Pay it forward & giveaway question

[zeppos]

I'd like to join the wonderfull pay it forward and/or giveaway initiatives that make this forum extra special, but i'm not sure this will be appreciated. I live on the other side of the Atlantic and postage would be more expensive than with a US winner.
Or is everyone who wins such a contest paying for postage anyway?
What's the forum policy on this?

thanks for enlightning me :thumbup:

 

[Ade]

Zeppos,

I don't know what the forum policy is, or if there even is one.

I have a pay it forward going, and unless it is forum policy otherwise, I had planned to pay shipping. I figure that whoever wins will have to ship another knife, so I figure it'll all even out somewhere down the line. I recently shipped a fairly heavy package to Australia (from Kentucky in the USA), and shipping cost wasn't that bad through the USPS.

I can't speak for anyone else, but enter mine if you want to-- I'll ship it if you win.

Andy

 

[stingray4540]

Since this is a question about pay it forward giveaways, I have a question of my own, if that's ok to hijack your thread.

What if you win one of these, but you don't have any nice, or can't afford one as nice to give away yourself? Is it a requirement to put something out that is similarly as nice as the one you won? Like, what if you win a really nice old knife, but all you can afford to put up for sale is a SAK or something?

Sorry for the hijack, I was just wondering, 'cause I don't want to win one of these, then realize I can't put anything up myself.

 

[Sword and Shield]

Since this is a question about pay it forward giveaways, I have a question of my own, if that's ok to hijack your thread.

What if you win one of these, but you don't have any nice, or can't afford one as nice to give away yourself? Is it a requirement to put something out that is similarly as nice as the one you won? Like, what if you win a really nice old knife, but all you can afford to put up for sale is a SAK or something?

Sorry for the hijack, I was just wondering, 'cause I don't want to win one of these, then realize I can't put anything up myself.

As far as I know, it's perfectly kosher to recycle the one you won as the next, if you choose.

 

[Ade]

Like, what if you win a really nice old knife, but all you can afford to put up for sale is a SAK or something?

Sorry for the hijack, I was just wondering, 'cause I don't want to win one of these, then realize I can't put anything up myself.

Once again, I can only speak for myself, but I don't see a problem. For one, I think we all realize that a free knife is a free knife, and that not everyone (and probably no one) on this board has unlimited means. Do what you can, and don't sweat it. It is the thought that matters.

For whatever it may be worth, the last knife I bought myself was a SAK, and the knife that I want most isn't a Bose or a Ruple or an antique Case, it's the cheap single blade $1.00 department store promotional knife that my dad picked up while stationed in Germany, and carried for years while I was growing up before he lost it. Dad cleaned his nails, whittled whistles, stripped wire, tightened the screws in his glasses, cut bait, and did a thousand other things with that cheap little knife.

Don't sweat it. It is the thought that counts.

Andy