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I’m sorry drag0n.
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s. ~Mark Twain, letter to W.D. Howells, 2 April 1899
Hi Trina,
Northern, a little East of both SF and Berkeley. I traveled south a time or two, and wish we had museums like yours!
We had a tiny shiver of a quake yesterday evening, in the East Bay, California. I was on the phone with my sister (local) and we both felt it.
Nothing serious, but I’m glad to have a bit of extra water, canned stuff, and secure Windstone shelves.
Sarah from “Sarah’s Unicorn” by Bruce Coville when I was little. (as well as Matilda from Roald Dahl)
I’m not really like Sandra Foster from Connie Willis’s ‘Bellwether’, but I find her very easy to relate to and sympathize with.
I also relate to Toula from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and Amy Farrah Fowler from “The Big Bang Theory” more than I’d like to admit to…
Thing is, so many books have charismatic feminine women, or acidic tough-as-nails types who take on an army of rabid zombie honey badgers and win before breakfast, but it’s hard to find a middle ground…
That being said for the future, I want to grow up to be like Boneclaw Mother from Ursula Vernon’s graphic novel “Digger”…
Check out this pic that was just posted to Facebook:
I would go bug eyed too if I had to paint these lovelies!
Fine straight lines on a bumpy scaled surface… Yikes! I’m impressed and exhausted just thinking about it. That little critter in the way upper right is utterly enchanting!
Autumn Leaf. 🙂 Here she is in Melody’s gallery.
http://windstoneeditions.com/content/autumn-leaf-secret-keeper
Heart-hammeringly gorgeous, but so nice that even if I had the spare change to bring her home, I’d be scared to!
To glue really random materials to each-other, E6000 is unmatched.
As a minor heads up, about 10 years ago, I glued some upholstery leather to some aluminum with E6000, and recently noticed that where it seeped out, it turned yellow/brown. So while I love the stuff and have had no problems with its strength, it may not remain clear long-term.
I second that a photo, and getting the gluing surfaces as clean as possible, sounds wise.
I’m all for Windstone prospering, but that is not fair.
Any cherry picking for Ebay should happen before they photograph the GB’s so we don’t hope for something that in the batch that isn’t there.
I’m sure I’ll love whatever I get, but I am bugged by this.
No pieces ever get removed from a batch after the class photo. We don’t do that.
BUT I didn’t notice the brindle one was included in one of the smapshots I took of them after they were painted and sitting on shelves!!So to confirm, every single critter that ends up in the official class photo, also ends up in the store batch. (barring disaster or severe acts of Murphy’s Law) Thank you, that’s very good to know!
I’m all for Windstone prospering, but that is not fair.
Any cherry picking for Ebay should happen before they photograph the GB’s so we don’t hope for something that in the batch that isn’t there.
I’m sure I’ll love whatever I get, but I am bugged by this.
To the best of my knowledge, a computer and printer upgrade for making art, would qualify for a Kickstarter campaign. I’ve never run a kickstarter campaign, but have thought about it and backed some, so here’s my two cents.
1. I love seeing when people post pie charts with all their expenses, (shipping, kickstarter fees etc) as it shows transparency, and careful planning.
2. I’d recommend a generous timeline and a number limit for reward tiers that include handmade items, to avoid getting overwhelmed. (a number limit would be far less critical for prints)
3. And explain exactly what the kickstarter is for, how each item helps your work, and exactly what someone gets for each reward tier, the high quality materials in each reward, what challenges or risks could present themselves, and how you’d overcome them. (this is probably completely obvious to you, but I see a lot of campaigns ignoring it and tanking, so thought I’d mention it.)
Hopefully someone who’s actually ran a campaign or two will chip in. Please keep us posted.
(awesome Hippocampus by the way)
Edit: I checked the Kickstarter site, they have something called the ‘Creators handbook’ basically a series of user-friendly how-to pages. Pretty well written.
Cool link, thank you. I’m glad they have a good rating with Charity Navigator.
I’m rather impressed that the species adoptions include Hellbender Salamanders. Never knew anyone made a Hellbender stuffed animal…
Chloe, I apologize if I upset you. That’s not fair to you. And you’re definitely not being a jerk, your posts struck me as extremely levelheaded and brimstone-free given the situation.
If there was a miscommunication or misunderstanding about insurance, that makes it more complicated.
Regarding your question, (and to muddy the water even more) it’s IMO reasonable to hold a larger business to a different standard than an individual. If you were purchasing from a large or medium company, the package got lost, and they chose to refund, because of their overall volume, their loss would be proportionately small, with your benefit being much larger than their loss.
In the same situation with an individual, it’s as large a cost to them, as it is to you.
In your situation, would I accept half? Yes, but even though I think it’s more than fair, I should admit there would be head-desking and unrepeatable language (in private) on my end. Heck… if I was on either end. Even if you don’t agree, I hope this explains things a little more.
Hopefully drag0nfeather’s advice sees this through, you find someone at the recovery center with a brain and that cat makes it home. I’ve also heard rather epic stories of wayward packages making it home after rather epic journeys. You and fairyhearted both seem very reasonable, I’m hoping for a happy ending.
Imo if you had only offered first class and not a more secure option, it would be fair for you to pay all.
But as you offered the buyer the choice between first class and a more secure option, choosing the cheaper and less secure option was their call, and their risk.
Your only true obligations, were to pack it securely, communicate clearly, and ship it per your buyers request. To refund them half, is a nice gesture but not an obligation.
So, in your shoes, there are several options.
The first, is to do nothing. (IMO inadvisable) You filled your obligations, and did what you were legally responsible for. The main issue, is that old adage ‘Friends come and go, enemies accumulate’ And even if your buyer isn’t the grudge holding sort, well, it’s a small creek and burned bridges mar the scenery.
The second, is to refund half the money as you proposed. It’s more than fair, and if it causes a bridge to be burned, then it was a mighty rickety bridge to start with.
The third, is to refund more than half, but not all, aiming for a percentage that you and your buyer consider mutually unfair. This is immensely fair on an emotional level, but probably not too productive on a financial or peacemaking level.
The fourth, is to refund all. If you and your buyer have a very long-standing and mutually beneficial history of transactions, it might be worth doing. But if that were the case, they’d probably get the idea that them being out nothing, but you being out both money and Windstone due to their gamble on shipping, was unfair. Or if you’re inclined towards excessive generosity, or completely allergic to strife, you could refund for either of those reasons, but that has to do completely with personal preference, not fairness.
Pardon all this wordiness, but I kind of got inspired, as I was recently a buyer in a similar situation. I purchased a very fancy art book from a company smaller than Windstone, and they only offered Media Mail. The USPS ate my package, and after a month of checking the tracking, (and contacting USPS who were as useful as a manure flavored lollipop, I mean they got the wrong name on the form Email apology…) I contacted the company and while they had no obligation to, they sent out another book at no charge, via Priority. (and they have recently chosen to offer more reliable shipping options) There’s a bit of a difference, between my story and your buyers, as I didn’t have the Priority option to begin with. But with that being said, while I’m only one person with a limited budget, I’ll be looking out for that company’s wellbeing.
Don’t know how useful all this is, but there it is.
