Merbellas Thread

[Felicia]

I personally love extra fins, they're so pretty!
On a side note I'm on day 126 and im going crazy lol

[Mer-Crazy]

I'm on 150 Half way haha.

[Kaila Mermaid]

So, remember the top Shimmygoddess was sending back? Raven has received it and sent me an invoice to buy it!! Waiting til the 15th to buy and then it's mine *excite*

[Mermaid Wesley]

DAMMIT I TRIED TO BUY IT FROM HER. CURSE YOU.


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[annika]

I'm on day 231 and it just gets harder with every minute but any day now right?

[SeaGlass Siren]

Dilemma:
So i definitely have more than enough funds in my savings for a Merbella tail with all the added extras (2pair of fins+uv+glitter). subtotal comes up to $3025 before tax and shipping fees.
I DEFINITELY WANT a new tail because my silver-rosegold merberry tail died.
(Rest in alexplus pieces, Sirena... Alex to Alex, Plus to Plus. Amen.) But also because i may be picking up work as a mermaid and i cannot parade around looking like a diseased mermaid.

The issue here is if I get the tail now, I won't have enough funds to pay mortgage/bills/groceries/furniture for our new house we're getting in June.

I've also thought about just getting a basic tail, with only a few of the extras i would want (1 pair of fins and UV splatter). Total for that is $2825 so it'll only just eat up half of my savings and there's still wiggle room for shipping and tax.

Thoughts?

[annika]

i am not in your position but if i was i would go for the performance because this is truly a once in a life time experience and you can probabaly cut back on food expenses a little and save a lot of money( when my family was going through a rough money patch we would just eat veggis and we saved so much) i know how scary it is not having enough money but with the very little knowledge i have of your situation i would say you should buy a tail. also once you purchase it you have quite a bit of time to organize the money for shipping. good luck!

[SeaGlass Siren]

Thankyou annika!

New dilemma: Which tail to go with?

[MerEmma]

Both would be incredible designs! Which do you think would suit your mersona/self better? I think the first would look amazing with the angler fluke. Both would, but the first just...ah. Beautiful.

[SeaGlass Siren]

...both o-o i actually had more designed but i narrowed it down to these two. i rethought the dark blue one because everyone has a blue tail.

Self, the galaxy tail. Mersona, the seaglass tail.
(looking at it again actually, i forgot to add a white underside for the seaglass tail.)

[Ariel-Starfish]

I like both designs!

like I said before, i'm at my 100 days mark and should you guys want to see my design? Or should I wait a 100 days more? Lol

[SeaGlass Siren]

i want to seee <3

[Mermaidmechanic]

Hey seaglass, if you didn't live all the way in canada (I know shipping can be rough!) I would suggest buying a basic because you could always send it back to raven for additions later... but being all the way out there, you would probably save more going all out at once. Don't leave yourself in the hole though, finances follow us for our entire life. @_@ I would start the severe saving plans now and make sure you at least have the funds for mortgage. Also, Paypal has a awesome credit system you can check out (if you haven't already!). My paypal credit limit is high enough to buy a tail outright and there is no interest for 6 months I think? Maybe longer. Anyway, maybe pay half on a paypal credit line and half with the money you have saved. Just throwing out ideas. :3

[SeaGlass Siren]

good news is i have until this summer. once we contact the banks in february, we'll know what mortgage we have and i'll do all the calculations then.

[AniaR]

You can get a tail without extra fins and send it back later. I did it that way for my rapidash

[Yulia]

I thought Raven didn't make her basic tails anymore? Or are you meaning something else?

[Mer-Crazy]

I think she means a simpler performance tail, with less extras. I got confused for a bit too until I went back and re-read it

[Mermaidmechanic]

Haha yeah thats what I meant. It slipped my mind that she had made a type of tail referred to as such. XD

[Mer-Crazy]

Thankyou annika!

New dilemma: Which tail to go with?

Be aware also that the new translucent waist is a $150 upgrade.

And I'm assuming when you say tax you mean the import tax your country charges when you get it? Because Raven's prices are GST (not sure if that's the abbreviation everywhere sorry) included. And if that's the case, remember you'll have 200-300 days to save for that, so you won't need it until August at the earliest, but more likely November-ish.

Another thing, (I'm not aware of your situation so I'm going off the assumption you're just going to email and hope for the best) is the actual chance of getting an order spot with Raven. It's exceedingly difficult. I only got in because I was a previous customer. So even though you're ready you may not get a spot straight away.

Not that I'm trying to discourage you at all! I'm not. Raven is amazing and your designs are beautiful (I like the aqua/green one). I'm just trying to make sure you're well informed.

[annika]

i wasn't aware the nude waist was extra? i had it done for nothing more.