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The link does actually work? Oh dear – so much for my self-control! 😆
I will force myself to wait until after a few E-Bay auctions end. Maybe paying for them will stop me from spending even more. *fat chance* Of course, if I don’t win any I’ll need to console myself… 😆just to let you know ski, astral castle still has the young in rainbow for $80 if you really want him, minus the drama of ebay. 🙂 grandio removed their rainbow mom and young, peacock young and young unicorn- the saw its time to clean house and get updated on what they’re out of and can’t get anymore!!
tfsculptures wrote:just to let you know ski, astral castle still has the young in rainbow for $80 if you really want him, minus the drama of ebay. 🙂 grandio removed their rainbow mom and young, peacock young and young unicorn- the saw its time to clean house and get updated on what they’re out of and can’t get anymore!!
Thanks! Im done buying for a while. This last splurge has left me reeling. I cant wait for everything to get here, though!! *Bounces impatiently*
😆 Sure, star! Don’t blame it on Ski – it’s totally this forum’s fault and started way before the Grandio sale. 😛 Actually, I think I’ll bypass this sale. I put a big bid on that damaged black griff on E-bay – too big. This was before I got the BEP OW for more than I expected, so even though I’m not broke after this, the CC bill is a large enough incentive to keep me from buying for the rest of the month. Unless the black mama griffins come out, of course. 🙄 😆
Im wondering if they are gonna be scratching their heads when everyone keeps getting this discount 😆
well maybe I can get some OT and at least get my Gold Emperor and maybe the EmPea Emperor if they ever come out before they pull the coupon access
The sale is over. That link doesn’t work anymore. When you order, you’ll have to pay regular price. 🙁 I hope they have another sale like that – but take 25% off with a 15% price increase…
I’m sure Windstone only raised the price because they had to, but this hurts.Greater Basilisk wrote:The sale is over. That link doesn’t work anymore. When you order, you’ll have to pay regular price. 🙁 I hope they have another sale like that – but take 25% off with a 15% price increase…
I didn’t buy anything, just checked the link to see if the discount worked (incase I decided to impulse buy at midnight 😳 ). It did, and took the 25% off in the shopping cart but I didn’t go all the way to checkout with my order. Does the prices go back to regular retail at checkout?
as far as i remember from me getting stuff from them through that sale the past couple years, they only offer it once a year.. i’m sure its not to upset the artists they carry with the whole “cheaper than everyone else” issue. last year, they had the sale before thanksgiving, like a pre holiday shopping sale. i don’t remember it being a whole 25 % either, i think it was 15 or 20 off, but its hard to remember. i was SO upset when this past thanksgiving came and went and they didn’t post that sale!
yes this will be hard to get used to and calls for some serious decision making on getting certain pieces or not. most of all i am concerned about some shops/sellers finally throwing the towel in on them, as shops i’ve called had stuff lying about for 6 years or more, not selling til i bought it. they piped “these d@mn things don’t freekin’ sell, what am i going to do with this stuff?! ” and their prices were fine too. but they are particular items that cost more than others, cuz they are made better than others, but still it can be an expensive collectible line (not NEARLY as much as some others though) for someone to think about starting to collect. both of my local shops are throwing in the towel, if they can ever sell their last pieces, lol. between the retiring of pieces that sold for them in their shop and the increase in prices, making them have to increase, they say thats it!
the other hand is that it takes TALENT to produce these pieces, its not just some do-do at mcdonalds flippin’ burgers, people with talent and education need to be paid accordingly. who was that,nam, that wanted to buy that broken fledgling for 20 bucks but didn’t have the money? that is wrong. a person with talent, and using it should be paid well and i’m sure these guys deserve it. i am sure windstone pays their peeps well, as much as they feasibly can, they are good GOOD people and i am sure theres no injustice there, and i wasn’t at all trying to go that direction. i think art is just one of those tricky fields where peeps dont get paid as much as they should for their skill. look at at the peeps who direct traffic when their is road construction.. the get paid good money to stand out there look grumpy and give you poor directions about how fast to go. they don’t need 20 + an hour to stagger around out there. thats just my two cents. when i worked at jonas studios they had some incredibly talented people working there, but boy i would double everyones pay and it would still be below what i think they deserved. and they loved their employees too. its tough.
anyhoo, i’m sure they would increase prices unless they HAD to , but i am saddened at the proposition of a $193 scratcher or moreover a $344 gold emp. ( i wish i knew this was coming as i would have gotten him at the grandio sale- that would have been 225 as opposed to the new 344, big difference! beyond big) the 299 was kind of the limit for me on something inanimate, when saving for lifes’ big picture calls, but i’ll probably break down and get him when the sting wears off, or another grandio sale, lol.
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