Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36213856-20180813000220/@comment-35284508-20180813003459

CocoB-

Wow, lots of questions. Gifts can be a message but unless you got tar and feathers I think you are ok. I don't know what other things you have received from your friend. Sometimes an inventory-rich friend might look at your WL and see that you are looking for CIs that lead up to a (just for instance)  lightning bolt. Not having the exact CI you requested they might send you an entire collection, including the fixers, (tar being one of them) for 4 lightning bolts.

On the other hand there are also those who get too busy and don't look at your WL but decide, rather than not send something, to send what should be a generally useful fixer to everybody. generally this will be a fixer near the top of their possible gifts list. Or if they feel that they seem to have a chronic shortage of tar then everyone needs extras.

If nothing is on somebody's WL and there is no hint in their name then yes it is safe to assume that they don't need anything in particular. How you handle that is up to you. But be warned if you consistently send nothing then people might assume you are on vacation or not playing anymore. Even a tar says that they wanted to send you something, i suggest you send them something. A pass that you can send for free is always likely to be useful.

Generally, if you can't communicate with someone well (such as using this forum) don't read too much into what little communication you get.