White elephant gift trade
By TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
November 27, 2015 2:41pm CST
Have you ever done this? Bring a gift, wrap it, people pick gifts, people steal gifts, hopefully everybody ends up with something they like.
Well we did that at my sister's last night, only nobody had to bring anything. You see, the local casino gives things away to members every Sunday, and my sister and brother-in-law had built up a huge collection of things that they never opened.
I started with an iPod/iPhone alarm clock, but traded it on an auto accessory set (cus my kids' iPhones are newer models than this accomodated). Tony ended up with a grill and cooler set. I got a new knife set too.
Wendy's sister-in-law ended up with a nice Pandora style bracelet, there was a blender, a coffee maker and a few other things. The iPod/iPhone alarm clock thing went unclaimed.
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7 responses
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
27 Nov 15
ok i will take the alarm clock..
actually those are really nice gifts so no one seemed to be getting a bad deal..but i will still take the alarm clock..heeeee
actually those are really nice gifts so no one seemed to be getting a bad deal..but i will still take the alarm clock..heeeee2 people like this
I dont think you are going to place it on my roof (the cupboard top) are you
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
27 Nov 15
Waoh that is a cool think. I should do that in the house now that i have learned it
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
27 Nov 15
We did that at a place I worked at a few years ago. You had to bring something in order to participate and I didn't bring anything, so I just watched.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
29 Nov 15
@katsmeow1213 Lots of booze at the one I did at work too.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Nov 15
Never thought of this happening, but now that you bring it up, it all looks to be a great fun and also a neater way to declutter.
So, is it that everyone is allowed to pick up what s/he thinks can be good for him/her and another one - is everyone allowed to pick just one?
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
29 Nov 15
You take numbers and pick in order. Gifts are wrapped, so you don't know what you're getting. Next person can steal yours or open a new one. Things can only be stolen twice. If yours is stolen, you can steal something else or pick again.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
28 Nov 15
These are always great fun, but so cool that she had all this stuff already.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
29 Nov 15
@ElizabethWallace I try to stick to a $20 limit no more than once a month, and if I lose, or if I double my money or more, I walk out...
Then again,, I don't always follow the rules...
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Nov 15
@dawnald Now THAT'S funny. I don't go to casinos anymore, but when I did, I broke even mostly. My percentage supplemented their retirement by going to Vegad. They always came home with a few thousand more than they started with.
