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Originally Posted by Breeze  Wow, don't we seem bitter, not everyone has that luxury either which is why it can be so hard. I don't think my post had anything in it to get this response from you.  |
I don't think that comment was particularly called for either, I addressed the points you made in your post nothing more...
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Originally Posted by Breeze Ok, what if a gift was "not" sent by a buddy how would anyone know??? It would be weeks later, after the two weeks were up and then a replacement gift would still have to be put together and sent (that also takes time). |
But all gifts "have" been sent so this is an non-issue.
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Originally Posted by Breeze In this case all gifts have been send out but what about next time? Would you like to be the one waiting, I think not. |
Waiting isn't fun whether it's waiting for the package to be delivered to you or for the package you sent to be delivered to the receiver.
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Originally Posted by QuickSilver Aw, people! It's the GE! It's completely optional and hopefully fun. Let's all try to give each other the benefit of the doubt.
Everyone, take a deep breath in.... and out. Let's see:
If your package is late, most likely your SB has sent it or has a reason that she hasn't yet. Things do come up, and (to use myself as a shining example), maybe she is waiting on a second set of gifts for you. People DO make mistakes about shipping, custom tax, etc. These mistakes can be corrected with a little patience. For people who posted defending the sender's position or the receiver's position, I just see that we are all concerned that everyone has a good time. We all want people to be happy with the gifts they got, and we all want to feel good about what we sent. We are all on the same side, let's not forget that. After all, we all both bought and got gifts.  |
I'm not defending the sender's position... I'm defending myself being as it's my package that is the one in question and right now I feel like I'm on the end of a backlashing just because shipping from the UK to the US is taking longer than expected. Everyone is pointing out how sorry they feel for the people waiting and saying about not sending in time, etc, but it's really not easy to sit here and read the comments without feeling bad that the shipping is taking so long when that's completely out of my control.
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Originally Posted by Miao I think that's unfair and uncalled for. With the way this thread is turning out, I am not surprised that the parties involved are getting a bit riled up and of course, having their fun taken out of this... I have read the previous pre-GE threads on the positive of GE's and had thought this one time would be fun to follow all that GE was meant to represent to the majority who had posted their thoughts on the topic here and this other thread made it seem a positive thing to look forward to. |
I completely agree with your post. It's hard not to get riled with the comments about not being posted, etc. I wasn't going to do this GE but after several chats with other members, (mainly Kim and Cindy), I decided to join in after all but if there are going to be threads like this everytime then it does take the fun out of it.
I have PM'd Mary at the begining of the week and said her package was on it's way and I hoped that it got there before she left. I never directly said that I was her buddy, (guess it's no longer a secret now), but this thread is reading like no one has contacted her and the package hasn't even been mailed!