Just going to put my two cents in from my previous experience with the GE.
First of Riley and Theresa, I hope you guys still participate in the GE again, it really stinks that you guys didn't get a smilebox, and hopefully there's a reasonable explanation as to why. Especially, from what I saw, your buddy was in the previous exchange and seemed to not have any problems. I pray there is nothing actually wrong with her or her family;s health or emergency wise.
With that being said, I think many times this is the risk that we take in doing these type of games. I know that I loved personalizing my stuff for my buddy (made by me and YT vendors), and loved getting the wonderful custom made outfits for Gizmo. However, I know FedEx issues caused my worries with my buddy getting my gift, and I failed miserably at making a smilebox the first time that showed my SB's amazing gifts she made for Gizmo (that's what I get when I let my husband take pictures) .
I guess what I'm saying is, with these type of things despite new rules, capped spending limit, membership limit, can not change a mean person from doing something mean or unfair. My fear is that the more rules that are in place, the less people will sign up, like in this case, and the GE will disappear because some people screwed it up, big time.
I think, and this is from my experience, that the GE is somewhat intimidating and even though the rules are explained, I think we on YT have created a "culture" with the smile boxes and what not. I mean I felt like a total idiot with some of the ways I handled things, so maybe the mentor idea would be a good way to prevent "rule making" but ensure GE fairness. |