So... much... drama...
OK, so let me get this straight... You originally wanted a used tail - which automatically means not the colours you said you wanted. I'm assuming you wanted a used tail because it was more in your budget. Instead, he offers to make you your "dream tail" for a massive discount. As far as I can tell, he followed the colour template extremely well, of course adding a few of his own artistic touches - which is exactly what happens when someone else makes a tail for you... If you want your tail to be EXACTLY what you have in your mind, either you make it yourself, or you pay out the a$$ to have someone do it for you. Each tailmaker has their own style, that's kind of the point of ordering from a tailmaker.
So you listed on Ebay... for damn near the full cost of a new, not-discounted Mertailor tail. Automatically, you are making a profit off of someone elses' work (Unless you can provide screenshots of your invoices and such showing that you paid the exact price you got from selling it, though the fact that several people have said it would befit you to post these and you still haven't yet leads me to believe that if you do, they'll be photoshopped), which is WAY not cool.
You got a discount; did you think that meant he was going to put the most expensive dorsal/other fins on it?
You don't ask a vendor/artist/whatever for a free anything. EVER. This is not acceptable. I understand you got one from him before; that was HIS decision to do it the first time. You don't just ASK someone to give you free stuff. Seriously... *shakes head*
Why did you take down your review? If it was entirely truthful, and actually a review instead of just Mertailor-bashing, then it should be left up for all to see. The thing that struck me about your review, though, was the fact that you had already made up your mind before you even opened the box. You had that annoyed, pi$$ed-off voice that says "I don't like it", even though you hadn't even seen it or tried it on yet. You said several times that there were all these colours in it that you didn't want, but those are the same exact colours in the template... Though I noticed you never mentioned that pink wasn't in it in the video.
If you were wanting so badly to have a used tail, then why on earth are you so upset about this one? It looks just like the colour template, except a little more realistic and less "harsh" than the colour template is. As for not being able to re-paint Mertailor's tails: First of all, what is this magical substance that prevents you from re-painting it? Raina's Mertailor tail was repainted. Also, I would think that whatever makes you unable to repaint it (which, as I understand, involves mixing silicone and pigment, then putting it on top of the silicone tial) would also prevent it from being repaired (i.e., putting more silicone on it), which I think would be a totally ridiculous thing to do as a tailmaker. Secondly, I can totally understand Eric not wanting people re-painting his tails, for a couple of reasons. First, you can tell a Mertailor tail by its style. Any experienced mer can pick out different tail makers on sight. If someone does a sh!tty job repainting the tail, and someone else recognizes it as a Mertailor tail, well that kind of makes him look bad. Secondly, I'm sure he (just like every other tailmaker) would not be happy hearing about people who repaint their tails, then claim that they made the whole thing.
If you were planning on doing a repaint anyways... and if apparently no tailmaker can live up to your standards... then why don't you just make your own tail?
Reply With Quote
Originally Posted by Krystal Patrick
Bookmarks