Secret Santa gift exchange! discussion
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2021 Gift Exchange
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Technical Questions
This is my first time ever getting to participate in the exchange so I will kick off the technical questions! I’m excited to play!Will I be gifting more than one book? Do I gift multiple books, but one at a time over the course of several days? If it’s multiple books, is the grand total supposed to be within the $15 price range? Is my wish list supposed to be on the elfster website?
Also a first timer -- can I get some ideas for my elf gifting name? I don't want to take anyone else or to out anybody, but what are some names that have been used in the past?
Corinne wrote: "This is my first time ever getting to participate in the exchange so I will kick off the technical questions! I’m excited to play!Will I be gifting more than one book? Do I gift multiple books, b..."
Hi Corinne welcome to the group. Most people like to spread the gifts out. The people in this gift giving are very generous. You are going to need to put a wishlist on elfster so you may get the books that you want to read.
Hello, is there a way I can hide my mailing address from my profile?
Corinne wrote: "This is my first time ever getting to participate in the exchange so I will kick off the technical questions! I’m excited to play!Will I be gifting more than one book? Do I gift multiple books, b..."
Welcome! It’s really up to you how you want to do it. Lots of folx will spread out multiple gifts. Also, don’t be surprised if you are randomly gifted by another elf. It is not expected to do this, but our elves can be very generous and love to share the joy with as many as possible. For me personally, the $15 is more a suggestion than a hard rule. If I have the ability and the holiday spirit hits me, I may spurge a little more on my recipient.
The important thing is to have fun!
Jenn (not Lily) wrote: "Also a first timer -- can I get some ideas for my elf gifting name? I don't want to take anyone else or to out anybody, but what are some names that have been used in the past?"You can browse last years thread for ideas.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Milyd wrote: "Hello, is there a way I can hide my mailing address from my profile?"You don't have to put it on there here is what I did
https://www.elfster.com/settings
Hello, I've introduced myself and made my wish list in Elfster. Is there anything else I should do? I'm kind of lost. Thank you
Daydreamer wrote: "Hello, I've introduced myself and made my wish list in Elfster. Is there anything else I should do? I'm kind of lost. Thank you"Enjoy the chatter on the discussion boards, wait until Elfster matches secret santa's, recieve gifts, send gifts.
Maybe you can read a book until then 😏
Daydreamer wrote: "Hello, I've introduced myself and made my wish list in Elfster. Is there anything else I should do? I'm kind of lost. Thank you"Browse other people's lists on Elfster. Not only time will fly, but your own list will increase exponentially 😁
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Browse other people's lists on Elfster. Not only..."
I've already added so many books to my to-read list!
M'rella wrote: "Daydreamer wrote: "Hello, I've introduced myself and made my wish list in Elfster. Is there anything else I should do? I'm kind of lost. Thank you"Browse other people's lists on Elfster. Not only..."
I'm ready for my tbr to further explode
Hi Heather,Is it possible to add to our wishlist purchase pages of physical books from our local bookstores?
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Is it possible to add to our wishlist purchase pages of physical books from our local bookstores?"
That would be super hard. Your match will come from all over and making purchases from local stores would be tricky. Ebooks are the best. Make sure to specify country and currency.
If I wanted to be sneaky and send a little something to someone who I'm not matched up with, how would I go about getting their email address so I could send their present?
Jenn (not Lily) wrote: "If I wanted to be sneaky and send a little something to someone who I'm not matched up with, how would I go about getting their email address so I could send their present?"Go to more on there page and click on more info it will be there
Hello I’m new to the group and before I start I just wanted to ask. I don’t read ebooks would this be a problem? Of course I would buy my secret Santa an actual book rather than an ebook as well…
Alicja wrote: "Hello I’m new to the group and before I start I just wanted to ask. I don’t read ebooks would this be a problem? Of course I would buy my secret Santa an actual book rather than an ebook as well…"It could be tricky when your giftee ends up at different country/region. BUT, I live in Indonesia and I have sent my US giftees physical books in one of the years of this event (I ask Heather to help posting it because, you know, different region and all).
As for your giftee, they may prefer ebooks so make sure you ask their preference too if you're not sure.
Just remember we all here to help :)
Ami wrote: "Alicja wrote: "Hello I’m new to the group and before I start I just wanted to ask. I don’t read ebooks would this be a problem? Of course I would buy my secret Santa an actual book rather than an e..."I have joined the group, I hope that it won't be a problem for me not to be able to read e-books, but I'm willing to buy whatever to whomever :)
Jenn (not Lily) wrote: "If I wanted to be sneaky and send a little something to someone who I'm not matched up with, how would I go about getting their email address so I could send their present?"Hi Jenn, are you familiar with the Elfster website? You can find friends in the 2021 Goodreads exchange. There is a general menu button in the top left of the screen. When you click on 'more' you find an anonymous message service.
If you have friends listed, you can go to their account and click on the 'more' button close to the top right corner.
Below their birthday is a second clickable 'more' link, where you find the e-mail address.
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Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Good news! Looks like Pride Publishing does international gifting! That might help out a bit with international matches!"Brilliant, is this for e-books or physical books because I do know that book depository do free international shipping as well as world of books
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Brilliant, is this for e-book..."
ebook.
Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Alicja wrote: "Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Good news! Looks like Pride Publishing does international gifting! That might help out a bit with international matches!"Brilliant, is ..."
No this is for physical books as I know in the description it does say that you make exceptions, that's why I joined. I can leave if it's a problem or anything.
Hi everyone, I'm having a problem buying books as a gift, I'm getting this message: Sorry, we couldn't complete your purchase
You can only buy Kindle titles on Amazon.com
I'm on Amazon.com and I've set my region to US.
Tried this with different books and keep getting the same message :(
Hi Heather. I can’t see all of my giftees email address. Help!
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I'll message you :)
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Sorry, we couldn't complete your purchase
You can only buy Kindle titles on Amazon.com
I'm on Amazon.com and ..."
That's really weird. Maybe try a different browser? You are in the US and so is your match?
Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Lena wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm having a problem buying books as a gift, I'm getting this message: Sorry, we couldn't complete your purchase
You can only buy Kindle titles on Amazon.com
I'm on Ama..."
Yep, tried a different browser, even tried to restart my computer - didn't work...
also tried to put my own email & send the book to my elf- didn't work.
I've purchased the book and loaned it to my elf 'cause I didn't see any other options :((
I live in Israel and I did the exchange last year without issues... don't know what else I can do
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Sorry, we couldn't complete your purchase
You can onl..."
I would try to do it through smashwords or pride publishing. Can you PM me? Also, audible doesn't have country restrictions in most cases.
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Sorry, we couldn't complete your purchas..."
I looked at your match and they have wishlist items on their goodreads wishlist through those vendors. I would stick with them for the rest of this year's exchange.
Hi, I know this is stupid but if I follow the person I'm gifting to, don't they know I'm their elf?the second question (sorry) , when you say change the sender name at checkout, do you mean on Amazon?
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the second question (sorry) , when you say change the sender name at checkout, do you mean on Ama..."
They don't know! I everyone and it doesn't say your name.
And yes, at Amazon. I'm sure at other vendors also. At smashwords, you have to change your name there, not just at checkout.
Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Daydreamer wrote: "Hi, I know this is stupid but if I follow the person I'm gifting to, don't they know I'm their elf?the second question (sorry) , when you say change the sender name at checkout,..."
Thank you!!!
Hi, Heather,I'm having an issue and can't remember how to get around it.
When I go to purchase the book for my elf, Amazon only wants to send it to my e-dress orI have to supply the recipient's e-dress. But it's not coming up. I don't want to send the book to me then have to forward it. How did we get around this, last time? Did you email me the recipient's address?
Kyle
When I’m posting my book gift, why is it showing up with a book title link instead of the book cover??
**Kαчcєє** wrote: "When I’m posting my book gift, why is it showing up with a book title link instead of the book cover??"You can always add "cover" between "book" and the colon -- instead of "[ book:name of book..." it'll look like "[ bookcover:name of book..."
So it's [ bookcover:Stray Fears |55452756 ] instead of [ book:Stray Fears |55452756 ]
Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Lena wrote: "Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Lena wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm having a problem buying books as a gift, I'm getting this messag..."Yeah I'm gonna stick with audible & smashwords for this year, it's super weird though 😕
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Pride publishing also :)
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I'm having an issue and can't remember how to get around it.
When I go to purchase the book for my elf, Amazon only wants to send it to my e-dress orI have to supply the recipient's ..."
The email is listed under "more info" on the left of screen on the Elfster page. Click on "more info" and their email will pop up
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I'm having an issue and can't remember how to get around it.
When I go to purchase the book for my elf, Amazon only wants to send it to my e-dress orI have to supply the recipient's ..."
Send me a message if you still have issues.
I'm having trouble finding the email address for my giftee. I can't remember how this worked last year but I've checked their profile on Elfster and can't figure out where it's listed.
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It's under "more info" on the left of their elfster page under their address. You have to click on "more info"
Thank you! Sorry for the trouble! I did find it. Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Kitty wrote: "I'm having trouble finding the email address for my giftee. I can't remember how this worked last year but I've checked their profile on Elfster and can't figure out where it's listed..."
Hi, I have this situationThe person I sent the gifts is not responding to the Elfster questions and also the gifts I sent remain unclaimed.
I noticed the wish list hasn't been actualized since 2020.
It only has been a couple of days but I'd like to know what to do, I have bought another book and programmed it to be delivered next week and maybe this person can't access their email or something. thank you in advance
Daydreamer wrote: "Hi, I have this situationThe person I sent the gifts is not responding to the Elfster questions and also the gifts I sent remain unclaimed.
I noticed the wish list hasn't been actualized since 20..."
I had this happen to me before. Did you find the person here on GR and see if they are active or send Heather a message maybe she can send a message to the person. Goodluck
Aղցela W. wrote: "Daydreamer wrote: "Hi, I have this situationThe person I sent the gifts is not responding to the Elfster questions and also the gifts I sent remain unclaimed.
I noticed the wish list hasn't been ..."
Thank you , I'll do that!
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Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Lena wrote: "Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Lena wrote: "Heather K (dentist in my spare time) wrote: "Lena wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm having..."Thanks for the help ❤️
My match has a wishlist that only lists books on amazon, where I can't gift books since we are in different countries. I tried. So I'm wondering if I'm allowed to use some other vendor that allows me to gift a book? Also there are physical books listed, but no address. So what are my options? I checked that I can send amazon gift card, but I would rather send a book from the wishlist.
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