ANNOUNCEMENT: ACME Delivery is not Santa Claus.

[vakkotaur]

In reviewing delivery suggestions for ACME, I've found a couple that are pretty much like asking Santa Claus for something. This bothers me, as it breaks the setup of the ACME Delivery shtick: the recipient should be surprised, at least a little bit. Evidently I had not made that clear and so I've gone back and edited the last few polls to make that plain. I have also made such a change on the ACME Delivery web site.

Any further self-serving suggestions will be ignored. Those already submitted, since it was my fault I didn't make it clear, are in a gray area. I am really tempted to just drop those as well, and I could as I did solicit suggestions rather than orders. Alternately, they could be turned sideways as it were. This is ACME, after all.

I am also thinking that I probably shouldn't bother with any truly anonymous suggestions (I do allow anonymous comments, with restriction) as those are apt to be self-serving. I don't care to "out" anybody, I just want to be sure that ACME Delivery isn't being abused with gimmees.

Comments

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I think this is a perfectly fair decision.

Actually, turning ANYthing sideways is appropriate. As you say, this is Acme, after all.

[ken-redtail.livejournal.com]

Does this mean no on my pony?

Houyhnhnm?

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

* checks through lists *

Pony?

[badjahsensei.livejournal.com]

Dammit... so that request for an IRB'd, researched, experimented, written, and edited doctoral dissertation is out then?

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Would you, of all creatures, do such a thing as go with a dissertation supplied by ACME? Besides, ACME would probably take IRB to mean International Rugby Board or something.

Gimmees

[jugularjaguar.livejournal.com]

I would be interested in hearing what was asked for. I can see where this might be fun for you also and entertaining to whomever asks for items. I will have to give you details later on. But don't out right write this off.

There is always opportunity to entertain folks.

Re: Gimmees

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

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