2013 Marble Exchange

**Captain Glass** · 05-10-2013, 07:56 AM

Hey rogue since you haven't gotten your package yet if your anywhere near zen today from 2-5 ill be there working on stuff with Ned and will give you one of the marbles I got from mr Claus.

**Greymatter Glass** · 05-10-2013, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by ROGUE

I try to never lump a group of people together and call them all bad.

Yeah you know, I've met some really cool child molesters... :P

If the mibs don't turn up by .. lets say... end of next week, hit me up, I'll launch something in your direction.

**ROGUE** · 05-10-2013, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by smokinsluuu

Hey rogue since you haven't gotten your package yet if your anywhere near zen today from 2-5 ill be there working on stuff with Ned and will give you one of the marbles I got from mr Claus.

I am actually coming down with Chad in a little while lol.

Please don't give me one of yours, those are yours. I'm working on getting mine back. I did end up getting my torch back after a long fight last time, so we'll see. The tracking just updated and says that it departed Tampa for somwhere this morning, so I don't know what's going on. The mailman said he already delivered it(on the 8th), so we'll see what shows up in the package.

**ROGUE** · 05-10-2013, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by Greymatter Glass

Yeah you know, I've met some really cool child molesters... :P

If the mibs don't turn up by .. lets say... end of next week, hit me up, I'll launch something in your direction.

Point well taken on the child molester thing lol.

Thank you for the offer.

As I posted right before this something is in the works I put in the report on the morning of the 9th, the mailman said he delivered it on the eighth and now the tracking number said it just departed a sorting facilicity in Tampa dest unk lol.

**MarioSC** · 05-10-2013, 09:21 AM

Got my mibs in yesterday. Got some pretty awesome stuff. Will get pics after I get home. Oh and I'm in to send a marble ur way as well Rouge if that package doesn't turn up.

**Chad S** · 05-10-2013, 09:34 AM

I would also be willing to do the same Rogue, I would send you a few mibs. Please keep us updated on the status of your shipment.

**Chad S** · 05-10-2013, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by istandalone24/7

i actually didn't get any of rich's marbles.....

mr santa.....would you be interested in doing a one for one exchange?

I got like 4 mibs from Santa, I would be more than willing to send one your way if your unable to get your hands on one. Merry X-mas!

**Captain Glass** · 05-10-2013, 09:40 AM

I'm just going to take him one anyways

**ROGUE** · 05-10-2013, 09:52 AM

Thank a lot everybody!!! I really thought after seeing the status on the post tracking page that it would show up today, but the mail just came and went again.

It definitely won't come tomorrow because they don't deliver on Sat anymore, so lets see what happens Mon.

**istandalone24/7** · 05-10-2013, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by Twist

I got like 4 mibs from Santa, I would be more than willing to send one your way if your unable to get your hands on one. Merry X-mas!

sweet. i'll send you one of mine if we do this.

**Chad S** · 05-10-2013, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by istandalone24/7

sweet. i'll send you one of mine if we do this.

Pm Sent.

**ROGUE** · 05-10-2013, 12:50 PM

I have GREAT news! and a story to go with it of course.

I got my marbles and... the whole thing was caught on tape and by a good glass blowing friend of mine that made a trip down from Crystal River. So my mail got delivered earlier today, right around 1pm, well around 230 he came back and tried sneaking my package at my front door because he must have seen my car leave, but I wasn't in it.

So anyway, the dogs bark and alert me to his presence so I walk out my shop door and look right at him, my friend saw the whole thing, he turned his head quick, turned his back to me and walked down the driveway and didn't say a word. However, he just got done stating yesterday that he delivered it on the 8th.

But the awesome thing is that I got the marbles and they are freakin AWESOME!!!

I want to thank brehmglass, Hangtime, John A. The Glasstle Group, Gambitglass, and wakinda so much. The marble are beautiful

And Marina, my goodness. You are a saint. The box was wrapped perfect and the labels were more than I could have hoped for. Thank you so much for doing this for all of us.

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**Slow** · 05-10-2013, 01:20 PM

Glad you got your marbles, but that's some bullshit. Get a PO box, man.

**ROGUE** · 05-10-2013, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by Slow

Glad you got your marbles, but that's some bullshit. Get a PO box, man.

I guess I'm gonna have to. You're like the 20th person to tell me. It just makes me mad that I have to inconvenience myself over some butthead.

**glassdocnc** · 05-10-2013, 03:18 PM

I'm glad you got your package but I also urge you to look into a more secure way to get your mail in the future.

I learned last year that I needed a better way to track who exchanged with which other artist. The red and green tags (red recipient, green creator) really helped this year. The biggest hurdle was matching sizes/complexity and making sure no one got two from the same person.

**Greymatter Glass** · 05-10-2013, 06:04 PM

You can request packages sent to you be held (general delivery) at the post office, that way you get your regular mail, bills, junk, all that shit, but any packages will be held, not delivered.

I suspect he stole the box, then when questions started getting asked he decided he better return it, then maybe had third thoughts and figured THAT would seem suspicious and came back....

I would contact the state attorney general as well as the state postmaster, and file a formal complaint. The guy is obviously a tool. Glad you got everything tho!

**ROGUE** · 05-10-2013, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by Greymatter Glass

You can request packages sent to you be held (general delivery) at the post office, that way you get your regular mail, bills, junk, all that shit, but any packages will be held, not delivered.

I suspect he stole the box, then when questions started getting asked he decided he better return it, then maybe had third thoughts and figured THAT would seem suspicious and came back....

I would contact the state attorney general as well as the state postmaster, and file a formal complaint. The guy is obviously a tool. Glad you got everything tho!

Grey, I had no idea that was an option. That's where it's at right there. I'm gonna go set that up Monday for sure. Thank you.

Well I already filed a local police report and I told them what happened today and they said they are still going to follow through with investigating it.

I was in contact with a friend whose uncle is a mail man and is giving me some inside emails so I don't have to use the general email. He thinks by using this email it won't get screened and the person who needs to see it will. I think this time the guy may have screwed himself.

**Greymatter Glass** · 05-10-2013, 07:58 PM

General delivery is usually case by case... like I don't think you can just sign up for it, but maybe you can. When I lived in Hawaii a lot of people had general delivery because they lived on roads or areas the mail couldn't get to, lacked a legal address. It's also how many homeless people are able to receive mail without relying on a shelter address or something.

When you have someone mail you something they put the address as:

YOUR NAME
GENERAL DELIVERY
CITY, STATE, ZIPCODE-9999

The Zipcode is the zipcode of the post office you want to pick it up at, and append a -9999 to the zipcode which is secret USPS code for general delivery.

Mine would be:

DOUG HARROUN
GENERAL DELIVERY
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107-9999

Many online ordering systems wont let you enter a general delivery address, but usually you can contact them via email an get it sorted out.

Also, the post office wont notify you that you have a package for pick up so you have to track it if you can, and/or just check the post office frequently, they'll usually only hold it for a few days to a week.

You'll need at least one valid government ID with your name on it to pick something up, so you can't use a fake name or anything, unless you have a very good fake ID I guess.

**istandalone24/7** · 05-11-2013, 03:46 AM

yes i'm with greymatter on this matter lol.

keep complaining about this richardhead....sooner or later he'll get fired. mail carriers should be held to a higher standard then they are atm. they're in a position where we need to be able to trust them. after all, checks are in the mail, meds get mailed etc.

**Joemess** · 05-11-2013, 05:29 AM

Originally Posted by ROGUE

Grey, I had no idea that was an option. That's where it's at right there. I'm gonna go set that up Monday for sure. Thank you.

Well I already filed a local police report and I told them what happened today and they said they are still going to follow through with investigating it.

I was in contact with a friend whose uncle is a mail man and is giving me some inside emails so I don't have to use the general email. He thinks by using this email it won't get screened and the person who needs to see it will. I think this time the guy may have screwed himself.

https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/

second option down. These guys have no sense of humor and will, if a crime is committed, take care of this person. I saw a carrier walked out of a mail facility in handcuffs one time over something trivial compared to this.

thats all you need right there... Local police will have to refer to them as it would be a federal crime...

or even better...
https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MLNtRcvd.aspx