[Nfb-krafters-korner] Gift Exchange, Input Please

Tue Sep 8 08:33:04 UTC 2015

Hi Catherine.
I think this is a good idea. A gift card for online shopping may perhaps be a good idea as the3 shops in different countries may differ and the gift card appreciated but not useable. Just my 5 cents.

Hettie

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Sent: 08 September 2015 09:48 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Gift Exchange, Input Please

Hi,
If the price of sending something overseas is anything like it is here in Australia.  Sometimes it cost more to send the gift  than what you paied for it.
The last time I sent
 Something to the US it cost me 3 times more than I paid for the gift.
Which it stinks , for my self I would get a gift card on line and get it sent to the person I was going to give a gift too.
Cheers Catherine.

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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Gift Exchange, Input Please

The highest I would go for a gift exchange is $15. Since this is a crafty group, I would love it if I could receive a small hand-made item of some kind or a crafting supply like a couple skeins of an interesting yarn. I also love the idea of holding a gift exchange for our furry children. I'm not sure how you would pull this off though. I don't think I could afford to ship internationally.

Minh

On 9/6/15, Marianne Denning via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Greg, I think $10.00 or $15.00 is a good limit.  I would consider a 
> gift card if I need to send it to someone in another country.  I think 
> a gift exchange for people only is the better idea.  Since this is a 
> craft group I would suggest a craft supply.  We could each list the 
> crafts we enjoy so others have an idea of what to purchase.  Thanks so 
> much for all of your hard work!
>
> On 9/6/15, ncbootman--- via Nfb-krafters-korner 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Terry K has asked me to plan the first ever gift exchange for the 
>> Christmas festivities this year. So, help me with your input and I’ll 
>> be back with the plan and guidelines. Here are a few questions we 
>> need answered. If I don’t respond to every e-mail, please don’t feel 
>> left out as we are a big group and I may just take down a lot of 
>> information for input.  I’ll try.
>>
>> 1. What do you want? Some ideas are a handmade ornament exchange, a 
>> craft kit exchange, a craft supply of some sort, a you get to choose 
>> what the gift is, or an even better idea that you suggest.
>>
>> 2. What should be the monetary minimum and maximum for value? We want 
>> it to be fun and fair for all. Remember that postage will be in 
>> addition to this amount and cannot be really estimated at this point.
>>
>> 3. Would you be comfortable with shipping your gift internationally 
>> or would you prefer to ship within your own country regardless of 
>> what your country is? Despite what the input on this one is, all will 
>> be included one way or another.
>>
>> 4. Do you want your furry friends to have an exchange of their own 
>> separate from the humans, or shall we simply invite them to the 
>> celebration where I’m sure they will all cause quite a raucous lol?
>>
>> Some rough guidelines of how this will work are as follows. Based on 
>> your input, I’ll design a sign up form and e-mail it to the whole 
>> list a few times. You will need to fill it out and send your response directly to me.
>> We thought about class sign up for this but it simply does not give 
>> enough information. I’ll give you a date by when I must have your 
>> form and will then set the matches. I will take the last person to be 
>> matched. This will be a lot of work, but I hope we’ll all have fun.
>> More details will follow once I have your feedback. If you wish to 
>> make any comment offlist, you may write me at ncbootman at gmail.com and 
>> I’ll be watching the list closely for your comments there.
>>
>> Greg
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