Non-Sport Update's Card Talk
The mystery box
October 06, 2005, 12:53 PM
Dobby The House ElfThe mystery box
Oh, where oh where can the Mystery Boxes be? Oh where oh where can they be?
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October 06, 2005, 01:09 PM
starwolf1001well, none of them are over here
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October 06, 2005, 02:14 PM
mtlhddoc2well, if my wife ever goes to the post office, the "Spawn" box will be on its way to central USA!
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October 07, 2005, 08:54 AM
WendiThe where abouts of the mystery boxes are a mystery!!
October 07, 2005, 09:19 AM
wolfieWell we should be able to work out who had all these boxes and packages last and they will know who they sent them to so then it's a case of contacting that person and asking why they have not sent it on.
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October 07, 2005, 09:31 AM
Quaint1quote:
it's a case of contacting that person and asking why they have not sent it on.
But my understanding of the original idea was that if you didn't want to pass the box on, you didn't have to - and with no reason required (you just had to send the envelope back I think!)
Au Res.,
Paul
October 07, 2005, 10:12 AM
wolfieNow that it has been mentioned i seem to remember that was the case. When i had the mystery box just after it started i remember thinking that it was a strange rule to put in.
I think the idea behind it was that you did not ask for the box to be sent to you and if you could not afford to post it on you did not have to.
I just put more cards in it than i took out and sent it off again, i think most people did this.
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October 07, 2005, 10:40 AM
Quaint1I just checked the first post in this topic, started by Barobehere, and
quote:
If you receive the mystery box and DO NOT WANT to mail it on. Then simply sign the letter with your cardtalk id, seal it, and drop it in the mail.
Au Res.,
Paul
October 07, 2005, 11:33 AM
Quaint1No probs, dude!
It is a particularly generous rule if one doesn't want to send the box on - but that is one of the good things about the idea - it relies on the participation of all and (so far) has not been abused!
Au Res.,
Paul
October 07, 2005, 11:37 AM
MikeFitzSo keeping it was not against the rules.
Whoever did hold on to it did not, I assume, forward the letter as mentioned.
Hopefully, the discussion will bring it to the person's attention, as, perhaps, other matters occupied them more than they'd like.
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October 07, 2005, 11:37 AM
wolfiequote:
Originally posted by Quaint1:
it relies on the participation of all and (so far) has not been abused!
Au Res.,
Paul
I beg to differ.
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October 07, 2005, 02:01 PM
Quaint1Sorry - I meant "As far as I know"
Au Res.,
Paul
October 07, 2005, 02:13 PM
mtlhddoc2quote:
Originally posted by Kennywood:
But hey....if someone wants to send a box of various promo cards to me and get nothing in return, just let me know!
You might want to check your mailbox about Monday or Tuesday
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October 07, 2005, 02:31 PM
WendiOoh, oooh, oooohhh!!!! The box is getting closer to home!!!
Hi Kevin
October 07, 2005, 03:40 PM
Dobby The House ElfJust a refresher. The original box did mention that you could keep the box and send the list back to barobehere. The box was eventually kept, cash extorted and the list of names who had gotten the box never got back to barobehere.
Not that I know anything about the Spawn of Mystery box, but I believe the rules have been modified to just say pass it on. It doesn't leave the option to keep it. This will of course not keep someone from doing this, it just wont provide them an out for being greedy. Then we can all publicly ridicule them here!
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October 09, 2005, 03:25 PM
TheUberBobquote:
Originally posted by Dobby The House Elf:
The box was eventually kept, cash extorted and the list of names who had gotten the box never got back to barobehere.
Just curious, what do you mean by this, especially the "cash extorted" part? Do you mean that whoever kept the box offered to pay for it instead or something darker? How many mystery boxes are there? I thought that there were two plus another later one after one of the originals disappeared (the "spawn" one, perhaps?). What are the wherabouts of them?
I thought this was a really neat thing and even though I'm pretty sure I'll never get one it's fun to participate vicariously. If someone has abused this I'll be very sad.
-Bob-
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October 09, 2005, 04:50 PM
wolfieTime to start being sad then.
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October 09, 2005, 06:15 PM
Quaint1Probably a good idea not to go into details on board - let's be optimistic about the new box that is "Out There"!
Au Res.,
Paul
October 10, 2005, 02:49 AM
spidergoblinquote:
Originally posted by MikeFitz:
So keeping it was not against the rules.
Whoever did hold on to it did not, I assume, forward the letter as mentioned.
Hopefully, the discussion will bring it to the person's attention, as, perhaps, other matters occupied them more than they'd like.
It's been discussed before and the member who received it did not step-up then,so I don't see any reason why step-up now
As for the last mystery box,Katrina took care of that one as per Barrett's last post in this thread.
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October 10, 2005, 03:19 AM
hammerquote:
Originally posted by TheUberBob:
quote:
Originally posted by Dobby The House Elf:
The box was eventually kept, cash extorted and the list of names who had gotten the box never got back to barobehere.
Just curious, what do you mean by this, especially the "cash extorted" part? Do you mean that whoever kept the box offered to pay for it instead or something darker? How many mystery boxes are there? I thought that there were two plus another later one after one of the originals disappeared (the "spawn" one, perhaps?). What are the wherabouts of them?
I thought this was a really neat thing and even though I'm pretty sure I'll never get one it's fun to participate vicariously. If someone has abused this I'll be very sad.
-Bob-
No - the person, I believe, was sent the money to post the box on but took the money and kept the box