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International Winter Wyrm Babies

PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:09:09 am
by Arazia
Crossposted from here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4264896/

Hopeful Monster Studios said:
Alright, so Im in crunch time, trying to get the winter Wyrm babies that are international orders done and out before the postal rate increase, becasue international orders will be the MOST affected by the price hike. Working my bum off, and its been hellaciously cold the past few days. (10 degrees and lower, brrr!) as such, my hands are giving me a bit of trouble, so I'm hitting the hay early tonight to give em a rest. Staring up again early tomorrow to finish sculpts and painting/clear coating. Bodies should be on their way tomorrow, and here by Friday, so I can assemble and get them in the mail Saturday. It's going to be VERY close. Unfortunately, Zia is down with a bit of a seasonal bug, and as such, Im not going to pounce her for the cards. There's just not enough time before the Wyrms have to go out.

SO. As soon as they are done, I'll be taking pics of them. These pics will be used to do the card art once Arazia shakes her crud, and digital copies will be sent to the handlers. You can print them out n cardstock yourselves, or request hard copies be mailed to you when they are completed, so long as you cover postage. I'm truly sorry for the inconvenience, but I figure $1.50 for a flat rate international letter sized envelope with cards a week or so later beats the heck out of nearly double shipping prices...which is what would be happening if we waited. I'm opting for saving y'all more money trying to get there critters done and out to you asap.

For everyone domestic....your Wyrms are, unfortunately, going to be completed after the postal price increase. Can't be helped. I'm doing my best, but there's simply NO way I can make THAT many Wyrms and get them out by Saturday. This means a few extra dollar in shipping costs, but the upside is, being domestic, its ONLY a few dollars, as opposed to almost double the cost. Which is why international orders got bumped to the front of the line.

Hekomi, your order is currently the exception. I have to order the skulls for the fetus Wyrms, and they aren't going to get here in time. I'm REALLY sorry. :( fortunately, Canada shouldn't be AS bad as some of the other intl. shipping rates. (Sweden, Singapore, Australia, etc) Once your order is done, I'll check the rate diff and let you know.

Lupa, your ginormous elemental Wyrm is aaaaalmost done. Working on finishing her and getting her out with the international orders, along with the standard forest Wyrm. Thank you SOOO much for being so brilliantly patient and wonderful to work with! <3

And now, bed. I need some bloody sleep.......

Re: International Winter Wyrm Babies

PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:42:12 pm
by Tyrrlin
Thank you so much for the update and I hope you guys feel better (and stay warm)!!

Re: International Winter Wyrm Babies

PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:05:28 pm
by HopefulMonster
Well, I was keeping my fingers crossed, but its officially a bust.

Pop and I worked our respective busts off to get at least the international Wyrm orders done and out before the postal rate increase. The heads are s ulpted, painted and ready to attach to their fluffy bodies. The bodies are cut, sewn, and done/mailed out to me from her place.

Unfortunately, despite using expedited shipping, they did NOT show up yesterday, nor today. I am REALLy hoping they come Monday, or I'm going to have to hassle the PO to find out where the he11 the package is. :/

And the postal rate increase becomes effective on the 27th. Which is tomorrow.

Which means, despite my and my Seamstress's very best efforts, we have been Wyrm-blocked by the postal service.

Sooooooo.....that's it. I am profoundly sorry to my international buyers, but regrettably, I'm not going to be able to get the packages out before the price hike. I had planned on pulling an all-nighter last night, since the bodies should have arrived friday. The best answer I've gotten so far is it may have gotten "lost" in the shuffle of people trying to beat the price increase. Supposedly, it should be here Monday.

The downside of this is obvious....I will have to go through these orders one by one and see what the price difference in shipping is. I'll post a list, with amounts for shipping owed. Hopefully it won't be too bad. In the case of handlers deciding they would rather opt out than pay the difference in shipping, please contact me asap. I will try my best to work something out. Again, I am very sorry, but this was a situation beyond my control.

However, there IS an upside to all of this. Number one, Zia will now have a chance to complete the cards, which will be printed, laminated, and sent with the Wyrms. The packages will also possibly have a small addition that I have been planning to include as part of all orders from this point on. Depends on me getting them printed in time.


For now, I'm going to call it an 'early' night. I've been pulling 2-3 am nights trying to get everything done for the deadline, so I'm a bit fragged. Going to use the following week to take care of some paperwork and writing, and give the hands a break from sculpting.

Everyone have a good night, stay warm, and hopefully I'll have some good news and Wyrm photos in a day or two.

Cheers!