Mizo, when you show your mom all the responses, maybe show her the contest thread too...you did an excellent job on that...she might like to know that. might help her work out something with Chris..
thanks lucy! i'll show her all the stuff that has to do with the contest, even the private messages that chris sent me before the contest started, he helped me out a lot before that. mizozuman2
I like the coin shop idea, why not just send it to the local coin shop i am sure they would help participate in this.
If he is already going to a local coin shop he could just give out the coin shop address after he has talked to the owner. Then just have the package with Mizo as the recipient.
true, but we don't have a coin shop around for a good 30 miles in eldorado, but there are a few in wichita but i don't know any of them off the top of my head.
All of these solutions have the same result, you still send the prize to Miz's town, his neighborhood, his school, what his mother is trying to avoid. Maybe even send it to him without his parents knowing, I can tell you I've never had this problem, but if I did, that's what I would do as Miz. See if you can at least PayPal him the dollar value of the prize if all else fails.
Send it to his neighbor in his name. They will most likely return it to him knowingly. Ask if he is close to any of his neighbors.
Sending it to a neighbor is the same as sending it to his house, and I would never encourage Miz to do anything against his mother's wishes. All that would accomplish is to destroy the trust between mother and son. Absolutely not! Chris
Completely agree. Someone mentioned sneding to a church. I'm not sure if his family attends, and it doesn't matter either way. But if they do have a preacher, priest, rabi, etc. I'm sure they would be more than happy to help a youngster out with a healthy educationaly hobby. By the way, did we ever figure out what the secret prize is?
No, I haven't revealed the prize to anyone yet, including Miz. I still haven't heard from Tyler, and I'm beginning to think that he has the same predicament as Miz. Chris
Send it to his school. No harm in that and if its anthrax or some deadly product his mom can have comfort the school handled it first. I use to receive mail at my school.
You don't understand. I don't want either of them to do anything without parental permission. If I knew what school he attended, then I would obviously know his hometown. Apparently, Miz's Mom is (rightfully) hesitant about it. If I did know his hometown, I would just as soon work out an arrangement with their local police chief which, hopefully, would serve to ease some of her concerns. Chris
well, i asked my mom last night about it being sent to the police station, and she said that she doesn't know and that she'd think about it.