Secret Santa Sign-ups 2013 ~ LAST DAY!!

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TCS Secret Santa Season is upon us once again!  If you have played before; you know we can have a lot of fun with this!  We have had members from across the globe participate in past years and it's always such fun to get to know everyone better playing Santa! 
First things first; the rules:
In order to participate, you must:

1. Be serious about participating and committed to sending out your gift. If you are either logistically or financially unable to ship your gift to arrive in time for December 25th, please do not sign up. 

2. Be at least 18 years old as of the close of registration.

3. Have 300 or more posts by August 31, 2013.

4. Been a member for 6 months as of the close of registration (in other words have registered in March 2013 or earlier).

5. In the interest of fairness and familiarity, you must have made at the minimum 20 posts between March 1st, 2013 and August 1st, 2013.

6. OR be a Subscribing Member, which would overrule #3, #4 and #5. There will be NO exceptions to these rules.
*Please note: Except for extraordinary circumstances, such as natural disasters, if gifts are not received by your recipient in a timely manner, or at all, you will not be eligible to participate in the future.  And remember; SANTA is making a list, checking it twice! 

You have until Sunday, September 15th, 2013 to sign up. No further registrations will be allowed after that date.
To sign up, please send an email to tcs.secretsanta at gmail.com.
In your email please include the following, keeping in mind that what you type will be sent to your SS as a kind of "starter package":

~TCS Username

~Real Name

~Mailing Address

~Are you willing to ship overseas / to another country?

~Hints for your Secret Santa, including but not limited to: t-shirt size, favorite color, food / fragrance likes / dislikes, anything you collect (within the price range), your kitty's likes / dislikes, and any other hints you think would be helpful.

We will send you confirmation (from the above email address) that we received your email. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 2 days, please resend your information.

Each person will receive one member as their Secret Santa recipient. You will receive an email with your recipient's information within a few days after sign ups have ended.

The upper price limit is $15-20 USD, NOT INCLUDING SHIPPING. As of August 30th, 2013, this converts to: 16.81–22.41 AUD, 15.80 –21.07 CAD, 11.34-15.12 EUR, 9.68–12.91 GBP. Check here http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/ for additional currency conversions. Please note: this amount isn't set in stone; it's just mentioned here as a guideline. It's normal for people to spend more, but no one is obligated to.

A note about shipping: You should check your shipping options for the destination as soon as you have your SS name, so that you can make the best decision about when and how to ship - for instance, the "slow boat" option for overseas shipping is no longer offered by USPS, so you'll have more time to shop, but it will cost more to ship overseas. There may be other changes, too, so be sure to check well in advance. You can request a certain kind of shipping, but there is no guarantee that it will be used due to availability, price, etc.

Thank you and let's have a WONDERFUL Secret Santa this year!!! 
 
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May I be the first to say, I signed up!  
      
     
Yes; and I'll be the first to say...you were the first to sign up.

You never know who might be signing up and keeping it on the down-low so they can make figuring out who they are trickier! 
 

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 lol! I want some of that Beef Wellington! Oh wait, I gotta clean the house first so...maybe wait and see if you get my name. Or just put him on a llama and give the llama the directions....
 
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One tip for those hesitating to sign up because they're worried about international postage costs and/or customs: online shopping. A lot of foreign online suppliers will wrap gifts and ship direct to your recipient. In addition to the U.S., Amazon has sites in Canada and most European countries and will accept credit card payments. Many animal protection organizations and pet supply sites have online stores with suitable gift items. Ebay also has sites geared to particular countries. Nowadays most online suppliers accept PayPal, so you don't have to worry about giving your credit card info to unknown ones.

If you absolutely want to have that "personal touch", it's sometimes cheaper to send two small, light packages than it is to send one large one, so check out rates before shipping anything, or stick to very light items.
 

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Even shipping within your own country it can be cheaper to mail 2 or 3 small boxes instead of one big one. If the box gets too big they bump the price up to the next category even if it's light weight.
 
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