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Ok everyone, I've been thinking about this for a while and just never got around to doing it. I've never seen it here so I thought I would start a new tradition I hope everyone will enjoy. If it's been done before here then it hasn't been kept up as far as I can tell so it would be a good time to restart it anyways.
It's called "The Wandering box of laser goods " and it is a stolen idea from the forum I was heavily involved with years ago, Diyaudio.com. What we did there was pass around a box of stuff, audio related parts and components. A list is created and it goes in order of the list. The person receiving the box could remove from it what ever he/she wanted and had to replace the volume of the removed items with some of their own unwanted stuff. The box then got sent to the next person on the list. The person sending the box pays postage. Simple!
I will start the effort. We use a flat rate medium USPS box to keep shipping costs stable and cheap. I will fill the box with laser related stuff, some good stuff and some stuff I may think of as junk but others may desire. I pay the first shipping cost to ship it to the first person on the list. The person receiving the box removes anything he wants, some or all, it doesn't matter. The only requirement is that he/she fills the volume of the box back up with related "stuff" and within a reasonable period of time (usually a few days) they send it to the next person on the list. We use this thread to keep track of the box. When you receive the box and when you send the box the person should post it here.
The 10 commandments of "the box"
1) box follows the list in order
2) receiver pays shipping to send box to next person on list
3) box is kept filled by volume
4) may take whatever you want from box but you must replace removed contents with new "goods" and fill the box back up
5) post receipt of box here at this thread
6) post when you send the box here at this thread
7) turnaround time no more than one week, preferrably less
8) no communicating what is put in box, ok to communicate what you remove however
9) nothing dangerous or illegal is to be sent in the box (batteries, caustic chemicals, etc) must follow the rules of USPS.
10) no outright trash should be put in the box. Needs to have some sort of conceivable use for someone. Have a little pride in how you handle the "box"
This was a blast at Diyaudio.com. Good stuff went around in the box and some people really got some nice stuff. It's kind of an ego thing too, knowing what cool stuff you passed along.
Just to keep an endpoint on the box I will put my name back on the list at the last position. At that point we can start the box moving again.
At one point there was two or three boxes being passed around at Diyaudio.com. Anyone is welcome to star another box on another thread, just don't do it here to avoid any confusion.
List will be created in order here. You must PM me to be put on the list. Only persons who have been members for four months, have at least 100 posts, and have a positive reputation may be included on the list. I will post an update on the list every now and then as I receive requests to be out on the list. There is no guarantee that your name will be placed on the list just because you PM me, you must meet the criteria set forth above and I should have a reason to otherwise exclude you. I may be willing to bend a little on the inclusion criteria if you come to me with a reference from another longstanding memeber (I.e. Your Daguin's great grandson or Flamingpyro's great, great grandson and they claim you and let me know, just as an example)
I hope this will be an enjoyable and fun experience for everyone who gets involved. Let's try to keep from hijacking this thread. It would be nice to see only friendly remarks here, no ugliness as I would call it. If you have a problem with someone or how the box is being handled I ask you PM me first and let me try to deal with it. Let's keep it clean and fun for everyone.
As always, Cheers!
Jmillerdoc
It's called "The Wandering box of laser goods " and it is a stolen idea from the forum I was heavily involved with years ago, Diyaudio.com. What we did there was pass around a box of stuff, audio related parts and components. A list is created and it goes in order of the list. The person receiving the box could remove from it what ever he/she wanted and had to replace the volume of the removed items with some of their own unwanted stuff. The box then got sent to the next person on the list. The person sending the box pays postage. Simple!
I will start the effort. We use a flat rate medium USPS box to keep shipping costs stable and cheap. I will fill the box with laser related stuff, some good stuff and some stuff I may think of as junk but others may desire. I pay the first shipping cost to ship it to the first person on the list. The person receiving the box removes anything he wants, some or all, it doesn't matter. The only requirement is that he/she fills the volume of the box back up with related "stuff" and within a reasonable period of time (usually a few days) they send it to the next person on the list. We use this thread to keep track of the box. When you receive the box and when you send the box the person should post it here.
The 10 commandments of "the box"
1) box follows the list in order
2) receiver pays shipping to send box to next person on list
3) box is kept filled by volume
4) may take whatever you want from box but you must replace removed contents with new "goods" and fill the box back up
5) post receipt of box here at this thread
6) post when you send the box here at this thread
7) turnaround time no more than one week, preferrably less
8) no communicating what is put in box, ok to communicate what you remove however
9) nothing dangerous or illegal is to be sent in the box (batteries, caustic chemicals, etc) must follow the rules of USPS.
10) no outright trash should be put in the box. Needs to have some sort of conceivable use for someone. Have a little pride in how you handle the "box"
This was a blast at Diyaudio.com. Good stuff went around in the box and some people really got some nice stuff. It's kind of an ego thing too, knowing what cool stuff you passed along.
Just to keep an endpoint on the box I will put my name back on the list at the last position. At that point we can start the box moving again.
At one point there was two or three boxes being passed around at Diyaudio.com. Anyone is welcome to star another box on another thread, just don't do it here to avoid any confusion.
List will be created in order here. You must PM me to be put on the list. Only persons who have been members for four months, have at least 100 posts, and have a positive reputation may be included on the list. I will post an update on the list every now and then as I receive requests to be out on the list. There is no guarantee that your name will be placed on the list just because you PM me, you must meet the criteria set forth above and I should have a reason to otherwise exclude you. I may be willing to bend a little on the inclusion criteria if you come to me with a reference from another longstanding memeber (I.e. Your Daguin's great grandson or Flamingpyro's great, great grandson and they claim you and let me know, just as an example)
I hope this will be an enjoyable and fun experience for everyone who gets involved. Let's try to keep from hijacking this thread. It would be nice to see only friendly remarks here, no ugliness as I would call it. If you have a problem with someone or how the box is being handled I ask you PM me first and let me try to deal with it. Let's keep it clean and fun for everyone.
As always, Cheers!
Jmillerdoc
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