[anthonymark31]

Saturday is the last day to join in. 8 on board so far.

Participating so far:

1. elberson
2. flamethrower
3. Roger rabbit
4. Dimarco73
5. Leadmetogreatness
6. 1god4me
7. sshissler
8. kct1


OK, so I will take the lead on this year. Above are the participants joining in so far with the rules below, which we will follow from the previous years.
If anyone is a little hazy on how the trades work feel free to ask. If majority rules to eliminate the trade portion and just go straight random Secret Santa we can do that as well. As I recall the trade part scared some members off from joining in in the past.



1) this is a $50 buy in Secret Santa. You must provide a BASEBALL card from 2010 - present with a bv of $50. Anyone willing to provide a higher dollar card is allowed but it is at the traders discretion. Certain exceptions apply as far as qualifying cards such as older Bowman Chrome rc's, auto's or obvious significant cards from 2000 - present. Remember, the buy in is a $50 card. ANYTHING MORE SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED. OBVIOUSLY SOME TRADERS WILL THROW LARGER CARDS IN BUT THAT IS AT THEIR DISCRETION.

2) All who want to participate must address this thread by November 18th. The following day I will post all names and I'm going to ask that you open a trade with another participant. This will not be your Secret Santa. You will then be given 2 days (November 20th) to accept the open trade offer and provide proof to the thread or you will not be allowed to participate. The purpose of opening the blank trade is to ensure all traders hold up their end of the bargain. If you fail to do so the other trader will be asked to give you zero stars and negative feedback. You can not be given negative feedback if you meet the minimum card requirements and ship your card on time, no matter what.

3) After the trades are confirmed each participant will be provided with 3 numbers.

The first number will be who you initially are designated to ship to. You really dont need to worry about this one until the end because it may change.

The second is a number representing who ships to you, who you will not know.

The third number given will be a someone else's Secret Santa who you will also know the name of.

You may not under any circumstances tell the recipient who their Secret Santa is or any other players you may figure out along the way. If anyone is caught breaking the rules you will not be invited back. What you can do with the information you know is try and trade numbers with the other member(s) by any means necessary to position yourself for what you may view as a better gift. But again, you cannot reveal who their or any other Secret Santa's are that you may figure out. You may offer cards, money an undying friendship. Get creative. If any trading of numbers occurs you must post them in this thread so an ongoing account of who's shipping to who in the end is available and easily visible.
On the last day I will post the actual names of who needs to ship to who. I WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO INITIATE ANY TRADES, NOR DENY ANYONE WHO WANTS MY NUMBER BECAUSE I WILL KNOW WHO ALL TRADERS ARE AND WHAT CARDS ARE PROVIDED BY WHO. Also, you can not trade a player their own number.

4) All participants will then be given 2 weeks (December 4th) to acquire their cards for the game or decide what they will be providing if necessary. As soon as you acquire or know what card you will be using as a gift you will then send the card information to me which I will then post without your names to add to the excitement and inspire trades.

If you decide to trade your numbers more than once you should only know who is shipping to you the first time unless someone is breaking the rules and talking.

5) After the cards are posted you will have one week (December 11th) to try and persuade others traders to trade you their number either with the knowledge of the one other number you know or blindly. Remember, you both must post the number swap in order for it to be recognized.

6) At the end of the week a final number designation will be posted, names provided and we ship.

This is meant to be fun and hopefully bring out the best in people around the holidays. There is no complaining allowed because you should only be expecting a $50 bv card with the restrictions mentioned earlier. If someone else gets a monster, be happy for them.

I want in please

[dimarco73]

I want in please

Sorry Anthony. Just a little late as well as being that you have not had any active trades recently that you would have needed a member to vouch.