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skigod377 wrote:
I dont totally understand about the value thing since some came without hang tags in the first place. Do you value one more just cuz it has a hang tag as opposed to one that was created without? Im not saying that I dont understand why. I do. I just dont think its that important as long as the piece is well taken care of. Now…why cant I bring myself to pull mine off??? 😕
Greater Basilisk wrote:Ditto, Ski. I pulled the tags off mine until I found this forum. Now I just hide them, but I-m just as happy with the piece if it doesn-t come with a tag.
I totally agree. Why are we letting those little tags win?? All we have to do is hold real tight and pull….but I can’t seem to bring myself to do it either. Darn this forum!! 😆
CherylKaufman wrote:Well it was intended for children and hopefully in a child’s world they don’t have to worry about freight charges.
Agreed! 😆 😆
skigod377 wrote:SilverArrow wrote:I think its wonderful see everybody opinion on stuff! I have to laugh because what some people like, others don’t and vice-versa. It’s what makes the world go around! 😀
Indeed! I just wish everyone would un-like what I like so I can get it cheaper! 😉
Isn’t that the truth! It would be a lot cheaper to collect the things we like (esp. Windstones). 😆
I think its wonderful see everybody opinion on stuff! I have to laugh because what some people like, others don’t and vice-versa. It’s what makes the world go around! 😀
The male and mother dragon I purchased from stores (back in the day) were very white, with very little gold shading. I purchased Enchantment’s white lap and it was so gold I would call it a gold pearl. She said that it was one of the newer pieces made before retirement – so you probably have one the later pieces as well. The only ones I have seen are either really white or really gold, only the pieces that seem to be in-between are the OW, Rising Spectral, etc. that can be purchased from the factory directly.
drag0nfeathers wrote:If fact, I’d like to get hang tags to put back on the ones I got without them! That would rock.
I think I might have one that was detached from a piece I got a long time ago. I’ll have to see if I still have it if you’re interested. At the time I didn’t want it on the piece (it was a smaller flap cat and it stuck out), but I couldn’t bring myself to throw it away.
Nytetyger wrote:I have to admit, I rip all my hangtags right off once I get the new family member home and admire it from every concievable angle, and rubbing fingertips over it to feel the details my eyes miss. 😀
Yeah, prolly ruins any possible resale value, but I’ve always thought of the hangtag removal as the final step in making them mine, in an odd way letting them know (yes, I know they’re not real, I’m odd, ok? -g-) they’re here forever.
I used to yank them off because I felt the same way. I wanted them to look at home, not like they were in a store for sale. To be honest, I’ve bought a couple of mint Windstones off ebay without the hangtag and not only did I not miss it, I was a bit relieved that is was gone, so I wouldn’t have to deal with it. (Funny, isn’t?) I might be the only one here, but when you hear about a piece still having a hang tag on ebay it usually (but of course, not always) indicates how it was taken care of. And I figure, in that way, it increases the value. But as a buyer I don’t purchase a piece because of a hang tag or not.
This might sound like a complaint, but its really a compliment. After you get into Windstones, and get accustomed to the fine details, colors, etc. nothing else really compares. I realize how picky I have become (and how much Melody’s work has spoiled me) when I see stuff like this:
Now if we could get Windstone to do a few more garden sculps like the Wolf Guardian…….. 😀
Thanks Melody and everyone at the factory for spoiling us!
Melody wrote:Romeodanny wrote:That’s alright. Between my strange freckle problem and my yellowed unicorns (actually they were won off ebay, I didn’t notice they were yellowed until I compaired them with mine.)<>What can I say other than I have some strange windstones.
The only thing I know that will yellow them is smoke.
I haven’t had this issue on Windstones, but have had it on some other sculps. They looked fine when new, but turned yellow over time and with increased light exposure due to a yellowing of the sealant/finishing coat, not the paint itself (in a non-smoking house). Has this ever been a problem?
emerald212 wrote:I like and dislike the hang tags. As a seller, it’s a great place to put the price of the piece. As a collector of Young Dragons, it makes them tippy to sit on their tags, and the tags are too visible if they don’t sit on them. So I just try to flatten them as much as possible and sit the dragons on them. I don’t want to take them off because it shows they are valued and well taken care of if the tags are still attached (at least, that’s the impression I get).
That’s a great point I didn’t think of. I rather have the guey price sticker on the tag rather than on the sculp itself.
As a collector I used to rip of the tags because they got in the way. (At least on my first few pieces.) Now of course, after being on the forum I’ve learned the value of keeping the tags if you want to resell a piece. I don’t like them, to be honest. They are rather annoying. On the flip side, though, for special pieces like the OW where the tag specifically makes mention of the piece, then I can see how it is special.
dragonessjade wrote:Well you guys are better at it them I am. It takes me so long that I get frusterated with it and then I quit. hehe
Ditto. I thought I was doing ok, until I had it run a check and then there was red all over the place! I guess I just haven’t gotten the hang of it yet. Although I like this one being on-line. I can find out right away if I’m doing it right or wrong.
