Originally Posted By X-san Reminds me of the way they do presents at New Years in Japan. Basically the stores all have these "bags", and the bags contain "some stuff". You can pretty much tell by the price how cool your stuff will be (all the way up to super expensive ones that include stuff like diamonds and car keys (yes, also includes car )), but they have cheap ones too mostly for kids. In general the cheap ones start at $10 and go up from there (the bags usually get bigger too, til you get into the expensive zone then it's just all about "value"). I wonder if this store got the idea from Japan.
Originally Posted By Ursula Wah,wah, wwwwaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh... My box was waiting for me at home. Wait for this, wow, gosh! All the excitement...all for... Nothing. Well, it was something. I'm very disappointed. I got an egg. Not a rock, an egg. First off, I don't do plants. This is a egg that you crack, and then pour water and seeds into and it grows into a lavender plant. Yeah, I don't get it, either. It is called an Eggling. It is a Japanese product that won gift of the year. Going to websites, it sells for $9.95.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan yeah i dont think ill do this. but just might be a funny idea for a secret pal this winter
Originally Posted By X-san Ursula, at least you can take comfort in the fact that you got your monies worth, right? (yeah, I know...NOT really lol) If it makes you feel any better, I paid $8.50 for a crappy cup of coffee the other day.
Originally Posted By Ursula I think it wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't looked at what other people got...an iPod, a digital camera, a tie set, a clock. But I would have hated the clock. I'm thinking re-gift now. But yes, it would be great to use as a secret pal thing! How funny would that be if we all did that for the final reveal?
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Ursula, send me 5 bucks and I'll mail you something from Iraq, 10 bucks and I'll mail you something that won't explode ;o)
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove WilliamK99, are you REALLY in Iraq? Ursula, paint your egg gold and hand it out at the Golden Doobies. It can be the traveling gullible award. Gullible's Travels, maybe. For whomever came the farthest to the LP meet or something.
Originally Posted By X-san ***Gullible's Travels, maybe.*** lol. ***if I hadn't looked at what other people got...an iPod, a digital camera, a tie set, a clock.*** Is that on their website? I can't believe that sort of stuff is "the norm" for $10. They must just send out pricey stuff now and then to promote the concept. Very much a "lottery ticket" kind of a deal. Although, if most everyone receives something worth "around" ten bucks, you really can't complain. The Japanese deal is quite different, then. Even though what you might get is "a surprise", the pricing is very consistent. If your bag cost $50, you'll get almost exactly $50 worth of "stuff"...no more, no less. It's just a matter of what the "stuff" is that's the surprise...NOT the value.
Originally Posted By LVBelle Awww, it's too bad, I didn't do that, I could have had a matched set! I got one of those from another teacher at Easter! I meant to grow it for my class but never got around to it...
