# Anybody up for a holiday round of Haggle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904 "2007-12-05T13:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/281 "2007-12-20T13:42:58Z")
[QUOTE=FarmerChick] yup, I’m a newby, I fucked up with the stupid colors, whatever, I don’t have the patience for the bullshit. Sorry. [/QUOTE] Actually, **chrisk** is working his/her balls/ovaries off by hosting this thread. There is a ton of work that goes into PMing and maintaining the stats and we all appreciate the effort. You shouldn’t take a request to code your posts properly too hard - the last go-round of Haggle there were some shady trades that should or should not have been allowed and this time **chrisk** is just trying to maintain a fair playing field for all involved. Thanks, **chrisk**! ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/282 "2007-12-20T13:47:07Z")
[QUOTE=FarmerChick] yup, I’m a newby, I fucked up with the stupid colors, whatever, I don’t have the patience for the bullshit. Sorry. [/QUOTE] Sorry guys, this is a really hard time of the year for me. My son was killed last year and Christmas was his favorite time. I’m not looking for sympathy or excuses, I’m just explaining my bad behavior. I was hoping for some fun and distraction. [QUOTE=NAF1138] In the interest of maintaining civility I will be willing to shoot FC rule 6 for free. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the offer, but no, whiners and poor sports should not be rewarded. [QUOTE=chrisk] Fine by me if **FarmerChick** is interested. Seriously… yes, you may feel you’ve screwed up, but this is just a game. Good sportsmanship might be hard under these circumstances, but still admirable, and I’d love to have the whole crew around for the denoument in just around a day or so. Even if some of them haven’t traded much since the first few days. [/QUOTE] If you guys still want me around, I would love to to play. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/283 "2007-12-20T13:54:20Z")
[QUOTE=FarmerChick] If you guys still want me around, I would love to to play. [/QUOTE] Of course! How can I turn down a farmer chick? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/284 "2007-12-20T14:52:12Z")
**jsgoddess** , I offer you a look at rules 1, 5, and 18 and my Blue Box, Blue Cane, and Blue Wreath for your white items. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/285 "2007-12-20T16:14:42Z")
Glad to see that **FarmerChick** is sticking around, but as **chrisk** said, an auction will probably liven up the last day of the game. I’ll provide that for you. My apologies to **chrisk** and everyone else for my lack of participation this time around. We’re down to a skeleton crew at work, and I’m pulling the duties of several extra ribs. Since my spare time has been spent in Mafia, I’m going to humbly withdraw from this round of Haggle, and offer up my items at auction. Thanks for hosting again, **chrisk**! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/286 "2007-12-20T16:25:41Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] **jsgoddess** , I offer you a look at rules 1, 5, and 18 and my Blue Box, Blue Cane, and Blue Wreath for your white items. [/QUOTE] What the hell. I accept. Rather hanged for a sheep than a lamb! ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/287 "2007-12-20T17:01:15Z")
**NAF1138** , I offer you a White Box and a look at Rule #12 for your Blue Star. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/288 "2007-12-20T17:14:47Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] **NAF1138** , I offer you a White Box and a look at Rule #12 for your Blue Star. [/QUOTE] I have rule 12, and I would rather not let you try to steal my Christmas. But I have no boxes, and want no boxes. My blue star is yours if you can give me some cards I actually want. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/289 "2007-12-20T18:02:02Z")
[QUOTE=NAF1138] I have rule 12, and I would rather not let you try to steal my Christmas. But I have no boxes, and want no boxes. My blue star is yours if you can give me some cards I actually want. [/QUOTE] Which cards are you wanting? ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/290 "2007-12-20T18:16:45Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Which cards are you wanting? [/QUOTE] What do you have after that trade with our fair goddess? ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/291 "2007-12-20T18:52:27Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] What the hell. I accept. Rather hanged for a sheep than a lamb! [/QUOTE] Processed. **Drain Bead** Holds rules: 4, 7, 10, 15, 18 Has seen rules: 1, 3, 11, 14 And holds these cards: Blue Candle, Green Cane, Green Candle, Green Wreath, Red Box **FarmerChick** Holds rules: 3, 7, 11, 14, 17 Has seen rules: 4, 8, 10, 13, 16, 18 And holds these cards: Blue Cane, Blue Star, Green Star, Green Tree, Red Candle, White Cane, White Candle, White Star **Hal Briston** (in receivership) Holds rules: 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, 17 Has seen rules: 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18 And holds these cards: Blue Wreath, Green Cane, Red Candle, Red Wreath **jsgoddess** Holds rules: 2, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16 Has seen rules: 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 14, 18 And holds these cards: Blue Box, Blue Cane, Blue Wreath, Green Box, Green Cane, Green Candle, Green Star **NAF1138** Holds rules: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16 Has seen rules: 10, 14, 18 And holds these cards: Blue Star, White Wreath **Revenant Threshold** Holds rules: 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, 16 Has seen rules: 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18 And holds these cards: Blue Cane, Green Wreath, Red Cane, Red Candle, Red Star (2), Red Wreath **Santo Rugger** Holds rules: 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 14, 16 Has seen rules: 15 And holds these cards: Blue Candle, Blue Tree, Green Box, Red Box, Red Cane, Red Tree, White Cane, White Star **Uncommon Sense** Holds rules: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 18 Has seen rules: 3, 4, 7, 16 And holds these cards: Green Candle, White Box (2), White Cane, White Candle, White Tree, White Wreath The _Hal Briston estate auction_ ends at 7 pm EST tonight. Please PM me your bids (in point IOUs) for his scoring cards only, if you wish to participate. Do not send multiple PMs regarding this auction. Example: > [@Some Hypothetical Player](#): > > Hey, Chris, I’ll pay up to 5 points for the red wreath and 9 for the blue wreath. Good luck everybody! ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/292 "2007-12-20T19:07:45Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] Processed. **Drain Bead** Holds rules: 4, 7, 10, 15, 18 Has seen rules: 1, 3, 11, 14 And holds these cards: Blue Candle, Green Cane, Green Candle, Green Wreath, Red Box **FarmerChick** Holds rules: 3, 7, 11, 14, 17 Has seen rules: 4, 8, 10, 13, 16, 18 And holds these cards: Blue Cane, Blue Star, Green Star, Green Tree, Red Candle, White Cane, White Candle, White Star **Hal Briston** (in receivership) Holds rules: 1, 5, 7, 9, 13, 17 Has seen rules: 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18 And holds these cards: Blue Wreath, Green Cane, Red Candle, Red Wreath **jsgoddess** Holds rules: 2, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16 Has seen rules: 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 14, 18 And holds these cards: Blue Box, Blue Cane, Blue Wreath, Green Box, Green Cane, Green Candle, Green Star **NAF1138** Holds rules: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16 Has seen rules: 10, 14, 18 And holds these cards: Blue Star, White Wreath **Revenant Threshold** Holds rules: 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, 16 Has seen rules: 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18 And holds these cards: Blue Cane, Green Wreath, Red Cane, Red Candle, Red Star (2), Red Wreath **Santo Rugger** Holds rules: 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 14, 16 Has seen rules: 15 And holds these cards: Blue Candle, Blue Tree, Green Box, Red Box, Red Cane, Red Tree, White Cane, White Star **Uncommon Sense** Holds rules: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 18 Has seen rules: 3, 4, 7, 16 And holds these cards: Green Candle, White Box (2), White Cane, White Candle, White Tree, White Wreath The _Hal Briston estate auction_ ends at 7 pm EST tonight. Please PM me your bids (in point IOUs) for his scoring cards only, if you wish to participate. Do not send multiple PMs regarding this auction. Example: Good luck everybody! [/QUOTE] So what happens with his rules? ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/293 "2007-12-20T19:16:58Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Which cards are you wanting? [/QUOTE] NAF offer: I will take your tree for the star. You will have to check some scoring but I think that should still work for you. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/294 "2007-12-20T19:17:42Z")
[QUOTE=NAF1138] So what happens with his rules? [/QUOTE] Hmm… I was going to say that they would be donated to the Straight Dope archives, 😉 but what the heck. If anybody wants to spend points on rules at this point, they’re welcome to. To keep anybody for picking up rules for really cheap though, the minimum bid for any of **Hal’s** rule slips is set at 5 points. And anybody who’s already submitted bids for cards is entitled to take advantage of this reversal by submitting another PM for rules. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/295 "2007-12-20T19:20:05Z")
[QUOTE=NAF1138] So what happens with his rules? [/QUOTE] You auction to get those too. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/296 "2007-12-20T19:22:58Z")
[QUOTE=NAF1138] NAF offer: I will take your tree for the star. You will have to check some scoring but I think that should still work for you. [/QUOTE] I can’t part with the White tree, I seem to be the only person with one. Be that good or bad I don’t know at this point. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/297 "2007-12-20T19:29:43Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] I can’t part with the White tree, I seem to be the only person with one. Be that good or bad I don’t know at this point. [/QUOTE] I can tell you I only want it for its relevance to rule 6. Unless 13 says something amazing I don’t think it has any extra value to you. But I need to get back in the game, and I think you playing rule 12 will help, but I need some other cards of value as well. If you come up with a different solution let me know. I am more then open to giving you the star, I just need to gain something from the experiance also. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/298 "2007-12-20T20:13:27Z")
FarmerChick Offer #10 to jsgoddess you can have a copy of my rule #17 and my white star for a copy of your rule #6 ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/299 "2007-12-20T20:26:15Z")
Rechecking the standings, I see that Uncommon Sense has Rule # 6 and hasn’t seen rule # 17 either, so I will make the same offer to Uncommon Sense if this is allowed. First one to accept gets it. . [QUOTE=FarmerChick] FarmerChick Offer #10 to jsgoddess you can have a copy of my rule #17 and my white star for a copy of your rule #6 [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904/300 "2007-12-20T20:34:51Z")
NAF offer: US once you take the FC offer I will be willing to renegotiate for the blue star. I will take all your white items BUT the tree and the boxes in exchange for the star. You will still be able to play rule 12 and be in a solid position point wise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up-for-a-holiday-round-of-haggle/428904.md?page=16)