[cashflyer]

Sammy, Head, and a couple of others expressed exactly why I never opt in.
I've been coming around here for almost 10 years (doh) and from what I could see with the gift exchange, it was supposed to be a fun, cheap, FUN experience - that included the potential for a certain level of trolling. That's why you don't go buy the gold cufflinks that were worn by Ferry Porsche while he was banging his secretary after receiving the latest earnings figures. You give crap that was laying around; like getting dental supplies from a dentist. Heck, if I were your secret santa you would have probably received some old airplane parts, because that is what I have laying around.

But instead of FUN, you get whiners who complain that they gave a better gift, or that they were somehow insulted by what they received. Well grow up and put on your big-boy panties. Not all gifts are created equal, but they are still gifts. And as was mentioned in this thread, the joy should be in the giving - whether you receive a dead squirrel with termites, an Elvis autographed photo of Priscilla and Richard Nixon naked in the shower, or a re-gifted Porsche ballpoint pen. And if you felt that you got trolled, well next year you can be the gift troll.

What a bunch of un-fun twits we have here.