FISH BUTTS......ANNOYED>>>>

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I ordered a tail for my daughter from them in OCTOBER!!!!!!!!!!! still no tail ayet and was told 8 weeks when we ordered it, this was to be a xmas gift.

Anyone else have this problem with them, will we ever see our tail?

Also does anyone have a phone number for them, I am sick of emailing them with no real response other than an automated reply!

[Kanti]

Aww geeze that sucks ):
Unfortunately I don't think anyone has Stevi's personal info aside from her email.

Tailmaking seems to be a very long process so she may be behind schedule at the moment.
I also noticed on her website it says she's not taking any more partial-silicone tail orders so she's
probably reached an overload and realizes she needs to work on the orders she has before
she can take any additional ones.

I believe Stevi works by herself so maybe she's just overwhelmed.
You could try sending her a facebook message?

Hope everything works out.

[Mermaid Marissa]

Aww geeze that sucks ):
Unfortunately I don't think anyone has Stevi's personal info aside from her email.

Tailmaking seems to be a very long process so she may be behind schedule at the moment.
I also noticed on her website it says she's not taking any more partial-silicone tail orders so she's
probably reached an overload and realizes she needs to work on the orders she has before
she can take any additional ones.

I believe Stevi works by herself so maybe she's just overwhelmed.
You could try sending her a facebook message?

Hope everything works out.


I agree with Kanti. I ordered a tail from her before she became Fish Butts and she is usually good about getting back to people. Try facebook :( sorry that happened. I've been trying to get into contact with her as well and I know she's swamped right now. You can also try putting "TAIL ALREADY ORDERED" or "PURCHASED TAIL" as the subject she might be ignoring emails from people she doesn't believe is ready to order, etc.

[Mermaid Marissa]

PS
BEST PARENT EVER! I wish my parents ordered me a tail for Christmas!!! :jawdrop:

[Ashe]

Sooo many people have been having this issue. I haven't, but my friend Isis ordered during that Cyber Monday sale, and the tails hasn't even been started. No emails or updates either. She did try to post on Facebook, but got deleted and banned. But I probably shouldn't be talking. I'll try to get Isis on this thread to share for herself.

[AniaR]

yes a lot of people are having this problem and I know fishbutts is working their asses off to get it together. Hopefully it'll get resolved for you soon.

It would be really nice if you introduced yourself on the forum however. :)

[Mermaid Margarete]

I have the EXACT same problem.
Ordered my tail back in October. No pictures. NO updates. I was a told a few times "It will be shipped out in a couple of weeks" or "I'll send you photos tonight"

Nothing...

I'm strating to get a bit irritated... I understand it take longer, but being lied to is NOT okay.

[MermaidIsis]

Sooo many people have been having this issue. I haven't, but my friend Isis ordered during that Cyber Monday sale, and the tails hasn't even been started. No emails or updates either. She did try to post on Facebook, but got deleted and banned. But I probably shouldn't be talking. I'll try to get Isis on this thread to share for herself.

ok kalani im here :D so i had the exact same problem. we even paid extra to have it here on christmas(money we didnt have). its been a couple of months now with no reply. ive tried to contact her on their facebook page, and she deleted my comments and the blocked me. so we have no way of reaching her because she stoped answering her email. last we heard they were working on it and would send me a pic of it, but that dosnt make sence because she stoped responding after we made the last payment. i hope you get your tail soon! im sure it will be great when we get our tails!

[Mermaid Ariaella]

Im in the same boat. I created a thread that exploded a few weeks back. I ordered my tail in September, and then she didn't allow it to cure long enough, was put in the water in less than 10 minutes the tail litererally fell apart in the aquarium. She then offered me to fix it. I paid for an upgrade that was only going to be a "partial" silicone...After I threatened legal action because I STILL don't have my tail, I got an immediate response but only then...I was then told that it would be here some time in february, and then I emailed her last week and she said she would "try" to get it to me by the 28th. Which is the deadline for my contract with my event that I have coming up for all the promotional work and will pretty much screw me out of a TON of stuff if I don't get it by then. I havent gotten it yet and yes I am going to give her til Friday because that is what she has said...after that...sh!ts going to get real...real quick. I'm sick of these tail makers thinking that they can just crank out tails like a sweatshop. What pisses me off more is that she is taking orders ONTOP of what she is already backed up against....She needs to focus on getting what she hasnt been able to deliver and get THAT taken care of. This community is small enough that with enough bad reports on her customer service skills and overall product, this could ruin her. I dont want to see that happen to anyone but enough is enough. I am fed up with the situation and the lack of communication from the actual person who is working on the tails and whose business it is and not the assistant. I really appriciate the fact that Stevi has someone to help her but on the opposite side of things, this is her livelyhood and her reputation on the line...not Rose's. Ive already told about 20 to 25 people that want to be in this community to not order from Fish Butts because of all the issues. I've already had to purchase an additional tail from a friend who is selling one of her Mertailors (AND I HATE MERTAILOR) so that way I have a tail that I know will be available for my promotional stuff. Its very sad to see this happen to her. I hope she can pull her head out of her tail real soon. Theres a reason why the successful tail makers are as successful as they are...because they pay strict attention to their customers and do not bite off more than they can handle. Best of luck to you! I hope you get your tail or your money back!

[Fifi Tigg]

I too ordered a tail back in Dec 2012 for my daughter but I'm still waiting, but I'm in contact with Rose every few weeks so the communication keeps flowing and I have already had to give different measurements as my daughter has grown but I knew this was going to happen so that doesn't worry me. LOL
I just hope by the time it's made the weather is still warm enough for her to take her first swim at the Busselton Jetty because that was her goal. I still have faith in Stevi and hope it's on it's way soon :)

[Kanti]

Wow thats terrible I guess tailmakers sort of take on way too much than they can do sometimes.
It seems like she's sort of falling into similar habits that the mertailor has. I think tailmaking is a lot more
stressful than we imagine. Maybe the mertailor wasn't such a bad guy after all. He's just overwhelmed like
Stevi is now.

But how can she block you on a fanpage? As far as I knew you weren't allowed to do that? Or at least I didn't
know it was possible when I tried looking it up a few months back.

Either way, that really sucks. I hope Stevi can get the help she needs to get stuff back on track. It sucks to fall
behind. You just have to keep going or else you get buried alive in work.

[AniaR]

I think they turned the wall off, which people might be confusing as a block. I actually suggested they turn the wall off and redirect people to email so they can keep track of who is who and put stuff in folders etc. Plus FB will automatically hide some wallposts and you don't always get notifications. Also a certain person was making fake accounts to feed off the drama and make it LOOK like there were more angrier customers than there actually are. Which was really disappointing because it only took 2 clicks to see who they actually were. :/ I mean yeah, there's no excuse for this many unhappy people, but someone with a personal issue shouldn't piggy back on it and try to make it look worse than it is. It's bad enough on it's own as a situation. :p

I really hope they figure everything out. I think Stevi is great, and I know she's gone through a lot, but I feel SO BAD for all of you who have been waiting SO long. :( :( it sucks all the way around. I realllllllllly hope it gets resolved soon. It's great Rose stepped in to help but then SHE ended up insanely sick!!!! It sucks when your help can't help! lol

[Kanti]

Shutting her wall of may not have been the best idea if it makes people think they've been banned.
It also makes people worry that she's trying to silence everyone's negative opinions of her when she's
actually just trying to keep people from worrying other people.
Still, she needs to step up and take a bit of responsibility. People will understand if she says she's taken
up too much work, she just needs to tell them that and apologize personally. There's nothing worse than
leaving people hanging, it's bad business, and the combination of non-answered emails and blocked wall
will definitely say "scammer" to some people.
Turning the wall off was a bad move, imo. She should turn it on as soon as she can and just put out a little
message letting her customers know that she's run into some trouble and needs more time. Then she needs
to seriously get back on the emails. It might take her a while, but it will definitely calm her customers down
and make them less worried.
She can get to the work one step at a time, and she may have to re-compensate people for the time they've
waited, but that's just what happens. It's better to come to terms with your mistakes and face them in a
manner that you and your customer will be happy than it is to ruin your name by being too scared to take
responsibility and contact your customers.
They made you who you are, after all.

[AniaR]

Now Raina, no rumors or drama needed to be added to the situation.
Even if it is true, we don't need to hear about the supposedly fake people who are angry, we have
plenty of real people who are much more concerned with their tails.

I'm giving you one of the EXACT reasons why it was done, since it was brought up so people know the context of WHY. And actually, after I made this post (seconds after, so it wasn't like they saw it and changed it right away) and went back and looked and the wall is back on, so it was only off for a while. I think you weren't active when this whole thing started either, so you've missed a few things that have been posted on their FB and on here so you're missing some of the context.


Anyway, Rose, the lady who's volunteering her time to help Stevi get caught up made a post about this on FB and told me I could share. Not saying I agree or disagree, just sharing it since she's decided to step away from the network til this is all handled. So here's what Rose has to say:



people forget that tailmakers have lives too, that they don't sit down and make nothing but tails, at all hours of the day. They forget that Stephanie is one person who went through a traumatic change in her life and yet sucks it up and makes tails as much as she can within a day. They don't realize that emotions can affect work which is why she needed to do the move. The tails are not mass produced. Nor does she want to send out a product which will fall apart on the client. I have a life too remember im married and doing my own Mermaid parties. I cant be glued to a phone or a computer 24/7 to answer the 100+ emails which come in on the website and the gmail... not that many care, but Ive been sick for quite a while now, yet i do what i can to help out. The other day i was in the emergency room hooked up to an IV and there i was answering emails and sending messages thru my phone because i wanted to at least answer some emails. Im not doing this because of tails or money. But because i am willing to help out a friend.

People dont understand even with an FAQ theres still more emails asking the same questions which can be answered if they bothered to look at the FAQ. along with those who ask for a photo update which was previously stated that Only completed tail photos would be sent. And emails get buried. I am one person and so is Stephanie. Yes there's a delay, Stephanie is doing her best to get tails out and this was already posted. i try to answer emails faster now that the other email is set up. Ask Dana who sees her every chance she gets who knows what Stephanie is goin thru. A tail takes time to be made, but Stephanie is trying her hardest to get tails out there and keep people happy without giving them a crappy product. All tailmakers dont know how far they can get without being overwhelmed till they take a step. Thats why MVD and Raven take limited orders. Stephanie now knows her limit. People need to take a chill pill. Seriously. Im staying off mernetwork for a while because lifes getting hectic for me as well.

I stand by my original statement, this SUCKS all around. Sucks for Stevi, Sucks for the people who paid money for a tail months ago. I agree it wasn't handled well and I really really hope they can get it all together without crashing and burning. I want to see them succeeded and everyone get their tails =(

[Lotus]

First, I'm really sorry to hear that people are having trouble with getting their tails. I really hope everything gets sorted out, and quickly, for everyone's sake.
....but I will also say this- Rose comes across as being extremely annoyed that people are upset with how long it's taking to get their tails- I'd be pretty angry if this is the response I got from them after not hearing anything for months. Rose makes the customers sound like impatient, whiny, insensitive jerks. If Stevi is having such a terrible time, maybe she should consider putting tail making on hold until she is feeling better, rather than try to pile more onto herself.

[Mermaid Miel]

Well, latest from the Facebook Page is that more of the "delayed" tails will be sent out starting next week. You will be getting your tails soon so there is an end in sight.

[MermaidAvalon]

I wish that Stephanie would post pictures on facbook of tails shes working on, so then we can see she's actually working on our tails.

[Mermaid Margarete]

"Only completed tail photos would be sent" <- that was never disclosed to me as a customer.

I was promised a photo "update" two weeks after my order back in October. That never came. I was then promised a "photo update" early January. That never came. Both of these came from Stevi who never claimed that these "photos updates" would only be of my completed tail.

Also, I get that tail makers have a life, but it annoys me to see Stevi taking MORE tail orders in January and Feburary when I paid for my tail back in October and haven't recieved it or a photo or anything to prove she's done ANYTHING in regards to my tail when my invoice says my tail would be done in 6-8 weeks.

It's been 17 weeks...

Never ONCE have I recieved an apology for how long it is taking - Only Rose has thanked me for being "very patient".. .but that patience is running out. It's not like a tail purchase is something minor.

[Kanti]

"Only completed tail photos would be sent" <- that was never disclosed to me as a customer.

I was promised a photo "update" two weeks after my order back in October. That never came. I was then promised a "photo update" early January. That never came. Both of these came from Stevi who never claimed that these "photos updates" would only be of my completed tail.

Also, I get that tail makers have a life, but it annoys me to see Stevi taking MORE tail orders in January and Feburary when I paid for my tail back in October and haven't recieved it or a photo or anything to prove she's done ANYTHING in regards to my tail when my invoice says my tail would be done in 6-8 weeks.

It's been 17 weeks...

Never ONCE have I recieved an apology for how long it is taking - Only Rose has thanked me for being "very patient".. .but that patience is running out. It's not like a tail purchase is something minor.

That sounds like she hasn't started working on the tail at all.
Honestly, it's a vicious cycle with working on your own. Tails are the only thing she does to make
money so she's going to be needing to take more orders regardless of whether she can afford to or
not. Chances are she ended up having a big rush at one point and couldn't afford to tackle them all soon
enough and bills ended up piling up and leeching her money supply so she had no choice but to keep taking
tail orders.

It's a touchy subject in these situations. You're angry about your tail but you're at the mercy of the person
making them to give it to you. At this point I'm sure you guys just want your tails, but Stevi has probably
dug herself into such a hole that she's scared to face it on her own.

I'd actually like to email her, as someone who doesn't have a tail order, and as someone who's run into this
before. I feel like the direction she's been going in as of lately isn't a very good one, but it's a trap most
people fall into when they have their own businesses.

[Mermaid Ariaella]

Its a terrible situation any way you look at it. We are all in the same boat. I have a friend who has a tail that was ordered in JUNE and still doesn't have hers...Its a pain in the fishbutt...literally. I'm hoping that we are all able to get our delayed tails this week. I'm not holding my breath though... I've come to realize that I will only be disapointed if I expect something as promised time and time again. I wish everyone the best of luck in their waiting process...this is never fun. I think Raina is doing an excellent job in communicating with Stevi and Rose on this matter and she shouldn't have to do that but she is and Thank you Raina for your want and drive to help the community. We all want our product as fast as possible since have waited an extremely long time and I for one have lost faith in the tail makers I've ordered from in the past. This community is small enough that we want our merfriends to succeed in their endeavors. Tailmaking takes a TON of time and commitment. Some people have it, some people don't. She's got the commitment, just not the time it seems. Life takes over and I for one completely understand that. I am married, a full time student, a mom, AND I own a business. SO, knowing that we have real lives is a fact. But making tails doesn't mean you can take on more and more and more....I think honestly she needs to face the music instead of passing it off to someone else to answer. I love the fact that she has someone to help her but then the person who can help her is sick and cant do HER job so in turn nothing is being accomplished. I think that she really needs to take a step back and reevaluate her customers and her business. There is a reason that Merbellas and FlipTails and Thom all have a maximum order of like 3 tails. They can focus on exactly what the customers want and need and not feel like its piling up on them. She's got WAY too much going on in her home life that she really needs to take a break from this for a while and then come back when she's ready to take it on. This can't be just a "part time profession" when you have people who have invested money into it. I hope we can all rest easy by the end of the week and we have our tails. By now we should have some sort of update and a tracking number at the very least by tomorrow. I have my fins crossed not only for myself but for everyone else who is in the same boat.

[Mermaid Ariaella]

Hoping that the white tail that was just posted on FB is mine...REALLLLY hoping!

[MerEmma]

Both the tails she posted are gorgeous!

[Mermaid Ariaella]

Agreed. I messaged about the one to see if it was mine, havent heard anything but chances are good that it is because of the color combination with the white and slightly pink as I asked...however the fluke isn't exactly what I had hoped for but...I hope its mine. This could all be over!

[MermaidDiaries1]

This happens to so many people. So, dont sweat it and remember she is a normal person too. She might procrastinate or have other things to worry about rather than her most likely small off to the side business. I know this must be struggling, but it will come and don't be afraid to e-mail her. If it was suppose to come in December you most definitely have the right to ask what is going on.

[Mermaid Ariaella]

Well it wasn't my tail and in fact it was a picture of a tail from almost a month ago and she just decided to put up a picture with better lighting or something. Just saying...if you're supposed to be putting up pictures of newly completed tails...don't you think they should be uhm..."newly completed" instead of giving those of us false hopes about what you're working on. Ugh! I'm approaching my deadline for my contract and my deadline will come and go and I know I won't have my tail which then in turn will effect my company and my business. At this point, it would have to be shipping today overnight pretty much to get it to me on time. Like I said, I've lost complete and total faith in these tail makers that promise one thing but cannot deliver.

[MerEmma]

Have you had this experience with different tailmakers besides Steph? If you haven't, the last sentence is a bit of a exaggeration.

[Kanti]

Well it wasn't my tail and in fact it was a picture of a tail from almost a month ago and she just decided to put up a picture with better lighting or something. Just saying...if you're supposed to be putting up pictures of newly completed tails...don't you think they should be uhm..."newly completed" instead of giving those of us false hopes about what you're working on. Ugh! I'm approaching my deadline for my contract and my deadline will come and go and I know I won't have my tail which then in turn will effect my company and my business. At this point, it would have to be shipping today overnight pretty much to get it to me on time. Like I said, I've lost complete and total faith in these tail makers that promise one thing but cannot deliver.

That sucks but don't you think it was an unwise business decision to book a gig without even having a tail?
I mean, that's a big deal and having your tailmaker not deliver is something that might just happen because
of complications. What if Stevi ran out of neoprene or what if your tail was completed but got sent out somewhere
else? I mean, not using these as excuses for this situation exactly, but it's generally not a good idea to advertise
yourself as a mermaid if you don't have a tail.

I mean, I assume that's what's wrong?

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I started this thread.......let me say my wife ordered the tail not me and I WOULD NEVER HAVE ORDERED ANYTHING FROM A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT LIST A PHONE NUMBER OR PHYSICAL ADDRESS!

They essentially are a ghost company and holding mine, and it sounds like a lot of other peoples, money hostage!

I do understand her issues with family drama, or so we were told, but his is past the point of me caring about this at all. We ordered this in October and it is 5 MONTHS now, I hope to hell this tail fits my daughter when it comes in, I cannot even get them to communicate with me now to make sure the measurements we sent in are still relevant!

If I lived in cColorado I would knock on the door of all three people listed with her name until I found her and demand my money back!

I will pay for her phone number if anyone can supply it off line............

[Mermaid Ariaella]

NO I have a tail...I MAKE my own tails. This is going on YEAR 3 of having a gig at a festival however I specifically booked it with knowing we would have our new venue completed AND new tails. I bought this tail for a VOW RENEWAL!!! And she barely made the dealine initially until I had to pay to rush it...then I got it and it was wet when I receieved it. She rushed the product and then it fell apart even after I cured it in my workshop. So...Now I am without a workable tail. I can do the shoot in the tail I have but I have to spend some extensive time repairing it and right now but thats not the point! The point should be that we should all have our tails now. I really didn't need the tail for the festival because this was specifically bought for a vow renewal but because of the nature of this grand opening of our new venue for our mermaids, we are all getting new tails. Not that any of our tails really needed replaced but seeing how I'm sort of the main mast of my group and how everything falls on my shoulders in a performers sense, I had committed to a photoshoot for a national publication AND for our program as well. So the fact of the matter is that I DO have a tail...and I have many of them...most of them are fabric but I have 3 that are not that are latex blends and hold up well but not for this new environment we are going to be in. I have retired these tails to be dry only or not used again at this festival. Ive had the same tail out at this festival for the past 2 years. Sometimes, change is a good thing. So its not a matter of not having a tail and booking a gig without having one. I've been mermaiding for almost 10 years now. I'm not a professional and do it every day but saying I'm not a mermaid without a tail is definately not the issue here. :-)

As far as other talimakers, yes I have had issues with Mertailor and Foxmoon. So yes I have experience with other tail makers and it is not an exaggeratipon. Having tails that come apart or are completely see through or rip without hardly any use is a pain in the butt. Now I have fishbutts to add to that list as well. This is why I started making my own tails. The only reason I didnt make this particular tail is because it was for a wedding and I didn't have time to make exactly what I wanted with having everything I had to do to get ready for it. Its like, I wouldn't make my own wedding dress...I would buy it from a nice store. So now I've got the remnants of a ruined wedding dress/tail and paid for her to make me another one and still don't have it. All in all its a mess. Everyone is having the same issue. I just hope that it can be resolved. Im having to jump through hoops to get to the end of this mess in more ways than one. I'm just really disapointed.

[Kanti]

Ohh I see. Sorry about the misunderstanding. I didn't mean to sound rude, I was just trying to
understand what was going on.

[Mermaid Ariaella]

Oh it didnt sound rude at all. I just wanted to clarify that in case anyone else just thought I was a whiney mermaid. This isn't my first time at the fish races!!! Its just really a pain in the ass!

[Kanti]

I started this thread.......let me say my wife ordered the tail not me and I WOULD NEVER HAVE ORDERED ANYTHING FROM A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT LIST A PHONE NUMBER OR PHYSICAL ADDRESS!

They essentially are a ghost company and holding mine, and it sounds like a lot of other peoples, money hostage!

I do understand her issues with family drama, or so we were told, but his is past the point of me caring about this at all. We ordered this in October and it is 5 MONTHS now, I hope to hell this tail fits my daughter when it comes in, I cannot even get them to communicate with me now to make sure the measurements we sent in are still relevant!

If I lived in cColorado I would knock on the door of all three people listed with her name until I found her and demand my money back!

I will pay for her phone number if anyone can supply it off line............

At this point I doubt people can help you get the number. As far as I know she's never supplied it to
us or online as most people don't unless they have a phone at a warehouse or their business location.
She works at home so she'd have to give out her personal number, which I'm sure she doesn't want
to give.
Again, it sucks you're in this situation, but can't you think of it in the sense that airlines don't give you
refunds even when the plane is late or you miss your next flight because of them? I mean, most people
seem to put up with that surprisingly well even though it's the same thing.
If it's been 5 months, depending on how you paid, your money can't be recovered so you are really at
the mercy of the tailmaker at this point.
Like I said before, she's her own business, she took on too much work, she's trying to get stuff back
on track, it just takes a while.

You can keep trying to contact her, it sucks that this happened, but sometimes it does happen.

[Mermaid Margarete]

Your invoice from your purchase should have her address and phone number... mine does, but I believe she moved, so I doubt those are the same now.

I don't think she's a "ghost company" - but there's a lack of communication and appreciation to her current customers imo.

[Mermaid Celissa]

Fishbutts will be making an announcement later today to all those who are waiting for late/ back ordered tails :) From the Facebook page. Ready to see what she says!

[Fifi Tigg]

This is Stevi's announcement:

Fishbutts has been a great company and unfortunately a lot has come up which caused quite a bit of delay on tails and unhappy customers. As of right now I need to do what I believe is best for the company and the customers.

To Everyone who has a Late/Backordered Tail I am Preparing to make you an offer:

Normally I wouldn't do this but I’d rather not stress you out on waiting for your tails any longer. I am Offering a Refund to those who have been waiting forever for their tails.
Those who want a Refund, instead of their tails please email me at-- Fishbuttsforsale@Gmail.com-- to discuss further details on this.

It really pains me to see so many of my customers unhappy :/ . This is not what I want for any of my customers. But I will do my best to get Fishbutts back to its former glory, full of happy customers and amazing tails. Rest assured that I am working to get tails out as quickly as I can and making little room for error.

This doesn’t affect current orders of full silicone tails. Thank you all for sticking around through all of this. You are all amazing.

[Moongazer]

Yeah I ordered mine back during the cyber monday sale. I haven't been waiting as long as you folks have, but I'm really debating getting the refund or not. Honestly I would just like a proper update, what number I am down the list and how much longer she REALLY thinks it'll take. If I could get that then I'd be able to make a better informed decision.

[-Annwyn-]

I suggest getting the refund. Take your money to a tailmaker who actually cares about their customers.

[Moongazer]

I suggest getting the refund. Take your money to a tailmaker who actually cares about their customers.

Hey Aela, I respect your opinion, but I don't for a second, doubt that any tailmaker doesn't care about their clientele, Stevi included. Afterall, without us how would they make their living? The whole reason she's giving out the refund is to try to offset some of the unhappy and upset customers. If she didn't care, she wouldn't have done that. She probably would have just closed up shop and dropped off the face of the earth.

Everyone makes mistakes. I try to give people second chances where I can. I'm just deciding on my own if I want to keep waiting for not.

[AniaR]

I started this thread.......let me say my wife ordered the tail not me and I WOULD NEVER HAVE ORDERED ANYTHING FROM A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT LIST A PHONE NUMBER OR PHYSICAL ADDRESS!

Loads of tail makers don't list a phone number or an address, do you know how many people they get emailing with stuff that's totally not relevant or wanting a free tail?

It's actually kinda sketchy too that you're willing to pay money for the phone number and say that. At the end of the day it's still her privacy and if she chooses not to her have her phone number on the site for any reason that's her business.

I suggest you take the refund if you can't wait. I'm sorry you got stuck in this situation and didn't get a tail.


Take your money to a tailmaker who actually cares about their customers.
Because you know just how much she cares? Lame.

[SeaGlass Siren]

cue bulldozer!

:bulldozer:

[Mermaid Harmony]

Please don't yell at me; not everything is drama. It doesn't all have to get moved, people can argue without it going into the drama thread. That's part of what the thread is for, is people able to voice concerns or thoughts and go back and forth a little, yeah the phone thing is a little thing, but it's not that bad, and all have valid points. I've just seen bulldozers left and right and all over the place lately, some needs to be moved, and some doesn't, but we don't need to move it all, a little anger is good sometimes.

[Mermaid Ariaella]

We are all having our issues handled in one way or another. Its pretty much over for those of us that are seeking refunds...not all of us but most. Fingers crossed for you!

[Mermaid Harmony]

Good deal. I'm glad everything is getting sorted. :-)

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I will not take a refund.......I notice she raised her prices dramatically and now wants to get rid of her responsibility to customers that paid less than current customers?!?!?!?

She needs to make good on the sale of a tail for the price we paid, it is now mid March and I am waiting since October!

She emailed me back finally and said to basically WAIT!

If this was for me, and not my daughter, I might cancel but I have an extrememly disapointed and impatient ten year old at home. She will get the tail she has been waiting A HALF A YEAR FOR!

I dont care if this tail shows up perfect and covered with jewels I will never send any references her way or say a good word about her 'business'!

[Mermaid Momo]

Mmm. In the case that you've been waiting that long for a tail, maybe you shoul opt for the refund. Because odds are that I'd you are told to wait even longer than how long you have web waiting, then a) the tail will be total crap because it will be done quickly trying to get you off her back (and I'm not looking for any drama or anything when I say that)
Or b) you won't get the tail for who knows how long. Especially since she's taking new orders on top of backed up orders from annoyed customers.
maybe check prices at other makers like mermaids r us and see if your refund money can go towards a new tail from them. Just my thoughts though.

[Meridian Mer-Gyver]

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