Monthly Collectible Letter

Thank You Letter, also known as Sealed Envelops are special letters that are released once a month. These letters contain high quality items called Monthly Collectibles. They are only obtainable by purchase via the La Victoire for a fee of $2.50(USD) each, occupying the first slot of the store. They can also be obtained from other users.



History of the Thank You Letter
Between the months of April and May of 2003, Gaia Online users made a thread in the (then) Question & Feedback forum to ease the cost of Gaia Online. The users were aware the Administrators pay for Gaia Online out of their own pockets and after deliberation, a donation system was set up.

This option allowed users to donate for the purpose of simply helping Gaia Online out with such expenses. However, the Administration of Gaia Online secretly created a Thank You Letter and manually put them into the contributors inventories. When these Thank You letters were opened, they revealed the first Donation Item, the Angelic Halo.

The original date of opening the letters was the 25th of each Month.

However in 2006, several changes were made to the donation system. The Administrators put up a poll about the best time to open Thank You Letters. As a result, in May 16, 2006 the letters were to be opened at the middle of the month.

On October 30, 2006, the items were renamed from "Donation Items" to "Monthly Collectibles," the staff citing concerns that since Gaia is a for-profit organization, it shouldn't give the impression of being a charity.

On July 17, 2008, an annoucement was made that the Monthly Collectibles would get a new date, going into the next month (August) the dates for the release would be the 8th. But the announcement stated that if the 8th didn't work out, then there would be adjustments until there was a date that would work for everyone. A reminded was posted August 5th.

On Thu Oct 02, 2008, an announcement was made that the MC date would be switched back to the 15th.