2020 Pelican Parts OT Gift Exchange

[MBAtarga]

Official 2020 Pelican Parts Gift Exchange Signup!

I've run the gift exchange a few times now and have not experienced an impeachment or other investigation I guess I did ok and will run it again this year.

Previous years we had "official" rules. I've reduced and simplified them. I am open to suggestions/comments for any changes that are deemed critical by the official judge (me!)

Until and unless there are any revisions (which will be edited/posted to this thread) the official rules are as follows:

1. Firm cutoff date for submittal is Saturday 12/5/2020! I plan to sort participants and send out final notices sometime that weekend.

2. PM me your Real Name, full shipping address and PP handle by 12/5 please.

3. On or by Sunday 12/6, you will receive a PM from me forwarding a name/address. This is whom you will send your gift to. I will post on this thread when all PM's have been sent. If you haven't received a PM once I announce they've all gone out, post here and I will resend it.

4. Postage has gotten increasingly expensive over the years - keep that in mind. USPS has a flat rate box anywhere in CONUS for around $10 regardless of weight if it fits in their box. A medium box is $15.

5. You're not supposed to go out and spend money on the gift you send. This is supposed to be something you already have and don't mind parting with. Gifts can be serious, funny, thoughtful, appropriate, Porsche related, non-Porsche related, specific for the recipient, indicative of the giver's taste, whatever.

6. Mail the gift in time for Christmas. Once you receive your gift, try not to open it right away...save it for Christmas. Don't peek. we seem to take liberties with this rule..if you peek, sure as eff don't post about it until Christmas..you can pretend to be surprised.

7. This is the most important rule - if you provide me your name you better participate. I've had three "participants" in the past several years that neglected to send a gift and ignored my PM's to them about it. If this happens again, I will OUT those folks on this thread to suffer the embarrassment of the OT community.

8. For those in Canada, we really need at least 2 participant so someone doesn't get stuck spending $50 for postage and dealing with customs, etc. I'm pretty certain that was the cause for some to drop out once I gave them their recipient (see rule #7 above.) If you are in Canada and can provide a US address - that will work as well. Last year I included Hawaii in this section - if you get a HI address recipient - pick your gift(s) to fit into those $15 flat rate boxes!

Feel free to pipe in below with comments - but I need a PM from you to be officially in! As people reply to this post and I get PM's I'll add them to this post below.

Here's who I've got as of 10ET Thanksgiving Day 11/26:
Seahawk
GH85Carrera
red-beard
Danimal16
Rusty Heap
71T Targa
Steve Viegas
Bob Kontak
rwest
Sooner or later
dad911
WPOZZZ
nr2mny
wdfifteen

New entrants as of 11/30 3ET
craigster59
unclebilly
Pedro '84 Coupe
Laneco
Rikao4
Snapper33
id10t

Latest entrant group as of 12/5 6ET
70SATman

[Rusty Heap]

I'm in, and have been collecting said gift trinkets all year.

[GH85Carrera]

Is the sender supposed to remain anonymous or do we identify our-self to the recipient?

[Seahawk]

PM sent.

In!

[MBAtarga]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Is the sender supposed to remain anonymous or do we identify our-self to the recipient?

Everything is Anonymous until the gift is received/opened.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

Everything is Anonymous until the gift is received/opened.

OK, so the recipient is supposed to know who sent it to them? The only time I tried this I received a bunch of the crappy Halloween candy leftovers and a pirate CD of some music that sucked. Whoever sent it, did so anomalously.

It all went to straight to the landfill.

I am in.

[red-beard]

I'm in.

[Danimal16]

I'm in.

[71T Targa]

PM sent

[rwest]

Count me in too!

PM sent.

Thanks!

[Sooner or later]

In

Please, Santa, bring me a squirrel!

[gtc]

Can we all agree to ban Excellence mags from the gift exchange?

[unclebilly]

I’m in.

[dad911]

I'm in.

[WPOZZZ]

Yeah, I'm the Hawaii guy.

[nvr2mny]

I’m in too....

[wdfifteen]

i’m in. Assuming i can remember rule #2. i have a lot of car stuff that would be happier in a new home.

[Pedro '84 Coupe]

PM sent. Thanks for running this.

[Rikao4]

my Santa came by early..



and I'm in..

Rika

[Hard-Deck]

I’ve been overseas for three years; the only years that I’ve missed. I’m back in CONUS...and I’m in. PM sent.