Anyone interested? I have a metric assload of crap that I would happily send off to someone.
If anyone is interested post here and I’ll set up the exchange again. I won’t bother to post all the rules until someone indicates actual interest.
Also, remember I have everyone’s address from WE exchanges past so one of you may just wind up with a box of my junk on your doorstep. 
Dare you ask, and be smitten with all the world’s past luxuries and booty (but no calls).
Sign me up!
i’m in 
I’m in! My address has changed, though, so don’t send your junk to me. Last year I got a haunted painting…maybe it’s time to pass it on.
Sweet! Here are the rules, as always:
e-mail me your screen name, IRL name, mailing address and any shipping limitations to the e-mail in my profile.
Lets make the cut off September 1st just because I like that date and it will give people a long time to sign up. It always happens if I cut off too soon people who wanted to participate miss the thread - this way they have a whole month.
Rules are the same as always:
Thats about it.
If anyone hasn’t received a package by some time in October I’ll either send one myself or have a happy volunteer send of an extra. Elephant bounty for all, etc.
Is there a size/price limitation or is it just somethings you have lying around that you send out?
I’m in…I’ve been cleaning out the basement and garage and I’m sure there are quite a few items I could come up with. I saw something just yesterday that I was thinking would be perfect to include.
An Gadaí, there are no rules on size/price - that’s part of the surprise. Also, you’re paying the postage, so you’ll know what your limits are. (This is the 3rd year I’ve played, I think, and it’s always been great fun. Everything from outrageous to darn nice.)
Off to send that e-mail.
GT
Email sent. Yay!
Totally up to you - as gardentraveler indicated you just choose something (or somethings) you have lying around the house and ship it off. At the same time, someone else will be going through their junk to find something to send to you.
I suppose it would be nice if you didn’t send pocket lint or pop tops, seeing as you’ll probably get something a bit nicer than that in return, but there is no actual rule against it.
e-mails people, I need e-mails!
There are people in this thread who have expressed interest that I have not received an e-mail from.
Jayjay and I are in. I’ve been saving stuff all year for it.
Ooh ooh ooh! I’m in!
Excellent! Now I just need to decide which one of you guys gets my crap, erm… fabulous items.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
This sounds interesting. I’ll have to have a look around to see what junk … I mean “cool stuff”, I can part with though.
oooooooh, yeah, i’m in!!!
Whoa, at first I was bummed because I think a box of PopTarts would be cool, but then I re-read for clarity.
I’m in!
Okay, I’ll play. Email sent.
What kind of things are we supposed to send? What have people sent in the past?
Ok, a quick review:
You can send whatever you want, but the idea is stuff you have around the house - you’re not really supposed to go out and buy new stuff for people (although I suppose if you must it’s ok).
Think about your ‘junk drawer’. Think about emptying your junk drawer into a box and mailing it to someone - that’s the spirit of the White Elephant Exhange.
So, that’s not good enough? You want actual items to send? Well, you could send old CDs, decks of cards, fridge magnets, dolphin soaps, toy planes, used video games, hand knit socks, a really cool t-shirt, 5 parts of your award winning shot glass collection, a stuffed mouse, a postcard of a really big tuna, makeup, pictures of your pets, pictures of your pets in clothing, pictures of you getting mauled by your pets while putting them in clothing, a hand fan, jewelry, a set of those fridge magnet words, candles, a marble elephant sculpture, a base ball cap, one of those mini hockey sticks, toys from a kinder surprise, snow globes (hint, hint), a book you really enjoyed, a book you really didn’t enjoy, an old lava lamp, a beach towel with a star fish on it, a nifty mug, an alarm clock, hand lotion, a hand crafted clay frog, etc, etc.
I guess you get the idea. Some things that probably are NOT a good idea, although not technically agains the rules include perfume in glass bottles (it’s a bitch when they break en route), knives (could be held up at customs, depending on where you’re sending to), anything overly obscene - a collection of dildoes of varying sizes might be a fantastic WE for someone, but let’s not take the chance that it’s not, ok?
When you’re assembling your package, you can put it together with a particular person in mind (your Elephantee), or you can put together a generic package. I tend to try to choose someone that will like the stuff I’m sending when I make up the list, but everyone else doesn’t have that luxury - use your own best judgement.
Some people include an itemized list for their Elephantee, along with a personal letter, but you don’t have to - if you want to send the stuff out anon., you can. It’s kind of good manners to come and post when you receive your package so I and your Elephanter are not worrying. I’ll create a new thread for that purpose when packages start arriving (or someone else will if they beat me to it. 
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This is supposed to be fun - try not to get too bent out of shape about it. People will have the entire month of September to mail stuff out - if people start threads to send out new packages on the 5th of September, because Jo Boggs doesn’t have his yet, I’m going to be annoyed - you have to give people an opportunity to actually participate - one whole month before I’ll entertain thoughts of bitching people out for lack of WEs sent.
To sum up:
Hopefully that answers some questions - here’s a link to some old threads:
There are more if you’re keen to look for them.
In. E-mail sent.
In. E-mail sent.