Summer Mug Swap is a GO!! (Post pics of your trades!!) - Collecting Tiki

L leleliz Tiki Socialite NorCal Joined: Sep 02, 2008 Posts: 1982	L leleliz Posted posted on Sat, Jun 19, 2010 8:35 PM Hey Vince I agree Tobunga's box was awesome..but I am sure your swapee felt the same about your box as well. Not related to your comment but let me just state something here that I think needs to be said... These swaps are supposed to be FUN--thats it. If you happen to get a mug you didn't already have then great! If not--if you get a duplicate well who the hell cares?? When I go tiki hunting I buy duplicates all the time--if someone pulls something out of their collection thinking I would like it and takes the time to send it to me then hey-thanks! If I already have 20 of them well who cares--now i have 21 instead. If someone wants to send me swizzles or home baked cookies or a bottle of rum also then hey--awesome! If the sender sends me just 1 mug and a note saying they hope I like it wow they totally got the point of this swap Swaps are an opportunity for people to "meet" other TC members that they may never would of talked to otherwise. No one is under any obligation to send you anything but 1 mug. If you all can't wrap your heads around that concept then I am going to suggest not to jump on board the next swap. I can't deal with all the misc complaints and negative vibes anymore. Vince you have no reason to feel that your swap package will be a disapointment. If you sent the person a Harvey's Bucket Mug and a note telling them you hope to meet them in person one day then you my friend have done more than your part in this swap. It seems that the more people collect and the bigger our collections get the more people are starting to EXPECT that out of these swaps come huge overflowing packages and hard to find mugs. Ain't the point. The point is pretty simple and we all need to get back to it ..to meet someone you may never have talked to on here before, to spread the aloha to your fellow tikiphile, to come together over a common love for something that is completely ridiculous to an outsider who doesn't get our love for tiki and to very simply have fun. Lets all embrace this simple idea going forward and be happy with what we send, what we recieve and what everyone else gets and just have fun. Please and thanks :) [ Edited by: leleliz 2010-06-20 01:03 ]

Hey Vince I agree Tobunga's box was awesome..but I am sure your swapee felt the same about your box as well.

Not related to your comment but let me just state something here that I think needs to be said...

These swaps are supposed to be FUN--thats it. If you happen to get a mug you didn't already have then great! If not--if you get a duplicate well who the hell cares??

When I go tiki hunting I buy duplicates all the time--if someone pulls something out of their collection thinking I would like it and takes the time to send it to me then hey-thanks!
If I already have 20 of them well who cares--now i have 21 instead.

If someone wants to send me swizzles or home baked cookies or a bottle of rum also then hey--awesome!

If the sender sends me just 1 mug and a note saying they hope I like it wow they totally got the point of this swap

Swaps are an opportunity for people to "meet" other TC members that they may never would of talked to otherwise.

No one is under any obligation to send you anything but 1 mug. If you all can't wrap your heads around that concept then I am going to suggest not to jump on board the next swap. I can't deal with all the misc complaints and negative vibes anymore.

Vince you have no reason to feel that your swap package will be a disapointment. If you sent the person a Harvey's Bucket Mug and a note telling them you hope to meet them in person one day then you my friend have done more than your part in this swap.

It seems that the more people collect and the bigger our collections get the more people are starting to EXPECT that out of these swaps come huge overflowing packages and hard to find mugs. Ain't the point.

The point is pretty simple and we all need to get back to it ..to meet someone you may never have talked to on here before, to spread the aloha to your fellow tikiphile, to come together over a common love for something that is completely ridiculous to an outsider who doesn't get our love for tiki and to very simply have fun.

Lets all embrace this simple idea going forward and be happy with what we send, what we recieve and what everyone else gets and just have fun.

Please and thanks :)

[ Edited by: leleliz 2010-06-20 01:03 ]

Post #537693 by leleliz on Sat, Jun 19, 2010 8:35 PM