldfriend's items from Sephora today! Unfortunately, I've been working 8am-9pm today so wasn't able to go to the post office but I'll be going first thing in the morning and shipping it expedited so my ghoulfriend doesn't have to wait too long! Hope she loves it as much as I loved shopping for her! โค๏ธ
Wow, @Snglbug - good on you to get your box together so quickly. Looking forward to some new unboxings. ๐
@Snglbug yay an unboxing!
@Snglbug @Oh yayyy!!!! Canโt wait to see what you are sending out. Another unboxing is coming.
Donโt forget to include a note or card to your Ghoulfriend inside your box of who the gift is from unless you are surprising them with multiple boxes and are waiting till the end to include it. That way they know who to thank.
I bought a halloween card for my gift. While writing in it, my one year old ran off with the envelope. Unfortunately, she's in a "I MUST EAT ALL OF THE PAPER!" phase right now ๐
Needless to say the corner of the envelope was slobbery and destroyed lol. So just in case my ghoulfriend is wondering why her card isn't in an envelope...you can blame Violet! ๐คฃ
@Snglbug omg how funny. I always have extra envelopes just in case.
@SportyGirly125 Some people don't like to be revealed. Haha my Christmas one a few years ago was one of them. Kinda sucks because they put a really cool handle on a brush they sent me, but I can't figure out what the brush is lol.
Thanks for the tracking numbers @SportyGirly125 . My PM on here isn't working.๐
Thanks for the reminder @SportyGirly125 . I've definitely had to unseal my boxes in the past because I forgot to put my card in on the first go round. Great to have this at the front of my mind instead of in the back haunted clutter closet.
@prettyinpa @SportyGirly125 I'm so paranoid, I make myself a checklist for each exchange ๐
@prettyinpa I have had times where I forgot to put the card in or forgot to put in a wrapped item and had to open the box back up. ๐ฉ
@ZombieMetroAnt This sounds so fun. I'm so sorry I missed it! I'm sure all the participants are having a blast!
We'd love to have you join us on the next round @tjffc ๐
Can you still do the gift exchange
@megs2223 No, this gift exchange is closed and last sign up date was 10/9 as stated above. Exchanges are already in progress.
You can start your own gift exchange.
Don't forget ladies- Please mark your gift as sent on Elfster and add tracking number so we can keep track of everything. With the Post Office being so sketchy with delivery (my husband finally received a package yesterday that was mailed in early August!), it will be reassuring that a gift is coming. Thanks so much from your loyal scribe. ๐๐
Thanks for the reminder @prettyinpa ๐ค