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11/06/10 04:42:03 |
Aredrell wrote: Granted the color thing should be corrected and i understand the holes in the fluke but also keep in mind that latex is hard to work with especially when used for the applications your using it for the reason he has to burn the bottoms is to seal it (which is hard to do) he'd have to be able to tastefully seal it in 10 seconds before it hardens again latex is touchy stuff and would be difficult to set together. my mother was a seamstress and she wouldn't even go near latex as a material for sewing the latex could tear or bunch up improperly if someone doesn't know how to handle it. also the waist has to be bigger to fit over your thighs if they cut the opening to fit your waist you'd risk tearing each time it passes the largest part of your thighs remember he has to take into account every measurement that opening hits before your waist. and if you read his bio he's someone who been doing this only a few years and may make mistakes (which i do agree should be repaired or fixed) and at the same time you have to understand he's just one man. he has tried improving on his methods on how to make the tails seamless and perfect but again it's difficult with the materials he uses I'm not saying let him off the hook if your unhappy but I'm just saying cut him some slack he's trying and sometimes there will be small problems it doesn't matter how good you are at something your going to make mistakes once in a while.
First of all ive NEVER heard of burning latex to seal it? Ill make some calls and look into that. Latex is actually pretty easy to work with especially when you are using such a minimal amount of it on a tail. Maybe his OLD tails but not these giant new tails.
Honestly I think ALL of us might be a little more willing to cut him some slack if eric made ANY effort. but he doesn't. He has not apologized for anything, he doesnt offer to fix anything, he blames things on the customer and is rude. I understand that the waist has to be a little bigger but they also need to fit. And this whole "ill fix one mermaids tail but wont fix anothers" thats just bad business and it shows how immature he is. He doesn't listen to us and try to improve himself, he tries to silence us and hold us down to people cant see the bad hes doing. having our posts taken down was a very dick move. I have no respect for someone like that. And if he spent more time listening to us and trying to fix his mistakes he would be a lot better off than stalking us and terrorizing us.
And if hes just one man/boy then he should try being human every once in a while, instead of "Mertailor LLC this" and "Mertailor LLC that" and "WE here at Mertailor LLC" Hes trying to make himself a lot bigger than he actually is. Instead of being "WE here at the STUDIO at Mertailor LLC" he could just be a little real and say its just 20year old Eric in his garage (which is is his "studio") with which ever girl hes sucking the life out of at the time before he gets too paranoid and pushes her away like everyone else. Oh and also Hes told me himself that his mom makes tails for him and also his boyfriend at the time has made tails and he also mentioned one other woman he had making tails for him. These are the employees of his. And again "Hes only been doing it for a few years" then he should NOT be anywhere near as arrogant as he is, and should be doing ANYTHING in his power to make his company look good, because as solid as he thinks he is, a bad rep lasts and word spreads. I know I have personally talked COUNTLESS people out of buying tails just by telling them what happened to me. I get emails everyday about it, and I know other mermaids do to and none of us are on his side.
I suspect this is someone close to him (which narrows it down a bit) and I think its nobel of you to try and stand up for him, I really do, But in all honesty hes the only one that can fix things, and he really could if he tried even a LITTLE bit, but hes digging himself deeper and deeper and hes much too arrogant to put his pride aside and fix any of his mistakes, because as far as hes concerned hes gotten his money. He CLEARLY doesn't care about the mermaid community and only cares about himself and money.
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Posts: 848
11/06/10 07:09:37 |
it;'s burned from improper use of the heat gun. And anyone who makes one post in defense of Eric before doing anything else on the forums, has Eric written all over it. I've had emails from people who work with Eric telling me he says himself he has no reason for putting holes in, he just does it to people he's worried will try and use their tails professionally or so they'll spend more money on him to have them fixed. And that's the truth. No more bullshit Eric crap because he's made it very clear he's not customer oriented and out for only himself. I dont want to hear anything about it being hard to work with... this is his business. He makes quality product or he doesn't ship it. You wouldn't buy a leather jacket with holes and say, aww cut them a break the holes allow for cooling and leather is hard to work with! Bull. Shit. Mistakes once in a while?
I'd like Aredelle's IP checked please. |
Posts: 891
11/06/10 12:51:57 |
raina wrote: I'd like "Aredelle"'s IP checked please.
According to the IP they are located in Mt Laurel, NJ.
May I just say if Eric did want to create a user name to post, now he knows that we are checking IPs, he could fake an IP if he wanted on badly enough. I'm keeping an eye on it, but they've almost become irrelevant.
Winged Mermaid Iona
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Posts: 537
11/06/10 14:39:25 |
yeah IP's are easily faked. |
Posts: 120
11/07/10 02:54:19 |
Probably I must send him a strong friend again, and this time he should knock him out.. ;-D |
Posts: 144
11/14/10 11:33:53 |
This really just takes the cake. i cannot believe it. Lol i should buy one off hima nd if its screwed up by any means ill get my aunty who si a judge at court to fu him up =)... soz guys about the tails he dosent give a crap about. If i was in his position i would make sure everything is done good and to perfection. oviouseley hes still a kid and he needs to grow up. |
Posts: 20
11/14/10 19:54:53 |
I am so glad I decided to do a ton of research before buying or making a tail. I stumbled onto the Mertailor website while me and a friend were enthusiastically looking for something incredible, and functional, and usable in many settings, especially modeling and filming. After seeing "Mermaid Melissa" and the male with her swimming, as well as some of the gallery pics of his tails--I really wanted one.
I saw the price having been knocked down and as a cosplayer and frequent costumer for many reasons immediately thought -- "I've spent about that much on a cosplay before! And to experiment and struggle with my first few tails may equal that much anyways... buying one isn't so unreasonable.."
I almost ended up where you all have been, are, or know someone who suffers through. I can't imagine how traumatizing it would be to have my first tail be something so awful.
So thank you all! So much! |
Posts: 1
11/16/10 18:24:03 |
This is absolutely unbelievable. I have to thank each and every one of you for posting your stories because you have been a total life saver and have saved me from wasting hundreds of dollars! Ill admit, I used to be a HUGE supporter of Eric and recommended him to everyone but this has appalled me and there is no way he's going to scam any money off of me or my friends.
Also, Ill let you all know that Ive taken this further and he is STEALING from trusting clients and hopefully the story will go to print....at least in Australia. News will hopefully spread to America as well and all over the world!
He has indeed deleted his youtube account and facebook support page...obviously he was getting lots of hate mail (which he deserves) and like a sad, little coward of a boy he ran with his tail between his legs. This is absolutely disgusting!
I could not believe that when one of you posted that he puts the holes in because he's afraid a client will use the tail for performing that made me sick because I told him when I first contacted him that I wanted to be a mermaid performer so he had obviously planned from the start to sabotage my tail. Un-f*cking-believable, I am so ticked off right now!
Thanks again to all of you who opened my eyes! And Raven, Ive contacted you in regards to tails |
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