Secret Santa 2016 - OPENING GIFTS!

[pexon]

Ah good, it got there in time, I was worried, looking at the tracking that it wouldn't be there for Christmas

[radio_killah]

Finally home and able to take some better pictures of way I received from my secret santa. Feels good to be off mobile.

Edit: No idea why that picture is rotated, and I have no idea how to fix it lol

[terrpn]

nice caps................

congrats

[Signature]

Here are the pics of the mandolin caps, unfortunately they are unusable for me :/

[samwisekoi]

Left package at office.  Game box of approximate keyboard weight.  Went in to open it...

And discovered it contained two large and heavy TKL-sized gifts plus 10-15 smaller gifts, all individually wrapped.  And some envelopes marked "open after you guess your Secret Santa."  I took a bunch of photos I need to de-rez and post, but I have to say:

#1  The gifts were (are) awesome!

#2  I am very impressed and thankful to my Secret Santa.

#3  I have some suspicions, but without some investigation, I have not deduced who my SS actually is. 

But thanks very much indeed!

Pics to follow.

 - Ron | samwisekoi
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[infiniti]

Thank you Secret Santa!

This is SO awesome and I'll definitely have this framed!



P.S. Bob says hi and thanks!

P.P.S. Not sure who my Secret Santa is though.

[Lurch]

Should be getting my gift today!

[Lurch]

Thanks again to nubs for organizing this. It was much fun.

[samwisekoi]

Yes, THANK YOU Nubbinator!

 - Ron | samwisekoi
Sig auto-typed by my GH36 LH keypad.

p.s.  I have now figured out just who could have made all three custom items in my gift.  Thanks very much!

p.p.s.  I now (very belatedly) get the cloning joke.  I'd always thought "Dolly" was an odd name for a monster!

[nubbinator]

Yes, THANK YOU Nubbinator!

 - Ron | samwisekoi
Sig auto-typed by my GH36 LH keypad.

p.s.  I have now figured out just who could have made all three custom items in my gift.  Thanks very much!

p.p.s.  I now (very belatedly) get the cloning joke.  I'd always thought "Dolly" was an odd name for a monster!

Welcome Ron.  I'm looking forward to the pics.

And the wrist wrests were supposed to be Model M sized.  I went off the Unicomp M I have.  I hope I didn't accidentally mess up the length.  Hope the controllers work too. I know they're not Teensy, but I noticed that Soarer didn't have that much trouble getting them to work with his code, so I got them since they were more affordable.

[Vibex]

Didn't have time to post my pictures yesterday, it was pretty obvious who my SS was  
Thanks so much Binge!
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Hahaha. It was from me. Though I can see how you would get that messed up though. I was gonna send you just the purple caps because you said you liked that colour (man after my own heart) and then some other goodies, but the rest of my keythulhus felt so lonely without them. Hope you enjoy then!!

When I get back to Boston I'll post pics of my gift.

[Lurch]

Wow dude, I just got my present and all I can say is wow.

Can't wait to upload some pictures when I get home tonight...




........wow

[tgujay]

Didn't have time to post my pictures yesterday, it was pretty obvious who my SS was  
Thanks so much Binge!
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Hahaha. It was from me. Though I can see how you would get that messed up though. I was gonna send you just the purple caps because you said you liked that colour (man after my own heart) and then some other goodies, but the rest of my keythulhus felt so lonely without them. Hope you enjoy then!!

When I get back to Boston I'll post pics of my gift.

Thank you so much!  Yeah I saw a ton of Binge caps and that Binge was in the list so I made an ass of u and me haha.

I love all of them, especially the purps

[Skuloth]

I went down to the mail room this morning looking for my granite bonus kit package and found a secret santa gift as well

In my haste to open the box I neglected to take a picture of it. However, I did get pictures of all the contents!

The obligatory keyboard related stuff.


I'm particularly fond of this guy and he's found a home on my poker for the time being




There was also a small assortment of snacks.


Some foreign magic cards and sleeves which you can never have too many of.


And finally a pilot metropolitan fountain pen and some purple ink for it and my other pen. Purple obviously being the best color.


Thanks Secret Santa! I was going to write about all of this stuff with my new pen, but the paper in my office is garbage and the ink was running on it I'll need to go find my other note books when I get home before I can play with it

[Lurch]

Man, I am still having a hard time accepting the awesomeness of this gift! Thank you so much Santa!











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I am truly honored to have received such an awesome present. Thanks again Santa and thanks again nubbinator for organizing this.

Since I am jazzed up about this, I'm going to plan a giveaway of some sort in the near future.

Stay tuned.

 

[Flamingchook]

Finally got around to taking a photo of my gift.

Its a beautiful Christmas themed usb cable with a paracord wrap. The cable has green LED's in it and I love it.

Thanks to my Secret Santa. Whoever you are!

[MGH]

Finally got around to taking a photo of my gift.

Its a beautiful Christmas themed usb cable with a paracord wrap. The cable has green LED's in it and I love it.

Thanks to my Secret Santa. Whoever you are!

What keyboard and keycaps are those? That's so blue

[Flamingchook]

What keyboard and keycaps are those? That's so blue

It's a Filco Majestouch metalic blue. The keycaps are GMK Olivetti

[FrostyToast]

Is anyone else worried that their person couldn't get their stuff?
I'm so very worried for mine. 

[radio_killah]

Finally got around to taking a photo of my gift.

Its a beautiful Christmas themed usb cable with a paracord wrap. The cable has green LED's in it and I love it.

Thanks to my Secret Santa. Whoever you are!

You should take a picture of the cable lit up!

[jacobolus]

Hey folks. In case my SS was wondering, I got mine, but then I forgot the package in SF and have been in southern CA for the holiday. I’ll take a pic when I get home in a few days.

[Flamingchook]

Finally got around to taking a photo of my gift.

Its a beautiful Christmas themed usb cable with a paracord wrap. The cable has green LED's in it and I love it.

Thanks to my Secret Santa. Whoever you are!

You should take a picture of the cable lit up!

I will! I'm hardly spending a waking moment away from work at the minute but I should be able to take another photo tonight.

[Puddsy]

Is anyone else worried that their person couldn't get their stuff?
I'm so very worried for mine. 

I was worried, but then my Santee posted and now we're cool.

[Sent]

Whoever was my SS, I'm still trying to hunt down the package that got delivered to my old address.  I actually spoke to the leasing office today and they said no package under my name was ever delivered since I moved out so...I dunno.  Pretty frustrated and it's partly my fault for not being quicker on the draw to update my address everywhere.  Unfortunately, that just adds to my frustration so...yeah.  Still hoping but not exactly happy, at the moment.  Every single time I call that office, I get into an argument with them and I'm a pretty easygoing guy.

[Badwrench]

Still so many un-posted gifts? 

[Halverson]

Man, I am still having a hard time accepting the awesomeness of this gift! Thank you so much Santa!

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I am truly honored to have received such an awesome present. Thanks again Santa and thanks again nubbinator for organizing this.

Since I am jazzed up about this, I'm going to plan a giveaway of some sort in the near future.

Stay tuned.

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Topre set, that purple is such sex! And I know how much you love purple!

[nubbinator]

Still so many un-posted gifts?

Hopefully more go up tonight.

[Skuloth]

Man, I am still having a hard time accepting the awesomeness of this gift! Thank you so much Santa!

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I am truly honored to have received such an awesome present. Thanks again Santa and thanks again nubbinator for organizing this.

Since I am jazzed up about this, I'm going to plan a giveaway of some sort in the near future.

Stay tuned.

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Topre set, that purple is such sex! And I know how much you love purple!

I'm glad everyone is in agreement. Purple is the best color.

[Badwrench]

Still so many un-posted gifts?

Hopefully more go up tonight.

I hope so.  I'm a little bummed that my giftee hasn't said or posted a thing even though they have been on here.

[nubbinator]

Still so many un-posted gifts?

Hopefully more go up tonight.

I hope so.  I'm a little bummed that my giftee hasn't said or posted a thing even though they have been on here.

I'm still waiting on the Samwise pic dump.  I forgot most of what I got him.

[FrostyToast]

Alright guys, it's time to post what I got!

Shadovved got me a Cherry key puller which is actually amazing!
The little band around the neck allows me to put my Beast tools on them which makes this the most amazing all-in-one keyboard tool!
The clear stem that came on it could also be something that I use to loosen up key stems if need be! 

My potato camera suddenly fixed itself on its own!
So let's get right into it and post some potato pictures which have been heavily filtered!

[terrpn]

i would post a picture guys, but i got stood up on my end

no package.........

[nubbinator]

i would post a picture guys, but i got stood up on my end

no package.........

Hopefully soon?  It's still marked as in pre-shipment.


And if anyone else hasn't gotten theirs yet and didn't get shipping info or notification that it is going soon or went recently, please let me know so we can try and figure something out.

[samwisekoi]

I'm still waiting on the Samwise pic dump.  I forgot most of what I got him.

Here we go...

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Thanks again!

 - Ron | samwisekoi

[Badwrench]

That is awesome samwisekoi.   Super stoked on the detail that your SS put into your gift.   

[swill]

I am absolutely floored by the generosity and thought that went into the gift from my Secret Santa.  I am alone this holiday unfortunately, but this gift has totally helped make the holidays feel special.  I cannot wait to find out who my SS is so I can personally thank them for their generosity.  Can't wait to see what everyone else got!

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Glad you liked it.

[Sent]

I'm pretty sure my package is lost to the void.  Or whoever is living at my old address just pinched my package and lied about it.  Either way...   Nothing good ever comes from moving.  I feel really ****ty and I'm sorry to whoever was my SS.  This was my fault.

[billnye]

Got mine yesterday! Pics coming soon

[taylordcraig]

I'm pretty sure my package is lost to the void.  Or whoever is living at my old address just pinched my package and lied about it.  Either way...   Nothing good ever comes from moving.  I feel really ****ty and I'm sorry to whoever was my SS.  This was my fault.

That's the worst!
Happened at my old place too.
Lost a couple hats and a couple video games that were in the void.

[swill]

Whoever was my SS, I'm still trying to hunt down the package that got delivered to my old address.  I actually spoke to the leasing office today and they said no package under my name was ever delivered since I moved out so...I dunno.  Pretty frustrated and it's partly my fault for not being quicker on the draw to update my address everywhere.  Unfortunately, that just adds to my frustration so...yeah.  Still hoping but not exactly happy, at the moment.  Every single time I call that office, I get into an argument with them and I'm a pretty easygoing guy.

Have you gone and knocked on the door at your old place?  Its a lot harder to lie to someone face to face. Also, the super may just not know that the package was delivered to the apt.

[Badwrench]

Whoever was my SS, I'm still trying to hunt down the package that got delivered to my old address.  I actually spoke to the leasing office today and they said no package under my name was ever delivered since I moved out so...I dunno.  Pretty frustrated and it's partly my fault for not being quicker on the draw to update my address everywhere.  Unfortunately, that just adds to my frustration so...yeah.  Still hoping but not exactly happy, at the moment.  Every single time I call that office, I get into an argument with them and I'm a pretty easygoing guy.

Have you gone and knocked on the door at your old place?  Its a lot harder to lie to someone face to face. Also, the super may just not know that the package was delivered to the apt.

I did this at an old address.  UPS showed that the package was signed for and showed me the scribble of a signature.  I went to the old place to ask them about it and they flat out lied to me, told me they never received it.   

[Sent]

Whoever was my SS, I'm still trying to hunt down the package that got delivered to my old address.  I actually spoke to the leasing office today and they said no package under my name was ever delivered since I moved out so...I dunno.  Pretty frustrated and it's partly my fault for not being quicker on the draw to update my address everywhere.  Unfortunately, that just adds to my frustration so...yeah.  Still hoping but not exactly happy, at the moment.  Every single time I call that office, I get into an argument with them and I'm a pretty easygoing guy.

Have you gone and knocked on the door at your old place?  Its a lot harder to lie to someone face to face. Also, the super may just not know that the package was delivered to the apt.

I did this at an old address.  UPS showed that the package was signed for and showed me the scribble of a signature.  I went to the old place to ask them about it and they flat out lied to me, told me they never received it.

Yup, I've talked to the people there twice and the drive is over an hour away so not super keen on going down there again just to have them be rude as **** and shut the door in my face.

[swill]

Whoever was my SS, I'm still trying to hunt down the package that got delivered to my old address.  I actually spoke to the leasing office today and they said no package under my name was ever delivered since I moved out so...I dunno.  Pretty frustrated and it's partly my fault for not being quicker on the draw to update my address everywhere.  Unfortunately, that just adds to my frustration so...yeah.  Still hoping but not exactly happy, at the moment.  Every single time I call that office, I get into an argument with them and I'm a pretty easygoing guy.

Have you gone and knocked on the door at your old place?  Its a lot harder to lie to someone face to face. Also, the super may just not know that the package was delivered to the apt.

I did this at an old address.  UPS showed that the package was signed for and showed me the scribble of a signature.  I went to the old place to ask them about it and they flat out lied to me, told me they never received it.

Yup, I've talked to the people there twice and the drive is over an hour away so not super keen on going down there again just to have them be rude as **** and shut the door in my face.

I would call the postal service and ask them to follow up at the address it was delivers at. It is a federal offence to steal post, so the package may randomly appear if they inquire about it.

[Sent]

Yar, that's a good idea.  I'll do that.  

[PointyFox]

Yar, that's a good idea.  I'll do that.  

Also maybe find out what was in it and see if any of it turns up on eBay or similar.

[radio_killah]

Why aren't there more pictures of the gifts?

[nubbinator]

Alright, update on the Secret Santas just so we can see where we stand:

• hwood34 - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Sent - MIA
• flyersfan1 - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• noisyturtle - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• terrpn - Tracking stuck on "pre-shipping processed" for a week
• PunksDead - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Lingj - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• ComradeSniper - Contacted by Secret Santa, custom keyboard in the works
• demik - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• CPTBadAss - USPS states notice left, waiting at post office?
• Katushkin - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• FrostyToast - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Binge - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• TacticalStache - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Noko - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• billnye29 - Confirmed arrival, waiting on pics
• Vibex - USPS states delivered on 12/22, no pics, no update in thread
• Fire Brand   - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• i3oilermaker - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Signature - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• trynds - USPS states delivered on 12/30, no pics, no update in thread
• Badwrench - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Lurch - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Bueller - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• samwisekoi - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• HoffmanMyster - Processed through USPS sort facility in Chicago on 1/2/15
• elton5354   - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Shadovved - Tracking states it arrived in Singapore today
• infiniti - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Skuloth - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Asdfjkl36 - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• YoungMichael88 - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• swill - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• GL1TCH3D - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Flamingchook - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• do_Og@n - Box pic, Confirmed arrival
• PointyFox - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• pexon - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• iamtootallforthis - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Zeal - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• taylordcraig - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• jacobolus - Confirmed arrival, waiting on pics
• lekashman - USPS marked as delivered, no updates
• Mandolin - USPS appeared to have majorly mucked shipping up
• fknRAIDEN - USPS confirmed all packages have arrived, no pics, no update in thread
• Halverson - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• JPG - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• strafe - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• radio_killah - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• tgujay - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• Joey Quinn - Pics, Confirmed arrival
• nubbinator - Pics, Confirmed arrival

What's next?

Sent, let me know if you can't find it, we'll work something out.

terrpn, I also PMed your person again.  They state that they dropped it in a post box over a week ago and they have no clue what's going on.  It's still stuck in pre-processing.  They stated that they're going to contact the post office to see what's going on.  If nothing arrives, contact me and I'll work something out for you.

Mandolin, your Santa has been in constant contact with me trying to figure out what's going on with their package and apologizing.  They stated they've talked to you about it as well.  Let me know if it doesn't arrive and we can try and get it resolved.

[Heezy]

I sent you the tracking info the day I sent it out, on the 29th. I have also updated the google doc, I'm not sure if that worked. That is what the hell is going on right now, I'm not sure why you didn't update it or the google doc doesn't work, or you just have some beef against me.

Cheers to all.

[nubbinator]

You never sent the tracking via PM.  I was going through the Google doc and didn't spot it at first.  It's a lot of data, so just chill out, mistakes happen.

[Heezy]

You never sent the tracking via PM.  I was going through the Google doc and didn't spot it at first.  It's a lot of data, so just chill out, mistakes happen.

That is incorrect, it was shown that PM was indeed replied.

EDIT: I am also not home to pick up the parcel right now, I didn't get any tracking info, so I don't know if it had arrived or not, otherwise it's been sitting at the concierge. Thanks.