Hello All!
As many of you had seen/participated in the past, I hosted a mystery traveling box. This box was full of goodies that you could sample, and then take what you wanted, and then add things that you had. If this is new to you, check out the previous thread here: The Mystery Traveling Box
Now, I had intended on starting this back up earlier this year, but then 2020 happened.......
So now, I'm getting ready to start this up again. And I have a few questions to get your input to see if I can make it any better.
1) When do we start?
With the holidays coming up, I think it's probably a good idea to wait until after Christmas/New Years to start, since most extra money is tied up at that time. So I"m thinking mid Jan to start? Noting that the round trip on this will be a few months to several months depending on the number participating.
2) Anonymity of new items into the box?
So, the way I set up the box in the past, was that any new items put into the box would be a surprise. I know that on other forums, in other passes, everyone posts a pic of what they included. I thought I would do it differently. The "puts" into the box, were sent to only me, so in the end, when the box was received, nobody knew who put in what. This served a couple purposes. #1, there was no tracking/anticipation prior to box receival. I know in other places, I was able to track what was in the box the whole way, and knew, pretty much, exactly what would be in the box when it got to me. This way, it's almost a complete surprise. And #2, there is no expectation on anyone to put into the box any certain number of items or certain value of items.... so making it anonymous takes the pressure off those who can't put in as much as others. (I only ask for the added items be sent to me, so I know who added them, in cads anyone down the road has questions about them). So, does this make sense? Do you want to do it this way or differently?
3) Geographic relativity?
When I do my pass boxes, I like to organize the list in generically in numerical order of zip codes. This makes shipping times as little as possible, since one member will basically be shipping to the next nearest member, and at times, allowing one member to hand the box off to another member (if it is discovered that they live near enough to another member). In the grand scheme of things this may save a day per each movement, and maybe a week or two in the overall pass timeline...... so, is this worth it? or would you rather just see the list completely randomized?
4) If you participated before..... or if not, if you read the rules of the pass from the first post, that I posted above, if there anything else you would do differently, or anything you want to suggest as I plan this new passbox?
Thanks! I'm really looking forward to getting this going again!
As many of you had seen/participated in the past, I hosted a mystery traveling box. This box was full of goodies that you could sample, and then take what you wanted, and then add things that you had. If this is new to you, check out the previous thread here: The Mystery Traveling Box
Now, I had intended on starting this back up earlier this year, but then 2020 happened.......
So now, I'm getting ready to start this up again. And I have a few questions to get your input to see if I can make it any better.
1) When do we start?
With the holidays coming up, I think it's probably a good idea to wait until after Christmas/New Years to start, since most extra money is tied up at that time. So I"m thinking mid Jan to start? Noting that the round trip on this will be a few months to several months depending on the number participating.
2) Anonymity of new items into the box?
So, the way I set up the box in the past, was that any new items put into the box would be a surprise. I know that on other forums, in other passes, everyone posts a pic of what they included. I thought I would do it differently. The "puts" into the box, were sent to only me, so in the end, when the box was received, nobody knew who put in what. This served a couple purposes. #1, there was no tracking/anticipation prior to box receival. I know in other places, I was able to track what was in the box the whole way, and knew, pretty much, exactly what would be in the box when it got to me. This way, it's almost a complete surprise. And #2, there is no expectation on anyone to put into the box any certain number of items or certain value of items.... so making it anonymous takes the pressure off those who can't put in as much as others. (I only ask for the added items be sent to me, so I know who added them, in cads anyone down the road has questions about them). So, does this make sense? Do you want to do it this way or differently?
3) Geographic relativity?
When I do my pass boxes, I like to organize the list in generically in numerical order of zip codes. This makes shipping times as little as possible, since one member will basically be shipping to the next nearest member, and at times, allowing one member to hand the box off to another member (if it is discovered that they live near enough to another member). In the grand scheme of things this may save a day per each movement, and maybe a week or two in the overall pass timeline...... so, is this worth it? or would you rather just see the list completely randomized?
4) If you participated before..... or if not, if you read the rules of the pass from the first post, that I posted above, if there anything else you would do differently, or anything you want to suggest as I plan this new passbox?
Thanks! I'm really looking forward to getting this going again!
Oh man, the joke box was great! And you were such a good sport.
