Thoughts on Merrowfins? "New" Tailmaker

[Mermaid_Auquita_123]

Hello let me introduce Merrow Fins.. We are a company that will put our customers first and our options will be limitless.. We want to be able to reach everyone's budgets and will not be copying Eric.. This is a Right To Work State and we have the right to create beautiful art and make mermaids and mermen's dreams come true. We will have many new authentic exciting new flukes with many new fin options.. We will also have many other artistic pieces to buy so we can truly reach all your needs. Many people share the same job just as Raven and Eric, Erin (Mernation), and Jessica Mer all live here is Florida and create beautiful works of art. Each tail maker is different in their own art and should be able to embrace that. What we at Merrow Fins want is satisfied, ecstatic, Mers in love with their tails and we will do everything to deliver it. Nothing is copied from the Mertailor and Eric .. Even though some of the best pieces done like the lobster was by Mathew.. We as a company wish each tail maker the best of luck as we all continue thriving in this deep blue sea and I am most excited to see some of you in our tails . Yes we will have a beautiful leaf fluke and it comes in options for each individual Mer.. We look forward to serving this awesome community!!!

How long does it take for a basic tail for u guys to make

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[Mermaid Mandi]

5-10 weeks but mines took 6 months and 4 weeks to get done.


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[Mermaid_Auquita_123]

5-10 weeks but mines took 6 months and 4 weeks to get done.


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Thank u so much!!!! Show me a picture of ur tail

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[Mermaid_Auquita_123]

5-10 weeks but mines took 6 months and 4 weeks to get done.


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Thank u so much

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[Mermaid_Auquita_123]

5-10 weeks but mines took 6 months and 4 weeks to get done.


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Was yours a basic tail

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[Mermaid Mandi]

Was yours a basic tail

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Yes it was.


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[Mermaid_Auquita_123]

Yes it was.


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How long did it take for it to come in the mail

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[MissLunaBelle]

I'm so frustrated, I'm going on 7 months since ordering my tail and once after vying for an update for like 4 months, I got "I'll get pictures for you soon!". It's been 3 months since. Is it wrong for me to be upset even though he quoted me 10 weeks? I feel so left in the dark.

[AniaR]

Mertailor knows who's to actually put effort on because if he would have sent Ginger a sloppy tail it would have been hell cause she has thousands of followers and her voice is heard by most in this community and if her review would have been negative it would deff have an impact, u girls got some clout (followers) as well so you got a decent product but everyone knows that not all of his work is impeccable he is sometimes more than sloppy thus said he is a good Tailor just not 100% all of the time but if he wanted he could rock the Mermaid world he has plenty of skill all he needs is consistency.


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he actually employs a whole factory of people now to make everything, so it's not just him making the tails. I haven't seen a bad tail in a long time, but often measurement complaints which happen to all tail makers.

[AniaR]

you're comparing a partial silicone tail with a full one. I'm glad you like your tail, but matt was a contractor of mertailor, meaning mertailor hired him to make molds and do other jobs. and he no longer uses those molds. 2 years ago was merfest, and they were still working together. Since I've seen mertailors work since he first started making tails 12 years ago, I think I am a pretty good judge on his level of improvement

[Saelyyia]

Merman Dylan could you please be so kind as to condense your posts all into one giant post. It congests the "recent" feed when you essentially spam post. I do fine this conversation interesting from both sides as you both clearly have had different experiences, but by posting several posts back to back like this it is very frustrating to some of the other mers, myself included.

[Mermaid Kane]

Merman Dylan could you please be so kind as to condense your posts all into one giant post. It congests the "recent" feed when you essentially spam post. I do fine this conversation interesting from both sides as you both clearly have had different experiences, but by posting several posts back to back like this it is very frustrating to some of the other mers, myself included.

This? I keep seeing these spam like posts of yours on different threads.

[Mermaid Kane]

I promise you that there isn't any malicious intent behind it. My mind just isn't in sync with my typing.

Understood. In the future, maybe think about what you are saying before, so you have everything in one place.

[Mermaid Momo]

I second raina, mertailor has really improved, I've seen multipe tails of his over the years from mers in my pod.

Merrowfins' quality seems questionable to me, mostly because he only posts the same few tails over and over and over again on instagram (I'm still blocked on their facebook lol) to me he doesn't show he's been improving. The scales look sloppy and rushed, the paint jobs are usually extremely simple or repeats of either Mertailors or a tail he did before. All in all he jist isn't showing that he is able to produce high quality work or that he has much on the table for his fans.

I have also heard that people have been waiting long times for tails with no contact from him.

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[Mermaid Kane]

Can you guys just agree that your experiences and opinions are different, and move on? :v

[Nerdmaid Faith]

I'd have to agree. I liked the work of merrowfins, mostly the aesthetics over mertailor but it seems hard to trust him. I've heard of too many bad experiences with him recently. Mertailor of course has done bad work in the past, regardless of employees or moulds, but in the last little while things seem to be turning around. Many friends of mine have had amazing service with their tails and I'm pretty impressed with the work he's done. I can't say the same with merrowfins as I have no idea of what he's doing at the moment.
It's super frustrating to me that anyone has had bad tail experiences with either of them. The bottom line is that we all want a nice silicone tail and to be treated fairly. I think people forget that we are all on the same side.
For myself to be hypothetically be making a decision on a basic tail I am looking at their work and customer servive in the past, but more importantly RECENTLY!
Yes, many people have had terrible experiences and that breaks my heart. But continually bashing others for trying to form their own opinion is not helping anyone. This isn't directed at anyone in particular, just something I've noticed over the last few months.
To sum it up:
My understanding is that they have both done shoddy work in the past both together and independantly. Mertailor is notorious for a bad additude and customer service in general but at least people have gotten their tails. Merrowfins is a great artist and is capable of making excellent tails, but the amount of ghosting I've heard of scares me off. I'd rather get a slightly more simple tail from mertailor (not a fan of the seams and scales) than one that I need to wait FOREVER for that might not be 100% what I wanted.


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[Mermaid Momo]

Dylan we get you're happy with your product butt that doesn't mean everyone has to like what he put out. (Didn't the same thing happen earlier in this thread too ?) This is a thread for discussing the work of Merrowfins and that's what we're going to do. Just because we haven't bought tails doesn't mean we can't comment on his lack of updates, poor commuunication , and look of his tails.

And just because Matt just started doesn't mean he gets a pass to ghost customers.

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[Mermaid Kane]

It does matter if you ordered from him. It is important to take into consideration what a customer asks for. He's only able to show people what everyone has asked for. By your logic, he should make tails just to show off variety for no reason but to do it for other people's opinion.

I do have to ask:

Do you think my tail looks bad? I'm asking because there is a fine line between sharing constructive thoughts and destructive thoughts. You can share your thoughts. I have not said that you can't. However, I am free to share my thoughts that just so happen to conflict with yours. The only thing that will make a comment wrong is if it has a malicious tone. I have seen a lot of people jump to the negative comments and prop up a business that is not Merrowfins in a thread about Merrowfins in those same comments, so I am sharing my experienice because, from my perspectice, the negative comments are not grounded in facts. They are the opinions of people who have never had his tails. Maybe even opinions of people who think too highly of themselves because they aren't sharing anything to back up their opinions.

Mermaid Momo. You are critizing a product someone paid for. Don't you think a blatant statement like the paint jobs are repetitive and copies of mertailor, which were likely the paint job and designs Matt created, might come off as insensitive to someone like me with a paint job you called repetitive.

All I'm saying is that if you are going to make comments that puts down someone's work. You should share proof to back yourself up.

It's also important note that if you have a reputation in the Mercommunity with influence. It is wrong to share negative opinions and think your reputation by itself is enough to back up those words.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm it down there. You are acting like she was hurting you personally, and she's not. Momo doesn't have a bad ''tone'' in her messages either. Using her ''popularity'' as a meat-shield is wrong on so many levels. You are the one taking in to a personal level, now. No, we don't think your tail is ''ugly'', and even if we did it doesn't matter at all.

I'd listen to Faith. She just gave a intelligent and non biased approach and you just skimmed over her to attack Momo.

I'd have to agree. I liked the work of merrowfins, mostly the aesthetics over mertailor but it seems hard to trust him. I've heard of too many bad experiences with him recently. Mertailor of course has done bad work in the past, regardless of employees or moulds, but in the last little while things seem to be turning around. Many friends of mine have had amazing service with their tails and I'm pretty impressed with the work he's done. I can't say the same with merrowfins as I have no idea of what he's doing at the moment.
It's super frustrating to me that anyone has had bad tail experiences with either of them. The bottom line is that we all want a nice silicone tail and to be treated fairly. I think people forget that we are all on the same side.
For myself to be hypothetically be making a decision on a basic tail I am looking at their work and customer servive in the past, but more importantly RECENTLY!
Yes, many people have had terrible experiences and that breaks my heart. But continually bashing others for trying to form their own opinion is not helping anyone. This isn't directed at anyone in particular, just something I've noticed over the last few months.
To sum it up:
My understanding is that they have both done shoddy work in the past both together and independantly. Mertailor is notorious for a bad additude and customer service in general but at least people have gotten their tails. Merrowfins is a great artist and is capable of making excellent tails, but the amount of ghosting I've heard of scares me off. I'd rather get a slightly more simple tail from mertailor (not a fan of the seams and scales) than one that I need to wait FOREVER for that might not be 100% what I wanted.

Please calm down.

[Mermaid Momo]

Okay but in all seriousness I'm gonna break what you said down. Firstly though I have to thank Mermaid Kane for speaking up, and also state that nowhere have I attacked YOU or matty personally, the fact that you took critique on a tail maker personally is your own perogative.

It does matter if you ordered from him. It is important to take into consideration what a customer asks for. He's only able to show people what everyone has asked for. By your logic, he should make tails just to show off variety for no reason but to do it for other people's opinion.

Actually yes, he should. As an artist I am always creating things to add to my portfolio and show I am capable of producing something like it. If I just posted somewhere saying I could make a top with neon lights and color changing flowers, people would expect that I have produced work similar to what I was claiming. Same thing goes for mermaid tails, in order to show that he can produce work he should be putting out examples of that work for his portfolio.

Do you think my tail looks bad? I'm asking because there is a fine line between sharing constructive thoughts and destructive thoughts. You can share your thoughts. I have not said that you can't. However, I am free to share my thoughts that just so happen to conflict with yours. The only thing that will make a comment wrong is if it has a malicious tone. I have seen a lot of people jump to the negative comments and prop up a business that is not Merrowfins in a thread about Merrowfins in those same comments, so I am sharing my experienice because, from my perspectice, the negative comments are not grounded in facts. They are the opinions of people who have never had his tails. Maybe even opinions of people who think too highly of themselves because they aren't sharing anything to back up their opinions.

It doesn't matter if I think your tail looks bad, it isn't on my body it's on yours BUT that doesn't mean people can't critique the construction and image of a product and critiquing a product IS NOT destructive. It's called concrit for a reason. Yes, you're sharing your experience but you're also trying to shut down discourse on the thread about a tail maker, just because you like your tail doesn't mean your opinion is more valid than anyone else's, and you are sharing just that, an opinion.

Mermaid Momo. You are critizing a product someone paid for. Don't you think a blatant statement like the paint jobs are repetitive and copies of mertailor, which were likely the paint job and designs Matt created, might come off as insensitive to someone like me with a paint job you called repetitive.

I'll say it again, he posts nothing but the same tails over and over and over again on instagram, he does not show any variety in the tails and showcased and if I went off of his instagram I would believe he's only made about 10 or 12 tails because those are the only ones he ever posts. and yes, a few of those are replicas of mertailor tails (Which he said himself in the caption!)

All I'm saying is that if you are going to make comments that puts down someone's work. You should share proof to back yourself up.

"put down someone's work" no, I didn't tell him to stop making tails, to throw them all in the trash. As an artist I sure hope Matty is used to concrit and grew a thick skin like the rest of us do.

If everyone is going to keep sharing negative opinions. You can at least have courtesy to share examples. What if Matt is reading these comments? What is he supposed to take from everyone's comments? I will not speak for what he thinks, but I know that it would be morally crushing to read comments like these, about my writing, without any examples of my work.

If you want examples look at his instagram, which I've discussed multiple times and even laid out why it leads me to my beliefs. and if Matty is reading this? GOOD! Hopefully he'll step it up then and want to put out the best f*cking most original tail ever, and actually post new things on his social media.

Just because you think constructive criticism is a personal attack doesn't mean it is. Matty has a thick skin, he can take it, heck I've even commented such on some of his instagram posts and he has responded to me about it.

Also :
awwwww I'm glad I'm known as a shit starter apparently. I'm making the mergods proud lmao.

[Mermaid Kane]

I will say that I got caught up in the feeling I had that people were only pointing out negatives. I shouldn't be sticking my nose into this anyways. I've shared my views. I can't continue talking without repeating myself.

Good choice.

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awwwww I'm glad I'm known as a shit starter apparently. I'm making the mergods proud lmao.

Aw, don't say that! In my mind, you've always seemed like a pleasant person to me.