Silicone Mermaid Tail by Adam Martin on Ebay

[Mermaid Kassandra]

I thought that someone could be interested in it so this is the link of the eBay listing:

http://www.ebay.it/itm/-/111782152035?

[Merman_Shawn]

I haven't seen one of his tails for sale in SOOOOOOOOO long! It's a shame he scammed a bunch of people, his work was stunning!

[PhaylennMurúch]

this one... honestly I wouldn't pay $1000 for it brand new let alone as severely damaged as it is. How do you get the fluke chopped off at the tips like that?

[Mermaid Mystery]

the link isn't working for me

[Merman_Shawn]

the link isn't working for me

http://www.ebay.it/itm/-/111782152035

[Starfrit]

So let me get this straight.

$1500 CAD for a mangled, ancient tail with THAT paint job.

Described as a collector's item for being one of the few tails made by one of the community's most notorious scam artists?

No refunds?



... [/sarcasm]

[Merman_Shawn]

Yeah it's in pretty awful shape. Definitely not worth the price-tag. It looks like it needs a complete overhaul.
If anyone does buy this and needs to patch the scales, he used pumpkin seeds embedded in clay to make his scale molds.

[OrcaMatt]

Yeah, Shawn you've been in mine and saw the condition it was in ('ok, not fantastic'), and that was $300, maybe $350, not $850. I got it what, four years ago, and it was an old tail even then. I love the crap out of it, but I would have been annoyed if I paid much more than what I did for it.

[Mermaid Coralia]

LOL tieri. It totally does look like a poptart. And definitely not worth what they're asking.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Red flags. Red flags everywhere.

[Fun123joker]

how????
how did you butcher a tail that bad?

[AniaR]

I've honestly never really liked his tails. I think it was just a case of him having the market cornered for so long and there not being much else above him.

[OceanWhisper]

I don't mind the fluke shape (pretend the ends aren't chopped off) but.. Otherwise it's in pretty rough shape for $1000+

[Merman Arion]

People, chill.

It is NOT a scam. The tail might be not in great condition but the current owner is NOT Adam Martin. You might need to rethink that before making assumption. It's mermaid Kassandra who is selling it.

[Mermaid Wesley]

They are aware that it isn't a scam I think, Arion, but they are unhappy with the pricetag considering the condition of the tail.


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[PhaylennMurúch]

They are aware that it isn't a scam I think, Arion, but they are unhappy with the pricetag considering the condition of the tail.


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^^this
all love to Mermaid Kassandra, but for the price of $1,624.13 (952.08 usd for the tail and 672.05 usd for shipping) plus having to either do your own repairs or send it to someone on your dime for repairs (which would probably include making a brand new fluke mold just to get those broken bits fixed at the very least), it's just not feasible.

[Mermaid Kassandra]

Hi guys,




I'm sorry for the price being to high but it's because some of the repairs are already been made and in this week I'm going to fix all the others remaining so that the only part to be repaired are a piece of the fluke and some little spots of painting on the waist and importing dragonskin from America is extremely expensive.









To repair the fluke (that I didn't broke as it arrived already with that damage at my home from the Russian girl so if you need to ask explanations about that you should ask to who previously owned it as I weared it only for one photo shoot where I realized it was too short for my tastes) you don't need to make a new fluke mold you only need to make the mold for the missing piece and than attach it first with fish netting and then with sil proxy or dragonskin (I asked to smooth on and they suggested me to use sil proxy).









For the rest I'll upload a video of me swimming in the tail to let everyone see that the tail works.









I don't repair the fluke as where I live I won't have good weather till the next summer so I should start a war to make silicone cure as it's humid and it rains almost every day and with university I don't have time to start this war.




I asked to Alexander to help me as he lives in Rome where it's easier to work with silicone but he has been busy for some personal reasons (we also didn't take any new commissions for our tailmaking company).









I need a taller tail that's why I have to sell this one otherwise I wouldn't depart with this one as even if Adam scammed a lot of people believe me he knew his job and when I got this tail I was a bit astonished because I couldn't understand why he decided to do that as he knew his job really also because painting didn't come off even after such a long time (aside form some spots on the waist but I assume it's because of the stress you put on it).



As for shipping it's n not my fault but international shipping fees for a 20kg tail are high you should know it so don't blame me for this please.



Anyway if I won't sell the tail now I I'll relist it with a lower price just don't expect it to be that low for the reasons I explained before.

[Moongazer]

So she did fix the broken monofin?

[Mermaid Kassandra]

Indeed I did!
And this Saturday I'm going to fix all the rest (missing scales and similar) apart from the missing final piece of the fluke and little spots of paint on the waist (they're almost invisible for how small they are).

[Spindrift]

Any new pictures?