Secret Satan 2017 (What’s in the Box?)

[JonnyAngle]

this weekend will be where i start putting assignments together!!!

[JonnyAngle]

28 peeps so far! get with tha fuuuuuuuuuuzz

[JonnyAngle]

Also, our people from OS are lacking!

Get some australians up in heeeeereeee!

[weebles]

Also weebles is a cunt



Or is he?

The age-old question.

[JonnyAngle]

For everyone in the United States, here is an international shipping tip: If you go online and print the label, and the box is under 12" x 12" x 12" and under 2 pounds, your shipping charges only be $23. Then you can just run to the post office and drop it off at the counter or leave it in your mailbox if it fits. The package does not get re-weighed since the labels done already

[drolo]

looks like I be joining your nice club

[Iommic Pope]

Also, our people from OS are lacking!

Get some australians up in heeeeereeee!

This is televant to my interests and the best Paul Hogan meme I have ever laid eyes upon.

[gnomethrone]

I just sent the email to join in on this years shenanigans. This'll be my first year participating instead of creeping.

[01010111]

Sign me UP. Email sent.

If you get me, please make sure you send me something that can either require signature confirmation, or is through UPS. My neighbors are garbage people who steal mail.

[Gone Fission]

For everyone in the United States, here is an international shipping tip: If you go online and print the label, and the box is under 12" x 12" x 12" and under 2 pounds, your shipping charges only be $23. Then you can just run to the post office and drop it off at the counter or leave it in your mailbox if it fits. The package does not get re-weighed since the labels done already

What rate/shipping class is that? And how slow of a boat do they put it on?

[D.o.S.]

Usps priority is usually the best bet with intl shipping I find.

[gnomethrone]

I signed up. This'll be my first year participating instead of creeping. Looking forward to some sleuthey sleuthing and gifty giving.

[crochambeau]

Regarding international shipping, my guess is that the $23 is first class. I believe those are in fact double checked, because weight is a big deal regarding inclusion on a plane.

They charge by weight, not by size (until you hit a particular dimension that slips my mind, but it's fairly big).

I'm used to paying $22.50 1st class at the counter for parcels under two pounds, $34.65 1st class for parcels over two pounds (I am unsure if there is a 3+ pound cost shift up in 1st class post). At 4 pounds 1st class is unavailable and the only method the postal service offers is priority. I recently paid $54.35 for a 4 pound 9 oz (roughly just over 2 kg) priority. Priority starts at a higher cost bracket, has an automatic (up to) $200 insurance, and does offer better chances of tracking it seems... tracking ability varies by destination and service, and I have come to expect no tracking, but am happy when it does.

Courier services (DHL, Fedex, etc) that do track will roughly double the numbers I just typed.

Transit times of roughly two weeks is about average, they sometimes spill into three, I have had one take 6 to 7 weeks if memory serves...

[jrmy]

Oh hell yes, I'm putting my name in the ring. 'TIS THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR!!!!

[goroth]

Good on ya Doc!