Secret Pipe Santa Sign-ups 2009!

[Secret Pipe Santa]

Ho Ho Ho... Pipers!!!

Santa's back again this year; and I'm ready for the Secret Pipe Santa Holiday! Are you?

We can't let those "cigar smokin' fellers" have all the fun!!!

If you're new to the SPS, here's how it works:

Rules and Regulations:
1. You need to be a member for 1 month, have over 30 posts, no negative Trader Feedback, and already be an active member of the pipe forum (if you post in pipe topics about pipes, then you are).
2. For this year we’ll have minimum $25 up to approx. $50 in value.
3. If you meet the requirements, join up in this thread and send a PM with your current mailing address to Secret Pipe Santa
4. Names will be drawn from a hat and once the drawing of names is complete, you'll get a PM telling you who your “SPS kid” is, and the login password for Secret Pipe Santa . No special requests for who you want as your “kid”.
5. Have fun with it! Login to SPS, find your kid and make a topic dedicated to that person, calling them out, teasing them, leaving hints, etc.
6. Sign-ups end on Monday, Nov 23rd.
7. Posting a Wish List is highly encouraged. If you don’t ask for anything semi-specific, and you’re not happy with your gifts, that‘s your “bad“. After Nov. 23rd, a sticky topic will be made for this purpose. I also encourage Secret Pipe Santas to do some research on what your "kid" like to smoke.
8. You can send tobacco tins, bulk blends, accessories, etc. (NO no-name bulk baggie blends unless specifically asked for by your kid in their wishlist. Bulk blends by named blenders are cool...McClellands, Samuel Gawith, PW&W, Lane, etc). If you send an estate pipe, clean it to “ready to smoke” condition prior to shipping.
9. Photos of Gifts. Find a way to post them so everyone can see your gifts and let your SPS know that they’ve arrived in tact - share your joy, we all get a kick out of seeing what everyone got.
10. DC #s, whether from you or from a vendor shipping directly to your kid, please get one and post it in the topic you dedicate to your kid.
11. All packages should be shipped prior to Sat. Dec. 19th, so rule #12 can be met. If your kid is from overseas, adjust accordingly.
12. NO ONE SHOULD OPEN THEIR BOXES UNTIL CHRISTMAS EVE OR CHRISTMAS DAY (or whatever day your religion/family celebrates opening gifts).
13. This is voluntary to join, but once it has begun, you have an obligation to your fellow members to make good on your end of the deal in a timely manner. It is up to the Mod team to determine what happens to someone that is a bad trader here.

[Davetopay]

I am signed up!


Don't have a wish list yet......but I am sure I can come up with SOMETHING!

[sgresso]

pm sent also I have enjoyed it everytime.

[Secret Pipe Santa]

Looks like,

.....it's time for,



............"The Bump"

[Alpedhuez55]

PM Sent Santa!!!

[Davetopay]

Wish list ideas....a smooth poker/sitter large enough to deal with sizeable flakes.

Larsen No 80 tins...can't get anymore around here.

POST YOUR WISHES!!!

[Mad Hatter]

Bah!!! Humbug!

[Vrbas]

Hmmmm, i'll be the one to try and swim upstream, but i guess it's always gotten a little under my skin that Thanksgiving is always skipped in the month leading up to the holiday season. What with decorations, conversation, shopping, etc. Perhaps, a Thanksgiving style sha-bang is in order for the forums one year. Just a thought.

[Secret Pipe Santa]

Hmmm...Looks like we're not getting much activity this year.

I set the deadline to sign up for this Sat. so you'd have plenty of time to make your wishes and get the orders placed.

Looking for suggestions:

Perhaps the minimum to maximum should be lowered (currently $25 - $50) ?
Should I extend the sign-up date another week? I can if more people think they would join in.

Let me know if you have any suggestions or if you want to sign up.

You'll find me sitting by the fire with a nice bowl of Christmas Cheer.

[Alpedhuez55]

I do not think you should lower it below $25. Try extending it a few days Santa. How many signups have you got so far?

[Secret Pipe Santa]

Originally Posted by Alpedhuez55

I do not think you should lower it below $25. Try extending it a few days Santa. How many signups have you got so far?

Sign-ups:

Davetopay
sgresso
Alpedhuez55

I think the $25 minimum is a good starting point. It will get you a few good tins, some accessories, or a nice "cheap" pipe.

[Alpedhuez55]

Originally Posted by Secret Pipe Santa

Sign-ups:

Davetopay
sgresso
Alpedhuez55

I think the $25 minimum is a good starting point. It will get you a few good tins, some accessories, or a nice "cheap" pipe.

Agreed there. I would extend it at least a week maybe even until the Monday before Thanksgiving. There are a few weekend posters who may not see it before Saturday. And if you have time Santa, try to post something in the WTT on both the cigar and pipe sides that will link pipe smokers to this thread and even one down below in the regular forum that can be bumped for the people who tend to ignore sticky posts. Cannot hurt!!!

[Mitch]

I would love to, but I just don't have the money this year. The tins I have, I want all of them. I also wouldn't want to go in, and just send a few tins, I would feel bad. My wife and I just had our baby, and she is on leave from work until January 1st. I wish I could though, sounds like a great time. I will be in next year

[David M]

Originally Posted by Alpedhuez55

PM Sent Santa!!!

Is this Jolly Old St. Nicks reason for being so jolly?
Is this his crack pipe?!?

[Secret Pipe Santa]

I am extending the deadline for sign-ups to Monday, November 23rd

This should still give participants a chance to make up their wishlists and get their gifts out to the kids in time for Christmas.