The Smiley (give away/pay it forward) Thread

[Woozle]

In the last few days this thread seems to have had an attack of Halloween madness! I am very grateful to Gymgirl (doing the nightshift), Perky, and others for helping to keep it on track.

I had not made any rules, only guidelines. Sticking to these will I hope, make the thread run smoothly

If you respond to an offer, please use the 'reply with quote' facility so that your claim is linked to the correct offer, not just floating around anonymously!

Important!
Please do not, repeat not make your claim by Kik messenger or PM, it must be made on the thread for all to see. After that you can make arrangements by any method you like - smoke signals are fine!

Please do not post to ask for items or offer to repay, swap or trade in any way. THERE IS NO REPAYMENT REQUIRED. When you are in a position to do so you can post up your own offers to help.

And the one rule made by SuperCell - NO TRADING


Pay it forward is a term for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying it to others instead of to the original benefactor. The concept is old, but the phrase may have been coined by Lily Hardy Hammond in her 1916 book In the Garden of Delight.

WORLD SMILE DAY seems like a good day to start this thread, I can only hope that the generous people on this forum keep it going and stop it from sinking without trace!! Fingers crossed ...

POST ON THIS THREAD IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE AWAY (1 GOLD COIN)

YOU CAN RESTRICT YOUR OFFER TO PLAYERS OF A CERTAIN LEVEL AND BELOW

YOU CAN RESTRICT YOUR OFFER TO YOUR OWN GC AND/OR FACEBOOK FRIENDS ONLY

YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO MONITOR THE THREAD AND CHOOSE YOUR WINNER QUICKLY. POST ON THE THREAD AS SOON AS YOU HAVE A WINNER SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE KNOW THE ITEM HAS BEEN CLAIMED. ARRANGE TRANSFER OF THE ITEM AS YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO BY PM, (OR ON THE THREAD IF YOU ARE HAPPY/SECURE ENOUGH TO DO THIS)

KEEP IT NICE AND SIMPLE, AND KEEP ALL CLAIMS VISIBLE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE ON THE THREAD PLEASE

IF YOU ARE CLAIMING, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A GC AVATAR BEFORE SENDING/ACCEPTING FRIEND REQUESTS (Edit: 29/11/13 Your GC name and game level in a signature is great, but if you haven't yet done a signature, just include this info when you make your claim.)

YOU ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO POST ON THIS THREAD IF YOU ARE A NEW PLAYER AND WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF WITH YOUR LEVEL AND GC NAME. HIGHER LEVEL PLAYERS CAN THEN CONTACT YOU IF THEY WANT TO OFFER HELP.

PLEASE DON'T POST ASKING FOR ITEMS, AS SC WILL CLOSE THE THREAD FOR 'TRADING'

Update - a few guidelines

It's perfectly okay to:

*Choose the person you feel is in the greatest need. It's your stuff you're giving away, you have every right to decide who gets it.
*Ask for proof that someone is in need of the item
*Turn somebody down if you feel they are being greedy.
*Restrict your offer to new players by stating the level that it's open to.
*Claim if you're an established or higher level player (if you're cheeky enough) but if you claim those coveted planks, make up for it by giving away what you get lots of!
*Keep your arrangements on the thread if you don't want to get bogged down with PM's.


Its not okay to:
*Post up post up requests for specific, or indeed any items.
*Respond to people asking for specific items
*Pester players who give, either by PM or Kik messenger asking for more freebies.
*Be greedy. We can all see who you are and it's not a good way to win popularity.


It goes without saying that there has to be trust on this thread. It is of course possible that someone will be a smarty-pants and claim when they shouldn't, or trade the item. If this is going to upset you too much then it's probably best that you don't make the offer. There is no redress, you're just going to have to let it go. I'm counting on the fact that a lot of people will know about it, as a deterrent.
I think it's fine for the thread to move fast so if your first claimant doesn't materialise within a reasonable time then repost or move on to someone else. They'll probably pick up on another offer. Unfortunately no one can do much about issues with Game Centre playing up.

Attachment 18814 Since 1999, the first Friday of October has been named World Smile Day. The concept was the brainchild of Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts. Harvey is best known for creating the iconic Smiley Face symbol and he came up the idea of World Smile Day. ​Harvey "thought that we, all of us, should devote one day each year to smiles and kind acts throughout the world."[/QUOTE]

[Grumbul]

Hello, I was a lucky recipient of pies on the pumpkin pie thread, and was able to help another player with pies when I achieved my goal. That thread was closed because it seemed like no one needed pies anymore. I had understood that people would be offering their pumpkin pies here instead, and referred a neighbor here without checking to see if pies were available first. Ooops! If anyone does still have any extra pies left, could you make that known? There's till almost 2 days left of the challenge, so there may be a few people like my neighbor still trying to finish. I queued my pie oven full of other things, so it will be awhile before I have any more... I'll post them here when I do.

[273nicole]

Hello, I was a lucky recipient of pies on the pumpkin pie thread, and was able to help another player with pies when I achieved my goal. That thread was closed because it seemed like no one needed pies anymore. I had understood that people would be offering their pumpkin pies here instead, and referred a neighbor here without checking to see if pies were available first. Ooops! If anyone does still have any extra pies left, could you make that known? There's till almost 2 days left of the challenge, so there may be a few people like my neighbor still trying to finish. I queued my pie oven full of other things, so it will be awhile before I have any more... I'll post them here when I do.

I have 20 pies for sale in my store right now. Not advertised. I needed the barn space. Earlier today I offered pies. With no takers. I still have 9 in my barn too. Friend me in Game Center. If you need them. Can't guarantee how long they will be there.

[Grumbul]

I have 20 pies for sale in my store right now. Not advertised. I needed the barn space. Earlier today I offered pies. With no takers. I still have 9 in my barn too. Friend me in Game Center. If you need them. Can't guarantee how long they will be there.

Thanks Nicole, I let my neighbor know to check here. I don't know if he still needs them or what, I'm just glad someone still has some in case he does. Thanks for speaking up!

[melliska]

I have 20 pies for sale in my store right now. Not advertised. I needed the barn space. Earlier today I offered pies. With no takers. I still have 9 in my barn too. Friend me in Game Center. If you need them. Can't guarantee how long they will be there.

I'm going to try to find you as I haven't met my pie goal yet (too busy with Halloween preparations
Thanks! Melissa

[273nicole]

Thanks Nicole, I let my neighbor know to check here. I don't know if he still needs them or what, I'm just glad someone still has some in case he does. Thanks for speaking up!

My pleasure. I just received 2 friend requests hope one of them was your neighbor.

[melliska]

My pleasure. I just received 2 friend requests hope one of them was your neighbor.

One was me...thanks so much! Now I'm up to 54/77 pies. I'm going to try to get the rest by the end of the pie extravaganza :-)

[Cazzabee]

I have 5 double panels to gift to someone in need of a silo upgrade. Please don't use them for trading or selling. Let me know where you are on your silo expansion and what you need.

Im in need of silo materials..silo only at 600 so trying to expand it and in need of panels.

im just off to work and have something to do afterwards but should be back in about 12-13 hours

[SP50]

Hi
Hi have 6 pumpkin pies to give if anyone is still trying to complete the challenge.

[Guusje]

I can give 9 if someone needs them