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Ok, I'm sorry, but I'm still pissed off about Package 2.0.
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1. I organized it - Reached out to people - Everyone was excited and in support.
2. If someone was uncomfortable with sending it out of country, I worked with the participants to switch orders to make sure that everyone was OK with whom they were sending it to, before even kicking it off.
3. I took pains to keep all addresses private and only kept communication between the Sender and Sendee so that address information wasn't divulged.
4. I put in TIME to gather the stuff that I wanted to put into the package - All of the duplicate DVD's that my boyfriend and I had acquired over the years and didn't want (or just plain DVD's that we didn't care for but thought maybe someone else might) plus some random stuff.
5. I SENT IT TO ROSHIQ IN BANGLADESH - Not cheap, but others on the list didn't have the money, so I figured - I'd do it to get the ball rolling...
6. Roshiq sent it BACK TO THE STATES to Flayed where there was STILL some excitement with the participants around the package (those who were on the list and people PM'ing me to get on the list)...
7. And then it stopped.
8. I kept periodically bumping the thread and PM'ing Flayed - No response... Until Flayed got sick of seeing the thread being bumped and LOCKED IT.
WTF
Look
-- Sorry if I said anything rude to Flayed (though I don't really think that I did, and if I expressed frustration - well - CAN YOU BLAME ME)... But COME ON.
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Anyway.
I thought I've been good about staying away from Package Drama (that's what she said - nyuk nyuk) - I never considered bumping that thread to be drama-inducing (usually my posts consisted of (BUMP - FLAYED) - BUT WAS I WRONG PEOPLE?!?!?!?!)... But I am SERIOUSLY PISSED that after the effort I put into that one that the end result is that it went to one person and my thread was fucking locked. REAL NICE. :mad: :mad:
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Not really sure where I'm going with this here - I guess the takeaways are:
--- Chrono is REALLY crabby (I've had a bit of a shitty week)
--- If you are going to commit to being a part of the next package, please PLEASE take it seriously - The people involved, whether it be the initial person organizing it or the people taking the time to put cool things into it and post it overseas, are actually making an effort... Plus the people downstream are actually excited to get it! Don't slack off.
Not to mention - I actually really REALLY like you guys here - I consider you friends and this package was just another way to solidify the fact that we are REAL PEOPLE making a REAL CONNECTION with a common interest on this site - That being said, it was hard not to take it personally when it died.
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