NOW the 13 Stop Express-RACE TO THE FINISH-This race is done! Mods please don't delete yet

[tacatcon]

All aboard!

This is going to be a basic train with a twist! 2 lines of 13 riders each trying to see who can get their envie home the fastest! The stakes is another "prize envie" from the losing team.

You can join this train if you have an Itrader rating of 5 or more with no negatives. You need to have a wishlist posted in the wishlist forum. You must also have enough quality coupons to play. You will have to fill the original envelope plus a prize envelope (possibly) at the end. Joining up also is your agreement to follow all my rules in this post as well as the forum rules in general.

The 13 Stop Express will have a Green Line and an Orange Line. I will start off both train lines mailing an envie of 30+ coupons to rider #1, they will get the envie, take out any soon to be expireds or expireds (of which there should be none unless there is a postal delay), take out what they want to keep and replenish back up to the 30 coupon minimum. They then mail to rider # 2 on their line and rider #2 does the same and so on until finally the ride ends with me receiving the envelope. Whichever line gets home to mama first wins!

What can and can't you include in your envie?

• Coupons from inserts or non-insert sources with expiration dates at least two weeks out from when you are mailing
• Any category is welcome except vitamins and meds but no junk! Junk is the stuff that we don't even bother to cut out of the inserts like Depends, Preparation H, Chuck E Cheese coupons. If your recipient has that coupon listed on their wishlist go ahead and send it but otherwise, keep it!
• Do try and match wishlists. But realize you will not get 100% of your wishlist items and if you have a smaller list, it makes it harder to fill so please don't join if you can't handle getting more of a potluck envie.
• No expireds, no junk, no med or vitamins (unless w/l), no non-mfg coupon inserts (like those fast food ones) unless w/l
• Multiples of more than 2 are only ok if these are w/l items. If I have .75/1 Powerade please feel free to send lots but don't send me more than 2 .30/1 Powerade. You can always PM the person if you're not sure they can use it.
• MIRs, TMFs, coke codes, pepsi codes, tokens, samples etc. are all ok as extras only!! Watch state restrictions on those MIRs please.
• If you choose to send extra over the 30 do check your postage!

Other rules and info:

• You must agree to mail your envie back out within 24 business hours of receipt. Don't mess up the fun for everyone else! If there is an emergency situation, just let us know that you're mailing late. We all understand life comes first! But an emergency is not "I forgot".
• You agree that if your envie is not received and two weeks has passed you will remail.
• Post here when you receive and when you mail-this will help everyone stay on top of the race and keep us having fun!
• Mark your envie with your username and "13 Stop Express" plus your color
• Have fun!

Winning Team:

Whichever line finishes the race first (meaning I have received your final envie first) wins! I will post matchups between the two lines during the course of the race so that once the race ends the losing team members will all have one person to mail a 30 coupon envie as a prize. Same basic rules apply for that envie, no expireds, 2 weeks out, no multiples unless matches to w/l, etc.

Failure to mail that envelope out will still be a failure to follow the rules and result in a bad trade report being filed so please just because your portion of the first race is over, don't forget about the second half.

Edited to add: Knew I forgot something-TIE! In the unlikely event of a tie, I will match you up with someone from the other line and everyone will mail an envie. Everyone wins!

Finally, last time I did a race like this it was slightly larger but it took a LONG time to finish. So if you're not able to commit to staying with us for a minimum of a month, I would advise you not to join. If you're going on a trip during the next month or so, you may not want to join. You don't have to check the thread every day, but you do have to check in. And this train does count as part of your 3, so just know that you may be committed to this one for a while which might keep you off another train.

Post here if you want to join and once we are full up I will get this baby moving! If you haven't ridden a train with me in the last few months, please PM me your name and addy. Otherwise, unless you hear from me, I have your addy.

Time to go update those wishlists!!

[tacatcon]

Our train mailing order is as follows (I mail to # 1 and then they mail to #2 and so on and so forth):


Orange Line:
1. CMRicha2
2. DejaVu
3. Kraftee
4. Coupongirl69
5. darmomof2
6. Skjenny
7. Berrykarrie
8. Parker
9. Basiagrl
10. Elhana
11. Abrilita02
12. Chantal12002
13. Tacatcon

Green Line:
1. RobininVT
2. Oscamaya
3. DarleneJ
4. pickle1975
5. Castocreations
6. Shetlandponyluvr
7. Cher321
8. TDONOHO123
9. Mommy2Cadence
10. Zgirl
11. XsheglittersX
12. Saving4earlyretirement
13. Tacatcon

[tacatcon]

Ack I forgot to come do this yesterday. Thought of it in the a.m. forgot to do it!

This is the list of who will mail to who for the losing/winning team. You are each paired up with a member on the opposing team. (ooh that sounds serious!) If your team loses the race, you will mail one envie that follows the rules in the OP to your person on the other team. If you win, you get an envelope from that person. :) Make sense?

CMRicha2 is paired with pickle1975
DejaVu is paired with Oscamaya
Kraftee is paired with Tacatcon
Coupongirl69 is paired with Zgirl
darmomof2 is paired with RobininVT
Skjenny is paired with Darlenej
BerryKarrie is paired with XsheglittersX
Parker is paired with TDONOHO123
Basiagirl is paired with Saving4earlyretirement
Elhana is paired with Cher321
Abrilita02 is paired with Castocreations
Chantal12002 is paired with Shetlandponyluvr
Tacatcon is paired with Mommy2cadence

Let's win this thing!

[tacatcon]

OK We have a WINNER!

Um yeah, in case it wasn't obvious, I received the Green line envie today!

Thank you saving4earlyretirement!

Congrats Green Team!
Great race everyone!

Now everyone on the Orange line is matched up with someone on the Green line so you Orange line folks have one more envie to mail. The post with those matchups is here. Please follow the same rules in the OP for what you can and cannot include. Let's mail by Thursday. Post here when it goes out! I will PM you the list of addys again in case you don't have it.

Green Line folks, please post when you have received your final envie so we can close this baby out!

Thanks for playing along!

[Berrykarrie]

Congats GREEN TEAM -- my envie will go out tomorrow to Xsheglitters!

[Deja Vu]

Congrats Green team!


Are coupons for Depends considered junk?

[tacatcon]

Originally Posted by Deja Vu Congrats Green team! Are coupons for Depends considered junk?

Oh no, you're kidding right?

Just for anyone who doesn't know the answer to that-yes Depends are junk unless they're on the person's wishlist.

I may need some Depends right about now from laughing so hard.