moycon Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Wife just informed me the SS package is officially in the mail!! WOOT! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lange Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 My AASS package arrived today in good order. Thanks SS! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 My package arrived today- the outer paper is torn open, but I'm pretty sure everything is still inside (provided there was nothing flat along the bottom). Now- to not open it until Christmas.... .... I can do this, I can do this... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grig Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 Mine arrived today - so tempted ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grig Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Here is my SS gift pic I will wait to open the wrapped gifts. The Goobers are absolutely PERFECT and the Kinder Joy looks awesome. Of course I love candy canes as well. The 8 bit manuals are a joy as I did not have either of them. THANK YOU SECRET SANTA (like I don't know who you are LOL) I will open my other gifts around Christmas and post pics! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Well, as I'm now not the first one to cave, here's mine Upon opening I am greeted with this exciting looking assortment of goodies, with a note... This will be ossum, let's dive in! A BandaiNamco bag! What could it be? It is a Razer Nabu X! I've been considering getting one of these for a while, but was unsure as I have a fistula (for dialysis) in my left arm so was unsure how it would feel on my right wrist - this is great, and has been used 24x7 since the parcel arrived! Thank you so much! We also find the mentioned mystery cart! I'm tempted to mail it forward next year, lol! Foodstuffs! Yum! Next up, 2 CDs. Always good to shove something Atari into the collection! I've no idea what the other one is as my laptop doesn't have an optical drive, lol. Never fear, one day! (And, if anyone knows what it is, post below and join in the fun!) Now, brace yourself lad, it's.... Up on the shelf that goes with Star Trek VI, Ghost and Wayne's World CDi disks, haha! Moving on! Some random items of fun, which have been distributed to friends who are fans of the games - all good! Read the Atari booklets, found a shoot em up reviewed I hadn't heard of - fantastic bonus Christmas gift! Here down under, we're going into the SUMMER OF CHAOS!! My son is proudly wearing this now! and finally, wait for it, what I'm sure is the practical joke gift - but, hah, joke's on you, I have it going to a skunkboard! Thank you Secret Santa, I really enjoyed that! This has been fantastic fun, sign me up for next year! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grig Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 WOW!!! Such a fantastic Secret Santa gifting! Your Secret Santa may reveal themselves at any time (now that's a loaded statement). Bravo to your Secret Santa and thanks to CyranoJ for sharing his experience. Glad you joined in this year and we look forward to having you again next year! HO HO HO! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chicgamer Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) So, since we've started sharing ... My Secret Santa contacted me via the forum and recommended that I go ahead and open my package if I had free time ahead of Christmas. That was all the nudging I needed to give in and open my package. Here is a picture of my wrapped packages: And here they are opened: Kinda feels like I hit the Secret Santa jackpot! Edited December 9, 2018 by chicgamer 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY!!! Edited December 10, 2018 by ClassicGMR 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emerson Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Just received my package in the mail! You folks are making it hard not to tear it open but im going to try and hold out... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Mine arrived today too!! Im pretty sure theres no way Im holding out. Details to follow. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Saturday package was grounded preflight, today successful takeoff. Rcvd mine a few days ago 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) Told you guys it couldnt wait !! Great gifts from my secret Santa. The M&Ms will go in the game room till I get around to eating them probably while playing halo or red dead 2. I look forward to playing the Tomb Raider game love them all since the PlayStation one days. Ill fire up the Double dragon game this weekend when I have more time to share with the wife. She loves the old ones. This was a great pick,as I dont own it. And the light weight motorcycle travel book ,its got me scratching my head. Dont let the old-school look for you, its written for the modern traveler. Very neat I treasure it! Thanks again Secret Santa. Merry Christmas to all and happy new year. Edited December 11, 2018 by Zeptari1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Told you guys it couldnt wait !! Great gifts from my secret Santa. The M&Ms will go in the game room till I get around to eating them probably while playing halo or red dead 2. I look forward to playing the Tomb Raider game love them all since the PlayStation one days. Ill fire up the Double dragon game this weekend when I have more time to share with the wife. She loves the old ones. This was a great pick,as I dont own it. And the light weight motorcycle travel book ,its got me scratching my head. Dont let the old-school look for you, its written for the modern traveler. Very neat I treasure it! Thanks again Secret Santa. Merry Christmas to all and happy new year. That tomb raider is fun I bought an Xbox one over black Friday and I'm 13 percent through another year I might finish it lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 A huge, padded enveloped arrived today from my Secret Santa. Since others already begun to take sneak peeks, at least I opened it up to witness how many items were inside! Thank you, it will be fun to open the packages later as well as taste all the nutty candy. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 My Secret Santa gift box arrived today. What a haul! Thank you Santa! I am going to wait a while to unwrap the wrapped ones so we can all savor the suspense. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 You all are making it hard to not open my package!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Payload deployed ... reindeer on track for delivery! I got my box last week but I don't want to open it since I don't know if it is wrapped or not. So, it is nestled safely under the tree. -dZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grig Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 A huge, padded enveloped arrived today from my Secret Santa. Since others already begun to take sneak peeks, at least I opened it up to witness how many items were inside! aa-secret-santa-2018.jpg Thank you, it will be fun to open the packages later as well as taste all the nutty candy. I am seriously stoked that you got your AA SS gift BEFORE Christmas this year. I guess customs decided to randomly target someone else this year! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Yes, I didn't even have to pay import VAT. Declaring a reasonable value, marking as gift and sending from a non-Asian (*) country might have done the trick. (*) Not an attempt at discrimination, just an observation that anything I receive from China, Japan, Thailand etc gets stuck in customs while in this case something from the USA just sailed right through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Didn't want to chance you getting it late Carlsson so I sent it Registered mail as well, that is the only way to get a tracking number via US Mail and keep shipping under 55 dollars. There is actually a funny story about your shipment.. It started in a box but with the assistance of a very helpful US Postal worker got shifted to a giant padded envelope all to keep it under the 3 pound weight limit, we were playing with the items on the postal scale and trying different packages until I can find one that allowed me to send you ALL of the items I wanted to. I think I am officially banned from that post office now... Ha ha I honestly think if I didn't ship registered it would "take its time" to get there, but since the US mail wants to close that open registered mail I sent, they treat it much better. My friend would send her friend in Sweden a package and sometimes it will "get lost". After hearing about last years disaster with your package I couldn't chance it doing a repeat to you. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grig Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Thats really fantastic the postal worker was helpful. Many are but unfortunately some are not and probably just transferred from the DMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emerson Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I found this peculiar film last night and figured I'd share it here: https://archive.org/details/SantaClausversusTheDevil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) Actually last year's issues didn't have anything to do with my AA Secret Santa, but with Amazon and the post company they employ for standard shipping. If the books had been sent in a cardboard box instead of a rather thin padded envelope (far cheaper quality than the one you were guided to by the postal worker), they probably would've arrived the first time around, though awfully late. Once it was reordered with free priority DHL shipping, it arrived in a box within a few days. If anything, it told me something about Amazon's shipping methods: if you cheap out and choose the slower shipping option, they will also cut costs and put your items in an envelope instead of the cardboard boxes us mortals usually try to stick with. Edited December 13, 2018 by carlsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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