Merman Chris
09-23-2011, 06:38 PM
Eric;
I am posting this here both because I know you obsessively read about yourself here, and also because I want everyone to know what petty bullshit you are involved in now. I was informed about your posting on your Facebook page regarding “knockoffs that cost $1000” and clearly this is aimed at Shell and I and our new tailmaking venture. While I am not surprised that you would throw a tantrum in public about another person entering this business, I am indeed surprised at the depth of your ignorance and childishness, even now. This is to address your snark.
First off, we are in no way a knockoff of you. We have completely different techniques in how they are made. It is up to the individual customer to decide what they prefer. Choice, Eric, is important in any market and competition is always healthy. Perhaps an economics class would help you understand this fundamental principle. Second, you cannot make a comparison because you are touting your latex model while ours are silicone. Apples and oranges, so not only is your statement incorrect, it is completely based on a false premise. Third, with us the customer designs their tail; this is opposed to the “off the rack” choices you offer. Again, this gives the customer more choice, but you seem to not be a big fan of choice. Perhaps this is why so many of your customers get their orders in colors other than they actually asked for, as was the case with our order from you….twice even. Additionally, ours are custom hand-painted and in no way resemble anything that you have to offer.
Finally, allow me to be completely honest with you Eric; there is a great many people out there who simply do not like you. In fact, they hate you. They do not like your personality, the way you treat your customers, the way you treat your former friends you have used and thrown aside, and they do not like how you do “business”. We started making our own tail without any intention of doing it professionally; we simply set out on it based on one reason alone: you could not offer what we were looking for. We wanted to be free of you, to do as we pleased. We were mermaid enthusiasts before you were even born little man, so being dependent on you could no longer be an option. Quite a good number of people followed our project and the requests for us to make tails came rolling in. We decided to meet these requests because unlike you, we actually like the people out there in this community and decided it would be good to help meet the demand for a tail while giving people the choice to decide who they would go to. Again, simple economics. Get the lesson yet?
I do not expect you to actually grow up, shut your mouth, and simply tend to your own business. I have seen how you behave and your inability to behave professionally many times, and would never expect a different reaction this time. It’s understandable, young and naïve as you are. If this is how you choose to conduct yourself, well, that’s your choice. Enjoy.
Chris LaPointe
Mermaidshelly.com
I am posting this here both because I know you obsessively read about yourself here, and also because I want everyone to know what petty bullshit you are involved in now. I was informed about your posting on your Facebook page regarding “knockoffs that cost $1000” and clearly this is aimed at Shell and I and our new tailmaking venture. While I am not surprised that you would throw a tantrum in public about another person entering this business, I am indeed surprised at the depth of your ignorance and childishness, even now. This is to address your snark.
First off, we are in no way a knockoff of you. We have completely different techniques in how they are made. It is up to the individual customer to decide what they prefer. Choice, Eric, is important in any market and competition is always healthy. Perhaps an economics class would help you understand this fundamental principle. Second, you cannot make a comparison because you are touting your latex model while ours are silicone. Apples and oranges, so not only is your statement incorrect, it is completely based on a false premise. Third, with us the customer designs their tail; this is opposed to the “off the rack” choices you offer. Again, this gives the customer more choice, but you seem to not be a big fan of choice. Perhaps this is why so many of your customers get their orders in colors other than they actually asked for, as was the case with our order from you….twice even. Additionally, ours are custom hand-painted and in no way resemble anything that you have to offer.
Finally, allow me to be completely honest with you Eric; there is a great many people out there who simply do not like you. In fact, they hate you. They do not like your personality, the way you treat your customers, the way you treat your former friends you have used and thrown aside, and they do not like how you do “business”. We started making our own tail without any intention of doing it professionally; we simply set out on it based on one reason alone: you could not offer what we were looking for. We wanted to be free of you, to do as we pleased. We were mermaid enthusiasts before you were even born little man, so being dependent on you could no longer be an option. Quite a good number of people followed our project and the requests for us to make tails came rolling in. We decided to meet these requests because unlike you, we actually like the people out there in this community and decided it would be good to help meet the demand for a tail while giving people the choice to decide who they would go to. Again, simple economics. Get the lesson yet?
I do not expect you to actually grow up, shut your mouth, and simply tend to your own business. I have seen how you behave and your inability to behave professionally many times, and would never expect a different reaction this time. It’s understandable, young and naïve as you are. If this is how you choose to conduct yourself, well, that’s your choice. Enjoy.
Chris LaPointe
Mermaidshelly.com