Clark I hope you dont mind But I cut and pasted Your Rules This pass is in no way affiliated with BassResource.com, and as such BassResource will not insure, mediate, or otherwise be involved in this endeavor. Any questions/complaints must be taken up/settled with the owner of this pass: Rob Riley
The pass is almost boxed up and ready to head out. If you'll look at the map I sent via PM you'll see that SammyLee is first in line due to his proximity to me. The order above is the order it will ship in.
We agreed earlier that the medium flat rate priority mail box would be the best one to use for all this bait - 6 pounds of it! That being said with shipping and 75.00 insurance the total comes to roughly $12.10 to ship this thing around. Everyone I talked to agreed to the price of $10.35 so, IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS THEN PM ME NOW SO THAT I CAN (A) FIND SOMEBODY TO FILL YOUR SPOT OR ( START THIS THING WITH 9 PLAYERS. NO HARM NO FOUL. NO HARD FEELINGS. I don't make the shipping prices up. Blame the post office Wink
The rules are as follows:
1) Once you receive the box take what you like as much as you like. Replace it with equal or greater value lures. They don't have to be the same type of lure. For example you could replace a spinnerbait with a crankbait if the value is the same. Or you could take a spinnerbait and replace it with a buzzbait or another spinner bait - your choice. Remember your next comrade in mind - we want a variety to reach the next guy - not a box full of senkos Wink so take accordingly. Dont' agonize over it though.
2) You have 3-4 days to make your takes/puts and ship the thing back out. This keeps the next guy in line from losing his mind waiting for the box. Plus it gives me a ballpark for when to expect this 6 pound boomerang to come back around.
3)If you are planning on not being around when this thing is most likely to arrive then PLEASE ALERT EVERYONE IN THIS PASS!!!! THIS IS THE BIGGIE RULE. THE GOLDEN RULE!!! Communication is key for this work smoothly. In the event you won't be around (vacation, family emergency, business travel) let us all know - especially me so I can give instructions to the guy shipping to you to re-route the box! Let me know when you'll be available again. If possible I'll put you back in the rotation as close to original so the box doesn't have far to backtrack.
4) Be courteous to the others in the pass. If somebody re-used the box and it looks like a bomb hit it then please get a new box from the post office. For those of you who don't know the box is free there - the postage pays for it. If you put a spinnerbait or crankbait in then make sure the hooks can't poke through the box in transit. Place them in a safe bag or something.
5) Let everybody know via this post what your puts/takes are. This is important for a couple reasons. 1) If there be a slug among us then this aids us all in figuring out who took the bag of rage tails and put a bag of creme worms back in! 2) It lets all of us know what to expect when we get the box. You don't have to take inventory - just your puts/takes. 3) It's more like dirty santa this way - you know what you have your eye on and you get to anticipate its arrival!
6) Please take care of the rest of us and get delivery confirmation and insurance for the box. This protects us if it gets lost/stolen in the mail - and most importantly your reputation! Reputation is all any of us have on this forum.
7) Enclosed in the box you will find some labels already filled out in the order of the pass along with a copy of these rules. Don't assume that the label on the bag of lures is what is inside!!! I'm the world's worst about taking lures out of the original package so just because it says rage tail don't think that's what's inside. Also the count doesn't matter either. You don't have to take a whole bag of anything - you can take 4 senkos and put back 4 of some other soft bait if you want. Go nuts. There's also several empty bags for you to use how you wish and one BPS plastic bag for you to place something personal to someobdy else in. If you want me to get something (not asking anybody to feel obligated) then put it in the bag with my name on the outside so it's left alone. That goes for anybody you want to especially hook up! Do your puts/takes then take the next label in line and reseal the box and ship it to that label.
8) Let me and the rest of us know via this thread 1) when you got the box, 2) what shape it was in, 3) what your puts/takes were 4) when you shipped it off and 5) to whom you shipped it to. Also PM me so i can keep this thing better organized.
9) COMMUNICATION IS KEY! PM ME WITH ALL QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
10) COMMUNICATION IS KEY!!!!!!!!!!
Ya'll have fun with this thing. My goal in hosting this was 1) to get to know some of my brethren better and 2) to get a new box of lures. Almost all the baits that have become my favorites were handed to be by somebody else to try out.
Be creative! If you want everybody to try out this custom bait that kills em in your nick of the woods then throw it in. Don't be afraid to throw in whatever other little trinkets you'd like to share - decals, terminal tackle - anything is game that makes this special for you. Remember that weight of this package is not a factor. This thing will cost 12 bucks to ship if it weighed 1 pound or 40. If it will fit in the box then stuff it in. Just remember to leave a little room for others to stuff junk in. Now i'm gonna go put my handS on ice, and I apologize for this GIGANTIC POST!!!
That's it guys! I hope this goes well. I'm confident in your character and remember integrity is what you do when you know nobody else is watching!