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[anonymous_abc]

I got my Candy from the US and A, looks awesome
thank you so much TriAceJP and CandyGAF in total
lots of fun!



also an unpacking video, including very modern and en vogue shaky cam™
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsUsyBz8Ghw

 

[TriAceJP]

I feel bad because we supposedly sent the same weight of items but it just seems you sent me so much more stuff than I sent you.

 

[decaf]

SPOILER WARNING FOR JIGGLYWIGGLY: PHOTOS BELOW!

£50 came to about ¥6,500, postage was about the same at ¥7,000 (£55). Grand total ¥13,500/€131/£105/$168.

Most of the haul I'm receiving is for my students, so the haul is guaranteed to please a lot of people. Looking forward to it jigglywiggly!

Buying the first half of stuff at one konbini.

First layer of stuff.

Second layer of stuff.

 

[The Technomancer]

I feel bad because we supposedly sent the same weight of items but it just seems you sent me so much more stuff than I sent you.

Yeah, that's how I felt last year, I just doubled down this year and sent more

 

[anonymous_abc]

I feel bad because we supposedly sent the same weight of items but it just seems you sent me so much more stuff than I sent you.

Seriously, don't worry about it!
We both had a limit we both stuck to it, I don't feel as if I got the short end of the stick!

Twinkles where nice, not sure what the big fuss is about though
Snickers peanut butter was tasty too.

More reviews to follow.

 

[Tea and Toast]

Uh oh

My tracking is showing this...

Delivery Agent - UNITED STATES AMERICA Returned to sender - refused by addressee.

What do I do?

 

[TriAceJP]

Snickers peanut butter was tasty too.

I'm not too big on Twinkies myself but those Snicker squares are dreamy.

 

[jiggles]

SPOILER WARNING FOR JIGGLYWIGGLY: PHOTOS BELOW!

£50 came to about ¥6,500, postage was about the same at ¥7,000 (£55). Grand total ¥13,500/€131/£105/$168.

Most of the haul I'm receiving is for my students, so the haul is guaranteed to please a lot of people. Looking forward to it jigglywiggly!

OMGOMGOMG. HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE

I'm not enlarging those photos on my phone, in the interest of spoilers but it looks like a crazy amount of stuff. Excited to the max.

It looks like your stuff has made it to Japan safely. Just a matter of clearing customs without a hitch and reaching your home. Hope my ghetto shopping bag stuffing was enough to keep all those KitKats from breaking. D:

 

[BertramCooper]

A mysterious package from the exotic land of New Zealand was delivered to my apartment today.

I opened it up, and SURPRISE! There was nothing but a jar of Vegemite! Curses!

Just kidding. Here's the haul. And WOAH, what a haul!

Thanks so much to Brianemone for being such an awesome swap partner! I can't wait until I can dig into this! (I only eat sweets on Saturday, so I'll have to restrain myself! But luckily the Vegemite is carb-free!)

I also feel a bit guilty, as I definitely think he sent more than I sent him. But hopefully he and his wife and kids enjoy what I sent. (It should be arriving any day!)

 

[kennah]

Hilarious! Two New Zealand package posts in a row!

It all looks delicious. We've already cracked open the gummies.

How polg got that baby through customs, I have no idea.

In the interest in full disclosure, I haven't sent out his package yet, but it goes out next payday and I'll definitely make it worth his while.

 

[Tigel]

Oh, look what arrived today. What could it be?

Twinkies!

I've finally had a taste of the legendary cake. It's pretty good, it tastes alot like vanilla 1/2 moon that we have here in Canada

Another layer of candies:

The whole haul. What's the mysterious white box in the back?

See's chocolate! They are so very tasty.

Thanks a lot Bearded Dudebro! What an awesome haul!
Surprisingly enough, they may be american candies but I've seen none of these here in Canada. You made some great choices!

By the way, your candies are on the way

 

[TurbulentTurtle]

Twinkies!
http://i.imgur.com/swBVbl.jpg[IMG]

I've finally had a taste of the legendary cake. It's pretty good, it tastes alot like vanilla 1/2 moon that we have here in Canada[/QUOTE]

Uh... I thought we could get Twinkies here in Canada...
I haven't bought them in forever but I distinctly remember seeing boxes of the stuff in grocery stores. I even saw some while I was shopping for my candy swap partner.

 

[Tigel]

Uh... I thought we could get Twinkies here in Canada...
I haven't bought them in forever but I distinctly remember seeing boxes of the stuff in grocery stores. I even saw some while I was shopping for my candy swap partner.

Well, Québec lives in its own bubble so that's probably why. But seriously, I never saw them anywhere near my hometown.

 

[RisingZan]

Uh oh

My tracking is showing this...

Delivery Agent - UNITED STATES AMERICA Returned to sender - refused by addressee.

What do I do?

How odd...nope, package arrived perfectly! I must say, what an amazing selection, tea and Dr. Who swag to boot! Those clusters are AWESOME. Thanks a bunch!

...and as promised, here's a pixelated candy porn image of what's headed your way.
PREPARE TO REAP THE CANDY WHIRLWIND GENTLEMEN.

 

[baekshi]

that is the best censor ever

 

[Lirlond]

that is the best censor ever

He actually forgot to take a picture of his candy, that's just some lego.

 

[Tea and Toast]

=RisingZan;44022410]How odd...nope, package arrived perfectly! I must say, what an amazing selection, tea and Dr. Who swag to boot! Those clusters are AWESOME. Thanks a bunch!

...and as promised, here's a pixelated candy porn image of what's headed your way.
PREPARE TO REAP THE CANDY WHIRLWIND GENTLEMEN.

I hope I sent you enough and you weren't dissapointed. That tea must only be drunk from the tardis mug!

 

[Bill_Duke]

Package from Brownmonkey arrived finally. Inside about 8kg of candy!

There's so much stuff I don't even know where to start. Might take a while to taste them all.. One or two things available here in Finland too, but I haven't even hear of some of that stuff, especially the Mexican candy. Luckily I'm hosting my birthday party this saturday, so me and my wife don't have to eat all that alone.

 

[ShinNL]

I hope Kitsunebaby receives my package before I receive hers. Last time I did the swap my box arrived later as well despite sending it earlier. I have no clue what they do with those boxes during all this downtime, the US must have huge storage places.

 

[Tea and Toast]

that is the best censor ever

It kind of looks like Cartman with lipstick on.

 

[RisingZan]

I hope I sent you enough and you weren't dissapointed. That tea must only be drank from the tardis mug!

Not in the slightest! Actually, the picture is missing a few items because I couldn't help myself before remembering to take a pic.

No other brew shall touch said mug!

Thanks again! I'll be interested to see what you think of the stuff headed your way...

 

[peetfeet]

Damn, how have i not seen this thread before? Gutted i missed it, how often do these swaps take place?

 

[The Technomancer]

Got my candy from Drazgul today:

Everything I've opened so far has been fantastic!

 

[jiggles]

All Sorts?

 

[Canis lupus]

I'm eating Aldi smarties right now, they're delicious, better than what they used to be.

 

[maquiladora]

All Sorts?

Only eat the blue ones.

 

[Tea and Toast]

The packaging on some of the European sweets looks really cheap. Lidl Style.

 

[Brianemone]

Thanks so much to Brianemone for being such an awesome swap partner!

My pleasure. Your package arrived safe and sound this afternoon, I'm going to let the kids unpack it in the morning. Hopefully something entertaining happens.

 

[ShinNL]

Oh my gawd, Kitsunebaby's package has arrived

Thanks a lot

I'll be updating soon with photos and an unpacking video, I think a roommate wants to share the unboxing experience.

Hope you receive mine soon, the tracker says it should be on the 12th right now :|

 

[jiggles]

My stuff from caffeinedreamer arrived today. Amazing work, dude. So much wonderful bizarre and incomprehensible stuff. I started on the tiny chocolate squares, moved on to Calorie Mate, and am now sampling the sugary delights of these black currant and fanta chews. I'm have no idea what I'm eating, but I'm in fruity heaven.

This could last a while.

 

[NeoRausch]

Got my cnady from adamsappel!

Short story befor pics:

German Laws in full force!
i was tracking the package and at on point it said that DHL tried to deliver the package, left a note and i said i wanted to pick it up.
nothing of that beeing true i started wondering what happend.
next day my wife went to DHL and asked them and (oh my!) they where really able to help.

the package ended up at the "zollamt" (customs?) and will be getting a not from them as soon as it will be able to be picked up.

"I wonder how fucking long that will take!"

next day: note appeared, waaaay faster then i would have ever imagined. blah blah blah can pic it up...blah blah blah... will at least cost you 5€ for storage plus other coast....ugh...okay, whatever
so today i have a day off and i was able to to go to the "Haupzollamt". waited in line...waited in line...waited in line...surfed GAF...waited in line...waited in line...waited in line...

"BZZZZZT!" HOLY SHIT! MY TURN!

so i go inside and the angriest, i lost my life allready in this job - 25 year old dude i've seen in the last couple of weeks was staring at me.

"what do you want"

"i...um...want to pick up a package" (what the hell? it was only for private package...what else would i want?)

"papers?"

*hand over all the papers they've send me*

*dude wanders off without saying anything and comes back*

"please open that package"

"sure"

i cut it open

"what's inside? (not that i was about to open the flaps and there beeing an item describtion on it)

"candys"

"uhu....ok....where have ordered it?"

"ah nope, it's a gift from a..."

"who is that (insert adamappels real name here) person? a friend?"

"yeah, why?"

" he has not noted that it is a gift!"

"welll uh...so?"

"take the package. you can go"

"i um.... uh? can i have some tape to close it?"

*throws tape across the room* "NEXT!"


what funny and eye opening trip that was. i walked out there like a king!


but all that was REAAALLLY worth it:

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the boy looked really good. just a few dents here and there but nothing major

an itemdescribtion wich was a great read and a real help. i fell bad for not including something like this. great idea, gonna copy that next time around.

AND WHAT A HAUL THAT WAS! everything was in perfect condition. some of the bars were a bite squished, but who cares....they stll taste wawesome!Thanks to adamsappel and his familly. he was the perfect dude to swap for the first time.
Everyting so far was awesome tasty, my wife looooved the twinkies. i can't wait for all the hot cinnamon stuff! and all the peanutbutter fillings <3

i just hope that adamsappel will get his package ASAP!

oh and big thanks to bearded dudebro for organizing all this!


it's time for:

 

[ShinNL]

Unboxed. Amazing how packed the box was! So far I tried the Nutter Butter and it was delicious

Thanks Kitsunebaby!

Will upload the unboxing video after Kitsunebaby receives my package because I also recorded a boxing video (of the Dutch candy).

Edit: ugh, couldn't help myself and also opened the Hershey's. OMG that's freaking delicious :O

 

[bcl0328]

My stuff from caffeinedreamer arrived today. Amazing work, dude. So much wonderful bizarre and incomprehensible stuff. I started on the tiny chocolate squares, moved on to Calorie Mate, and am now sampling the sugary delights of these black currant and fanta chews. I'm have no idea what I'm eating, but I'm in fruity heaven.

This could last a while.

wow. wonder if i can contact caffeinedreamer and just pay him to send some things because i always wanted japanese candy and have no clue what to get. this seems great.

 

[anonymous_abc]

Got my cnady from adamsappel!

Short story befor pics:

German Laws in full force!
i was tracking the package and at on point it said that DHL tried to deliver the package, left a note and i said i wanted to pick it up.
nothing of that beeing true i started wondering what happend.
next day my wife went to DHL and asked them and (oh my!) they where really able to help.

the package ended up at the "zollamt" (customs?) and will be getting a not from them as soon as it will be able to be picked up.

"I wonder how fucking long that will take!"

next day: note appeared, waaaay faster then i would have ever imagined. blah blah blah can pic it up...blah blah blah... will at least cost you 5&#8364; for storage plus other coast....ugh...okay, whatever
so today i have a day off and i was able to to go to the "Haupzollamt". waited in line...waited in line...waited in line...surfed GAF...waited in line...waited in line...waited in line...

"BZZZZZT!" HOLY SHIT! MY TURN!

so i go inside and the angriest, i lost my life allready in this job - 25 year old dude i've seen in the last couple of weeks was staring at me.

"what do you want"

"i...um...want to pick up a package" (what the hell? it was only for private package...what else would i want?)

"papers?"

*hand over all the papers they've send me*

*dude wanders off without saying anything and comes back*

"please open that package"

"sure"

i cut it open

"what's inside? (not that i was about to open the flaps and there beeing an item describtion on it)

"candys"

"uhu....ok....where have ordered it?"

"ah nope, it's a gift from a..."

"who is that (insert adamappels real name here) person? a friend?"

"yeah, why?"

" he has not noted that it is a gift!"

"welll uh...so?"

"take the package. you can go"

"i um.... uh? can i have some tape to close it?"

*throws tape across the room* "NEXT!"


what funny and eye opening trip that was. i walked out there like a king!


but all that was REAAALLLY worth it:

[quoted for size open in new tab for giant resolution]


the boy looked really good. just a few dents here and there but nothing major


an itemdescribtion wich was a great read and a real help. i fell bad for not including something like this. great idea, gonna copy that next time around.



AND WHAT A HAUL THAT WAS! everything was in perfect condition. some of the bars were a bite squished, but who cares....they stll taste wawesome!Thanks to adamsappel and his familly. he was the perfect dude to swap for the first time.
Everyting so far was awesome tasty, my wife looooved the twinkies. i can't wait for all the hot cinnamon stuff! and all the peanutbutter fillings <3

i just hope that adamsappel will get his package ASAP!

oh and big thanks to bearded dudebro for organizing all this!


it's time for:

http://i.imgur.com/f1viZ.jpg[/ IMG][/QUOTE]

declaring as a gift should definitely make it into the OT next time, its a must!

 

[NeoRausch]

declaring as a gift should definitely make it into the OT next time, its a must!

ah i don't blame adamsappel for it, he declared it as wrapped candies. german law is so damm nitpicky.

i had a fun adventure today and loooots and looots of candies!


btw. red vines and Zotz is damm awesome!

 

[jiggles]

I don't feel so good. I think I overdid it on the bizarro-candy today.

Berry flavoured biscuit sticks.
Grape flavoured chews with biscuit bits in the middle.
Coffee-flavoured chewing gum.


Blurgh. Too extreme too fast. My delicate palate was unprepared.

 

[adamsappel]

I usually do declare it as a "gift," I don't know why I didn't this time. Sorry! Looks like it all worked out in the end. Glad you like it!

 

[NeoRausch]

I usually do declare it as a "gift," I don't know why I didn't this time. Sorry! Looks like it all worked out in the end. Glad you like it!

as said, no biggie. i'm just worried about your package.
on my tracking site it's a standstill since the 27th of last month.
i hope everything turns out good.

 

[Kitsunebaby]

Unboxed. Amazing how packed the box was! So far I tried the Nutter Butter and it was delicious

Thanks Kitsunebaby!

Will upload the unboxing video after Kitsunebaby receives my package because I also recorded a boxing video (of the Dutch candy).

Edit: ugh, couldn't help myself and also opened the Hershey's. OMG that's freaking delicious :O

Your's came today, too! Unfortunately, it'll be a couple days before I can borrow a camera to take a picture of it all. I'll try to control myself so there's still some left for the photo.

Edit: Oh my god, this Kinder Bueno bar is freaking fantastic! I love anything hazelnut flavored so this is awesome, thanks for sending so many!

 

[notworksafe]

All these pics make me hope my candy shows up soon. :x

 

[smoothj]

Got my package from Baconsaurus!

Hey Bacon, my girlfriend definitely approves! Those waffle syrup cookies....hhhhnnnnngggg

The attention to detail and describing all of the treats is going above and beyond. That letter was awesome. You definitely put me to shame lol. Seriously man I cannot thank you enough, this was a great experience and will get better upon each candy being consumed. I'll have to copy your style next time I partake in another candy swap. Hope you like mine, it's quite meaty.

!!THANKS MAN!! (I know I know.. I should have taken it landscape)

 

[decaf]

wow. wonder if i can contact caffeinedreamer and just pay him to send some things because i always wanted japanese candy and have no clue what to get. this seems great.

As jigglywiggly and I noticed, dealing with Japan comes a pretty price. That haul was ¥13,500/€131/£105/$168; half of that being shipping.

 

[polg]

Hilarious! Two New Zealand package posts in a row!

It all looks delicious. We've already cracked open the gummies.

How polg got that baby through customs, I have no idea.


In the interest in full disclosure, I haven't sent out his package yet, but it goes out next payday and I'll definitely make it worth his while.

Great to see You got it! I will ship you what I forgot next week ^_^

 

[ShinNL]

Your's came today, too! Unfortunately, it'll be a couple days before I can borrow a camera to take a picture of it all. I'll try to control myself so there's still some left for the photo.

Edit: Oh my god, this Kinder Bueno bar is freaking fantastic! I love anything hazelnut flavored so this is awesome, thanks for sending so many!

Yay awesome, I'm glad the tracker sucked and it arrived sooner than it said it would

I wasn't confident of all the candies being available in the US or not, but I was confident in that Bueno bar I sent you. Glad you like it

^ Hell yeah, sending letters is the best /dutchrepresent

 

[Paper Fox]

Oh man I'm getting really jealous looking at all these pics.
I'd love some Crunkys and Tiger Nooties, they sound delicious.

 

[Brianemone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_OuT4Dp8cE

Bestest day of my life.

 

[Haemolacria]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_OuT4Dp8cE

Bestest day of my life.

What a heart-warming video

 

[adamsappel]

Cute kids and video, Brian!

 

[Wool]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_OuT4Dp8cE

Bestest day of my life.

Nice to see what comes out these threads. Did they read the jokes on the wrapper?

 

[Jzero]

If i were to participate in these in the future i would just want all Ferrero (Kinder) candy

Package from Brownmonkey arrived finally. Inside about 8kg of candy!

http://i.imgur.com/MMV5i.jpg?1

There's so much stuff I don't even know where to start. Might take a while to taste them all.. One or two things available here in Finland too, but I haven't even hear of some of that stuff, especially the Mexican candy. Luckily I'm hosting my birthday party this saturday, so me and my wife don't have to eat all that alone.

The Pelon Pelo Rico candy are so damn delicious.