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The listing, One gift a month for a YEAR! has ended.

So, I was inspired by new listian melissadaveau who has listed a one year friendship up for auction. And I thought to myself, how great would it be to have a pen pal like I did in elementary school? We used to send each other all sorts of small things, like erasers, pins, sticks of gum, etc. anything that would fit in an envelope was fair game. And now, as an adult who makes multiple trips to the post office, there is the opportunity to send even LARGER stuff!
Like everyone on this site, I love to get packages, and have even considered getting family and friend those "Gift of the Month" club memberships. But there are a sad few Gift of the Month Clubs that aren't VERY SPECIFIC. As much as mom-in-law likes jam, I think 12 months of jams is a bit much, don't you? Plus, they are very impersonal, meaning you don't get a letter with the gift. So, what I am offering here is a combination of pen pal/friendship/gift of the month club! Each month I will pick up a special gift just for you and mail it out with a letter. Maybe its a funny piggy bank I found at a garage sale, or a ring I impulsively bought from a gumball machine.
Each gift will have a minimum value of 50 cents and a maximum value of $10 and will be a real, tangible item mailed to your address with larger gifts arriving for your birthday and holidays! What could be more fun!?

Please note: you are bidding on two months ONLY. I say two months because that is the amount of time I am willing to spend determining if you are a creeper! I am offering polite, platonic friendship ONLY. Any contact of a sexual or threatening nature will be rejected! Should you prove to be like the usual friendly folk I am used to meeting through this site the letters and gifts will continue.
Questions & Comments
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I think you have came up with a awesome idea! If only there were more people like you in this world with positive ideas. Hopefully your idea will spread. Good Luck hope all goes well!:)
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Oct 20th, 2013 at 3:00:33 AM PDT by
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please be careful doing this man you got guts
Oct 14th, 2013 at 5:03:44 PM PDT by
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just as long as they don't have access to Listia from prison I think I'll be okay, lol! As I said in the listing itself, everyone I've met on here has been so nice.
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Oct 14th, 2013 at 10:10:57 PM PDT by
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What if we aren't able, or don't have the money, to send a gift a month in return?
Oct 17th, 2013 at 2:29:04 PM PDT by
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I would never post an auction where I was soliciting gifts from people who were already bidding. Your bids are your gift. I'm just looking for an excuse to keep buying crap without my husband breathing down my neck! The next time I pick up something silly or useless I can say "it's for my penpal!"
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Oct 19th, 2013 at 1:37:36 PM PDT by
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Hope I'm the lucky winner always love gifts and letters ;)
Oct 16th, 2013 at 12:28:18 PM PDT by
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I have NEVER had a pen pal. I think this would be awesome, even if I am a Nana now. lol
Oct 20th, 2013 at 7:35:37 PM PDT by
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Just one last comment for everyone! A listia moderator contacted me to let me know that this auction is allowed only because I am offering the winner tangible items through the mail. An auction for correspondence by letter alone is not allowed. So just to clarify: the winner will receive at least two written letters, by mail, as well as at least two gift items.
Oct 20th, 2013 at 6:41:30 PM PDT by
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It would be nice to receive a gift for my birthday its around Jan. 1st. Everybody is too broke to celebrate my b-day because of Christmas. And my mom has been gone now, 8 years and she was my birthday pal. She always got me a little something. So this would mean a lot to me, Thank You...
Oct 20th, 2013 at 10:48:04 AM PDT by
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I know how it is. Two of my sisters in law celebrate birthdays in December. One the week before christmas, and the other on New Year's Eve. Because all the good stuff is given at Christmas they usually get dollar store stuff wrapped in news paper. They're easy going enough that its kind of become a family joke. Sorry to hear you lost your Mom, though. It must be especially difficult to celebrate your birthday without her.
Oct 20th, 2013 at 6:38:26 PM PDT by
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I doing this for my girls!
Oct 19th, 2013 at 5:15:18 PM PDT by
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My Mom is going to love this! I can give this as a gift right? Love the positive auction.
Oct 19th, 2013 at 3:54:38 PM PDT by
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I didn't mean to imply anything negative. I am especially good at saying things wrong. :/ I think it's a wonderful and generous auction, and will be a joy to whoever wins.
Oct 19th, 2013 at 2:58:17 PM PDT by
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Very cool idea!
It was asked about sending a gift back to you.
So is this more of an exchange between two or do you just send a gift?
Oct 18th, 2013 at 12:23:44 PM PDT by
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I love shopping for steals and deals. That means I get alot of stuff on listia and ebay, at garage and yard sales, in thrift shops and dollar stores that I simply don't need or have any use for. Rather than post each little trinket I find individually, figure out the postage, and factor in the auction end with my payday I figured this would be a fun way to get at least 12 items off of my hands, (i hope!) So I'm not expecting anything in return. I just thought it would be fun to have a friend to share the weird and funny stuff I find with. And because I'm not auctioning these items individually I can send them whenever, without the pressure of having them out within seven days.
Oct 19th, 2013 at 1:35:03 PM PDT by
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super cute idea my mom and i would love a penpal so bidding we need more firends cant seem to find many around here :(
Oct 17th, 2013 at 6:56:02 PM PDT by
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Thanks again, eyeryone! As a deprived child (my Dad worked in the steel mills in Pittsburgh during the Reagan era, so we were dirt poor) I am ALWAYS picking up stuff, whether it be from gumball machines, thrift shops, yard sales, etc that I have absolutely no use for so Listia is a great site for an impulse buyer like me!
Oct 17th, 2013 at 12:12:52 PM PDT by
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Oh, I hope I win!! I am trying to get some credits to bid with. This is just awesome!!
Oct 17th, 2013 at 12:53:13 AM PDT by
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cool idea!!
Oct 11th, 2013 at 6:18:33 AM PDT by
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nice auctions, enlilti!
Oct 11th, 2013 at 11:35:35 PM PDT by
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that sounds like a really good idea .. Not a fan of creepers either..lol!
Oct 15th, 2013 at 11:12:54 PM PDT by
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fanned and watching. very cute idea.
Oct 15th, 2013 at 3:27:08 PM PDT by
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F&W
Oct 14th, 2013 at 11:25:02 AM PDT by
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I love this I has always wanted a pen pale and this is such a nice way of doing just that. I myself have always wanted to do a chain of pen pales around the world and tried it once as a teen but lost contact to all when I had to move. Thank you for the inspiration! :)
Oct 14th, 2013 at 11:24:28 AM PDT by
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Go for it. girl! Do some listings for pen pals. You could even list two at the same time and link the two to each other, you know? You could list the auction as a "pen pal linkup service"
Oct 14th, 2013 at 10:16:14 PM PDT by
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I'm so glad everyone else is as excited about this as I am. I have already been looking for nice stationary and funny cards, etc!
Oct 13th, 2013 at 9:28:22 PM PDT by
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this is a great idea!!!
Oct 13th, 2013 at 9:34:32 AM PDT by
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Thanks everyone!
Oct 11th, 2013 at 11:33:44 PM PDT by
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awesome idea!!
Oct 11th, 2013 at 3:19:06 PM PDT by
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fanned you!
Oct 11th, 2013 at 11:34:17 PM PDT by
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this is a great idea
Oct 11th, 2013 at 1:23:38 PM PDT by
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very cool idea
Oct 11th, 2013 at 6:26:32 AM PDT by

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