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Who was the transaction between? ShadraAvro & Myself
When did it take place? 2013-2014
Sale/Trade/Pickup/Other? Pickup, sale
What was it for? Pick up (Persephone & canine), Trade (Lazarus)
Was the communication good? Shadra has always been willing to talk to me and let me know what is happening with things she is shipping. She has never been hard to communicate with about them, and keeps me in the know about when things will get shipped.
Were the items as described, if Sale or Trade? Yep.
Was there any damage that had not been disclosed? Nope.
Was the item mailed out in a timely fashion? Shadra does take a while to ship, which is the only downside. It is understandable, as it's due to her living situations. For this reason only is why I won't give her a full 10 - however if you're willing to be patient with her, she's fantastic to get a pick up from, fair, transparent, and included a cute little drawing.
If there were any refunds due, were they handled promptly? n/a
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this transaction? 9.5

Hekomi wrote:Was the item mailed out in a timely fashion? Shadra does take a while to ship, which is the only downside. It is understandable, as it's due to her living situations. For this reason only is why I won't give her a full 10 - however if you're willing to be patient with her, she's fantastic to get a pick up from, fair, transparent, and included a cute little drawing.

Personally I must post on this to emphasize this. I mail super super super slow. Like we're talking months slow. However I do try to be open for communication and everyone gets a doodle, sometimes more for the wait. ^^;

Edit: To be clear and give full disclosure to handlers I have taken up to a year to ship in the past. This handler was farflung international (as in not shipping to somewhere close like Canada) and was moving from one country to another. My post office situation was also pretty much nonexistent. I left the package home with my father to mail once I gave him the change of address, but it wasn't done. In the end I scooped it up along with another handler's pickup who was local to the area and mailed them allll together.

My post office situation:
When I am in home in NJ:
- Refuses to do flat-rate international (says it doesn't exist)
^ Doing this means it goes by weight, so internationals pay like 10 bucks for shipping
- Loses/mixes up/refuses to give tracking numbers sometimes
- Generally dislikes mass mailing
- Very close but very small

When I'm at school in PA:
- Has a 'self service' kiosk which handles payment/shipping for packages (but it's US only)
- ONLY keeps customs forms at front desk, not near boxes/kiosk for some reason
- Is several blocks away (I have a car now, issue is remedied so long as I can pay for gas)
^ However, class schedule changes every semester so my ability to go there also does
- ONLY mails internationals at a flat rate and not by weight
^ This flat-rate is like $25, they won't mail it any other way

I hop back and forth throughout the year for breaks and things, but often these breaks put me at the post office at poor times. (Such as the day before thanksgiving when things are closed.) So in short: bear with me, reimburse me for shipping costs because I don't know quite where I'll be at any given time, and talk to me.

If you have a deadline for when it MUST be received, please please please tell me! I generally work really well with those and can get your stuff out in time.

Who was the transaction between? ShadraAvro & Me(Kvan87)
When did it take place? 2013-2014
Sale/Trade/Pickup/Other? Pickup
What was it for? A Growler wyrm.
Was the communication good? Shadra was very friendly and polite and easy to contact. She's a pleasure to work with.
Were the items as described, if Sale or Trade? N.A
Was there any damage that had not been disclosed? No.
Was the item mailed out in a timely fashion? Shadra does take a while to ship, but she's always upfront about the reasons for the delays and she contacted me instantly the moment she did ship.
If there were any refunds due, were they handled promptly? N.A
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this transaction? 9

Who was the transaction between? ShadraAvro & KV1NN4
When did it take place? Nov(?) 2014
Sale/Trade/Pickup/Other? Trade
What was it for? Bloo, the Angler
Was the communication good? Yes, quite!
Were the items as described, if Sale or Trade? Very much so!
Was there any damage that had not been disclosed? Not that I could detect.
Was the item mailed out in a timely fashion? See previous review.
If there were any refunds due, were they handled promptly? N.A
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this transaction? 10 , not gunna hold whatever the postal situation be against her.: )

Who was the transaction between? ShadraAvro and myself
When did it take place? Whenever FA:U 2014 was (I would have to say August 2014 I think?) until April 2015
Sale/Trade/Pickup/Other? Pickup
What was it for? 3 Breeding Tokens
Was the communication good? Yes it was, she let me know when she shipped them out and notified me when a couple of issues came up, there was one period in which we both mucked up since I forgot to mention that there was no Wyrm with the order and she got mixed up for a while thinking that there was a wyrm to go with the tokens, but having to deal with so many pickups things are bound to get confused so it is understandable.
Were the items as described, if Sale or Trade? It was a pick up but it was still exactly as it should be.
Was there any damage that had not been disclosed? No damage, perhaps went a bit overboard in the packing of just a few wooden tokens but hey, there is no such thing as being too careful. XD ^^
Was the item mailed out in a timely fashion? She did take a very long while to ship them, though upon reading of the conditions she has to deal with it does make sense there. Though as soon as she told me they were shipped they arrived right away.
If there were any refunds due, were they handled promptly? No need for refunds
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this transaction? I would have to say 9/10

The long while to ship did have to dock a little bit there, (sorry) but other then that everything was fine there. She was pleasant about it all though and didn't mind me when I did poke just to find out what was going on. (I am sorry for maybe doing that a lot, I have a tendency to get anxious at times when it comes to expecting stuff in the mail)

Being a bit lazy here. Purchased a mossie that she had up for sale. The critter arrived promptly, nicely packaged and was as described. Communication was excellent and I rate her top of the line A plus supadoopa lady. Five stars, 10 out of 10 or whatever it may be.

Who was the transaction between? ShadraAvro & NoMora
When did it take place? 2015
Sale/Trade/Pickup/Other? Sale
What was it for? Thunder cat
Was the communication good? Yep
Were the items as described, if Sale or Trade? Yes
Was there any damage that had not been disclosed? No.
Was the item mailed out in a timely fashion? Shadra was going to vist me any way.
If there were any refunds due, were they handled promptly? N.A
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this transaction? 10

Who was the transaction between? ShadraAvro & Myself
When did it take place? MFF 2016
Sale/Trade/Pickup/Other? Pickup
What was it for? Pick up 3 Teacup Wyrms
Was the communication good? Absolutely flawless. Shadra kept in contact and even managed to take time out of her busy day to get photos of the wyrms she pulled!
Were the items as described, if Sale or Trade? Yes!
Was there any damage that had not been disclosed? No.
Was the item mailed out in a timely fashion? They were mailed out quickly, within a week of the con. Tracking was included and the packaging was SUPER safe, everyone made it through the holiday post just fine!
If there were any refunds due, were they handled promptly? n/a
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this transaction? 10 out of 10 - I would absolutely recommend Shadra for a pickup at any con and would absolutely use her again.