phaxda Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I am in the midst of some massive cleaning (yes, again) and realize I just need to get rid of some things. I have spent too much time and energy trying to sell stuff for a buck here and a buck there and between the eBay fees and the Paypal fees and the postage fees and crazy buyers and a kind of PO'ed wife, it's really time for it to stop. So I was reading woot! stuff the other day and was reminded of their "bag of crap" offerings in which they send excess stuff to people with some good, some bad, some awesome, you just never know. So I am thinking about doing the same thing. Anyone who has dealt with me before knows that I have quite a bit of stuff, most of it good, but I also have some stuff I just don't know what to do with as well. Nothing is really BAD, it's just kind of defunct or no longer of use to me personally. And I don't really want to spend the time to list it all and entertain offers and all the back and forth, etc. I used to find that fun, but now I am just sick of looking at the stuff. I have many 2600/5200 cartridges, some rare-ish (they won't be commons--Al gets all those in his special boxes of crap), that will be included--I will say up front that will be one of the main items in the boxes, but that's the only clue as to contents I will give. So, the proposal. Once 10 people sign up for this, at $12 apiece via Paypal, I will send out 10 Medium Flat Rate Boxes of Crap. What I envision is, 10 people sign up, pay by Paypal (using the payment for goods, so that their address is attached to the order--and of course Paypal collects their fee, which is why the price is more that just the flat rate box) and I print out all the labels. I will then have my lovely assistant (wife) affix the labels to the (well-packed, as per normal SOP) boxes at random. Then I will call the mailman for pickup, as they will do for Priority mail. I envision having at least a couple of really good items in these, but everyone WILL get their money's worth. I think it will be fun! U.S. ONLY. OK, so I have 5 subscribers and this is now open to the general AA member base. I'd prefer people with a track record of a few posts or those whom I have dealt with in the past, so I do reserve the right to deny a box of crap to someone who requests one as their first post. Other than that, first 5 are in. Boxes are packed and ready to go! Post in this thread if you want and I will add to the list. hoping to get these out on Monday, Tuesday at the latest. Once I get 10, I will send my Paypal info to everyone on the list. Payment is expected promptly, and we thank you for your support. (*clink* bottles of Bartles & James.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchSchaft Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I'm in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkonstan Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 PM sent ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 3 left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazykong Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 PM sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caver Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 PM being sent......... Can't sign up for Secret Santa, hope I'm not too new for this too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkonstan Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Payment sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caver Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 A thought RE: paypal fees... you might want to beak it up into like 0.01 payment and 11.99 gift so you get the best of both worlds.... Though I'm sure something like that would piss paypal off if they got smart to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share Posted November 3, 2010 UPDATE: Everyone has paid and the boxes are slated to go out on Friday. I apologize for the delay--I picked a rather bad time to get sick. My wife gave me her cold. To make up for the delay I am including something extra and unique with each and every box. Thank you for your patience and participation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share Posted November 9, 2010 These have SHIPPED! Well, they will when my mailman comes to get them later today. Let me tell you I was sick as a dog this weekend and am finally recovered. I am really sorry it took such a long time to get this all done, but I thought my guts were going to march out of my body for most of the weekend. I have been eating nothing but saltines and drinking juice since my last update and been bed bound. It's only thanks to my dear wife that these are finally on their way. (Don't worry, we did put the labels on the boxes before shipping.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-topdog Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 (edited) Dang! I didn't see this thread until today... I would have loved a box of crap! If you plan on doing it again, I am in! The surprise is the fun part. Edited November 9, 2010 by the-topdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Same here. I guess all are spoken for, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchSchaft Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Beautiful. Those boxes are huge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Dangit! I missed out! What an awesome idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 I might do it again next year, depending on how much crap I acquire. Mailman came and picked them up and my landlord was down in the lobby at the same time. "What's in the boxes?" he asks. I told him the whole story and he thought it was quite a hoot. The mailman just shook his head--he is already well aware that I am insane. The only medium flat rate box I have left is one containing: PS1 Dance Dance Revolution Game (disk only) and dance pad. Wife does not like it. She tested, works, she just stinks at it. Make offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caver Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) I saw this Lol'ed and HAD to take a picture. Everyone who got one should be similar, so I added Spoiler tags in case you don't want to ruin the experience for yourself: Some stuff I LOVE, some stuff I'm Ok with, some stuff I would have passed on. But All in all.... AWESOME! Three cheers for Phaxda Edit: added spoiler Edited November 12, 2010 by caver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 COme on man, inquiring minds want to know what all was in the box (minus the funny above ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Awwww, how did i miss out on Box of Crap??? You are the man Phaxda!! I will be waiting for BOC2K11 preorder info to show up. Morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Just got my Box O' Crap! Going to make a thread in General Chat about THE UNBOXING PHOTOS! Will link to it when done! EDIT: Here we go, the Unbox O' Crap thread! UNBOXING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchSchaft Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Ahahahhaha, this is awesome and so fun. I'm not sure what some of it even is. But the only 2600 game I already had was ms. pacman so it was worth it, lol! Thanks, buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchSchaft Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Crap, I forgot to add the penguine. It also came with an Atari catalog, ahahahah. What are those 3 games? Strategy X, Cosmic Ark and NFL football. What consoles do they belong to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thanatos Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Crap, I forgot to add the penguine. It also came with an Atari catalog, ahahahah. What are those 3 games? Strategy X, Cosmic Ark and NFL football. What consoles do they belong to? NFL Football looks to be Intellivision. Everything else there is 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchSchaft Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Awesome. I'll have to try 'em out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caver Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) Oh, you want to see everything so those who didn't get in on this have maximum envy? OK I can arrange for that Edit: DOH! I somehow forgot to put the White Label INTV nightstalker into the photo... Pretend it's there Edited November 12, 2010 by caver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchSchaft Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Lucky! Nice joystick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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