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Thank you everyone, I really appreciate it 🙂
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!It’s been quite a while since I painted anything, and in order to “get myself into it” again I got creative on a Keeper dragon and painted him how I wanted to. The pictures aren’t the best, but I experienced a loss in my family over the weekend so these were the best I could muster in the cold weather we have been having.
I’m calling this theme “Spring Grove”. I have not settled on the eyes (which are actually not Windstone eyes but custom eyes that I made myself) but I will be putting this guy up for sale. If you’re interested, let me know! I would be happy to get pictures of him with different eye colors, and of course he will need a gem to match them. I will be selling this fellow for $300 plus shipping.
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!Oh! One more thought. If you guys are frustrated with the price increase on these Grab Bags (if they DO go up), please understand that the folks at the factory are just trying to make a living wage off of their time invested. That said, these ARE pretty detailed and that takes time… and I understand the frustration at paying more than before for a grab bag item. In this case, I bet if there were enough squeaks, Melody could do a batch of something much more simply painted (with less time invested) in the future…
I thought this deserved to be quoted.
If there’s anything about each grab bag batch that I’ve noticed – it’s that Melody amps up the creativity and the detail every single time. Every batch that I’ve seen is worth more than the last due to extra detail alone, in my opinion.Commission spots are currently closed! Please message me for details.
Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!I certainly didn’t mean to upset anyone, and I really don’t want the impression to be had that I am some kind of unthinking person who doesn’t consider why someone is selling something. I have been in the position where I’ve had to sell nearly everything I had before, and I in fact am only just now in a place where I can consider collecting anything, so please don’t think that I am some kind of terrible, privileged person. I am also just going to be quiet now, I should never have said anything. I would just rather support Windstone especially if they are in need of new equipment, is all I was saying. I wasn’t saying that the price should be raised, just that if 200 was the price I’d rather support the company.
I am very sorry again for upsetting anyone.
Oh no no no!! You didn’t upset anyone! Again, I keep adding these disclaimers to my posts but I apparently didn’t add one to that one ><
I am not judging anyone, and I am not angry at anyone at all!! I am just trying to add points to the discussion that I think people may not have seen 🙂Commission spots are currently closed! Please message me for details.
Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!I have to be honest when I found out that the chances of grabbing another GB Poad were nil because of the crazy asking prices I really rethought my wanting to collect GBs at all. It seems, at times, downright nasty and mean, and it’s very very intimidating. I am really glad I am a dragon girl mostly (okay and a poad girl) but there’s a way the “grab bag game” is played and it’s pretty crazy. I was being told that 200 wasn’t enough for a poad when I was trying to nab one I wanted, and that the unis will sell for 350 and up? THAT’S LIKE AN EMPEROR Dragon! D: It’s scary! The secondhand market for GBs is just outrageous in some ways. I LOVE Windstone, but I would rather give you guys 200 than someone secondhand.
But would you purchase a grab bag at $200 that was given to you blind? One that you didn’t even know if you would like or not?
I think that $350 and up for grab bag unis is on the very high end of aftermarket pricing. I have sold some beauties for $250 but even they wrenched my heart to sell. People price things at what they are worth to THEM. I have seen lots of pieces go for much less than $350 – and indeed there are many that I have seen on ebay that do not sell for months at a time when they are priced that high. Honestly, I think that the average price for aftermarket is high at first, but quickly goes down. You cannot sell a Safari uni for what you could sell a recent Candy Corn for, for example. I cannot sell most of my pieces for what I bought them for to begin with because I spent so much on them in aftermarket!
I guess what I’m trying to say is that you never really know the circumstances of why someone is selling for what price, and the best thing you can do is vote with your dollar (don’t pay it!) – something else inevitably will come along 🙂
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!No offense taken, and normally I’d totally understand and agree. BUT… the first post by Pam DOES say that she is only exploring this option so to help afford a new camera and screen(s), and to me that indicates that they really need more money than they’d normally get from these. Perhaps I am letting my bias of knowing the ‘behind the scenes’ influence how I’ve read that.
Oh gosh, I hope you don’t think I am angry about this subject matter at all! I am of the opinion that Windstone will run their company how they think it should be run – regardless of how I feel about decisions like this. In the long run, it won’t impact them at ALL if I do not buy a uni from this upcoming batch, and I fully realize that.
I did go back and re-read what Pam had written, and I do think since you know more about the situation that you probably know exactly what she is saying – I understand that she is saying they need to raise money for a monitor, but that’s where my knowledge ends. I don’t know how much it costs, I don’t know their profit margin for Grab Bags, and I don’t know the personal opinions of anyone at Windstone regarding them – I was just trying to point out that the average customer also wouldn’t know any of these things, and that I assume that Windstone would want the opinion of those average customers. I suppose I was just taken aback a little when in your first post you seemed so frustrated that people weren’t jumping right on the wagon on this one – we’re not trying to be selfish, and we’re not trying to get more for less – we’re just saying how we feel with the limited knowledge that we have.
^ The thing about inflated resell pieces is you know exactly what you’re bidding for. The grab bags are much cheaper in store, but there’s also a much larger risk of the degree you’ll like your piece.
Not all of the pieces (from what I see) do sell for that either.THIS. Completely this. It bothers me a tiny bit when people talk about how unfair it is that the aftermarket of grab bags is so expensive. Really, it makes lots of sense. When you purchase a grab bag from Windstone you have no idea which one you are going to get. You are GAMBLING! Some people end up with Grab Bags that turn out to be worth MUCH more than the store price, and sometimes not. I have had several grab bags that did not sell for an extreme amount aftermarket, and some that I have had trouble selling AT ALL! It really depends on the piece. I too scoff at the prices that some people try to get from their grab bags, but really – its their business, and if they can get the price that they want because someone was so in love with the piece that they were willing to pay it, then good for them. *shrug*
I don’t mean to offend anyone with my comments, so please know that I am not angry or defensive, I just wanted to point out some things that I’m not sure everyone understands.
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!The short answer (in case Melody doesn’t get to this) is that the horns are not made at Windstone and the pewter dealer that they had been using in the past is for some reason or another unavailable to produce for them again (sorry, I don’t remember the actual reason for this!). They are working on getting a new pewter dealer to cast more horns for them but it has been (and likley still will be) a long process. From what I understand, getting the horns cast correctly isn’t as easy as it sounds!
That’s it in a nutshell, but I am sure that someone else can add more detail to the story 🙂
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!I REALLY like this Moon Dragon.. but those violet nails ruin it for me >< They look so out of place and weird..
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!Another question I dont think has been raised –
How would this work as far as the 1 per person rule? Could one person win all 5 auctions and then be allowed to get their 5 favorite unis from the batch?Commission spots are currently closed! Please message me for details.
Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!So you can understand my and Kiya’s frustrations when people seem to be upset at the idea that 5 out of over a hundred unicorns getting picked off of eBay in an effort to offset some critical costs at the factory. Windstone does a lot to help us, why can’t we approve of helping them ONCE? No one said this would happen with every batch, for goodness sakes.
This sort of selflessness by some (NOT ALL!) is one reason I quit as a mod.
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I’m not sure where you are seeing people getting upset about this – I certainly am not and I haven’t read any other responses as particularly upset either – just expressing an opinion.
I was asked my opinion and I gave it. I care about Windstone as much as the next guy, but when it comes to business decisions and we are asked an opinion question, I don’t see why everyone should default to siding with “what’s best for the company”. I’m sorry if that sounds harsh, but how are any of us to know anything about what Windstone makes on their products, their budget, or what kind of hardware they need to buy? I assumed that Pam was looking for our opinions as customers, and that’s what I gave.
Again, I am not upset about the idea but I will stick by my initial reaction – as a customer who has NO IDEA what Windstone makes, how much profit they get from things, what’s a pain to do and what isn’t, etc – I do not like the idea of it. That’s all.
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!I am not a fan of the idea. If my favorites from the batch were sold this way, I would be less inclined to purchase from the batch in general :/
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!What luck!! Congratulations mmloda!! I’m really quite happy that you were able to get your hands on a Tiger 😀
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!That is indeed a Peacock Fledgling 🙂
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!The closest thing I have to a grab bag or ebay family, these guys HAVE to be cousins or something!
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!My camera ALWAYS has trouble photographing different shades of blue, especially when there’s purple around. XD
He looks lovely!! I love that brown (gold? Burnished gold?) color that you used – I can see the sparkle and it pairs very nicely with the blues! 🙂Commission spots are currently closed! Please message me for details.
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