Secret Santa gift exchange! discussion
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ok so when I click to purchase if I have to send it to them as anonymous? or does elfster do it?
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "ok so when I click to purchase if I have to send it to them as anonymous? or does elfster do it?"The wishlist is only that, a list. You buy the ebooks at the retailers (Amazon, All Romance). After you buy, you can go back to Elfster and to your Elf's wishlist and the click "Mark to Purchased". That way if someone else come to your Elf's wishlist they will see which books that have been bought and haven't.
Elfster will not do anything else, besides matching you up with your current Elf.
I hope that clears things?
Lisazj1 wrote: "Karen wrote: "Lisazj1 wrote: "Karen wrote: "Lisazj1 wrote: "I've got a question. If someone buys me something from my Elfster list, can I just not see it if they mark it purchased, or is it better ..."I can't help it my momma always told me if you can't say anything nice...and I'm a chatterbox by nature. Good thing I don't have a problem finding nice people to say nice things about, right?
Carmen - it does get easier and it's especially confusing if it's your first time.
Oh I hope so because I'm still confused but I'll take a look at it in the morning since it's late and I think my eyes are playing tricks on me. Thanks Lei for the help :)
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Hi guys. I'm a newbie here and I'm kind of confused, unsured if I did the right steps. I've received a notice that I've been paired by a person and I have to give to her a book from her wish list. I picked one and via amazon.com purchased as a gift for her. Is that all that I need to do? And now the game is over for me?
Well the limit is $15 so you can still shower the person you are paired with more books. That is all you can do for him/her. The rest of the game is wait for your Santa to buy things for you, to show off your goodies to others, to guess who your Secret Santa is, and give hints so the one you paired with can guess your identity ^^
Ami wrote: "Well the limit is $15 so you can still shower the person you are paired with more books. That is all you can do for him/her. The rest of the game is wait for your Santa to buy things for you, to sh..."Thanks Ami. I did that ( added one more), but you need to know that I paid 16.87$ incl.VAT (20%) and probably from the standpoint of the USA (for my receiver) this means 14.06$. Is that good enough?
I definitely think so :). Now you can just sit back and let that person guess who you are. Feel free to throw around hints if you want.
Hi all, I am sure this was asked before by someone else, I can't seem to find an answer to this right right now, if your designated receiver does not specify the ebook format they prefer, how should I go about it? I can't gift from my local Amazon site but I can buy from other sites, I just want to make sure my person will be able to enjoy my gifts...I thought about sending an anonymous message...
RedL, you CAN use Elfster to ask your designater receiver what format they want. Just click the profile of your designated receiver, then click "Ask a Question". It will be sent anonymously
Ami wrote: "RedL, you CAN use Elfster to ask your designater receiver what format they want. Just click the profile of your designated receiver, then click "Ask a Question". It will be send anonymously"Perfect, that is what I did :-)
Hi guys,Quick question. My elf gave me a book that I already purchased. I go to "exchange it", but I'm not able to because it says I already accepted/purchased the book. How do I go about changing that? Has anyone else have this situation?
Thanks!
Ashten4Real wrote: "Hi guys,Quick question. My elf gave me a book that I already purchased. I go to "exchange it", but I'm not able to because it says I already accepted/purchased the book. How do I go about changin..."
Where was it sent from? Amazon or ARe?
RedL. wrote: "Hi all, I am sure this was asked before by someone else, I can't seem to find an answer to this right right now, if your designated receiver does not specify the ebook format they prefer, how shoul..."Also if you gift from ARe the person you are sending it too picks the format they want when they download it. So you really just need to know what format they use to make sure that ARe has it in that format most of their books are available in epub, mobi, adobe and often pdf.
Karen wrote: "Where was it sent from? Amazon or ARe?"Amazon
I see some people's email on their elfster profile when you click on it. Is there a way to change the setting? I have an email on my profile but it does not display if you click on my profile.
Ashten4Real wrote: "Karen wrote: "Where was it sent from? Amazon or ARe?"Amazon"
I think Amazon is glitching. I've gotten that same message when I accepted a couple of mine that I know good and well I did NOT have already. I'd just contact their customer service, which is actually pretty good. They'll help you out and there should be no problem exchanging.
Unapologetic_Bookaholic wrote: "I see some people's email on their elfster profile when you click on it. Is there a way to change the setting? I have an email on my profile but it does not display if you click on my profile."It doesn't show on the side when you click on your wish list?
*Edit* Actually, I can't see my own email when I look at my wish list but if I click on anyone else, I can see theirs on the left.
Lisazj1 wrote: "Unapologetic_Bookaholic wrote: "I see some people's email on their elfster profile when you click on it. Is there a way to change the setting? I have an email on my profile but it does not display ..."Ok :) that is probably why I cannot see my own. Thank you.
Unapologetic_Bookaholic wrote: "Lisazj1 wrote: "Unapologetic_Bookaholic wrote: "I see some people's email on their elfster profile when you click on it. Is there a way to change the setting? I have an email on my profile but it d..."Well, I think that's right anyway! :) I looked for your name, I was going to check for you but I didn't see it?
Lisazj1 wrote: "Ashten4Real wrote: "Karen wrote: "Where was it sent from? Amazon or ARe?"Amazon"
I think Amazon is glitching. I've gotten that same message when I accepted a couple of mine that I know good and ..."
Thanks Lisa, ARe I'm good with but I'm not that knowledgeable about Amazon. Although I had to deal with Audible recently and the customer service I got from them was awesome.
Karen wrote: "Thanks Lisa, ARe I'm good with but I'm not that knowledgeable about Amazon. Although I had to deal with Audible recently and the customer service I got from them was awesome."Well, I'm not all that knowledgeable about them, I've only had to use them once but they were great then. But I did get that same weird message twice now, so that's kind of odd.
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GAHHHH! I want to kick myself...I finally set to make my SS recipient happy, all worked fine on AR but stupid me I automatically clicked on download instead of the gifting option...feeling pretty stupid and technologically challenged right now...:-( I opened a ticket on the site, but I am afraid I will have to send the ebooks from one of my personal email accounts...:'(
RedL. wrote: "GAHHHH! I want to kick myself...I finally set to make my SS recipient happy, all worked fine on AR but stupid me I automatically clicked on download instead of the gifting option...feeling pretty s..."Sadly you're probably right. I had a problem with a book that was a re-release I didn't realize I'd read the first edition and the book title had changed so it wasn't until I'd downloaded it that my brain realized this and they wouldn't do anything for me. I have admit though I can see they're point once you've downloaded they have no way of verifying that you didn't keep a copy and if they do it for one customer...
Karen wrote: "RedL. wrote: "GAHHHH! I want to kick myself...I finally set to make my SS recipient happy, all worked fine on AR but stupid me I automatically clicked on download instead of the gifting option...fe..."defying the whole purpose of a secret santa exchange with on click...this one gets a prize...sigh...I'll hold on to some hope till they reply to me and shut it down...
RedL. wrote: "Karen wrote: "RedL. wrote: "GAHHHH! I want to kick myself...I finally set to make my SS recipient happy, all worked fine on AR but stupid me I automatically clicked on download instead of the gifti..."Sounds like a good plan you never know it could work out. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
Karen wrote: "RedL. wrote: "Karen wrote: "RedL. wrote: "GAHHHH! I want to kick myself...I finally set to make my SS recipient happy, all worked fine on AR but stupid me I automatically clicked on download instea..."VICTORY! Support at AR was simply amazing, they helped me not only once but twice! I could gift, yes!
RedL. wrote: "Karen wrote: "RedL. wrote: "Karen wrote: "RedL. wrote: "GAHHHH! I want to kick myself...I finally set to make my SS recipient happy, all worked fine on AR but stupid me I automatically clicked on d..."That's is so awesome, I am doing a happy dance for you!!!
Has anyone found an easy workaround for being in the US with a giftee in the U.K.? I sent an Amazon.com book last week but I don't think my giftee can access it. Can I make an Amazon UK account and just use it to send from there? Will it let me do that if I'm in the US? Thanks for the help!!
Try eBooks.com or all romance/omnilit, it worked for me :-)
Daphne wrote: "Has anyone found an easy workaround for being in the US with a giftee in the U.K.? I sent an Amazon.com book last week but I don't think my giftee can access it. Can I make an Amazon UK account and..."I don't think that would work, Daphne. I opened an Amazon.com account for that purpose but I wasn't able to buy ebooks. I can send out gift cards to Amazon.com users, though. I use allromance and omnilit to gift ebooks. Oh, and I'm not from the UK but from Germany. But since I tried doing the same with an Amazon.UK account a while back and it didn't work, I don't think that makes a difference.
edit: You can always try, though. If you are allowed to buy ebooks and the option to gift them is even available (it isn't in Germany) than it could work.
Daphne wrote: "Has anyone found an easy workaround for being in the US with a giftee in the U.K.? I sent an Amazon.com book last week but I don't think my giftee can access it. Can I make an Amazon UK account and..."Hello Daphne. I confirm what Josy said : even if you open an account in the UK, it won't work when it comes to kindle books. I have a US and a UK account where I can purchase some goods I can't have on the French site, but everytime I tried with ebooks, I'm automatically redirected to the French site.
Can anyone tell me how to gift books from DSP? There FAQ is basically non-existent :(
M'rella wrote: "Can anyone tell me how to gift books from DSP? There FAQ is basically non-existent :("Sorry, I don't know either. I looked there as well and couldn't find anything. Do they even have the option to gift books?
I just bought a cheapie from DSP to see if there would be a gifting option once I went through the checkout process and there is not. Hmmm, that sucked!
Hi DaphneUnfortunately you can't buy Kindle books on Amazon US if you are in the UK or vice-versa. It's frustrating but it's all to do with taxes and VAT (which the UK and most of Europe charge on e-books). In the UK we can't do Kindle lending either.
Amazon gift vouchers from the US site can be used to be paperbacks but most of the gift voucher ends up on postage.
Some publishers also won't sell direct to the UK - For ex. Torqure Press - for the same reason
The easiest way to gift to someone in the UK is through ARe (Allromanceebooks.com)
Shannon wrote: "I just bought a cheapie from DSP to see if there would be a gifting option once I went through the checkout process and there is not. Hmmm, that sucked!"Shannon great minds truly do think alike I was just thinking about to do the same thing and I saw your post so I'll save my 99 cents for Cyber Monday, lol.
Shannon wrote: "I just bought a cheapie from DSP to see if there would be a gifting option once I went through the checkout process and there is not. Hmmm, that sucked!"I was about to do the same. I sent them an email yesterday asking how to make a gift purchase, but have not received an answer yet. I will share it here as soon as someone answers. Actually, I might head over to their twitter right now to see if there is someone there to give me a hint.
How do I find out who to exchange gifts with?
Diane Lynch wrote: "How do I find out who to exchange gifts with?"Send Heather a message
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Does AllRomance have mobi/kindle options because I only saw ePub and secure adobe as options for the book my secrets santa gifted me?Thanks
Ezinwanyi~ThatEzi wrote: "Does AllRomance have mobi/kindle options because I only saw ePub and secure adobe as options for the book my secrets santa gifted me?Thanks"
They have the mobi format for a lot of books but some are only available in epub.
Ezinwanyi~ThatEzi wrote: "Does AllRomance have mobi/kindle options because I only saw ePub and secure adobe as options for the book my secrets santa gifted me?Thanks"
If you download Calibre, you can easily convert your files to any format you want.
https://calibre-ebook.com/
There are also on-line converters:
http://ebook.online-convert.com/conve...
I finally got a reply from DSP today regarding gifts:"Hello, currently we can process gift orders through the office. We can invoice you through PayPal and then place the gift voucher on the receiver's Dreamspinner Press account.
Thanks,
Mia
Dreamspinner Press
5032 Capital Circle SW
Ste. 2, PMB# 279
Tallahassee, FL 32305-7886
800-970-3759 Toll Free
888-308-3739 Fax"
I assume one has to call them in order to make a gift. Eh....
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"Purchased" --> means someone already purchase the book for them. So don't buy that one
"Mark as Purchased" --> means not yet purchased. You can buy the book for them, and then YOU can click it, so everyone else can see that the book has been purchased. The owner of the list cannot see it themselves