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Originally Posted by Miao  If it stretches out several months and the Giver "A" loses interest in keeping up with the treasure rally and decides to step out, with the original intention of "generosity" and commitment s/he had made in mind, hopefully, Giver "A" will consider physically passing the item(s) submitted to the organizer and/or other YT member participating in this living in the same town to hang on to if Giver/Member "B" is okay with absorbing the shipping cost of sending it out to the next Taker who chooses that item? And perhaps, the organizer or Giver B can update on the catalog stating that Giver B now holds the item (and may set different shipping restrictions upon that item if Giver A originally had not). We may then count Giver A as having dropped out of the rally UNLESS there is an understanding between Giver A and Giver B (and/or with the organizer) that Giver B or the organizer is only "helping" Giver A for the time being while Giver A is still participating (awaiting his/her turn to "take" and maybe "give" more later / another season), but just too busy for the time being to keep up with the progress. In the event that Giver A just walks off without another word, well, that's no worse off than in a physical exchange someone walks off with the entire chest. We can then call them names, snub them on YT and throw tomatoes and slippers at them.  But at least with a virtual chest, and a controlled number of items taken during each turn, there would be a slighter "loss" and fewer hurt feelings. The slighted "taker" can still then choose another item remaining in the great v.chest and we can just disqualify the "rotten tomato" who just took off irresponsibly from her commitment to provide the goodies.
Although, in the end, it shouldn't matter as much as in a normal GE about who got what and how many because in this GUGE, we just want to share with others and not necessarily expect anything back in return except a good Spring Cleaning that made someone else happy. 
BUT since we'll all know who the naughty one was, we will know who not to invite to our sandbox again!  
Sorry, I'm just having fun at the prospect of tossing virtual tomatoes around or throwing one at my monitor. |
This gives me an idea that could work pretty simply, I think. You have ten days to send your item. If for some reason you don't respond, you are disqualified from the Treasure Box. BUT -- if you were out of town or something, you can get back into YT's good graces simply by sending the gift to the requestor. That person will have already selected something else and moved on, but then they get two items, no harm no foul. Since it's all in the spirit of giving and all. If someone fails to send items out promptly two or three times, then they get permanently banned from the TB, and the shame follows their family for generations.
So I feel like the rules for the virtual Treasure Box have been pretty well established. I still like the idea of mailing boxes around, but I feel like the shipping might be a show stopper. How do people feel about the size of the flat rate box getting sent around? How many outfits do you think would fit inside?
I could start a poll for interest in VTB (Virtual Treasure Box), GUGE (Gently Used Gift Exhange), or both....