The Traveling Pick Sampler - Anyone Interested?

[Cosmic Graffiti]

Hi, could I be added to the list. I have been looking for more pick selections? I will add several to the pack.
Thank you.
Steve

[wooq]

Sevelos (sent)
hossamassey (en route)
Kback
Northwest Steve
tangleweeds
Mike001
Paul South
Chris Bowsman
MandoMN18
Emmett Marshall
wooq
Paul Merlo
Upis Land
Roger Moss
Diz9000
Mattslouch (new since last list)
Cosmic Graffiti (new since last list)

[jhowell]

Could we get a status update on the picks, please?

[Sevelos]

Could we get a status update on the picks, please?

I received a message from Hossamassey at 14 July 2016, that he received the picks. It seems they survived the cross-Atlantic travels

[Timbofood]

So Sevelos, what were your impressions? Or did I simply miss them earlier?

[Sevelos]

Hi Timbofoot, indeed you have missed them. Here they are:
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...=1#post1500764

[Timbofood]

That's what I get for going on vacation! Thanks.

[Northwest Steve]

Could we get a status update on the picks, please?

It appears that hossamassey has had them almost a month and the list is getting pretty long. I did send him/her a PM asking to post an update. so what is a fair time to have the pics? A week or 10 days max?

[MediumMando5722]

Given that I now have most of the picks in the sampler, I will step out of line so the guys after me can try them sooner.

This forum has put a serious dent in my gear budget

[Mark Gunter]

hossamassey has only eight posts in the forum I think, been a member since 2012. Last post June 29, prior to that, February of this year. Not sure how often he browses here, but I'd think he eventually will pop in and get with the program. Hopefully, he'll get email notifications of the PM's that folk have sent him.

[wooq]

hossamassey (current holder, has had picks over a month )
Kback
Northwest Steve
tangleweeds
Mike001
Paul South
MandoMN18
Emmett Marshall
wooq
Paul Merlo
Upis Land
Roger Moss
Diz9000
Mattslouch
Cosmic Graffiti

Removed Chris Bowsman as per his request.

Does anyone know hossamassey, or how to get a hold of him outside the forum? Maybe we should send our email address and/or phone # as well as our mailing address to the person before and after us in the list?

[gtani7]

Just for comparison, the Martin guitar forum did this in 2010: Wegen, red bear, John Pearse, v-pick, but i think, no BC: http://theunofficialmartinguitarforu.../reply/1075519

[MediumMando5722]

Maybe we should send our email address and/or phone # as well as our mailing address to the person before and after us in the list?

That seems like a good idea. Maybe even go one step further and make a phone call to the recipient mandatory. I don't do many Craigslist transactions anymore, but they were infinitely more likely to go smoothly if I actually talked to the person first.

I hope hossamassey comes through and keeps picks moving.

[Caleb]

I think the phone number idea is a good one. If someone doesn't come by the Cafe regularly, PMs don't do much good. It seems to me that a call or text after 10 days or so to keep things moving would be okay.

Hopefully the Sampler will be up and moving again soon...

[Roger Moss]

Should we and can we institute a duration for keeping the sampler? I only foresee keeping it about a week. At this rate I won't see it for two years. I like the phone number idea.

[houseworker]

hossamassey has only eight posts in the forum I think, been a member since 2012. Last post June 29, prior to that, February of this year. Not sure how often he browses here, but I'd think he eventually will pop in and get with the program. Hopefully, he'll get email notifications of the PM's that folk have sent him.

He's visited the forum (but didn't post) in the last couple of days.

[Timbofood]

PM works fine if someone is looking for it, I have motif ocarina turned on to give me a dope slap if I don't look.

I love spell check! It turned notification into "motif ocarina" I cant stop laughing, I'm leaving that little Pearl!

[Paul South]

What's the cost of sending the sampler package? Maybe hossamassey needs a hand with some extra cash.

[Mark Gunter]

PM works fine if someone is looking for it, I have motif ocarina turned on to give me a dope slap if I don't look.

I love spell check! It turned notification into "motif ocarina" I cant stop laughing, I'm leaving that little Pearl!

"motif octarina" - LOL

Thanks for that second sentence, the first had me confused for a moment

[Caleb]

Should we and can we institute a duration for keeping the sampler? I only foresee keeping it about a week. At this rate I won't see it for two years. I like the phone number idea.

A week seems reasonable, especially considering how many are waiting to try the Sampler.

[Timbofood]

"motif octarina" - LOL

Thanks for that second sentence, the first had me confused for a moment

Try being the one writing it and seeing it! I nearly dropped a whole handful of mashed potatoes and gravy!

[MediumMando5722]

Any updates? When I joined the forum, I was super excited to get to try a BC and other picks without shelling out the dough buy them. I've since bought them all, but it'd be a real bummer for those more patient than myself if the sampler crashed. Not a vote in favor of the goodness of humanity, either.

[Paul South]

Howdy Chris, I have 2 Blue Chip picks, how do you compare the Wegen pick to them......I might do the same and buy one and give up on the sampler coming my way.

[MediumMando5722]

Howdy Chris, I have 2 Blue Chip picks, how do you compare the Wegen pick to them......I might do the same and buy one and give up on the sampler coming my way.

PM sent

[wooq]

This is getting worrisome, two months have passed. Does anyone know how to get a hold of hossamassey outside of this forum?