meaganola
Uh Huh Her
The more I think about it, the more opposed to the tier system I am. My favorite parts of this, in ascending order:
And that last one was *really* where I had fun. I did pay attention to the spending limit because (and this is something else that would be a reason to *not* do the tiers) I had an international Santee. I fudged greatly on the customs form about the *value* (that is, what I would have spent if I had bought everything at full price. There were two items in particular that would have put it over the limit value-wise, but one was received in a swap, and the other was a duplicate item received in a subscription box, so I paid nothing for either item) of things, but I *did* stay fairly close to the spending limit due to swaps, things I just *had*, and sales. Just the customs limit will force a lot of people into the lower tier whether they want to be there or not. Someone mentioned being interested in the tiers because then they could have been able to have two Santees, and I can see that as being very appealing, but I would be more interested in being able to have two Santees at the lower limit.
I can also see a breakdown in the slumber party feel of things if we break things into two different dollar limits. I know I would feel weird if I went with one tier and kept seeing people talk about the other tier, regardless of which tier I was in. It just seems like it could easily devolve into unfortunate cliqueishness without anyone even trying to make that happen. After all, look at how separate the nail and regular SeSa threads were. No one was prevented from posting in the regular SeSa thread, but there was almost no crossover unless someone happened to be in both groups.
(And a side note, in case anyone was wondering why I use "SeSa" instead of "SS": I just don't feel comfortable with using those initials for *anything*. It's just a habit I got into way back in high school in the '80s, and I just can't shake it. Or think of anything else when I see it being used.)
- Watching everyone else open their stuff!
- The slumber party-ness of the discussion thread!
- Figuring out how to get the biggest bang for my buck!
And that last one was *really* where I had fun. I did pay attention to the spending limit because (and this is something else that would be a reason to *not* do the tiers) I had an international Santee. I fudged greatly on the customs form about the *value* (that is, what I would have spent if I had bought everything at full price. There were two items in particular that would have put it over the limit value-wise, but one was received in a swap, and the other was a duplicate item received in a subscription box, so I paid nothing for either item) of things, but I *did* stay fairly close to the spending limit due to swaps, things I just *had*, and sales. Just the customs limit will force a lot of people into the lower tier whether they want to be there or not. Someone mentioned being interested in the tiers because then they could have been able to have two Santees, and I can see that as being very appealing, but I would be more interested in being able to have two Santees at the lower limit.
I can also see a breakdown in the slumber party feel of things if we break things into two different dollar limits. I know I would feel weird if I went with one tier and kept seeing people talk about the other tier, regardless of which tier I was in. It just seems like it could easily devolve into unfortunate cliqueishness without anyone even trying to make that happen. After all, look at how separate the nail and regular SeSa threads were. No one was prevented from posting in the regular SeSa thread, but there was almost no crossover unless someone happened to be in both groups.
(And a side note, in case anyone was wondering why I use "SeSa" instead of "SS": I just don't feel comfortable with using those initials for *anything*. It's just a habit I got into way back in high school in the '80s, and I just can't shake it. Or think of anything else when I see it being used.)
