HO HO HO, Merry Cultie Christmas: Secret Santa 2010
You posted that you received it on 12/21.
Now I don't know if mailing from the US to Australia is different than Australia to the US though... So I don't know what to tell you.
as someone who has often posted things in both directions, the Australia to the US post often takes a little longer than US to Australia, but not by that much. Mind you, one of my relatives sent me a parcel on the 8th of December this year and I didn't get it until the 23rd, so maybe there's just been a backlog.
Fingers crossed. What do you do? Can I even find anything out from the Post Office, Kit?
I hope the US didn't get offended by the packet of Golliwogs and destroy the package.
I'll check the bookstore where I got it to see if they have more. And if so, I'll totally send you one. Did I mention I had to buy a copy for myself when I bought his? There are some killer stories in there.
EDIT_
This is easier:
http://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-Worlds-Dystopian-Stories/dp/1597802212/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1293847719&sr=1-7
Well, I really need to do a better job of following up on threads in which I post. This was very sweet of you to offer, and I really appreciate it, so I hope you don't think I was being rude by not even acknowledging your post!
I got it on my kindle....GOOD stories in there! I've been pacing myself on purpose, but I've only got like three left. What a find!
I always do. It's cheap and worth it.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I always do. It's cheap and worth it.
Does USPS do that with the flat rate boxes? If mine doesn't get there in another week I'm sending a replacement. (albeit smaller cause I'm still broke, but a replacement none-the-less.)
You know in all the years I've been here I've never been sigged?
I'm sure you can add to a flat rate box.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
I mailed a flatrate box with added delivery confirmation.
This is why we can't have nice things.
You just add it on, like adding whipped cream on a latte.
And Tuffy, I love the Agamemnon quote.
Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Ok, I really really hope my giftee got their package! Now I'm the one all aflutter!
Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
I got it! Thank you so much Freemena, I love it all! The ornaments are perfect!
Freemena sent: 2 books- Making Babies: The Science of Pregnancy and a wedding book, a makeup set in colors I typically wear, a christmas wreath pin, a handmade barrette, ornaments of my family, and tons of chocolate
Close-up of the barrette
Close-up of the ornaments
"We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think."
— Rod Serling
"Chuck calls Noah fortnightly on his bakelite rotary phone and gives him publisher's insider information and stock tips."- Tuffy
Yay! I was hoping you wouldn't find the "heads on a stick" creepy!
Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Yay!
This is why we can't have nice things.
Whomever my gifter was, I thank you for the thought, I'm sure it was fantastic.
I hope someone somewhere is enjoying it.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Close-up of the barrette
Close-up of the ornaments
That's awesome!
Ok, I'm resending. Sorry it wont be as big a production as the first.
You know in all the years I've been here I've never been sigged?
Hope, for those of you who haven't recieved your yet:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41193203/ns/local_news-albuquerque_nm/
Hope, for those of you who haven't recieved yours yet:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41193203/ns/local_news-albuquerque_nm/
Aww, that's such a sweet story!
Can I unstick this now? It's officially over, right? Did everyone get their packages besides me and Tuffy?
Please do.
This is why we can't have nice things.
If you guys want to PM me info, I'll send you presents. It might take a while, but you'll get 'em.
Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Fuck this. Mirka: you were my giftee. This blows. I sent the fucking best gift EVER. I'm really quite destroyed over this. The shipping alone cost more than the fucking contents, so it just breaks my heart that I put all that effort in and now it's lost somewhere. That, or some fat fuck working for someone is sitting back reading a GREAT Aussie book and sucking on some Tim Tams. Seriously. This sucks. I'll send you something again soon. Money is just fucked at the moment, with the whole Nat-moving-out thing and whatever.
dang...
*grumble*
This is why we can't have nice things.
I'm really fucking pissed about this. I wrote a massive letter too. Like, 5 or 6 pages. I just don't get how you can spend so much money and not have something delivered. I was sort of hoping it's just had a huge delay and might have still got there, but let's face it, I sent it about three weeks before Christmas, let's say the beginning on December, and it is now halfway through Fenruary, so it's been out there for around 2 and a half months. It's not gonna get there. And that just makes me so mad, especially because I organised this piece of shit, and also because Mirka got fucked over last time.
I think, because I sent the classic Australian racism biscuits, Scalliwags a.k.a Golliwogs, it didn't pass through customs and was destroyed.
That would be be a ridiculous reason to destroy it, but I wouldn't be surprised. The whole situation sucks big time.
"We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think."
— Rod Serling
"Chuck calls Noah fortnightly on his bakelite rotary phone and gives him publisher's insider information and stock tips."- Tuffy
That really sucks. Did you write everything that was in the parcel on the customs declaration, matt? Cos my mum sent me a big parcel recently, and she said the post officer told her that with USA parcels, if you don't write everything on the label, if they see something different in the scanner, they either confiscate it or send it back. Between that and the extra $9 'security charge' it's getting kind of prohibitive to send packages to the USA. 
Yeah, definitely wrote every single thing on the description. Fucking joke. Fuck the U.S.A and their paranoia for ruining Christmas.
Maybe a bum stole it off Mirka's front poorch?
seriously. I've had stuff go missing too. I'm on the verge of telling my family not to mail me anything anymore, which is really pathetic.
Right. What's my excuse?
I'm not even sure for sure who my giftor was.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Tuffy, you got Mckay. But he said he sent his too. So, fuck your postal service right in the face.
Matt, please don't worry about it. I have no doubt that it was the greatest fucking present EVER and who knows, it might still show up! I just found out that packages over a pound have been delayed if not denied outright by US customs since mid November. Something to do with a terrorist plot and cargo planes.
Even if it doesn't arrive, at least I know that it was sent. Seriously, please don't worry about it. I'm just sorry that you went to all that trouble and expense. And don't you DARE send a new one or feel like you have to do so.
No, I'm saying that I can't even bitch about international mail. Overseas & customs - shit can happen. Stuff disappears all the time. I'm presuming that my giftor is in the US, right? so the regular mail lost mine. That's just plain unlucky.
Extra sad for Mirka getting quadruplescrewed.
Getting quadruplescrewed doesn't have to be a bad thing, but in this case...
This is why we can't have nice things.
Too, I'm sure mine was the absolute bomb.
Too Cool For The Postal Service Not To Steal.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Matt, please don't worry about it. I have no doubt that it was the greatest fucking present EVER and who knows, it might still show up! I just found out that packages over a pound have been delayed if not denied outright by US customs since mid November. Something to do with a terrorist plot and cargo planes.
Even if it doesn't arrive, at least I know that it was sent. Seriously, please don't worry about it. I'm just sorry that you went to all that trouble and expense. And don't you DARE send a new one or feel like you have to do so.
Well, my package was definitely over a pound. So, maybe--pleasepleaseplease--it'll show up at some point. I really hope so. But, yeah, once I'm on top of my monies again I'm definitely going to send you something else. It'll probably be substantially smaller, but I'm still going to, and there's nothing you can say about it!
See, I woke up cranky and I coulda used some candy today.
Probably PMSing.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I'd send you candy, but nooooo, you don't want any of my candy.
I feel like I need to make up for the whole sending mine late thing.
Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
So, I received Mirka's package in the mail today. It got sent back. The box was all ripped up and shit was spilling out, but, surprisingly, nothing was missing. But, a wasted 70 bucks. Though, I am stoked it came back, and didn't get stuck in postal limbo. I'll re-send it soon, and maybe, just maybe, it'll get there for next Christmas.
Fucking Postal service. They reckon it was unclaimed. Which is utter bullshit. But, oh, well.
Fucking Postal service. They reckon it was unclaimed. Which is utter bullshit. But, oh, well.
Hey, don't talk about my dad and stepdad that way!
Hmm? Your dad and stepdad both work for USPS?
Fucking Postal service. They reckon it was unclaimed. Which is utter bullshit. But, oh, well.
Oh Matt, that sucks! Did they charge you return postage too? I fully blame our postal service, but I don't think it was unclaimed. We just have shitty postal service here.
Please check your PMs! 
Pretty much. My mom has a thing for guys who say "Let's go postal"(Ok that's a lie) but yeah my dad has worked for the USPS for over 25 years and my mom met my stepdad at the post office where he worked.
Maybe we should all start getting delivery confirmation or whatever it is that gives you a tracking number.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica