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admin · 03-04-2008, 10:11 AM

11. Eligibility - The Gift Exchange is open to all Donating Members that have donated $25 or more to YorkieTalk. A member may enter one Yorkie or Yorkie mix. Click here for information on donating. (If you want to enter two Yorkies into a Gift Exchange, you will need to have donated $50 or more). If you are a Donating Member (your YT username is in dark blue next to your post and you have a Donating Member user title), you may join the Gift Exchange. If you are a Junior Donating Member (your YT username is in light blue next to your post), you have not yet met the eligibility requirements for the Gift Exchange.

This will allow you to participate in the YT Gift Exchange as long as YT does Gift Exchanges. We require this now because there are certain former YT members that DID NOT mail out a Gift in previous Gift Exchanges while they did accept a gift. This is totally unfair and unjust, especially with all the effort, time, and energy everyone in the Gift Exchange has given.

The YT Gift Exchange is open to all YT Donating Members from the United States and Canada. If you are anywhere else in the world, there is an additional $20 shipping fee per Gift Exchange to cover the extra cost of shipping items to foreign countries. This fee must be paid before the start of the Gift Exchange for you to participate. The fee will be given directly to your Secret Buddy (minus any Paypal fees, if any), which they can use to apply towards their shipping costs. Shipping from the US/Canada to anywhere else is VERY expensive and this is for those costs. The shipping fee will be paid by YorkieTalk to your Secret Buddy AFTER you have received your gift. (Please note that APO military addresses are considered by the US Postal Office to be USA addresses and thus do not require the additional $20 shipping fee. If you are sending to your Secret Buddy that has an APO military address, you will not be reimbursed any additional shipping fees).

The $20 shipping fee reimbursement is ONLY for YT members who live in the USA or Canada and are shipping their gift to a member that is NOT in the USA or Canada. If you live in the USA and are shipping to Canada, you will not be reimbursed. If you live in Canada, and ship to the USA, you will not be imbursed. If you live outside of the USA or Canada and ship to the USA or Canada, you will not be reimbursed.

We also require you to be a member of YorkieTalk for one month or longer as well as have at least 100 posts on YorkieTalk. This is so that members can get to know you and your Yorkie better.

Please note that you MAY receive a secret buddy in Canada (if you are in the US), and you MAY receive a secret buddy in the US (if you are in Canada). Be prepared to pay a few dollars more in shipping costs if this is the case. Also, to save on shipping costs, you may want to keep the package "lighter".

We do not allow any threads or posts for seeking any "unofficial" YorkieTalk Gift Exchanges, however, you may send gifts to any member or friend you would like at any time.

12. Consequences - We want to keep the fairness in this Gift Exchange and we want everyone to have fun! It is not fair to send a gift and not receive one without any actions taken against the participant that decided not to send a gift.

If any of the rules are broken, the participant will have their YorkieTalk account temporarily suspended for 1 entire week. If you do not send out a gift, you may be banned from YorkieTalk forever with a note in their user title stating the reason they are banned. We do not want this to happen to anyone and that is why we stress that you contact us as soon as possible if anything occurs which prevents you from sending out a gift.

Members who do not send out the Gift Exchange gift in a timely manner may be suspended. Again, please let us know as soon as you can if you are unable to send out the gift by the deadline.

If you do not send a gift, you (and any immediate family members in your household) will be BANNED from participating in any future YorkieTalk Gift Exchanges.

If you send out your gift late without informing a YT moderator or administrator, you may be subject to a suspension or penalty.

To be reinstated from a ban for not sending out a gift, the fee will be $75. This will cover the replacement gift YorkieTalk arranges for the Secret Buddy that did not receive the gift as well as a penalty for not sending out a gift.

Also, if you do not thank your gift sender or break other Gift Exchange rules, you may be permanently excluded from future YorkieTalk Gift Exchanges.

03-04-2008, 10:11 AM	#2
admin *Administrator* Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,134 Blog Entries: 3	11. Eligibility - The Gift Exchange is open to all Donating Members that have donated $25 or more to YorkieTalk. A member may enter one Yorkie or Yorkie mix. Click here for information on donating. (If you want to enter two Yorkies into a Gift Exchange, you will need to have donated $50 or more). If you are a Donating Member (your YT username is in dark blue next to your post and you have a Donating Member user title), you may join the Gift Exchange. If you are a Junior Donating Member (your YT username is in light blue next to your post), you have not yet met the eligibility requirements for the Gift Exchange. This will allow you to participate in the YT Gift Exchange as long as YT does Gift Exchanges. We require this now because there are certain former YT members that DID NOT mail out a Gift in previous Gift Exchanges while they did accept a gift. This is totally unfair and unjust, especially with all the effort, time, and energy everyone in the Gift Exchange has given. The YT Gift Exchange is open to all YT Donating Members from the United States and Canada. If you are anywhere else in the world, there is an additional $20 shipping fee per Gift Exchange to cover the extra cost of shipping items to foreign countries. This fee must be paid before the start of the Gift Exchange for you to participate. The fee will be given directly to your Secret Buddy (minus any Paypal fees, if any), which they can use to apply towards their shipping costs. Shipping from the US/Canada to anywhere else is VERY expensive and this is for those costs. The shipping fee will be paid by YorkieTalk to your Secret Buddy AFTER you have received your gift. (Please note that APO military addresses are considered by the US Postal Office to be USA addresses and thus do not require the additional $20 shipping fee. If you are sending to your Secret Buddy that has an APO military address, you will not be reimbursed any additional shipping fees). The $20 shipping fee reimbursement is ONLY for YT members who live in the USA or Canada and are shipping their gift to a member that is NOT in the USA or Canada. If you live in the USA and are shipping to Canada, you will not be reimbursed. If you live in Canada, and ship to the USA, you will not be imbursed. If you live outside of the USA or Canada and ship to the USA or Canada, you will not be reimbursed. We also require you to be a member of YorkieTalk for one month or longer as well as have at least 100 posts on YorkieTalk. This is so that members can get to know you and your Yorkie better. Please note that you MAY receive a secret buddy in Canada (if you are in the US), and you MAY receive a secret buddy in the US (if you are in Canada). Be prepared to pay a few dollars more in shipping costs if this is the case. Also, to save on shipping costs, you may want to keep the package "lighter". We do not allow any threads or posts for seeking any "unofficial" YorkieTalk Gift Exchanges, however, you may send gifts to any member or friend you would like at any time. 12. Consequences - We want to keep the fairness in this Gift Exchange and we want everyone to have fun! It is not fair to send a gift and not receive one without any actions taken against the participant that decided not to send a gift. If any of the rules are broken, the participant will have their YorkieTalk account temporarily suspended for 1 entire week. If you do not send out a gift, you may be banned from YorkieTalk forever with a note in their user title stating the reason they are banned. We do not want this to happen to anyone and that is why we stress that you contact us as soon as possible if anything occurs which prevents you from sending out a gift. Members who do not send out the Gift Exchange gift in a timely manner may be suspended. Again, please let us know as soon as you can if you are unable to send out the gift by the deadline. If you do not send a gift, you (and any immediate family members in your household) will be BANNED from participating in any future YorkieTalk Gift Exchanges. If you send out your gift late without informing a YT moderator or administrator, you may be subject to a suspension or penalty. To be reinstated from a ban for not sending out a gift, the fee will be $75. This will cover the replacement gift YorkieTalk arranges for the Secret Buddy that did not receive the gift as well as a penalty for not sending out a gift. Also, if you do not thank your gift sender or break other Gift Exchange rules, you may be permanently excluded from future YorkieTalk Gift Exchanges. Last edited by admin; 08-26-2008 at 02:40 PM.