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NeoGAF Candy Swap Summer 2011 Edition

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* Your country of residence UK
* Which country you would like to swap candy with. USA
* Which candy you like Anything
* Which candy you dislike None
* Which candy kills you on the inside, be it allergies or some sort of phobia. None
 
Ok this could be fun

Country: United States
Preferred partner: Someone in the US
Likes: Strange candy
Dislikes: licorice, spicy candy
Allergies: cats

Will we be pm'd our partners user so we get all the details?
 
* Your country of residence USA
* Which country you would like to swap candy with. Anyone, but Asian and German are great
* Which candy you like Almost anything
* Which candy you dislike Dark chocolate, coconut ]/b](except coconut sprinkles, those are good)
* Which candy kills you on the inside, be it allergies or some sort of phobia. None

However, count me as tentative until I investigate shipping rates in the US. I can't afford $80 shipping or such.
 
The_Technomancer said:
However, count me as tentative until I investigate shipping rates in the US. I can't afford $80 shipping or such.
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As a general rule of thumb, I found it costs about 1.5x the cost of candy to do the shipping. So a good $20 package costs around $30 to ship.

It of course depends on the size, shape and quality of the candy you buy, and where you're shipping, but that's been about what I paid for the four swaps I've done.

I tend to send around $30 in candy/snacks, and it cost a bit over $40 for shipping. Be sure you look into flat rate boxes.

These links might be handy to add to the OP:

 
Okay, I've thought about it, and man I've really always wanted to do one of these, and being in China I have a lot of cool stuff available to share, but due to time and money constraints I'm gonna have to bow out of this :(

Hope everyone gets some awesome candy!
 
yes yes yes yay!! last one was great i'm so in again :D

mr_appleby
country of residence: Australia
desired country of swappings: U.S. or Europe.. no real preference
likes: sweetsalty, dark chocolates, chewy stuff, fruity stuff.. the local'er the better 'cause a lot of candy is international these days
dislikes: nothing
allergies: none!

last time i made some glaring omissions in the "australiana" category so i intend to rectify that.

soultron said:
Want to do this, but got burned by a GAFfer who didn't send me anything last year.
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hook up with me and i pinky swear i'll send you a box of awesome.
 
I missed it last year so this time I'm fucking in!

PumpkinPie:

country of residence: UK
desired country of swappings: US or Asia are equally preferable.
likes: bubblegum especially, hard candy, chewy stuff, sours, white and milk chocolate, jellies...everything really. P.S. I love coffee chocolate too.
dislikes: Nuts, marshmallows, raisins, dark chocolate, liquorice, coconut.
allergies: none!
 
plasticpassion said:
I was all in, til I read this. It makes me a little nervous; did that happen often in previous experiences?
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The first time was great. LazyLoki was a great trade partner!

The second time (last year), with another poster, I was on a requested temp ban, but IIRC, I made sure I had all of the necessary details sorted via PM. I sent messages after I returned from my ban, and got nothing. I told him I had sent the package, gave the tracking number, everything. Radio silence on his end.

Don't let this dissuade you. I just mainly wanted to express my frustration.
 
luiztfc

Country: Brazil
Preferred Partner: Anyone
Likes: Milk Chocolate and White Chocolate (but if you are my partner, feel free to disregard this and DO surprise me)
Dislikes: Nothing
Allergies: None

I've always wanted to do this, but I always lose the date.
 
YAY! first time for me, i always missed it


ganbareneopokekun
Country: Germany
Preferred partner: Japan / America
Likes: (hard) Candy, bubblegum, chocolate.. kinda everything
Dislikes: none
Allergies: None
 
ili0926 said:
Is Canada Post still on strike and if so, does that rule out Canadians from participating?
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There was a special law that ended the strike if I remember correctly. I started to receive mail again so it must be over :P

Anyway, I am in! Missed it last year...

Country: Canada
Preferred partner: Europe/Asia/Australia (pretty much anywhere except Canada/USA)
Likes: sweet, sour, chocolate, something unique to your country. I'm not really difficult.
Dislikes: licorice
Allergies: None
 
plasticpassion said:
I was all in, til I read this. It makes me a little nervous; did that happen often in previous experiences?
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Happened to me last time too :/. Thanks again Einbroch for screwing me over.

It's really not a common thing though. First swap went fine and my brother (Babyhack) has had success both times. There tends to be only one or two assholes who get involved to screw people over. Don't let somebodies bad experience put you off because Candy Swapping really is an awesome thing.
 
Hi everyone again! Thanks for all the signups.

Regarding people who don't send or packages missing/opened/hijacked in customs, that rarely happens and we keep in mind those members who did not send anything. I also got hit by one of those on a double swap. The guy apparently never logged in or something, so who knows what happened.

We have a nice bunch of swappers already but there's still a lot of time to make this bigger.

Fuck the recession, candy is where it's at. DO IT!

By the way, when I messed up the first thread title and a mod was nice enough to take care of it, I also encouraged him to sign up but apparently no mods or admins ever want to be a part of this.

Come on, reds. You know you want to :P
 
Catmincer

Country: New Zealand
Preferred partner: Europe or Asia
Likes: Anything gummy or something "different"
Dislikes: Anything with HFCS in it, just wrong
Allergies: No nuts (Customs regulations)
 
J. M. Romeo said:
Hi everyone again! Thanks for all the signups.

Regarding people who don't send or packages missing/opened/hijacked in customs, that rarely happens and we keep in mind those members who did not send anything. I also got hit by one of those on a double swap. The guy apparently never logged in or something, so who knows what happened.

We have a nice bunch of swappers already but there's still a lot of time to make this bigger.

Fuck the recession, candy is where it's at. DO IT!

By the way, when I messed up the first thread title and a mod was nice enough to take care of it, I also encouraged him to sign up but apparently no mods or admins ever want to be a part of this.

Come on, reds. You know you want to :P
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Is there a list of those who are definitely 'in'? I've missed this for the last two years and I want to be sure not to miss it again.
 
PumpkinPie said:
Is there a list of those who are definitely 'in'? I've missed this for the last two years and I want to be sure not to miss it again.
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Sure! Post #6



catmincer said:
Catmincer

Country: New Zealand
Preferred partner: Europe or Asia
Likes: Anything gummy or something "different"
Dislikes: Anything with HFCS in it, just wrong
Allergies: No nuts (Customs regulations)
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That's odd.
 
LeaveItAlone

* Your country of residence UK
* Which country you would like to swap candy with. Anyone!
* Which sweets you like Anything fizzy/sour/chewy is ace
* Which sweets you dislike None
* Which sweets kill you on the inside, be it allergies or some sort of phobia. None

*edited for added Britishness
 
I always say I would do this, so I'll just go for it.

Swapper: ChocolateCupcakes
Country: USA
Which country you would like to swap candy with: Anywhere but the USA
Which candy you like: Chocolate, Gummies
Which candy you dislike: Coconut flavored, white chocolate
Which candy kills you on the inside, be it allergies or some sort of phobia: Macadamia nuts
 
Would love to get involved again, the last swap was a lot of fun! Unfortunately, I'm moving in August so timing isn't great. Next time, gaf, next time. Have fun swappers!
 
This sounds extremely hazardous so I guess I'm in!

Swapper: a1m
Country: Finland
Which country you would like to swap candy with: Japan, USA
Which candy you like: Jelly / gummy sweets, CANDY, pretty much everything except what's below
Which candy you dislike: Coconut, insects
Which candy kills you on the inside, be it allergies or some sort of phobia: None

This is gonna be expensive. Shipping overseas from Finland is freaking expensive but oh well.
 
Swapper: 898
Country: USA (CA)
Which country you would like to swap candy with: Japan (swapped with Australia previously)
Which candy you like: dark chocolate, nuts, (pea)nut butter, caramel, toffee, "rich" flavors, cool/dumb trinkets from your country
Which candy you dislike: liquorice
Which candy kills you on the inside, be it allergies or some sort of phobia: None

I had a great time previously and am ready to make another trip around the world.

Seriously people, heed the warning about shipping costs. I loaded up a relatively small box full of candy and it cost more to ship from USA->Australia than the candy cost. >$45

Thank you J. M. Romeo
 
Swapper: Chairhome
From: USA (Florida)
Would like to swap with: Outside of USA. Preferrably Europe but doesn't matter
Like: Chocolate, Sour Candy, Nuts, Gummy
Dislike: Coffee, Insects, Marzipan, coconut, black licorice, spicy candy, real fruit in candy (i don't mind fruit flavor, just don't like biting into actual fruit in candy), fruits that I can get here easily.
Allergies: None.

I've always wanted to be part of this, thanks for setting this up!
 
I would take part, but I have been told that is extremely expensive to send candys from my country ( o receive them) I don´t remember well :/
 
Holy shit so in this year! Last time I traded with J Tourettes and it was awesome!

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Swapper: notworksafe
Country: USA
Preferred partner: Prefer out of USA. However I'd like to be paired with someone who wants to spend more on sweets/treats. Like around $40-45 USD.
Likes: Fruit candies, gummies, chips/crisps, chocolates, mostly everything
Dislikes: Licorice
Allergies: none!

EDIT: What I sent last time - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=23150619&postcount=505
 
Swapper: ShallNoiseUpon
Country: USA
Preferred partner: Non-USA preferred. If anyone is willing to spend more than base, I want to be their partner.
Likes: Anything, really. Salty things are cool.
Dislikes: Licorice
Allergies: none
 
Okay, I'm in.

Shiv47
Country: USA
Preferred Partner: Anywhere outside North America
Likes: Chocolate, most fruit, sour/tart stuff, salt-sweet stuff
Dislikes: Black licorice, coconut, insects, watermelon, banana, hard candies
Allergies: None
 
Swapper: Qasiel
Country: England
Preferred partner: USA or anywhere in Asia (Korea, Japan, China etc.)
Likes: Mostly everything! Hard Candies, Sours, Gummies etc. are great!
Dislikes: Flavoured creme-filled chocolate (coffee & strawberry are the main offenders)Allergies: None

This sounds like a great laugh! Count me in.
 
I'd love to join in on this and spread some sweet candy love.

x2, por favor.
•Your country of residence: UK
•Which country you would like to swap candy with: would prefer US/Japan/China, but anyone outside of UK
•Which candy you like: Willing to try anything (particularly love but can't get hold of chocolate covered pretzels, pepsi blue and lucky charms)
•Which candy you dislike: Dark chocolate, anything that tastes like coffee, coconut
•Which candy kills you on the inside, be it allergies or some sort of phobia: As above

oh and I'm willing to go up to £30/$50 +delivery
 
Alright screw this, I'm in.

Swapper: TurbulentTurtle
Country: Hong Kong
Preferred partner: Preferably not Canada or the US, anywhere else would be dope
Likes: Pretty much anything sweet or weird
Dislikes: Raisins, sour stuff, weird fruit things
Allergies: None
 
Wow, I really want to do this but I dont have enough cash.

If you are trading from Canada I have a suggestion:
clodhoppers.
I used to get them when the border was more open and the US dollar was stronger.

So good.
 
hawkshockey11 said:
Wow, I really want to do this but I dont have enough cash.

If you are trading from Canada I have a suggestion:
clodhoppers.
I used to get them when the border was more open and the US dollar was stronger.

So good.
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Okay, no. That is leading me to believe that there really is a drug laced in that. I'm thinking I should put addictive substances in dislikes. Maybe even in allergies.
 
Whoop whoop... last one I did was two years ago and it was great!

Swapper: JLateralus
Country: USA
Preferred Partner: From anywhere else!
Likes: Anything but Black Licorice
Dislikes: Black Licorice
Allergies: None
 
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