Online Merch Sale (cancelled!)....Why? Well....

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I am very pissed right now.  Ever have that feeling where you get all excited only to have a gut-punch?  It's kind of like that being a fan of my sports teams (Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres).  Now, I hate to do this but I am cancelling this sale on my online store.  I am finding people seem to be taking this as a joke as like "let me fill this out and pretend I am buying something without being serious about it".  Quite a few of you I noticed filled this out with RIDICULOUS sales of $150-$200 worth of merch.  :O Even I know no one ever buys that much from me....not even at conventions.  Now call me a sucker for being like "maybe people really like my stuff since I rarely sell online" but no....it's quite the opposite.  I sent out emails to people just double checking and even PayPal stuff to make sure people are serious but..........nothing.


No responses.  Not even an email or something to be like "yeah sorry man but I gotta say no".  EVEN THAT I'd take than people giving me a cold shoulder.  Seriously is this where we are in the fandom....teasing artists like myself to take advantage of my sales and stuff.  I can't tell you how many parents or people come up to me at conventions and are like "do you have an online store".  I usually tell them "yeah I do but I don't put it up on often but keep an eye out".  :|  HOWEVER, when I see garbage like this where people are making fake ass forms to me and stuff and not being serious.....now people understand why I hate putting stuff online since Mid-2014.  :chainsaw:  It really sucks for the people being really honest about buy stuff from me.


I guess for the time being I won't be selling stuff online.  I may change that if I TRULY see people wanting this online thing back up to buy stuff from me.  I REALLY NEED TO SEE IT.  I am not gonna fu*king deal with this again. This is a business in a sense for legit sales I was trying to do for those that don't have the luxury to maybe go to a convention.  For right now I need to focus on art and making a new product line I may debut in January that I know I hinted at in polls so keep an eye out on that.


As of right now...back to art and making this off-season fun.  :)  Working on a kick-ass pic ATM.


Ok I will make a more TRUE off-season journal likely Tuesday or Wednesday but I just wanted to give some of you a heads up since today is Cyber Monday to put up a massive sale with a good chunk of my convention merch up for sale.  Planned to do this on Black Friday but I wanted more in this......It's got a good variety in it so feel free to check it all out.  I got something more interesting I plan to put online either near Christmas or there after of a new merch line of stuff I plan to sell but it will have to be special ordered (like you want it, I order it shipped to my house, then shipped to you).  If Ciderfest hinted at anything these will be good....and you may have seen some polls hinting a blankets.  :meow:


Anyway here's the form....if you want some nifty stuff I sell at convention for sale next 3 days....do check it out.  I'll delete this journal Thursday morning.  :P 


FORM


So yeah....back to the off-season art.  :iconderpy-hooves:

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Also worth mentioning here, when you don't have an online store properly set up, you will get those and it's not that people are being asses about it, it's because they are genuinely curious to see how much diverging would end up costing so they can save up their money for a future purpose. They may be too shy to ask in person via email, so done go taking out the frustration if a lost sale to heart. It's not like an unpaid commission job. Don't give up and cut them some slack, they are only human.