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[redbird]

I just got one of the two pairs of socks I won in the Magick for Terri fundraising auction last spring; I suspect I'll be wearing them soon, since it's starting to feel a bit like winter. I'm posting this partly as a belated follow-up to minnehaha K's query a while ago about whether other people had gotten their auction winnings.

Governor Cuomo has issued an executive order allowing New Yorkers who have been displaced by Hurricane Sandy to vote at any polling place in the state. The details: this is limited to residents of the federally declared disaster area—New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, and Rockland—and if you vote outside your legislative district your vote won't count for that district. (It's not clear to me how overlapping but distinct boundaries for congress, state assembly, and state senate affect this.) But your vote will count for president and senate (yes, we have a senate race).

Most of the subway lines are up and running, though with fewer trains than normal, but we don't have good information about most of the remainder, and what we do know is discouraging: it will be months before the A train is going to the Rockaways again. My hunch is that the MTA wants to avoid saying anything specific that they may not be able to deliver on.

Comments

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

As far as we know everyone has rec'd everything paid for from the auction. A few items went astray and were refunded. At this point, of course, it's really between the winner and the donor because if someone hasn't gotten an item they should have contacted us within a reasonable time frame. :)

[redbird]

The problem is that it's not clear what constitutes a "reasonable" time frame for things like hand-knit socks. I have another pair outstanding, and I would rather receive them, even belatedly, than have the money refunded. (I have emailed with the knitter in question, though not recently.)

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

I thought that most of the "handmade" item postings included an estimated time frame. That's what I'd try to go by. But the main thing is that you're happy getting them and if you are willing to wait a little longer then you rock. At any rate we stopped checking the mailbox after 6 months because we considered that a fairly reasonable length of time to handle any issues.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

redbird and I won hand-knitted socks from the same seller, and I have not received mine as yet, although I have had congenial email sort of recently from the knitter. Redbird, have you received socks from that auction?

K.

[redbird]

If I am right about which seller it is, no. (The ones I got yesterday were from the auction of vaguely Dr. Who themed ones, not the ones from Maya.)

Also, with regard to copperwise's comment, I was originally told I would have my socks from the other auction in three months; I'm not sure what counts as an unreasonable length of time, given that expectation and the nature of the item.

[redrose3125.livejournal.com]

That voting thing, is doing it right.