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Jan. 4th, 2011 08:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winneganfakeOh good grief.
Kids, this is why some of you don't get nice things. Not that I think any of you reading this are guilty of pulling this kind of crap- most of you journal readers have a social intellect above that of a third-grader. Most of the folks on DeviantArt though, seem to be an event split between those with some brains, and unfortunately, those who don't. Like this sterling example.
Him: love your works its great stuff man
Me: thank you!
Him: do you make items to sell by any chance? (Note: this is on one of those deviations where I've actually listed it as having been sold to a private buyer in the description. I think we may already be failing basic reading comp, here. Anyways, I'll give the guy some slack at least.)
Me: I do. There's Tormented Artifacts, which carries most of my stuff: [link]
Or if you're interested in one of my one-of-a-kind pieces, just send me a note through DA, or an email through the site.
Him: Cool i looked at that site earlier today lol but i was really interested in is the pipes of dread, the arcane punk: Final hour,and the plaster II: Mad scientist. lol yeah its kind of long list but a few of the things would look just awesome while i ride my motorcycle....aaand the others i just like xD
(yes folks, I should have just stopped here. That would be the hallmark of sanity, as this guy obviously isn't reading descriptions (all are listed as sold, IIRC) and still isn't doing so hot in the English composition department. But January sucks for sales, so any port in a storm, right?)
Me: Hm. Well, I believe all three of those originals sold ages ago, unfortunately. I've got a variant of the Mad Scientst still available, which is this piece right here: [link]
Him: oh ok well thats perfect. How much are you asking for it?
Me: It's actually only 35, since I'm trying to lighten up on stock at this point, and I'm not going to be doing plasterworks any longer. Plus an extra 5 to cover shipping, so forty in total.
Him: well i really like it and i want it. ATM i am in the middle of a move do you think you could hold onto it for a bit and once i get settled i'll contact you to get it.
(...you're inquiring about prices and such while you're moving and know you have no money. And you want me to hold a piece indefinitely for you.... the warning lights are flashing here, kids. Again, see the stuff about January, though.)
Me: Well, I can give you a couple of weeks on it at this point- will that do?
Him: well hell man it would have been but my job just took all my hours away for this week and the next idk i really like it though....um hey do you still have the mold for it? if you are willing to part with it i would purchase that when i got my finances back in order.
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....yes folks, if you ever wondered why self-employed artists all become murdering bastards at some point in their careers, this is why. Your job took all you hours? Then WHY IN BLEEDING FUCK are you wasting my time inquiring about a piece you shouldn't even be looking at? And were it a molded piece (it wasn't) there's no way in hell I'd be selling off the mold- I can't even think of a single artist that does that, unless they're discontinuing that mold entirely- it'd be tantamount to professional suicide.
Still, it's the current *headdesk* moment of the week. As in, "I want to slam his head into a desk for taking up what time I have for dealing with commentary on DeviantArt with an utter waste.
And yeah, I could dump the verbal equivalent of sulfuric acid on him at this point in the comment thread, but honestly, what would be the point?
Kids, this is why some of you don't get nice things. Not that I think any of you reading this are guilty of pulling this kind of crap- most of you journal readers have a social intellect above that of a third-grader. Most of the folks on DeviantArt though, seem to be an event split between those with some brains, and unfortunately, those who don't. Like this sterling example.
Him: love your works its great stuff man
Me: thank you!
Him: do you make items to sell by any chance? (Note: this is on one of those deviations where I've actually listed it as having been sold to a private buyer in the description. I think we may already be failing basic reading comp, here. Anyways, I'll give the guy some slack at least.)
Me: I do. There's Tormented Artifacts, which carries most of my stuff: [link]
Or if you're interested in one of my one-of-a-kind pieces, just send me a note through DA, or an email through the site.
Him: Cool i looked at that site earlier today lol but i was really interested in is the pipes of dread, the arcane punk: Final hour,and the plaster II: Mad scientist. lol yeah its kind of long list but a few of the things would look just awesome while i ride my motorcycle....aaand the others i just like xD
(yes folks, I should have just stopped here. That would be the hallmark of sanity, as this guy obviously isn't reading descriptions (all are listed as sold, IIRC) and still isn't doing so hot in the English composition department. But January sucks for sales, so any port in a storm, right?)
Me: Hm. Well, I believe all three of those originals sold ages ago, unfortunately. I've got a variant of the Mad Scientst still available, which is this piece right here: [link]
Him: oh ok well thats perfect. How much are you asking for it?
Me: It's actually only 35, since I'm trying to lighten up on stock at this point, and I'm not going to be doing plasterworks any longer. Plus an extra 5 to cover shipping, so forty in total.
Him: well i really like it and i want it. ATM i am in the middle of a move do you think you could hold onto it for a bit and once i get settled i'll contact you to get it.
(...you're inquiring about prices and such while you're moving and know you have no money. And you want me to hold a piece indefinitely for you.... the warning lights are flashing here, kids. Again, see the stuff about January, though.)
Me: Well, I can give you a couple of weeks on it at this point- will that do?
Him: well hell man it would have been but my job just took all my hours away for this week and the next idk i really like it though....um hey do you still have the mold for it? if you are willing to part with it i would purchase that when i got my finances back in order.
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....yes folks, if you ever wondered why self-employed artists all become murdering bastards at some point in their careers, this is why. Your job took all you hours? Then WHY IN BLEEDING FUCK are you wasting my time inquiring about a piece you shouldn't even be looking at? And were it a molded piece (it wasn't) there's no way in hell I'd be selling off the mold- I can't even think of a single artist that does that, unless they're discontinuing that mold entirely- it'd be tantamount to professional suicide.
Still, it's the current *headdesk* moment of the week. As in, "I want to slam his head into a desk for taking up what time I have for dealing with commentary on DeviantArt with an utter waste.
And yeah, I could dump the verbal equivalent of sulfuric acid on him at this point in the comment thread, but honestly, what would be the point?
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Date: 2011-01-04 11:44 pm (UTC)Anyhoo, hope you don't think I'm a flake re Venice mask, love - am most definitely not. However, have not actually got around to selecting wedding pics yet, so don't have professional pics to send you for gown reference. Will send family's pics if you want, but it does offend my vanity - I take a ghastly photograph unless I pay someone 1,000 bucks to do it. Still very willing to pay you a retainer any time you ask, though, if you're starting to think I'm leading you on with these joyous promises of a totally exciting mask commission with leaves on it.
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Date: 2011-01-06 08:20 pm (UTC)And no, I don't think you're being a flake- give me a break- you're settling in to a new marriage and everything. You've been a bit busy. Besides, I've been bad about remembering to poke on stuff.
As for pics, well, look at it this way- it's not a vanity thing- I just need to be able to see the dress. It's not about you at all, just about what color the fabric is. That said, shooting me the family pics is of course, totally fine by me. And if you want to pay a retainer... well, I'm hard up on cash this month, I don't think I could say no. We need to talk design a bit more before I can assign a price tag to it and figure out a deposit amount, though. So, you want leaves on it?
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Date: 2011-01-05 07:09 am (UTC)