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The Official "WTF MERCH!" Thread
misslynz:
--- Quote from: mishy on 27 Nov 2008, 10:00 ---I'm just going to add my name to the list.
I ordered only 6 weeks ago, sent an email to qcmerch yesterday (before reading this thread) with, I hope, all the information he needs.
I'm still patient. It's not a gift (unless you count it as a gift for myself) so I will 2nd the "wait 4 months and then reverse the charge" plan.
If I have any good news, I will post it.
What I would like to know is has anyone received ANY qcmerch since September? Are they actually doing a print run for Christmas? Do people actually get email responses or is AIM the only way? (I so despise AOL that me contacting them that way is unlikely.)
Thanks. I kind of wish I'd read this thread before I purchased, but a bearmonster hoodie is just so awesome and can't be found anywhere else, so I probably would've purchased it anyway.
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AIM is probably your best bet. After reading the responses on here, I'm afraid to send an email because I feel it will either get lost in the shuffle or I just won't get an answer.
*sigh* In the grand scheme of things something like this isn't really that big of a deal. It's just kind of upsetting. I'll be ecstatic if I do actually receive my shirt. Until then, I'll have to be content with flipping back to strip number 950 to see the Bearmonster shirt.
GenericName:
MightyMouse if you look on previous pages, this thread used to be read frequently by Jeph and I think Cristi too. They don't frequent it anymore. Interestingly, I don't think I saw a single "screw you" in posts to which they replied, but I could be wrong.
MightyMouse:
--- Quote from: GenericName on 27 Nov 2008, 18:09 ---MightyMouse if you look on previous pages, this thread used to be read frequently by Jeph and I think Cristi too. They don't frequent it anymore. Interestingly, I don't think I saw a single "screw you" in posts to which they replied, but I could be wrong.
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Looking back only tells me they've answered here one time each, and that's on the first page; last in the end of June. Their reading of this thread does not strike me as obvious, especially since they haven't done any of the obvious things that have been suggested, i.e. updating the merch page to state something about "be patient, don't make a fuss if you haven't heard from us. We're a two person project and it could easily take us two months before we ship your things - and three months before we reply to your mail."
However, if they have stopped reading it because they didn't like the criticism, then that is not very constructive. Ignoring a problem will not solve it.
It is my impression that most posters here have valid questions, and a majority of us are not using name calling when describing our difficulties, neither here nor in our emails - and still we don't get any help or answers. What should we do?
Tshirtlimbo:
--- Quote from: GenericName on 27 Nov 2008, 07:45 ---... maybe we just have different upbringings but I am of the mindset that unless anyone has insulted me first, or is trying to assault me or something, it is not prudent to insult or demean them at all...
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I'll second MightyMouse's take on this: being ignored despite repeated, polite inquiries is definitely insulting. Plus we've already given them our money!
Imagine handing a guy in a store $20 for a t-shirt. He says "Cool! Glad you like my product. I'll go into the back of the store and fetch your size. If I'm not back in 5 minutes, ring this bell. If that doesn't work, there's that gong in the corner too." The guy disappears. Ten minutes later you go ahead and ring the bell. Fifteen minutes later, you ring it again. After waiting 30 minutes you meekly hit the gong. Nothing. Thoroughly puzzled, but still magnanimous, you poke your head into the back of the shop, wander down a corridor, and discover a room full of people with the same damn story to tell. Walking by the shop the next day, you see the t-shirt guy cheerfully putting "ORDER NOW FOR CHRISTMAS" signs in his window. He ignores you.
Three words: screw that guy.
Ben.
jparenti:
Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm here with a vote of confidence:
I just ordered a hoodie. If it takes until 2010 to get it, so be it.
These guys are doing what they can, through a small operation, to provide us, the faithful readers, with tangible evidence of our fan status.
I read this thread and it is my understanding that it may take a while to receive said merchandise. That said, there is no other realistic way to receive said merchandise except by ordering it and awaiting its arrival.
If you want instant gratification, you go to Wal-Mart. If you want some product that is only available through, for example, Cambodian horse traders, you go to Cambodia and speak with the gentleman riding the equine.
I am here, I have ordered, and I am waiting. And I have no problem with that. I know my money is supporting my beloved comic, and I know that the QC merchandise is a labor of love that requires time.
You guys are certainly entitled to your opinion, though. But remember your manners. And try not to be douchebags, okay?
Cheers. :-)
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