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Originally Posted by Cha Cha  I am sorry you were hurt by your GE experience. But, I just want to be sure people understand there are pretty clear rules set up for the GE. If you sign up you are required to send a gift, spend a designated minimum dollar amount, send it on time, and post a Thank You with pictures. If you expect more than this you probably shouldn't sign up. You are NOT required to check in, do a smilebox, hint threads, etc. When I say "do it without expectations" this is what I mean. I consider myself a decent buddy, but I do not have high expectations as you describe. As long as my buddy follows the rules put forth, I'm all good. I have participated in many GE because I get enjoyment out of being crafty and sharing that with others. That's all. I also want to add, that the GE participants that sign up are generally a pretty tight group. We do a pretty good job of following along and looking after everyone to make sure no one is left out. It may not be a perfect system and may have some flaws, but I've seen it work wonders the other way too. |
I was not hurt personally by the GE, just have seen others that have been. You are right though there are rules and honestly just about everyone follows them, most participants are excited to be in the exchange and you can feel it, it does often become a tight group. You are also right that there is no obligation to ever check in but I wish that there was a requirement to at least accept once you were sent your buddy's name. Wouldn't it make you wonder about your buddy if she did not even check to get her assignment until two weeks after they were sent out. Oh well for me it really just boils down to communication if I was running late with my box or with my thank you, I would make sure I got word out, I am not looking for someone to jump through hoops just follow the rules and communicate once and a while.