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drag0nfeathers wrote:
I keep coming back to look at him! I wonder if syn would mind if he had a brother at my house? 😀
😀 ME TOO! I can’t wait to see him in person. 😀 He looks so ferocious with those red eyes staring right at the camera…like he’s about ready to flame something…or someone! 🙂 Hmmm, I better keep him away from the unis.
He has a “brother” coming with him, a purple version of the Red Wood Keeper, but an extended family would be nice. 🙂
I have a NEW one in the box, with tag, if you are interested. He has a COA and is signed on the bottom by Melody. I believe the ones in the store were sold without a COA or a signature. 🙂
There are 11 right now. They just went up. Well, I see I put this posting in twice, so no excuse for not seeing it!
Delivery confirmation is not proof you received an item. It is proof it was delivered somewhere. I recently checked UPS tracking and saw my item had been delivered…the previous day. I called the toll-free UPS number, was told to call the company, and the company initiated a claim with UPS. Later that night, 30+ hours after it was supposedly delivered, it appeared on my porch. I don’t know who got it originally, but I was thankful they brought it by…eventually. This has happened to me twice now with UPS; USPS and FedEx seem to be able to read my large black house numbers with no problem.
When I called the company to report I now had the package, I requested that they did not just drop the matter with UPS; I wanted to be sure UPS was made aware of their delivery problems. After all, if the unknown recipient(s) had kept my packages, I would have been out my items, and I would have been out the money I paid for them. The company would say we sent your items, and UPS would say that’s right; we delivered them to you.
I want to enter this discussion because a) I was the person trying to buy this item from Jacki, and b) I have bought two special Red Fires from Taneea. First, regarding Jacki: she could not find the COA, I did not want to buy without it, she did not want to sell without it, she kept looking at my request, we finally decided on a refund, and she refunded to my credit card so that I did not have to pay PayPal charges for an item I did not receive. How’s that for a long sentence!
Regarding Taneea: I bought the OOAK Blue Eyes Red Fire Mother from her some months ago through eBay. It arrived in perfect condition, with tag, signed, in its box, but without the COA. I contacted her, she replied that she thought she had included it, found it, and immediately mailed it to me in a specially padded envelope. A few months later I bought a Special Paint Red Fire Fledgling directly from her. It was in perfect condition, signed, with tag, with COA, and in the proper box. I was 100% happy (make that thrilled) with both transactions and would not hesitate to buy from her again.
I know Taneea has medical problems and lots of bills resulting from them. I think she has sold off the majority of her Windstones, perhaps all of them, to help pay those bills. I have contacted her every so often to say hello and see how she was doing; she always replied within a few days at the most. The last time I contacted her was the middle of May, and this time I have not heard back from her.
I saw that she had withdrawn from eBay. I assumed she had nothing more to sell, did not want to look at what she could not buy, and decided to avoid the temptation that eBay offers.
Based on my dealings with her, I do not think she would deliberately misrepresent an item. However I can easily picture someone under continual medical and/or financial stress getting things mixed up, forgetting, or sending the wrong item to a person. This does not help you, Jacki, and filing a complaint with eBay or PayPal probably will not either; I would assume everything is going toward medical expenses.
I still want a Red Fire Spectral, and I can live with it being a regular production piece and not a special paint. Do you want to try and work out a deal a second time and on the same piece?
pegasi1978 wrote:Oh wow syn789. I’m sorry that you’ve had such a time with that particular piece. Technically he would be considered sold because I usually have no way of knowing when a sale goes bad like that. Since you have come forward and said the sale didn’t go through I’ll make a note of it in the database, thought I won’t remove the entry.
I did something similar for the Gold Old Warrior Dragon with Yellow Eyes. He sold at one point, but the sale wasn’t completed because the buyer ended up not being a registered user (probably got hacked or kicked off ebay).
Wow! $26 doesn’t compare to $850. 🙁 It is easy to find a wizard, but it is hard to find many buyers in that $850 price range. I wish you good luck.
I have a retired LIGHT PEACOCK YOUNG ORIENTAL DRAGON for sale with a Reserve of $120.
This piece has not been displayed; it is new, with tag attached, and is in his original box. Please make offers on the item only; shipping charges and insurance will be calculated separately. And, please, make serious offers only.
Melody wrote:syn789 wrote:I have both garden dragons, and I have them outside. I enjoy looking at them through my kitchen window. They have been through a couple of Michigan winters now and are doing fine. I know many people keep them inside, but If they are changed to gypsum I hope they will still hold up as well for outdoor use.
You are the only person I have heard from that actually keep the garden dragons outside! One of the reasons I am thinking about making the “so called “garden dragon” out of gypsum is that it seemed a waste of energy to make them out of cement, since every one I’ve talked to just keeps them inside anyway!
No, don’t put gypsum stuff outside unless you like the “weathered” look! It isn’t water that hurts them so much as acid conditions.Garden soil and and rain are usually acid. Weed wackers don’t help any, either.Mine were actually completely buried under the snow this past winter. It was one of our snowier winters, and I didn’t see them for weeks. I have been vaguely thinking about getting another of the big rock dragons; they are much easier to see from a distance because of their size. Mine are in an “island” in my back yard surrounded by yuccas and some flowers. No worries about weed whackers. If they are going to be made from gypsum and be unsuitable for outdoor use, I will probably be on the watch for a “backup” though. Just in case! 🙂
I was just reading about you updating the Database and checked on something I bought but didn’t buy in this thread: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=190302406517 I emailed directly, requested seller invoices, and called (always got voicemail and left messages) for a total of nine attempts to contact the seller and get insurance so I could make payment. Not one reply. The seller either went to that great Windstone Land in the sky or did not want to sell for that price. I vote for the latter. Anyway, your small wizard entry for 4/30/09 for $26 is in question. Technically I bought it, but I never paid for it and filed a complaint with eBay. So is it considered sold for the Database?
I have both garden dragons, and I have them outside. I enjoy looking at them through my kitchen window. They have been through a couple of Michigan winters now and are doing fine. I know many people keep them inside, but If they are changed to gypsum I hope they will still hold up as well for outdoor use.
