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Participate in a Reddit tradition! Our eighth annual summer Secret Santa is back—it's the Reddit Gifts Arbitrary Day exchange. (redditgifts.com)

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Exchanges this round

In addition to Arbitrary Day, we have a few more fun exchanges this round.

  • In anticipation for the series return, HBO is presenting the Game of Thrones exchange for this batch.

  • We have two exchanges happening in honor of some of our favorite subreddits. The Prequel Memes exchange, as well as a zero credit Wholesome Memes card exchange.

Reddit Gifts positivity

I'd like to catch you all up on some of the cool stuff that's been brewing on Reddit Gifts since Secret Santa 2016.

How to sign up

If you've never participated in a Reddit Gifts exchange, this is the perfect opportunity to start. Arbitrary Day is our largest summer exchange, where gifts are, well, quite arbitrary. Sign up here and get started today!

[–]The_King_of_Okay 521 ポイント522 ポイント  (191子コメント)

I'd like to participate in an exchange but these comments really don't fill me with confidence. What percentage of people didn't get a gift from the last Arbitrary day exchange?

[–]TheGorgonaut 306 ポイント307 ポイント  (10子コメント)

I made my secret santa a 3d printed and painted brain parasite. It's still the most fancy, work-intesive piece I've done.
I got a huge encyclopedia of science fiction in return. I mean, that book is huge. And great!

You just have to take a chance. It might suck, but it might also be really nice.

[–]TheOpus 38 ポイント39 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Hey, that's an awesome gift! I wish I had seen that sooner. I gave the post some awards! =)

[–]TheGorgonaut 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I had a lot of fun making it! And then painting it am making it super gross..

[–]V2Blast 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (7子コメント)

Do you have any photos? That sounds awesome.

[–]TheGorgonaut 93 ポイント94 ポイント  (6子コメント)

I hope I'm allowed to link directly to one: https://www.instagram.com/p/BIivU2Ajt_m/

[–]YouHaveAChode 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (1子コメント)

that is so dope. Nice work!

[–]TheGorgonaut 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thanks! I had so much fun making it. It's all 3d printed, and airbrushed and painted by hand. I used lots and lots of high gloss clear coats, just to make it shiny and slimy.

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    [–]arcanition 267 ポイント268 ポイント  (60子コメント)

    Keep in mind even if you don't get shafted, you may still get a very poor, unthoughtful gift. A lot of people like to just choose a random item off Amazon and ship it to you.

    [–]Rayne37 265 ポイント266 ポイント  (48子コメント)

    I'll never forget for the Marvel/Comic exchange saying 'I like the movies but have never read comics, enjoy giving me whatever comics you love and introducing me to new things'. I basically said have fun, do whatever you want....

    And I got a shirt off the first page Amazon results that was less than 5 dollars and three times my body size. Thannnnnks Santa.

    [–]Halfcelestialelf 151 ポイント152 ポイント  (30子コメント)

    That sucks, Mark the gift as low effort Anything 4 or lower allows you to comment why the gift sucked. And it will automatically get flagged by the mods for review. If you give something that isn't in the spirit of the exchange then your Santa is banned. If a person receives repeated low ratings can also result in a ban. FAQ on the Subject

    [–]Rayne37 93 ポイント94 ポイント  (11子コメント)

    I try to be kind but yea I've already flagged at least two people for low effort items. It really does hurt though. I know the spirit is about gifting and making others happy, but being on the receiving end of that little effort reminds you how little some people care about others.

    [–]NSA_Chatbot 42 ポイント43 ポイント  (4子コメント)

    I've participated in 3 exchanges and received 1 gift. It was an amazing comics encyclopedia, a stein, and some bitters. The other two times I got a nothing and a $1 drop-shipped sock pack. Since Mr. Nothing sent an Amazon printout then cancelled the order, the mods called that "shipped and lost" and I never got rematched. Since the socks technically arrived, their obligation was concluded.

    It's sucked because I've taken time to find good gifts and I'm not a particularly wealthy bot. (Which is why I haven't been participating) The Xmas exchange hurt more than I'd like to admit because it would have been the only present I was going to get. Nevertheless, I figured out that what they did give me was a good lesson in Zen and material crap.

    My advice is that the best thing to do reframe the gifting. Don't call them "exchanges" in your mind. Call them "random kindness shipments" and send them out without expectation. Just hope that what you send brightens someone's day. I know with 100% certainty that the people I've sent stuff to loved what I sent them. I'd like to think I'm old enough to not have to get rewarded for doing something nice for some random stranger.

    If you don't want to do that and would rather get a surprise present that you know will arrive, sign up for NerdBlock.

    [–]SJane3384 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    Well shit. I wish I had seen this before I signed up. I have been there on the no Christmas gift thing, though mine was work Secret Santa, and the job sucked too. If you're ok with it, I kinda want to send you a thing to make up for the crappy unsent things. It will possibly be homemade and not super extravagant (since I just signed up to do a gift and rematch both), but it will be from the heart, bro.

    Edit: I figured out I can do takesy-backsies on the rematch! So you should totally be my not so secret Santa person. I'll even pretend I don't know you.

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      [–]Lulizarti 56 ポイント57 ポイント  (16子コメント)

      But that doesn't prevent you from getting shafted multiple years in a row. You spend a lot of time giving the perfect gift and then you get shafted multiple times. It really becomes demoralizing.

      And by shafted I mean what others have stated, first page results off Amazon that costs less than 20 bucks. Not even a personalized Amazon gift note or wrapping. Just straight up items and gift receipt. It blows.

      [–]jetBlueberry 30 ポイント31 ポイント  (2子コメント)

      It's why I've pretty much given up on reddit secret santa. Mods don't give a shit and it's been constant shafting or lack of being matched.

      [–]ediciusNJ 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (2子コメント)

      My wife has gotten shafted in perhaps all but 2 or 3 exchanges over the past few years. My failure rate started to approach hers as well. Demoralizing is right.

      [–]DownvotesDetected 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (0子コメント)

      It is certainly demoralizing to see your wife shafted by others.

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        [–]PalaceKicks 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (6子コメント)

        Eh I feel like $25-$40 is a good amount to spend on a gift exchange.

        [–]Why-am-I-here-again 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (2子コメント)

        It is if it's a thoughtful gift.

        [–]Imthemayor 24 ポイント25 ポイント  (0子コメント)

        If you spend 40 bucks on Amazon for something I hate but send a gift receipt, then we're cool, ty for my $40 Amazon card

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                [–]GoldenFalcon 56 ポイント57 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                I did the board game one and sent out diplomacy. My wife and I couldn't play it, because it requires more people and we have a kid. It was never opened, since we bought it right before the kid was born. I thought "sweet, this is a chance to get something we can probably play and give someone a good game." But nope.. got nothing back. Got switched to a "trusted gifter" for people who got shafted... Nothing. Sent out a $40 game and got nothing. Decided to never do these again. Could have gotten almost ANY game and I would have been happy with it.

                [–]runasaur 25 ポイント26 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                I'm torn about it, because my wife and I can buy stuff we like, no big deal, but its just cool to get stuff from someone else that we didn't already look into getting for ourselves...

                But yeah, I've done about 10 different exchanges and never was shafted. My wife did 3 and one of them never came through.

                [–]Towelie-McTowel 31 ポイント32 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                I'm a guy and put my shirt size as XXL and received a female large. I regifted that to my sister.

                [–]Johnyknowhow 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                It's like that weird uncle who always gifts sweaters and socks.

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                  [–]Sorrybuttotallywrong 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  agreed. The last three exchanges I did were pretty bad. And I used my extra credit to supposedly get a better match on that level. It makes me very weary for any exchanges. When people just blatantly ignore what you wrote or don't really make an effort it makes you very discouraged.

                  [–]DapperDaedalus 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                  One of my friends did the pajama exchange, and she got some ugly leopard grandma pjs. Probably some of the ugliest pjs I've ever seen. Although, she's done quite a few, and, usually, gets really awesome stuff.

                  [–]WickedCoolUsername 26 ポイント27 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  These comments are pretty discouraging, but I, actually, think that the ugliest leopard pj's you've see is kind of a cool gift lol.

                  *seen

                  [–]Streiger108 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  That doesn't necessarily indicate a lack of effort. Probably just got an awkward redditor male dude who had no idea what to get for female pajamas and probably had even less idea they were ugly

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                      [–]spacechickens 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                      So far I've done 3 exchanges and received 3 gifts. I guess I'll at least keep going until I hit a bad apple!

                      [–]TheOpus 175 ポイント176 ポイント  (40子コメント)

                      redditgifts mod here! Hi!

                      Over all of the exchanges that we have done, the average shaft rate is about 9% before rematching and that figure drops to between 4% and 5% after rematching. (But I totally understand that when you are the one not receiving a gift, it absolutely feels like it's 100%.) Unfortunately, sometimes the unhappy voices are the loudest.

                      The way that our matching system works is that if someone is shafted in an exchange, an effort will be made to match them with a known good gifter in the next exchange that they participate in. That works really well about 98% of the time. Anyone who doesn't send a gift is banned from all future exchanges (and we have several anti-fraud measures to help ensure that those who are banned stay out of exchanges).

                      [–]MrWiffles 42 ポイント43 ポイント  (7子コメント)

                      How can I protect myself from banning in the case that my gift is not received for some reason or another?

                      [–]Halfcelestialelf 31 ポイント32 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                      if you have marked your gift as sent, you can submit proof of shipping (usually a receipt from the post office etc). If the other end reports it as not being sent the mods can review your shipping proof. And If you have shipping proof you aren't banned. Check out the FAQs

                      [–]kbuis 59 ポイント60 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                      They can ban you even if you've finished everything. The pulled that stunt on me a couple of years ago weeks after I signed up and I haven't been back. I didn't find out until the matching didn't happen. Might try again this year, but I'm wary.

                      [–]quenishi 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                      Keep proof of shipping. If you're worried, go with tracked delivery, so you can see if it turned up or not.

                      If I'm not drop shipping, I usually end up paying for a tracked service as the insurance limit for our main domestic courier is a bit low.

                      [–]TheOpus 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                      If your giftee reports No Gift, you'll be asked for proof of shipping if you haven't already submitted it. If your giftee never posts and also does not report No Gift, they get banned and you get your credit back.

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                        [–]JustALuckyShot 32 ポイント33 ポイント  (5子コメント)

                        I enjoy the idea, but I've only ever tried Reddit gifts once, I bought a handful of things for my person, and never received anything from my gifter. I got rematched, lo and behold, didn't receive anything again.

                        I'm too afraid, twice bitten, four times shy.

                        [–]TheOpus 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                        I'm sorry that you didn't receive a gift before. I know it sucks! I'm showing that it was marked as shipped, so maybe it just got lost or stolen? I'm not showing that you were ever rematched, though. I understand your hesitancy, but if you do change your mind, you will receive the preferred matching that I described above.

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                          [–]Troy_And_Abed_In_The 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                          Is the Summer shaft rate higher or lower than the December shaft rate?

                          [–]TheOpus 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                          It's about the same. Last year, 97% of gifts for Secret Santa were shipped and 96.6% of gifts for Arbitrary Day were shipped.

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                            [–]DarthFuckShit 41 ポイント42 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                            I participated. Recieved nothing. Got rematched. Recieved nothing. Save your money.

                            [–]langis_on 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                            I have never had a bad exchange and I've done this for 5 years, arbitrary day and secret Santa.

                            [–]md28usmc 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                            I've done quite a few and always had a great experience.

                            [–]Cianistarle 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                            The smaller exchanges have higher quality gifters because they aren't really advertised. (i've done 4 or so and always received something)

                            The really fun part of these exchanges is crafting an awesome gift experience for someone. It is a really lovely feeling. Doesn't matter what you get, really, the magic is in the giving.

                            [–]NvaderGir 25 ポイント26 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                            I got shafted for the last exchange I did, but was met with a GREAT rematcher who gifted me two movie tickets and a year's worth of games from Humble Bundle (PC games)

                            The upset folks will be the loudest in these announcement threads to voice their complaints.

                            [–]bluepinkblack[S] 34 ポイント35 ポイント  (32子コメント)

                            Here is a full breakdown of statistics from Arbitrary Day 2016. Late last year, I posted a Reddit Gifts 'by the numbers' report that talks about what percentage of folks are matched, who marks their gifts as shipped, and who posts their gifts as received. It's pretty transparent, so to answer the question on everyone's mind, about 2-3% of folks legitimately do not receive a gift (on average) for any particular exchange. You can find that post here.

                            I would not blame you if you had low confidence in participating, due to some of the comments in these threads. However, I can assure you that for every negative comment about RG you see, there are thousands upon thousands of stories in the RG gift gallery that tell otherwise. Listen, if I didn't receive a gift, I would probably be pissed off too. However, what we always promote (and what some folks sometimes forget) is that these exchanges are meant spread happiness to others around the world, and to promote a positive experience where giving a gift to another human being feels really really awesome. It's an honor system, and honestly redditors are quite good at spreading good vibes to one another.

                            [–]pixeldustnz 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                            To be fair, you're not allowed to say anything negative when you post to the gallery. If people were allowed to be honest it would be a different story.

                            [–]theantidavis 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                            While public shaming is not allowed for obvious reasons, you do give a numerical rating to your gift before posting. If you give less than a 5, the moderators will review the gift to see if it's bannable.

                            [–]Sorrybuttotallywrong 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (17子コメント)

                            Right now I am very weary on doing any exchanges. I used my extra credit to do a better match and it didn't really do that. When people just blatantly ignore what you wrote or don't really make an effort it makes you very discouraged. I tried to really pick something special for the person I am matched with but for several exchanges I have felt that why did I even bother when the person obviously didn't bother for me. And even more so since I used my extra credits I feel they went to complete waste because it didn't help at all.

                            [–]Sabnitron 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                            Do you not see the problem with using the gallery as proof of positive results when only positive posts are allowed? Your whole system is a joke.

                            [–]Fancy_Lad 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                            Agreed, and that is the real issue. The system is painfully shallow at nearly every level, and after so many years. Even when going through the advanced hoops in the hopes that you're being matched with someone serious it remains a crap shoot.

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                              [–]fluxuation 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              I've participated in a bunch of exchanges and I've never been shafted. I've gotten a few low effort gifts, but that's not a big deal.

                              One of the best gifts I've ever received was actually from Arbitrary day. The funniest part was the person who sent me the gifts included their username and it was a complete troll account!

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                                [–]Tourelle1 47 ポイント48 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                I know this is the most idiotic comment possible in response to this.

                                But I have been trying so hard to remember the word arbitrary the last 3 days.

                                Thank you.

                                [–]woohooguy 128 ポイント129 ポイント  (26子コメント)

                                I'll get a rock.

                                [–]Fyodor007 140 ポイント141 ポイント  (20子コメント)

                                Lucky. Every time I have participated in these I recieved nothing at all.

                                [–]Flasterholf 59 ポイント60 ポイント  (15子コメント)

                                Same. Even when I'm lucky enough to be re-matched I get nothing...

                                [–]beelzeflub 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (14子コメント)

                                I only do Christmas. That's the only time I know I'll most likely get a gift

                                [–]Flasterholf 50 ポイント51 ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                That's when I tried. Sent a good gift, got nothing. Was lucky and re-matched, got nothing. Kinda done with Reddit gifts now.

                                [–]TheOpus 62 ポイント63 ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                Hi. Redditgifts mod here. I'm sorry that you didn't get a gift for Secret Santa. That sucks! =/ However, the way that matching works is that if you are shafted in an exchange, an effort will be made to match you to a known good gifter in the next exchange that you participate in. That works really well about 98% of the time. And your Santa who didn't send anything has been banned from all future exchanges.

                                I totally understand if you don't want to do another exchange, but I just wanted to let you know that if you do, there's a pretty good chance that it will work out better than last time.

                                [–]Flasterholf 37 ポイント38 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                Hmmm. Thank you for reaching out to me and taking the time to help me understand. I'll consider participating again. Last time I was in a very tight financial situation and the choice to participate was not a simple one so the emotional blow from being ignored not once but twice was situationally severe. I'm more stable now and will consider joining once again.

                                [–]TheOpus 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                I completely understand. I've been shafted before and it does not feel great. It sucks! But even if you don't do Arbitrary Day, you will still receive the preferred matching on whichever your next exchange is. And I really hope that if you do another one that it goes much better.

                                [–]Flasterholf 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                Thank you very much for your understanding and care. It helped smooth my ruffled feathers a surprising amount. I can see why you're a mod and I think you're doing a great job. I'll take a look and see what/when I can do one.

                                [–]Triene86 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                This exchange has made me happy.I'm glad you're in a better place in life! And that there was a nice nod to help you today.

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                                  [–]Fyodor007 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                  Your experience mirrors my own. I'm salty about it, even after 3 years. I think it's a fairly common story.

                                  [–]Flasterholf 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                  It's unfortunate that so many people take the gift exchange for a ride. For some of us, it's the only gift we will get if we don't just buy ourselves something.

                                  Also, for me in particular it was a large financial burden at the time and I felt like I had been tricked into spending the money.

                                  [–]yesat 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                  I'd say it's the opposite, as Christmas is the big public push, so you have more chance to have leaches.

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                                      [–]Warlizard 614 ポイント615 ポイント  (75子コメント)

                                      How come I never seem to get that McLaren I always ask for?

                                      Doesn't seem fair.

                                      EDIT: Okay, I'm signed up and willing to downgrade to an SLK55 AMG (2016 obviously). AMG upgrade package is optional, naturally -- I'm not greedy.

                                      [–]bluepinkblack[S] 283 ポイント284 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                      I mean, you could be like u/shitty_watercolour and go for an Aston Martin instead.

                                      [–]thethirdgirlonreddit 155 ポイント156 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                      And the response from Aston Martin afterwards...

                                      [–]Mutt1223 67 ポイント68 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                      Lol, that's great. And on a completely unrelated note, I've heard nothing but good things about Big Tony's Expensive and Disease Free Hookers. They say they are the cleanest and best looking hookers in the whole of Appalachia.

                                      [–]BPremium 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                      Head on over to Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Nova Scotia. Go see a mafka by the name of J-roc and, if his greasy videos are to be believed, he can hook you up. If youre more into hairy, fat, cheese burger loving gay male postitutes, ask around for "Smokey". He may go by Randy now though.

                                      [–]Mclarencj 47 ポイント48 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                      I'm participating this year so your odds just went up a little

                                      [–]S0ul01 36 ポイント37 ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                      If it's the Honda powered kind, you don't want that. Trust me

                                      [–]vitk 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                      Man, I will be happy with rolex for participating first time :D

                                      [–]bluepinkblack[S] 38 ポイント39 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                      I know you're joking, but someone actually received a gift from Tiffany & Co. recently. Kinda neat!

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                                        [–]thefrontpageofreddit 52 ポイント53 ポイント  (26子コメント)

                                        Are you Warlizard from the Warlizard gaming forums?

                                        [–]El_Iconico 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (17子コメント)

                                        Did you ask for it here or elsewhere? Like maybe a gaming forum one Warlizard runs, any relations..?

                                        [–]Warlizard 34 ポイント35 ポイント  (16子コメント)

                                        ಠ_ಠ

                                        [–]SpidermanAPV 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (15子コメント)

                                        I’ve not seen you in ages! Did I just miss you for a significant period of time or were you not as active?

                                        [–]Warlizard 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (14子コメント)

                                        I was less active, but it's nice to be missed.

                                        [–]hulkanator 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                        We've been missing you on the gaming forums too.

                                        [–]SpidermanAPV 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                        Glad to see you’re back!

                                        [–]Warlizard 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                        Thanks :)

                                        [–]Debutchery 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                        You. Uhh, got your own meme. That's....cool?

                                        [–]alixxlove 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                        I deleted snapchat a while back. Good to see you again.

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                                          [–]onlyhereforpcmr 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                          Wasn't it renamed to SLC for 2017?

                                          [–]DonGeronimo 219 ポイント220 ポイント  (21子コメント)

                                          AKA send something gift-worthy, receive something trash-worthy.

                                          [–]ThaddeusJP 38 ポイント39 ポイント  (20子コメント)

                                          I know this will sound elitist but they should allow folks to be able to be matched up, if they want, to people with certain karma ranges (comment and/or link).

                                          Someone that has an account with 500,000 comment karma is more than likely very active on reddit and would participate with a well thought out gift than a year old account with 75 karma little activity.

                                          [–]TheOpus 115 ポイント116 ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                          The reason that we don't do that is because the admins have looked at the data and there is no correlation between whether or not someone is active on reddit and whether or not they will follow through and send a gift. We have lots of people who have a reddit account with little to no activity just so that they can participate in redditgifts and they do just fine! =)

                                          [–]SeethingBallOfRage 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                          I've received some amazing gifts from people that had no reddit presence. They created an account specifically to participate in redditgifts. That's how I started my account too and started participating later.

                                          [–]lemeure 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                          they kind of have that with the credit system. this means that you will be paired up with someone else who has participated in these exchanges more often and allows you to get better matches.

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                                            [–]DogBacon 179 ポイント180 ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                            I'm going to sign up and this is going to be my fourth exchange but honestly I'm reluctant to sign up.
                                            Christmas exchange I got a random puzzle from a random website because I said I liked puzzles.
                                            Snack exchange I didn't get anything, my guy assured me he sent it so I marked my self as no gift with no rematch. After I asked for the tracking number like 5 times and he didn't respond I understood he didn't send it. So I signed up for a rematch but I guess it's too late now since I didn't get a rematch.

                                            And my most recent, the simple pleasures exchange I got a necklace for women. I am a guy :[

                                            I know it's about giving. I always customize my gifts, check the posters history to get something good and personal, and write a long letter explaining everything and telling them a little about my self. I'm sorry that I'm ranting but I honestly feel like I got shafted 3 times. These exchanges are about having fun and I love sending the packages, but I would also like something nice for once

                                            [–]Vickle57 96 ポイント97 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                            Would you like me to send you a necklace for a guy?

                                            [–]vee180 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                            Can you be my secret santa orrrrrrr?

                                            [–]Gambit9000 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                            I always went above and beyond for the person I matched with, after the fourth time I got cheated, I quit. They don't regulate it well either.

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                                              [–]pinkiepieisbestpony 416 ポイント417 ポイント  (101子コメント)

                                              I got screwed twice in a row, and on top of that, one of the people I sent a gift to claimed to have not recieved it despite my having a confirmation number that clearly said it was delivered. I'm done with the annual Reddit "Give some shit to a stranger, get nothing in return '' event.

                                              Based on the similar feedback every time one of these threads pop up, I suspect a large percentage of participants in reddit gifts are scammers.

                                              [–]Big_Toaster 154 ポイント155 ポイント  (33子コメント)

                                              Too many of my friends have been duped by the whole secret Santa nonsense. They spent so much time making sure that the receiver would get something cool and to their tastes, but what do the senders get in return? Nothing but rude (or completely absent) comments from greedy scammers.

                                              Seems like for every 1 quality Secret Santa interaction, there are 5 (or more) where people get screwed.

                                              [–]Sugarbean29 97 ポイント98 ポイント  (23子コメント)

                                              Call me crazy, but if people wanted to make the odds better for the honest people who enjoy doing these kinds of exchanges, having more honest people join instead of opting out just sounds like a more positive choice. There's going to be scammers, in every aspect of life it seems, so why not say "screw 'em" and spread some joy anyway? If the point is to give and not receive, then give and if you receive, awesome.

                                              [–]raretrophysix 104 ポイント105 ポイント  (19子コメント)

                                              If the point is to give and not receive, then give and if you receive, awesome

                                              And it's exactly based on this sentiment why I have someone I know who uses Secret Santa to hoard gifts, while messaging the mods that he didn't get anything just to get a second gift.

                                              He has 6 reddit accounts over 2 years old, and signs each one of them. Gets ~10 gifts per season while sending no gifts/crappy gifts/manipulating the mods that he sent non existent gifts. You guys are getting duped

                                              EDIT I DON'T KNOW HIS ACCOUNT NAMES

                                              [–]I_peench 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                              sounds like something a scammer would say 😏

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                                                [–]officer21 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                That sucks. I have had everything go very well for 3 years straight. Most of the gifts that I got were about $50 as well.

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                                                  [–]commoncoitusy 41 ポイント42 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                  On an old account I had I was extremely active in reddit gifts. Loved them. Got excited to hunt for gifts for snack exchanges, arbitrary day, gave teachers stuff, books, cookbooks, secret santa 3 years in a row, and didn't mind sending international either.

                                                  I was shafted 70% of the time. Some no gifts. Some $5 PayPal or Amazon gift card, a lot of low effort stuff that I wrote great thanks for, even though it was upsetting every single time.

                                                  There's no way I would go back with a new account. It was that bad when I had the reputation of an active user and high rated gifts to be matched with other people of the same reputation... I can't imagine what would happen now.

                                                  [–]TheCaIifornian 31 ポイント32 ポイント  (13子コメント)

                                                  I know this isn't true for everyone, but there really is some joy to be found in giving gifts. I've never participated on Reddit, but have on other sites and while I was burned a couple of times - it didn't bother me. I wasn't giving just to receive something, and people have unique events in their life that can occasionally supersede a gift exchange they signed up for.

                                                  [–]pinkiepieisbestpony 32 ポイント33 ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                                  There is some satisfaction in knowing that the person who screwed you isn't the same person you gave your gift to, however with all these complaints about reddit gifts you have to wonder if the person you just sent $40 worth of gift to isn't just some asshole scammer. Kind of takes the thrill out of it.

                                                  Nowadays I just donate to Toys4Tots instead.

                                                  [–]pixeldustnz 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                  We have a local "shoebox Christmas" where you are given the name, age and some basic preferences for a child in a low decile school. Filling a shoebox with cool stuff for a kid from a struggling family is a million times more satisfying than RSS has ever been for me (even with getting zilch in return) and hence why I will never participate in RSS again.

                                                  [–]imperfectcarpet 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                  There's always posts from people saying they got screwed over, they're more likely to be vocal, too. There's hundred of thousands that have received gifts that don't say anything.

                                                  [–]Isolatedwoods19 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                  Psych hospitals sometimes have childrens units and often don't get donations!

                                                  [–]PricklyPear_CATeye 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                  Where would I find a place like that? I'd love to send a box of fun to a kid.

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                                                      [–]MattyKatty 30 ポイント31 ポイント  (14子コメント)

                                                      Same here, got screwed constantly by both matches AND rematches despite sending out loads of thoughtful and above $20 gifts and when I accidentally misread a preference for not wanting a clip on bow tie (I thought it said he wanted one) they banned me when I had 7 gift exchange credits instead of even letting me rectify the mistake. They've also completely ignored my emails.

                                                      [–]pinkiepieisbestpony 19 ポイント20 ポイント  (7子コメント)

                                                      I dunno if they are volunteers or paid or what, but the response time is horrendous. I had a confirmation number and pictures and it still took about 6 months to get unbanned.

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                                                        [–]Epitometric 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        Even when you get a gift it's usually crappy. One guy who matched with me gave me some shitty micro screwdrivers he probably had lying around his house, and it was late too

                                                        [–]Isolatedwoods19 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                        Yup and they actively suppress it

                                                        [–]jpropaganda 25 ポイント26 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                        That's crazy. I've participated a number of years in a row and only ONCE did I not get a gift, but then I said that and I got a rematch. As a result I myself try to do a rematch when I can just to catch at least a little of the fallout. That really sucks you've had such a negative experience.

                                                        I will say, the more you exchange, the more points you can spend and those are likely not scammers because they keep coming back.

                                                        [–]andsoitgoes42 31 ポイント32 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                        I disagree here. I've stopped doing exchanges for the simple fact that even spending an entire truckload of points has not made the experience any better in any way for me.

                                                        Between getting a steam code when I specifically mentioned I can't game, or for the movies exchange getting nothing more than a metal Star Wars model as a gift, it's not been great.

                                                        I haven't had all terrible results, to be fair. I mean shit one person gifted me a $100 gift certificate to my local theatre which was balls to the walls amazing, and I was able to take my entire family to one show, and then go with my wife to another.

                                                        And then if I combine the problems my wife has seen consistently, I just gave up. Maybe we are the exception, but I also see a lot of people frustrated in the process with little real recourse. My wife has had times where she hasn't even gotten a rematch because so many people fell through the cracks on those exchanges.

                                                        [–]ediciusNJ 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                        I gave up on the integrity of the points system too. I kept signing up to higher and higher point-levels and still ended up with the same results. There are just a lot of people who can successfully game the redditgifts points system, it seems.

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                                                          [–]SilenceoftheSamz 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                          I did it one year.

                                                          Got a Harry Potter wand from Disney, and also signed up to be a rematcher.

                                                          I gave away brand new hard drives, which was good for my giftees as they were into tech.

                                                          [–]CJ_Guns 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                          I've done it multiple times and been fine (you can check my profile). Once you get exchanges under your belt, you get credits which you can use to access higher tiers of the exchange--AKA people who care about the exchange and won't screw you. This past SS I got a damn prime lens for my DSLR.

                                                          EDIT: I've done 9 exchanges between Secret Santa and Arbitrary Day

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                                                            [–]JediBurrell 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                            I'm still waiting for my damn Secret Santa trophy from 2016.

                                                            [–]iNeverQuiteWas 79 ポイント80 ポイント  (18子コメント)

                                                            Oh! This time around I want a job!

                                                            [–]Drunken_Pink_Rhino 61 ポイント62 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                            Why would you keep this around after kicking out the founder of the event?

                                                            [–]iamPause 83 ポイント84 ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                            Is /u/kickme444 back? No? Then I'll pass.

                                                            [–]thevoyagetime 60 ポイント61 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                            Yeah can't support this project the way Reddit treated the guy who started the whole program to begin with.

                                                            [–]rightard26 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                            I don't get why anyone would voluntarily deal with reddit IRL. It's like going to a KKK rally for the fireworks.

                                                            [–]GambleResponsibly 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                            Can you explain? I'm out of the loop here.

                                                            [–]Could_Be_A_Spy 27 ポイント28 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                            I think he was the founder of this project (right word?) but he was kicked out/fired

                                                            [–]faet 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                            I mean, you can't name yourself kickme and not expect someone to actually follow through.

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                                                              [–]V2Blast 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                              Here's his goodbye post in /r/secretsanta.

                                                              [–]oth3r 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                              I'm still pretty salty about that too.

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                                                                [–]TreatmentForYourRash 37 ポイント38 ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                                I wanna take part this year, but I'm a little ambivalent...

                                                                [–]PapiZucchini 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                This is going to be my first time participating in this, although a lot of the comments are a little worrisome I won't mind if I get a bad gift, I just want to participate.

                                                                [–]marshmallow_unicorn 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                It's my first time also! I'm nervous about being a good gifter, I am not terribly creative but want to make my recipient happy.

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                                                                  [–]Brass_and_Frass 41 ポイント42 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                  Comments about exchanges are harsh, but the couple I've participated in have been great. Like last year's Secret Santa, I had crap input from the guy, so I bought a sweet chrome headphone stand wth USB charging ports. The guy ended up being a DJ who has "never gotten a Christmas present in his life". I was high off happiness for nailing that gift for days

                                                                  [–]rootinspirations 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                  This looks like so much fun, but the past examples make me nervous I'm too poor to make my giftee happy. :(

                                                                  [–]oldsunandstars 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                  If you want to still exchange, you could always do the Wholesome Memes card exchange! It seems like it doesn't require any credits to do, and the most you would spend on would be for postage unless you decided to get extra supplies for the card. I've done exchanges before and although the past person I had sent me just a bunch of random stuff from Amazon, it was honestly stuff I liked, so I gave them props for that. Otherwise, all my Santas have been amazing. I'd definitely give it a try :)

                                                                  [–]yoyomuggle 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                  I'm pretty sure my Santa shopped at the Barnes and Noble bargain tables for some parts Christmas gift and it was perfect. I loved every single thing.

                                                                  [–]BusLane 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                  I'm under the assumption that a gift is nice to receive, but I'm just glad I can make someone else happy. Glad I'm participating in my first gifting!

                                                                  [–]blueoysternotsocult 57 ポイント58 ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                  It's just so full of scammers now it lost any of the fun. Good run.

                                                                  [–]kay911kay 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                  If they simply raised the threshold for people to sign up by requiring a CC authorization of some sort, it would reduce the amount of shafters and scammers even if by a bit...

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                                                                    [–]following_eyes 96 ポイント97 ポイント  (11子コメント)

                                                                    Highly recommend not participating in these. Sure some folks get lucky but it seems more often your thoughtful gift will not be appreciated and you will get a shit gift for your effort or none at all.

                                                                    If you want to give gifts, donate to charities that do work for the less fortunate.

                                                                    [–]MaritimeRedditor 36 ポイント37 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                    Didn't even get a "trophy" or whatever this year from Secret Santa 2016. Reddit has just been half assing this kind of stuff for a while now.

                                                                    [–]Cokeb5 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                    Agreed, it's very frustrating. We're half a year down the road and they haven't gone out, which makes me think they might just stop issuing them altogether.

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                                                                      [–]anahuac-a-mole 61 ポイント62 ポイント  (11子コメント)

                                                                      I've been out of the regular gift exchanges for a while. However, arbitrary day has a soft spot for me since it was one of my first exchanges. Will the marketplace ever come back? I really enjoyed knowing that some redditor with a small business was seeing a benefit through others generosity.

                                                                      [–]bluepinkblack[S] 53 ポイント54 ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                                      WOW. I just checked out your Reddit Gifts profile—you are quite the prolific gifter my friend. Glad to hopefully have you back for this round!

                                                                      The marketplace was a bit before my time here on RG, and as it stands right now, there is no plan to bring it back. However, your question gives me an idea—the potential for a 'shop small' exchange, maybe? That may be tricky, but there may be a way...

                                                                      If anyone has any ideas for dope future exchanges, would love to hear them.

                                                                      [–]anahuac-a-mole 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                      Thanks, the doctor who stitch sits on my dresser and I have the animal muppet bobblehead on my desk at the office. I've really enjoyed the exchanges that I've been apart of. Maybe we could do a critical role exchange in the future?

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                                                                        [–]beet111 17 ポイント18 ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                                        what ever happened to the 2016 santa trophies?

                                                                        [–]TheOpus 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                                                        redditgifts mod here. I am SO sorry that the 2016 Secret Santa trophies are not out yet. Apparently, reddit has changed the way that they code their database and it has massively screwed up the way that trophies are distributed. It has been worked on and is proving to be quite frustrating for those who are working on it. Unfortunately, I have no idea when it will be fixed. I hope you can understand. I know it's really disappointing.

                                                                        [–]anxie_tea 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                        Is this safe? Like I don't want to give out my address and get the gift of murder and robbery. Also are artworks (paintings, drawings) accepted as gifts?

                                                                        [–]TheOpus 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                        It's safe. We have done over 300 exchanges since 2009 with hundreds of thousands of participants and nothing horrible has ever happened. Redditgifts takes privacy very seriously. The only person who will ever see your information is your Santa. However, if you're super concerned about it, you could always have your gift sent to your workplace or a PO Box.

                                                                        Also, artwork is an acceptable gift if it is something that your giftee has indicated that they would enjoy. If your giftee isn't so much into art, then you would need to find a different gift for them. Also, the quality of the art needs to be high.

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                                                                          [–]girlsgonekyle 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                          Did anyone get a badge for participating in 2016 secret Santa? I didn't

                                                                          [–]catiefsm 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                          Ooooooh, with the timing this year, I may actually have a job AND be getting paid in time! It's been ages since I've been able to do an exchange! Fingers crossed, and good thoughts for interviews for me, guys.

                                                                          [–]WilliamBott 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                          There are a lot of unhappy comments on this thread about getting shafted, so I'm just gonna put this here:

                                                                          I like to do the Secret Santa gift exchanges so I can see the joy in someone's post when they receive a gift that I researched for them and that they love. I like to receive gifts, don't get me wrong, but it makes me happier to see someone cherish a gift I got them than to receive a Rolex from someone else.

                                                                          (Well...maybe not more than a Presidential Rolex...but you get my meaning...)

                                                                          [–]darthmule 15 ポイント16 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                          I got fucked over last Christmas so I might try another time.

                                                                          [–]AnindoorcatBot 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                          I'll fuck you over for free mate

                                                                          [–]darthmule 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                          Ah, found my secret Santa.

                                                                          [–]sixner 28 ポイント29 ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                          I got burned on like 4 exchanges and stopped but my wife just had a really good I've recently. I'm tempted to try again.

                                                                          [–]Fluttershybro 28 ポイント29 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                          I've done several and I don't think anyone should sign up expecting to recieve an awesome present. Sign up if can afford it and want to make someone happy.

                                                                          [–]jpropaganda 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                          Yea at this point I can't think of a present I feel I REALLY need, I literally just got married. But it's nice to try to make someone else smile and do like benevolent spying to see what they're REALLY interested in.

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                                                                            [–]Stone_Reign 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                            Great to see u/zubizzles inspiring more donations to the Humane Society. She has a big heart and it's awesome to see a shoutout to her here.

                                                                            [–]AI5JUL09 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                            I haven't received a gift or info that I'm getting a gift from Vinyl 2017 that ended in May. It's my first time participating and kinda feel like not participating again. I did send a new vinyl to my match and got word that they loved it.

                                                                            [–]TheOpus 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                            I'm showing that your Vinyl Santa has not marked anything as shipped. That will put you in Round Two of rematching. Hopefully, you'll be able to be rematched and they will come through for you. If you end up not getting a gift and decide to do another exchange, the system will make an effort to match you to a known good gifter to try to prevent this from happening twice in a row. That works well about 98% of the time. Your Santa will be banned from all future exchanges for not sending a gift.

                                                                            [–]TheLastOfUsAll 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                            I'm still upset about the 2016 secret santa where I sent the guy a dash cam like he wanted, UPS said it was received and I didn't even get my Reddit badge for participating.

                                                                            [–]Esterthemolester 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                            I got burned once by this

                                                                            [–]ArexBawrin 23 ポイント24 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                            I had a bad experience with the teacher exchange. I don't want to do this again.

                                                                            [–]Mutt1223 36 ポイント37 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                            Well then you're in luck, cowboy, because it isn't mandatory.

                                                                            [–]Nilmag 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                            Still waiting on my last gift.

                                                                            [–]nascentia 22 ポイント23 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                            To anyone considering signing up but wary due to the people who got shafted: do it anyways. I got shafted twice and sure, it sucks. But the fun for me is snooping my giftees profile and finding things that they will actually enjoy and sending them something cool. My giftees have seemed genuinely thrilled when they post their stuff, and that's exactly why I do this. I'm in a good place financially so if I get shafted, whatever. But to get someone with limited income and be able to make their day? It's awesome and it's worth doing even if you never get anything in return.

                                                                            [–]biggyofmt 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                            Except when your giftee has no interesting qualities and doesn't bother to even confirm your gift. So if you're thinking twice, don't . The person you buy for won't care, and the person supposed to buy for you isn't getting you anything. Give your money to a good charity for warm fuzzies.

                                                                            [–]happyspasm 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                            Never again.

                                                                            [–]SubtotalHawk 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                            Is your address and information exposed completely to the person that was chosen for you? Or does it go through some warehouse first where it's then sent to your house?

                                                                            [–]TheOpus 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                            When you make an account, you'll need to provide your real name and address. When matching takes place, the person who is sending a gift to you will have access to that information. They will then directly mail you a gift (or have a gift shipped to you). Redditgifts takes privacy very seriously and your information will never be made public. The only person who will see your information is your Santa.

                                                                            [–]SubtotalHawk 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                            What happens if they were to do something malicious with the information, is there any way to stop it?

                                                                            [–]LinksGayAwakening 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                            I'm weary to participate, if only because I don't want to give a reddit stranger my real name. Do you have to use your real name?

                                                                            [–]TheOpus 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                            Yes, you have to provide your real name. Providing a fake name or just your username can make it so that your gift can't be delivered. We have done over 300 exchanges since 2009 with hundreds of thousands of participants and nothing horrible has ever happened. Redditgifts takes privacy very seriously and your information will never be made public. The only person who will see your information is your Santa. And that information is redacted from their view after the exchange has been closed out by the admins.

                                                                            [–]likeyouforalways 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                            I tried to sign up and it says my username doesn't exist. What am I doing wrong?

                                                                            [–]TheOpus 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                            Your reddit account and your redditgifts account are separate. If you've never done an exchange before, you'll need to first create a redditgifts account. Once you've done that, linked it to your reddit account and verified your email, you'll be able to sign up.

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