fritzagelmann
New Hunter
Can someone pm me with his email or website thing? Thanks!
Yeah, but the 'eventually' kinda sucks for some people. Hopefully I get mine soon, or else i'll be asking more forcefully for a refund.
disclaimer: i'm honestly not saying this to be a jerk. it is my sincere opinion. any opinions expressed here are not those of the board, the democratic party, the republican party, or any member past present or future of the band gwar.
the way i look at it... if you don't like waiting, make them yourself.
the last gauntlets i bought cost me nearly $400 for the kit. i was told 2 weeks. it was almost 8 months. at the same time i was also waiting for a 4 week, $300 backplate that took 7 months. that was not my most fun time as a costumer.
when i decided it was time to upgrade the gauntlets, i didn't want to go down that road again, so i did it myself. got the wizardofflight templates, made the gauntlets, molded them, and cast myself up what i needed. it cost me more to make them myself than it would have to buy them, and took a LOT of time. i still haven't finished the right one and it's been nearly a year.
now if you say that you don't have the time or skills or whatever to do that, it puts things into an interesting perspective. if someone is offering a service that you can't fill yourself, then what do you do? you get your money back and have no gauntlets, you get your money back and spend a lot more on the stuff someone else makes, or you wait till you get your stuff.
yeah, his communication could be a LOT better. history has shown that he's not so good at that, so at least future buyers will know what they are getting themselves into.
i guess my point in all of this is that you're dealing with an individual artist doing things out of love of the hobby, not a retail outlet selling the latest model of fett stuff. so for better or worse, judging things by the standards we judge amazon or best buy on is unrealistic.
Well Chucks last update was on the "Thehunterslair" board on Halloween...I know he has been busy working on the Aliens and Pred costumes a bit!! Looked like he just sent someone there completed suit as well!!
As for me...been waiting on my JP and Guants since May and not heard from him as well!! Is he using his AOL, or Yahoo account??
Heres something to think about. Put yourself in his shoes.
He has to work to feed his family, and aside from that, he has to fullfill all your orders, plus AVP orders as well. He is not a human factory that makes a thousand gauntlets an hour.
This is a hobby as we all know, just asking for a refund makes it harder on him, instead of you guys waiting to get what he is supposed to make. We do these things not for a living, but to have a cool costume you can wear everywhere.
Again, put yourself in his shoes and try to understand what it is like, to have to work to put food on your familys table, and on top of all of that, work on YOUR props.
Listen to stormtrooperguy, as he has really great advice.
I didn't know that this had gotten this bad...
Yes....he is a respected member...but it is true in saying that if you're going to take someone's money the turn around time should be close to what is agreed upon. That doesn't sound like the case here.
If he has had other stuff going on in his life he shouldn't be providing his services, no matter how many people are in line. It's like the 50 people waiting in line when the store has 10 Wiis..... you're just going to be waiting even if you have the money in hand.
Why hand over $150 5 months back if you cant hand over $150 later when he is on his feet again to do the work....
I don't know if any of you knew this going in, but if he was behind..it was a bad idea to order. I hope it works out for everyone, and i know he'll come through, but it looks like you'll be waiting longer.
i agree, combat, so lets look at this point...if this IS just a hobby, and someone wants a refund since the wait has gotten rediculous, then he should have the money to refund IMMEDIATELY!! if that customer so chooses...IF it is just a hobby for him...i dont understand why he cant just say "look, i am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay backed up right now, it is going to be months til i get your order done..." Bobamaker tells me a longer timeframe that what he expects, so when i get my order sooner, guess who is happy? this is not the practice here in this case...it is time after time of the same 2-4 weeks turnaround, and it isnt happening...