-- Giveaways --

I'm sorry to say that SRP will no longer have a Monthly Giveaway. :(
Possibly in the future, if our community grows, we can start it up again.
All donated items will be put into lots next year and go to help raise funds for Movember,
and/or sold to raise funds to help a charity. So your donations will go to a good use.
Please do not send any further donations.

Thank you all for the good times I had in doing this for SRP.
Jerry...

Thanks for all you did to keep the giveaways going. Can't understand why more people did not take advantage of it. Thank you to all those that donated over the years.

^^ Ditto ^^

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Originally Posted by bouschie

Thanks for all you did to keep the giveaways going. Can't understand why more people did not take advantage of it. Thank you to all those that donated over the years.

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I didn't... for the simple reason that I've been divesting myself of hardware (to the SRP "Giveaway" program); so why would I possibly want to reacquire it? (even if for-free) I'm surely not the only one.

Let me express my gratitude to you Jerry. Your handling of the monthly giveaway was outstanding! The donors were always very generous, and I appreciated their gifts. Thank You donors!

The monthly giveaway helped me greatly by increasing my equipment count and allowing me to become proficient in my honing and stropping skills. I am saddened to see this go away, but I certainly understand the logistics of this decision.

Thank You everyone who participated!

Thanks for your hard work Jerry, I have benefited from the generosity of the donors and your selfless efforts twice.

I am sad that this is the end of an era but I understand, I and I am sure others will miss your giveaways.

I for one will always be grateful.

Thank you for your time and effort Jerry!

Pete <:-}

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Thanks for all that you have done! :)

I've won some really nice things from the giveaway and will miss it. thanks to all the donors who were generous with there donations. Thanks to Jerry for your hard work and all you put into it!

Thanks Jerry. I’m sorry that’s where we are at, but that’s where we are at. I too appreciate all you and others have done to this point.

Yes, thanks Jerry for all of your efforts.

I've been around this place from pretty much day one and before and unfortunately there is a bit of shrinkage going on here. I wish I had a magic solution to reverse the process but I don't.

I guess it is what it is.

It is indeed unfortunate that the giveaway is disappearing. I benefited from it as did many others and it was something many of us looked forward to each month.

Jerry, you did a masterful job herding the cats, getting things organized and contacting the winners. You and the donors provided a wonderful addition to SRP.

I suppose the reduction in activity is a natural happening given the aging of our membership. There seem to be a lot of members from the past who don’t connect any longer with the fora. It would be wonderful if we could find a way to get them back in touch.

Thanks Jerry. You're a good man, I don't care what anybody says.:nj

I never participated but I know you put a lot of work into it. Admirable commitment to the task for sure.

It's sad to see the giveaways disappear, but understandable I suppose. Thanks to Jerry and SRP for keeping it going as long as it did!

I've had so little time for myself that my shaving hobby had been put on pause for a while, so I'm not on SRP much these days (although it doesn't stop me from buying stones and razors).

This forum has been so great to me, and one of the big reasons was the generosity of other members when I was first starting out (with extremely limited funds). This allowed me to follow my interests, but also inspired me to pass along that generosity to others once I had the means. I only occasionally participated in the giveaways and never won any, but I felt it was an important part of the forum because it was representative of the generous spirit of the place. It's actually really interesting that even though the giveaways will stop, there still seems to be a bunch of gear ready to be given away.

Thanks Jerry for all you did running this. I hope as more people become involved you guys can do something like this again in the future...

Thank you Jerry for having organized these all this time. I’ve donated twice in earlier years and was actually on the brink of donating again, since I need room in my drawers :)
I guess it’s been said before above, but it would be great to see the community grow again.
The giveaways always were great for those starting out.

You can always send it to my pocket/Collection. I'd be willing to sacrifice my storage for a few of your things @sashimi. :rofl2: Kidding.
Thanks. I'm hoping things may come back to life at a later date.