# I want to do a white elephant swap... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573 "2001-06-04T20:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/41 "2001-06-06T21:48:34Z")
**Baker** …let’s see…nope. Did you send it to thinksnow@hotmale or thinkSWAP@hotmail ? (I don’t have the first one, some bastard snuck in and grabbed it up :mad: ) I’ll post the updates tonight, I noticed a few (3) more this afternoon, but haven’t gotten to them. **cazzle** I’d say “sure” but remember, whatever _you_ send is going to take time to reach _us_, too. An alternative, though admittedly not a very sexy one, is to have the Oz-folks send their stuff to each other. See, I told you it’s not that great. Perhaps if those in Japan and NZ play too… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/42 "2001-06-06T23:24:17Z")
thinksnow, I sent it to [thinkSWAP@hotmail.com](mailto:thinkSWAP@hotmail.com) I’m going to try it again after I finish this email. If after you see this it has not arrived can you email ME and I can get through to you on “Reply”. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/43 "2001-06-07T01:07:27Z")
Email is on its way. I think I already know what item from my closet will have a new home. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/44 "2001-06-07T01:11:48Z")
Count me in…I sent the email…now I just have to decide which elephant is worthy of sharing… Keith ---
**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/45 "2001-06-07T03:54:48Z")
Wooha! Count me in! Sounds like a blast! And thanks so much, **thinksnow** for arranging all this. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/46 "2001-06-07T04:09:46Z")
I’m in!! …so does my recipient want gooood stuff or baaaaad stuff… hehe, like your getting any of my GOOD stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/47 "2001-06-07T04:40:27Z")
I’m in, but sending out the e-mail tomorrow at a more reasonable hour. This could be dangerous you know with all these people and their evil little laughs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/48 "2001-06-07T17:27:47Z")
Okay[li] I’ve got an update:[/li][li] evilbeth (I actually had you the first time, sorry 'bout that)[_] Baker (hoorah!)[_] porcupine[_] Odieman[_] Sassy[_] Kaz[_] whammo and Cazzle[/li]There was one email that didn’t include their Dopename, so I’m waitng on them, but otherwise, including myself, we’re up to 39. Wow, this is going to be interesting. **For those that haven’t yet signed up:** C’mon folks, surely you’ve all got _something_, some piece of junk that isn’t really junk, just something that your wife, husband, mother, father or priest has been telling you to get rid of for ages (no sending couches or worn out Laz-E-Boy chairs, please.) So sign up and spin the wheel! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/49 "2001-06-07T17:52:49Z")
Oh, I am soooo in. I am moving in 10 days, and my house is awash with cra…stuff I don’t know what to do with. I don’t suppose I could sign up to just send? I thought not. Oh well, I’m soo still in. email on it’s way. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/50 "2001-06-07T19:35:04Z")
Count me in too. I am sure I can find some shi – er – “white elephant” to send to some poor doper. I will email when I get home this PM. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/51 "2001-06-07T20:51:09Z")
I love the idea for an award for the most bizarre item, but I’m not sure how we’d decide. Maybe we can vote. More importantly, what would the prize be?!? ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/52 "2001-06-07T21:32:03Z")
Adding to list:[li]**elbows[/li] Cranky**, I’m not sure what, but that sounds like a stellar idea. FTR: we’ve got a slew of Americans, a few Cannucks and an Aussie, so this is really starting to take shape. Figure next Friday I’ll do the pairings of whomever has their info in to me, say…by noon, e.s.t. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/53 "2001-06-07T21:40:09Z")
Howsabout [these things](http://www.mcphee.com/bigindex/current/10691.html) for a prize? They’re so cute! And elephantine! ---
**Author:** ![AndYrAStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@AndYrAStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndYrAStar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/54 "2001-06-08T00:48:14Z")
hey man - i sent email. i want on the ‘list’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/55 "2001-06-08T14:22:46Z")
\*\*[li]bernseCallie[/li]\*\*Added to the list. **And…Star** , don’t know what to tell you, I ain’t seen nuthin’. Wait, make that, I’ve not seen anything. Yeah. Try it again: [thinkSWAP@hotmail.com](mailto:thinkSWAP@hotmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/56 "2001-06-08T14:43:05Z")
This is perfect timing…I’m moving in a few weeks, and I’m finding tons of crap-I mean-“valuables” hiding away in my closets as I pack up my room. Now, to pick the best one to send…Oh, the possibilities! ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/57 "2001-06-08T14:44:48Z")
On a side note, does anyone want a bunny rabbit? He’s cute and black and furry…my new place doesn’t allow pets. Hmm, maybe if I cut enough air holes into the box…the perfect white elephant gift!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/58 "2001-06-08T14:58:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cazzle \* > \*\*Can Australians play? > Air mail takes 10 days, but can be pricey. Sea mail is more reasonably priced, but takes up to three months… > Judgement, please? \*\* Yair, that’s what I was wondering too. I guess you could hook Caz and I up, but that wouldn’t be as much fun for us as getting something from overseas… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/59 "2001-06-08T17:03:58Z")
If U.S. people send fairly light items (1 pound or under), the rates aren’t bad. For 1lb from USA to Australia, 3-5 days will cost anywhere from $5 to $11, depending on the dimensions of the package. [http://ircalc.usps.gov/speed.asp?Country=Australia&Pounds=1&Ounces=0&cmdSubmit=Continue&Contents=1](http://ircalc.usps.gov/speed.asp?Country=Australia&Pounds=1&Ounces=0&cmdSubmit=Continue&Contents=1) For 1lb from USA to China, 3-5 days will cost anywhere from $5 to $12, depending on the dimensions of the package. [http://ircalc.usps.gov/speed.asp?Country=China&Pounds=1&Ounces=0&cmdSubmit=Continue&Contents=1](http://ircalc.usps.gov/speed.asp?Country=China&Pounds=1&Ounces=0&cmdSubmit=Continue&Contents=1) For 1lb from [USA to England](http://ircalc.usps.gov/speed.asp?Country=Great+Britain+and+Northern+Ireland&Pounds=1&Ounces=0&cmdSubmit=Continue&Contents=1), 3-5 days will cost anywhere from $5 to $10, depending on the dimensions of the package. I don’t think those rates are unreasonable, especially since we won’t be spending any additional money. Sorry about pasting in the whole links-- I’ve tried to make them hidden, and they keep disappearing on me when I preview. Weird. P.S. Anyone like my coasters idea? Any other prize ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-do-a-white-elephant-swap/67573/60 "2001-06-08T17:06:18Z")
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