questionstoday on my doorstep...

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Uh-oh. Dammit, this is not how it's supposed to work, you know.

Fooey. I'll wait for other heads, some of whom may yet be awake and aware.

@faughtey: When you get a minute, could you please add the #offal2 tag? It doesn't need #offal1, since it's a part of @theoneill555's awful offal. Who was it supposed to go to next? I suppose I'll go off and look at the other threads.

As long as I'm invoking, @lavikinga may still be up.

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Um, so now it's really offal, right? Crushed and mangled...
That's too bad. I don't even know what to think or say.

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I just tried taking pictures, but really, unless someone needs proof of all the broken stuff, I'm not going to post them. Some examples of the damage -

Broken:
plastic glasses with shamrocks on them
plastic light up shot glasses
usb port
20 questions game
various clips for hair

That's just a few of the damaged items.

Not to mention what is missing. Of that I have no idea.

I do know that there is one shoe. I'm assuming when the package was damaged in transit, the other shoe went missing.

It truly was disappointing to get really awful offal. Not that I expected anything crazy, but the fact that there was a problem...

I don't believe this to be the fault of the last person to ship it too me, but truly a faux pas on the part of the post office! :(

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I would be happy to start it anew, and add some of my own stuff and send it on. I'm sure I can make at least one decent sized box out of the three that I received! I don't think it should stop here! There are definitely a few items that are worthy to send along.

I guess I want a consensus from the group before I proceed!

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Oh no! :( Poor offal. I hope you got some enjoyment out of it regardless!

As far as I know, these are the current lists. Not quite sure about Track #1 because of people who were MIA...

Track #1 list:

@lavikinga - Started Box 1
@claudicina - completed
@faughtey - completed
@anotherhiggins - completed
@theflounder - completed
@UncleFrog - completed
@debbiedunlap - completed
@maisyday - completed
@thegiant42 - shipped
@BKIndustries
@lavikinga

Track #2 List:

@theoneill555 - initiated
@Perkalicious11 - completed
@hobbit - completed
@ravelazquez - completed
@sand4me - completed
@jazcat - completed
@angstangel - completed
@smtatertot13 - completed
@schmegs - completed
@claudicina - in possession of
@sgoman5674
@AttilaTheMom
@theoneill555

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@claudicina: PM from me also on the Woot side.

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:( Do what you can, my good man. Do what you can. And maybe wrap it up in duct tape this time. Poor offal.

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As I am next in line, I think you should keep going. Leave some of the broken stuff in and then put some new stuff in.

There have been reincarnations of the box at various stages along it tour across the country, so a new box might be needed.

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@sgoman5674: Can you PM me on the other side with your address?

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@angstangel: I think that list is correct, although I haven't heard anything from @thegiant42: at all though. Last I heard it seemed it was shipping to me but I haven't seen it come my way or heard anything about shipping from @thegiant42: yet. Anyone know for sure?

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Poor little offal. It was too young to die (dang post office).

(I go off line and stuff happens, sometimes I hate Comcast and their 250G limit every month)

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@bkindustries: I can perhaps see the problem with this, and although the ever generous and forgiving @lavikinga will swiftly bonk me, I would like to point out that @thegiant42 purchased at least three of your ill-fated mystery boxes. I see comments from him on the thread from hell at the beginning, as well.

@thegiant42: I had sent you a PM some time ago. If you've responded recently, I will not have seen it, since I habitually delete them after a few days. Once they are deleted, I cannot see replies to them, and you would have to send me a new PM for me to see it. Please consider doing so.

Here's a handy dandy link:

http://www.woot.com/forums/AddPost.aspx?ForumID=0&UserID=362224

[Sorry Brandon, but I have to call it how I see it.]

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@sgoman5674: PM'd you back with a little info!

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@shrdlu: Like I've said in the past, I'm willing to throw caution to the wind, rely on karma and the blessings of The Fates.
The Lord&Master and I have had a bit of bad news/good news/no news going on in our lives that is shifting our perspective on things. If Offal#1 shows up on my doorstep, that's great. If not, well then, it'll be one of those dust off the disappointment kind of things and start again.
@claudicina: Leave the shoe in! Just because.

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@lavikinga: I just might take it! I need something to throw.

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@shrdlu: I actually wasn't aware that @thegiant42: was waiting on anything, at least not by his username. Things are going slow on that front, but we have been taking 100% of all profits to ship out those old orders. I myself have even been on welfare to pay all our bills since the whole fiasco started. I honestly thought things would be fixed by now and at the very least GPal would have released our funds by now. But no luck. Perhaps @shrdlu: is right in this matter. @thegiant42: ought to just send the package straight to @lavikinga: A bit dissapointed as I (like everyone else) have been waiting like 5 months on the offal box and it was kinda fun, the first real thing I have done together with the woot community. But the extra bit it will cost me to send the box on I could be using to send out someone elses order. So its probably the right thing to just drop out at this point.
continued...

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@shrdlu: I honestly thought that at the rate the offal box was going that by the time it reached me it wouldn't be an issue to spare some money for it, but you are right, since it looks like I would be getting it shortly and I am still no where near caught up on the boxes that the right thing to do is to get skipped.

As for @thegiant42: Email me so I know who you are if you don't mind. At least so I can associate your username with whatever order(s) may still be waiting to go out.

Thanks for the chance to participate guys. Good luck.

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@lavikinga: Consider the shoe left in. I did, however, dispose of all the broken items. Really no good reason to leave them in the box to take up room that would be better used for what I will add.

I don't plan on keeping anything from this box of offal. I was a little disappointed with the broken stuff. I will do my best to make it nice for the next folks down the line, I'll wait and see if we make another go around.

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@claudicina: I am a little sad that the box got destroyed. I actually put stuff in hoping it would make it to you and you would take it. What I put in, I forget but I did think of you Claudia.

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THIS IS NOT OFFTOPIC

Delete this comment. What do I care?

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@hobbit: Thanks for the thought! I appreciate it! :)

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@shrdlu: I hate when this happens. Makes me wonder what I've missed by not paying attention.

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@shrdlu: I agree... How is this off topic? We have become a social community... There's no place for us to have these conversations, and until there is such a place, HERE is the best and only venue we have.

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@lavikinga: I am with you. I caught a glimpse of the off-topic tab when it first came up, but between taking care of a sick kid and actually having to work today, I didn't get a chance to see what was happening.

I am off the catch up with the threads. Do we need a thread zombie for off topic and dead threads?

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Well, The boc community offal will go on! Thanks for all the input guys! I should have it repackaged and ready to go early next week!

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@claudicina: Would you like a monkey for your troubles? I have a whole reserve full of monkeys and some are just begging to escape all the noise.

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@theoneill555: No worries! No compensation needed. :) I'm happy to send things along again! Thanks for the offer! :)

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Wow... I just found this thread... was only tracking the main thread, so I completely missed this...

That sucks about the box. It was rather big & unwieldy, but I wrapped the hell out of it with packing tape...

@claudicina: Was there anything left for you to keep?

Has it been received by the next person?

Maybe if we do this again, it should be a smaller set box with just take 1 item, leave 1 item (or something like that...)