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Dragon Master wrote:
I guess you guys all travel a lot. You where in my neighbor hood when the stuff got stolen and you never even stopped by to let me know. I was out of town but still I did not hear a peep that you where here. Stockton CA is the next city south of me
Melody’s family was just passing through on their way up to OR… they unfortunately had to be there ASAP for some pressing issues and wouldn’t have had time for a side trip. They were only in Stockton as a very brief hotel stay at 2am.
Vantid is a separate entity entirely and orbits on her own plane of existence. 😉
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My art: featherdust.comLyoMoonheart wrote:Nambroth wrote:LyoMoonheart wrote:I’m rather wondering how big he’s going to be if he’s going to be $750 US(?) Wondering if that’s worth it…
How big who is? How’d you get that price? o.o
Secret Keeper is what I meant- and from one of the shop keepers- he said for the female gryphon but I doubt she’s that much…?
I’ll second SPark… sounds like he’s feeding you numbers! Secret Keepers are on hold as far as I knowl.. indefinately. They haven’t fixed the weight issue, because as it stands if they ever have them returned they end up losing money on them due to shipping costs. I sincerely doubt they know how much the Secret Keeper will retail for until they have the weight issue down-pat and know how much it will even cost to produce and ship them. If they are retailed at all.
And he’s out of his mind if he thinks the female griffin will retail for $750! I don’t know concrete numbers for her either but that’s a little rediculous. 😉Maybe he’s just …. confused. 😉
LyoMoonheart wrote:though I think the Secret Keeper will be that price XD But the Mother Gryphon shouldn’t be that much more than the male X3 Yes she’s bigger, but she shouldn’t retail for too much more than he did–Anybody know when either SK or Mother Gryphon/chicks are supposed to be out?
The mother gryphon might be more, I dunno. Remember that the males hit retail many years ago- prices and production costs have indeed gone up since then, so she might be a bit more pricey. But definately not $750. 😉 Melody gave a soft estimate that the mother giffins might be out -on eBay only- this month, but nothing is ever for sure because they depends on so many different things that are out of their control. Secret Keepers are indefinately on hold last I heard.
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My art: featherdust.comtfsculptures wrote:my goodness what a mess i’ve made! i should go back where i came from, lol. ok, my most sincere apologies to nambroth and the windstone crew, i DEFINITELY agree that you don’t need any sketchy statements in regards to businesses on a business site here, i am very sorry for that, it was a BIG blip in a state of judgement impairing genuine exhaustion on my end. that was a mistatement (in the air of that famous south park catch phrase that i will not repeat to not speak obscenely again) that can have quite the unintended implications and it won’t happen again. again, i have dealt with grandio in the past and they are a good company and never had any issues. please accept my groveling apology and thank you cheryl for attempting to defend me. 🙂 i’m a nice person (so i’ve been told) and i don’t mean any harm.pleeeeeeease!
also, i apologize about mentioning the ebay option to a store seller, although i thought i have seen sellers in the past that both had a shop and sold on ebay with the windstones, like that guy who had all the white dragons and said he’d pull em for a live person sale or something or other. for gosh sakes don’t quote me on that, but i know some peeps stated the wondered how he was to operate that legitly on ebay once bidders were involved. anyhoo, they had a total of 5 pieces, weren’t necessarily going to get any more at all since they didn’t really sell well there and the woman i spoke with didn’t even know how to use a computer, so the chance of them ebaying anything was HIGHLY unlikely. they expressed more of an interest in simply putting up signage to promote the retiredness of the pieces, and change the price lower or higher depending. nothing much to worry about, with that shop, but i can certainly see the concern and need to protect yourselves in the big picture from shop keepers who could abuse their buying power with you. i think that’s it, thank you. 🙂It’s okay! We all say silly things sometimes. You’re allowed to have your opinion, absolutely.
As far as the eBay thing goes… Windstone had allowed retailers to sell online as well as in a store in the past. I just know that a recent rule is ‘no new online retailers’ so it’s a grey area, they might be allowed to sell a few pieces on eBay as long as they don’t go exclusively online since they are an established retailer. I’m just not sure. 🙂 Sign-age in their storefront would be a great idea! Especially since only the people here would know they are retired. We don’t even represent a fraction of the collectors as a whole out there so most people don’t know they are retired. Signs would be good! 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comSPark wrote:Nambroth wrote:I dunno what I’m allowed to share, I heard about this in a bit more detail and these guys seem like they were pros, probably with a network considering some of the other things they did.
Sadly I think there’s little chance that they’ll see any of ther things agian but we’ll keep hope!
Ah. So it’s possible these may turn up somewhere else entirely? How annoying. But in any case, in a way it’s better that they were pros, because I’d think they would be less likely to toss them in the trash and have them be gone forever.
Ah, but if they research and realize that they have hot items that they may not be able to sell due to them being so unique and recognizeable, they may just trash them. Hard to say. 🙁
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My art: featherdust.comCherylKaufman wrote:Personally I think if we’re all going to be adults here we can stop crucifying someone for what some people may consider an unpopular view of an action a vendor took. If I were looking for the peacock dragons after they had just been retired and a store jacked up their prices I’d be pretty pissed too but I understand that is their perogative and everyone is chasing the buck. Still, no need to crucify a person for stating their opinion.
As I said, people are welcome to share their bad experiences, and opinions… it’s how we know who to steer clear of. The profanity and tone was what was unnecessary. That’s all I meant. 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comSPark wrote:Also, I did want to ask, do we know what town the theft happened in? If we do, somebody can call all the pawn shops there and have them look for the stolen pieces. (I’d be willing to do so.) I think that’s really the best bet for getting them back.
Depends on how smart the crooks are. If they’re really dumb, they’ll not even know that the statues are valuable, and they’ll get thrown away. That’s honestly the worst thing that could happen, as we’ll probably never get them back. (Certainly not in one piece.)
If they’re only a little smart they’ll realize they’re worth something, and list them on ebay, where we WILL find them. (I don’t know about you guys, but I’m going to start regularly hunting for “lion unicorn” and any related search I can think of. That’s the one that’ll be easiest to spot.)
But if they’re smart enough to realize they’ll be caught doing that, then they’re going to sell them to a pawn shop, where they can get cash and be much harder to track down. This is still bad, but even if we don’t catch the theives, at least this way we can hopefully get the statues back.
I dunno what I’m allowed to share, I heard about this in a bit more detail and these guys seem like they were pros, probably with a network considering some of the other things they did.
Sadly I think there’s little chance that they’ll see any of ther things agian but we’ll keep hope!
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My art: featherdust.comtfsculptures wrote:i did notify my two local shops of their retireds and their possible increase in value, as they were totally unaware and that they had some options available.. i suggested if they had the time they could ebay them, so they could recover their money / get a little extra, AND at the same time get room in their shop for some of the new colors.
I’d ask John but he’s out of town, but I’m not sure that established retailers are allowed to eBay Windstone. When retailers start carrying Windstone they form an agreement with Windstone on how they are allowed to sell the pieces.
Regardless if it’s only one or two pieces so that they can get some more stock in I don’t see the problem.As far as badmouthing retailers that charge ‘too much’, please do keep it civil! People are welcome to share if they had a bad experience with a seller or individual, but let’s not slander especially when the only problem is a price that is higher than you’d like to see. Slandering retailers could actually get Windstone in trouble (this is their website) so let’s be adults.
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My art: featherdust.comNirvanacat13 wrote:The SK on the other hand? Think like 22-24 lb cat….plus fur…
The secret keepers are 32 pounds! 😉
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My art: featherdust.comJust an “FYI”- Melody and her family is out of town until after Thanksgiving, so she may or may not be able to answer your question until after that (you may have to bring it to her attention if it gets buried). 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comI think most of us collect other things too.
The cat products will always sell best in general. I’d wager that at least 7/10 people can relate to cats or like them at least a little bit.
Make a list of everyone you know. Seperate that list in two columns by: everyone you know that likes or has owned a cat at one point in life, or would want to buy a cat-item for a loved one who likes cats. The second column should be a list of people that actively collect or really love dragons.
Compare the cat list to the dragon one.
I’ll bet the ‘cat’ list wins! 😉
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My art: featherdust.compegasi1978 wrote:skigod377 wrote:I think they were just talking about shipping costs, Nam.
If you follow the link (http://www.aristocraticpet.com/4m6.html) you would find the Web site selling the peacock mouse wizard for $29.95 which is much lower than the price of $55 listed at Astral Castle (http://www.ccgs.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AC&Product_Code=WSs403-P&Category_Code=1201).
Yes, the $29.95 is much lower than it should be, completely disregarding shipping costs.
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My art: featherdust.comQuill wrote:I got an email from the lady-
“Hi:
Just a short note to let you know I am awaiting my order from the
manufacturer.
As soon as it comes in, I will process your order. Your credit card will be
charged when I ship.Eleanor”
I’m not sure what to think. Haven’t they stopped making them??
No, as of last month they were still in production.
Seems fishy they are selling them for so cheap… retailers are supposed to sell at retail costs so they don’t undercut one another, etc. I apologize to you guys looking for one at a good price (I’m not trying to be a jerk!) but I gotta let John know about this just in case, to be fair to all the Windstone retailers. If they are allowed to sell the mouse wizard at that price then hey, wow it’s a good deal!
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My art: featherdust.comA few of us have answered this already, but curious minds ask- why do you collect Windstone?
What is it about Windstones that are appealing to you?
(Is it the subject matter? The colors? The quality? Because they’re art? Because of the people that make them? The urging of your forum buddies…?)Let’s face it- Windstones, as all collectibles and artwork, are ‘luxury’ items. That is, even though we joke that we neeeeed more Windstones, it is possible to survive without them (which is not true for things like food [cost of groceries], shelter [rent or house payments], etc). So when people spend their hard earned money on a luxury item, there is something special about that item to the person doing the buying. I know that for me, whenever I sell a piece of artwork I always feel very flattered that someone would spend the cash on something I made that they didn’t necessarily need.
So, what are the reasons you collect? 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comSnapdragon wrote:There are a couple of frontend java IRC clients that build into phpBB. I will look at putting one in if it is wanted.
You would also be able to use a normal IRC client to connect.
I will be running an IRCd server on my new serven when it arrives, so you wouldn’t be adding any extra load to me, you’d actually justify me putting it up (it will share through a few different forums, but you’d all have your own channels with designated ops).
Was just about to suggest this! The Java IRC chats seems to work pretty well.
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