The MLP Arena
TCB => Trader & Shipping Support => Topic started by: ButtercreamDream on January 27, 2012, 10:44:26 PM
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I haven't heard anything at all since the arena moved. Anyone know what's going on? I know people were making their pics, but that was the last I heard.
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I was not actively tracking the progress of the raffle, so I am not sure where it left off. But I bet ABC will see this soon! :)
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I was kind of wondering the same thing.
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I think I was the last to pick and I picked Movie Firefly.
This was the order:
1. xkelpiex (77)
2. ButtercreamDream (70)
3. cookhuman (27)
4. Novavelle (105)
5. Avaind (95)
6. bluerose9978 (100)
7. Storydreamer (122)
8. lemontwist (90)
9. ladybrooklyn (50)
10. DevlishSmooch (115)
11. SwiftheartBabbit (88)
12. MyHatBarks
I picked so now it's lemontwist's turn.
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Yeah, I pm'd Devlishsmooch about my custom and didn't get a reply ;.; Infact, I just haven;t seen her around here at all.
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Maybe someone should give ABC a nudge to get things moving along? And perhaps lemontwist.. I know I've seen her around.
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You read my mind. I thought about this the other day, but I thought I would wait until we heard something from ABC or another member.
I have not heard from ABC since they sent me a PM apologizing for accidentally forgetting to add me to the list and saying they would add me on there.
But I have not seen them here since the move (unless I missed them).
Does anybody who got to pick out their item yet hear from ABC or the person they were getting their item from?
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I sent A Brown Crayon a PM about this on 1/16. It's still unread.
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I just shot her a PM on FB. I know she's been busy lately and hasn't really been around any of the forums she and I both frequent. But I know she does check in there, so hopefully she'll pop in here and get things finished up :)
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I shot her a PM about it too, asking if she was going to make a new thread for it... does she actually know about the arena move? she hasn't posted on here as far as I can tell! I hope ABC is okay!
And if she sees this, I was going to pick the Blossom plushie!
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She got back to me and said she'll try to get on tomorrow. She apologizes and confirmed that life has been super-busy/crazy (as I suspected from her status updates).
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It's okay by me, just glad she's okay, aside from being super duper busy. Life happens :good:
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This is what I've got so far. Let me know if there are any mistakes. Ladybrooklyn, have you picked?
1. xkelpiex - Devlishsmooch Custom *received*
2. ButtercreamDream - Comic Con Poster
3. cookhuman - Kalavista Custom *received*
4. Novavelle - Chuck E Cheese pony *received*
5. Avaind - Tootie Tails
6. bluerose9978 - Princess Celestia & Princess Luna set
7. Storydreamer - Movie Firefly
8. lemontwist - Blossom Plushie
9. ladybrooklyn - TE Galaxy
10. DevlishSmooch - G3 Snowflake
11. SwiftheartBabbit - Newborn Baby Yo-yo
12. MyHatBarks
13. Zettamomo - AppleJack Farmtruck
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Hey guys! I have received my custom from Kalavista and Novavelle received the Chuck E Cheese pony I supplied as a prize. Thanks!
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The list looks about right, Buttercream. At least as far as I can remember and a quick scan through the old thread.
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Anyone heard from her yet?
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Not yet. Hope everything is ok.
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I PM'ed her on another board we both frequent to point her this way. I hope everything is alright!
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Bumping this back to page one. ;) Can't believe my pick and back-up picks are actually still available, LOL! :D
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~gentle bump if it's okay...
I hope you end up getting your first pick, SwiftheartBabbit! I was excited I'll get my first pick ^^ Okay technically not my VERY first pick but as soon as that second round of items was added it was definitely my first lol.
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Another bump. Getting a bit worried... :huh:
For those that already picked, did you get your ponies already, or are you still waiting?
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Another bump. Getting a bit worried... :huh:
For those that already picked, did you get your ponies already, or are you still waiting?
I haven't gotten mine, I'm still waiting.
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I'm still waiting as well, but that's just because I only picked on this thread so she hasn't seen yet. I hope she's okay D:
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Let's hope that ABCrayon picks up this thread soon!!
Moving this to Trader Support. -Cherry
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sorry to hear you are all still waiting :hug:
I hope ABC is ok and that she sorts this out soon. Has anyone managed to contact her recently? when was the last time you talked to her on Facebook ,crimsondeity? :what:
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Oh, she still hasn't taken care of this?? I'll shoot her another message, although the last time we chatted was right around the time this thread first showed up.
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that would be helpful -thanks so much :lovey:
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She did drop me a message this evening. She's still been busy between two jobs and school. So not dead or in a coma. She said she'd try to get over here ASAP.
I did encourage her to at least drop in even if she doesn't have the time to get everything out right away, just so people know she's still around.
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Another bump. Getting a bit worried... :huh:
For those that already picked, did you get your ponies already, or are you still waiting?
Still waiting.. She doesn't have my address, though, so I've been waiting for her to come by the new arena.
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Another bump. Getting a bit worried... :huh:
For those that already picked, did you get your ponies already, or are you still waiting?
Still waiting.. She doesn't have my address, though, so I've been waiting for her to come by the new arena.
She doesn't have my address either.
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ABC, if you read this, please post here to this thread so that we know that you are still planning on getting these ponies out!!!!
None of you winners have heard anything from her at all? It may be getting close to time to start leaving feedback. :huh: I really hate to suggest it, but you guys have been waiting for two months now with NO communication except through Crimson's posts here? :yikes: That's really not cool. She needs to get this taken care of.
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I just checked my PMs and January 4th was the last time I heard from her about adding me to the raffle (since there was a little whoops that I mentioned earlier).
I'm still willing to wait a little longer, but I am just getting a little worried. It's good to hear that she is okay, though.
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Oh dear... I hope she's able to stop by and give you all an update!
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Uhg, I'm starting to stress out a bit. I put $120 into this raffle. She has good feedback, so I didn't worry about it. I was so happy when I won something, but I'm starting to worry that she's not coming back. It's been 2 months, and she hasn't dropped in at all. Should we try to contact her off-site?
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Thats worrying for sure :( Yes try and contact her off site if you can. Send her an email using the paypal addy you sent her the raffle money to, and see if she responds to that
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Thing is the money didn't go to her paypal. We "bought" tickets by buying toys for donations. Some people bought TONS of toys for this. Which is good for kids on Christmas :) but it does mean that we don't have her paypal address or anything. And that I think she's paying for shipping and stuff out of pocket, if I remember correctly, so I wonder if maybe she bit off more than she can chew all at once? I don't want to be quick to assume or judge.
However even if you're not getting money from it, there's still the matter of responsibility and of keeping a good name in the pony community for future sales and purchases and such.
Um long story short I'm not really mad, just a bit... hmmmm. I don't know the word. And worried for her as well. I hope she gets on it because I can't imagine having a whole group of people having to leave negative feedback, it would be such a big negative mark on her trading. I didn't donate any more toys than I planned to already so I'm not at a loss really but some of the rest of the raffle peeps really went all out for this.
Anyways.... there's my two cents. ABC if you happen to read this I hope you don't feel scared to post or something! We just want to know what's going on even if it's going to take a while.
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You know, I would have no problem if she dropped by and told us that shipping all this was going to be a problem. I would totally pay for shipping for my part. I was going to offer that, when she came by, because shipping to Canada will be more for sure. I have to say, though, I definitely did go back and buy more than I was planning for the raffle. There were a lot of awesome prizes. When I found out I got my first pick (the comic con poster), I even ordered a frame for it.
ABC, if you are reading this, please just let us know what's going on. I don't think anyone will be mad, we just want to hear from you.
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okay guys, here's what's up.
At the very beginning of January (basically right before the last time you heard from me) I started thinking about looking for a better job. I updated my monster resume and within HOURS I got an email about a job fair. I shrugged and went. What I got was a fantastic opportunity for what I thought would be a part time, temporary position. Never in my wildest dreams, however, did I expect for that to turn out to be full time (and probably permanent). I now have two jobs. I've also tried to keep up with my wedding plans (less than two months to go), I'm busy with an online class and trying to find a house and my MIL was in the hospital for about a week. My online time has gone from hours a day doing nothing to checking my fb and email every three or four days. That's pretty much it. This is my first time visiting this new site and I wouldn't have even realized it moved without a nudge on fb from crimsondeity. I'm sure a few of you have noticed that you haven't seen me around the arena or another site I used to be on all the time. This is why.
ABC = busy. O.O
I'm not really trying to make excuses, just explain things.
I'm sincerely sorry for putting all of you on the back burner - it's just that everything came so suddenly, I wasn't prepared and I didn't expect it.
To cookhuman, kalavista and anyone else who's stepped up and helped with your parts - thank you SO much, you guys have already done way more than I expected. (if there's anyone else who has, thank you too.. I just haven't read enough of this yet to see who you are).
to everyone else - again, I'm so sorry you all got stuck in the back. Not forgotten, just dead last on my "things that need to happen immediately" list. Today's list still has four or five things on it that I didn't get around to, and yet I still feel accomplished. Yeah, not so great. :/
As of right now, it's after 11pm here and I'm getting up at 5 to shower and get ready for work. I only work the one job tomorrow so in the evening after I get home I should be able to come back on here and go through these pages more slowly. I have a lot of back reading to do and a lot of organizing and writing things down. I will get to you though :)
I have also asked two friends if they would be willing to step in and help me get things organized and back on track. I haven't heard back yet from either.
I will be back tomorrow and I will do my best to get things on track. In the meantime if anyone would like to contact me with questions, helpful hints or angry rants you can go through my facebook, since messages (usually) get forwarded to my phone. the link is facebook.com/abrowncrayon .
see you guys soon.
-ABC
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Yay! I sent you a message on facebook, offering my help however I can. Thank you for stopping by =)
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Just kidding, she's in bed...
anyways we're going to try and figure something out so everyone get's taken care of.... hopefully I can help :)
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Yay ABC! And congrats on the new job and upcoming wedding! Jeez I hope you can find time to make space in your life though, no jobs are worth having no spare time to breathe!! I'm just glad to hear from you about everything. I'm glad you are going to try and work it all out.
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Congrats on the new job! Thank you letting us know what is going on. Sounds pretty hectic!
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Thanks for posting ABC, and thanks to those who have offered to help her. Hopefully this can all be sorted out soon :)
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Yay, we're back on track. Ladybrooklyn chose Galaxy (I think I missed some of the prizes, because I don't think I saw her or plushie blossom). I updated my list on page 1, and now it's DevlishSmooch's turn.
Is there a way to search for members by name? I haven't figured that out yet.
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Hey Guys :)
I'm going to be helping Robin to get this all sorted out. I just talked to her today so we have a plan of action that should get this all done and taken care of soon. :) I do need to get info from peeps though and I know we still need a few people to choose prizes. I'm going to PM anyone still needing to choose prizes/get addresses to try and get both pieces of info in one place. :) I also need just addresses of the following people, so if you could shoot me a pm with your address, that'd be great!
ButtercreamDream
Storydreamer
lemontwist
Ladybrooklyn
If anyone has any questions, feel free to shoot me a pm or contact Robin through Facebook. :)
~ Meaghan
Edited for Content. Requests for donations are against Arena Rules. (http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php?action=rules) ;)
~Cherry
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Glad to hear everything's ok. Big ups to everyone who has offered to help! :thumb:
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Thank you for posting ABC. We all understand that life does happen. As long as communication is good everything should be fine from here. That's great that you guys have started a plan of action to get this wrapped up! And big thanks to the volunteers.
To help with organization and to keep all involved parties in the know if we could get a full list of winners with what they are owed (once all the prizes have been chosen) plus the ship and receive dates posted here to this thread that would be much appreciated. :)
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** EDITED 02/27 to update the list and to add shipping info, I haven't sent it all to ABC yet, just waiting to see if I can get the last participant's info first :) **
** EDITED 03/06 to update that I now have everyone's address and to take out old info. All info has been sent too ABC :D **
Update time! :)
1. xkelpiex: Devlishsmooch Custom (Per DevilshSmooch & xkelpiex, all is on track here too :) )
2. ButtercreamDream: Comic Con Poster / Shipped: No
3. cookhuman: Kalavista Custom **Received Prize**
4. Novavelle: Chuck E Cheese pony**Received Prize**
5. Avaind: Tootie Tails / Shipped:No
6. bluerose9978: Princess Celestia & Princess Luna set / Shipped: No
7. Storydreamer: Movie Firefly / Shipped: No
8. lemontwist: Blossom Plushie / Shipped: No
9. ladybrooklyn: TE Galaxy / Shipped: No
10. DevlishSmooch:G3 Snowflake / Shipped: No
11. SwiftheartBabbit: Newborn Baby Yo-yo / Shipped: No
12. ZettaMomo: AppleJack Farmtruck / Shipped: No
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Sorry guys, I haven't been on for a couple days. I think I'll take G3 Snowflake if she's still available?
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Yay! Thanks for the quick response, DevilishSmooch! Great! All the prizes are selected so now just need to get the rest of the addresses and things should be good to go. :)
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Thanks for the updates :bigups:
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Thank you for keeping us updated!
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Fantastic work, MyHatBarks!! :bigups:
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So wonderful to see our community helping each other out! :)
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**Update**
I have sent the list over to ABC, but I'm still missing an address from Storydreamer. If anyone has it or has heard from her, could you send it/her my way? Thankies :)
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It looks like she has not been on since Monday.
Have you shot her a PM?
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It looks like she has not been on since Monday.
Have you shot her a PM?
I did shoot a pm her way but it might have missed her. Just wanted to check if anyone here had spoken with her recently. :)
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hey guys, this is a quick reply to let you know what's up.
Right now I'm in the process of getting about half of these packaged and shipped. The reason it is half is, ready for this? There is a random guy staying with us, and he's using the "spare" bedroom where all my ponies are stored. By the time I get home from work, he's usually in there. I got lucky and got about 30 minutes of rummaging time while he was taking a shower tonight, but unfortunately it wasn't enough to go through all boxes and find everything I'm looking for. When we scrambled to get everything as neat as possible against the wall so he'd have some room, I wasn't smart enough to think about the fact that I would be NEEDING some of the things in those boxes shortly, and everything got thrown together in a huge mess. Yippee, lol.
I *should* beat him home from work by at least an hour tomorrow, which should give me a chance to get in there more and move things around. I have a LOT more bins to go through to find these guys!
Here is what I have currently boxed up (in order of what I found, not what was drawn!) :
SDCC poster for ButtercreamDream
Tootie Tails for Avaind
Blossom plushie for lemontwist
Baby Yoyo for SwiftheartBabbit
Applejack's Farm Truck MIB for ZettaMomo.
everybody else, I absolutely have your ponies, they just got mixed back in with my ginormous 30-something storage bin collection by mistake and I need to find them again.
I also have Movie Firefly set aside for storydreamer (last I heard we don't have her addy yet).
If I can't come back with tracking numbers tomorrow, you'll probably see me Thursday. Wednesday is my fiancee's college graduation (YAY!) so I'm going to be a *little* busy that day too. :P
last thing before I go to bed - I don't know if you remember, but Meaghan.. (aka MyHatBarks) was at the very end of the list of prizes. Meaghan is one of my best friends and former roommate, but she did donate a toy to try and help the numbers go up before we had a lot of participation. So now she's the go-between, playing secretary, getting me all your information and organizing it in a spreadsheet on google docs (yes she actually made a spreadsheet.. crazy person).. and since then has taken herself off as a prize winner. I just want to ask everyone here for your opinion, is everybody participating okay with Meaghan still getting a prize as she should have originally? I don't know if I had anything she's seriously after, but I don't want to force her to be excluded just because I asked her for help. However, I will leave it up to you guys. Let me know what you think!
..oh and also, one more one last thing - I hadn't been on the "old" arena for a while either and I don't even KNOW how many PMs are there. It says I have 13 here. I don't have the time right now to read and reply to all of them, so I don't want to open anything until I know I will have time. So don't think I'm ignoring you, I'm just putting those messages off temporarily :P ButtercreamDream, I saw you said on one of the previous pages that you sent me a message on FB.. I didn't receive it, just so you know, so I'm not ignoring you either.
Okay that's enough for tonight .. have a good night everybody and I'll talk to you soon!
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Yay! And Meaghan should totally get a prize too!
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Hey guys! :) I have the last address and sent it to Robin last night after she posted. As you read in her post, things are on track and almost sent. As far as my own participation, I figured I was kind of a side thought anyways and wasn't really concerned. Whatever you want to do is cool with me Robin. :)
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Thanks for the update ABrownCrayon. And hope things can slow down a bit for you soon.
And MyHatBarks your an awesome friend!
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Thanks again for the update!
And I completely think MyHatBarks deserves a prize for the hard work she has done. :3
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MyHatbarks definitely deserves a prize :) great work!! :cheer: and thanks for updating again and letting us know how this is going :bigups:
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Hey guys!! I'm sorry for not updating sooner, but there have been a few delays that caused things to get a little behind. I'm still in touch with Robin and she's working on finding the rest of the prizes and getting shipping set up through paypal. =)
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Alrighty! Thank you for another update.
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I think it's great that ABrownCrayon and her friend has posted explanations and updates in this thread. :)
I was just wondering what happened to these items, as they were already found, as of March 06, according to ABC:
Here is what I have currently boxed up (in order of what I found, not what was drawn!) :
SDCC poster for ButtercreamDream
Tootie Tails for Avaind
Blossom plushie for lemontwist
Baby Yoyo for SwiftheartBabbit
Applejack's Farm Truck MIB for ZettaMomo.
Are you just about to ship those? :)
Or will you be holding on to them, until all items have been found, before you ship anything?
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Just giving this a little bump since there has not been an update in a little bit. :3
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Are there any updates on this situation?
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Unfortunately, there really isn't anything I can update. I sent ABC a text yesterday to see if any progress was made. I last heard from her on the 19th, and she had three more prizes to find. I told her to just focus on getting what she does have found sent. I'll update once I hear from her. She is kinda in over her head right now on a lot of stuff, but I know she's trying to do what she can. =\ I'm sorry things are still at this point though. I'd hoped my helping would have sped things up more.
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Thanks for the update MHB.
I know you are trying your best :hug:
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Thank you for the honest update . You are doing what you can to help, and I'm sure everyone appreciates that :hug: . ABC needs to keep working with you and keep up the communication. I hope she contacts you again soon with another update on her progress
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Another week has passed.
It has been about one month since ABrownCrayon herself posted in this thread.
I was wondering if anyone has actually received anything yet?
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Hopefully stuff will be sent out. It's sounding like ABC had a lot of stuff drop into her lap. I understand the frusterations but sometimes theres somethings that we cant control :(
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Another week has passed.
It has been about one month since ABrownCrayon herself posted in this thread.
I was wondering if anyone has actually received anything yet?
I haven't received my item yet. I think we will just have continue to be patient.
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Still no news to update. =\ I know she is getting married in two weeks and pretty much all of her family is flying from here in California to Missouri where she is. So I'm guessing there's probably not going to be much happening with this between now and then. Not making any excuses, just trying to give an honest expectation. I will update here as soon as I have news from her about this whole situation.
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I hope you guys don't mind me asking...
But how did this raffle work? I've been reading through the thread and can't figure out exactly what it was? Was it for charity or something since there was no money involved?
How were the winners chosen?
Sorry, not trying to derail. But since you guys are still waiting for a response I was hoping someone would be kind enough to explain. I'm very curious.
Oh, I've also tried finding the original thread but can't.
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If I'm not mistaken "ABC's first yearly Christmas Raffle" (original title) works like this:
Donate toys to a local charity for Christmas.
Post picture of a receipt or other proof of what you donated.
Every $5 worth of donated toys earns you a ticket in the raffle.
Everyone who participates wins a prize.
You take your pick from a selection of prizes.
The *order* of people to pick a prize was drawn.
(for example, xkelpiex is on top and got to pick first)
Link to the thread (some of it has been edited out but you can still see the flashy pictures of the prizes and ABC's request for donations towards shipping):
http://www.mlparena.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=281550.html
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Thanks for explaining. Been reading through this thread very confused.
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Still no news to update. =\ I know she is getting married in two weeks and pretty much all of her family is flying from here in California to Missouri where she is. So I'm guessing there's probably not going to be much happening with this between now and then. Not making any excuses, just trying to give an honest expectation. I will update here as soon as I have news from her about this whole situation.
Oh yea I think everything will be settled after the big day :) arranging everything and from what she earlier didnt she move too?? Major chaos over there :( I know we just got my cousin and hr bf settled down back over here after a huge move and theyre still dealing with stuff over in IL. They moved a huge cattle opperation, herd of horses, ducks, etc. they moved their entire farm over here. It took her nearly 6 weeks to check her email and sort boxes out.
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For the record, has anypony received anything since this thread was started back in January? The fact that I have seen no good updates from ABC herself since Mar 6th and no one posting to say they are getting their prizes in the past month is causing me some angst..
I can not imagine that honeymooning will increase her desire to ship ponies or post to the Arena. I understand that life happens but this situation is getting very worrisome.. :huh:
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I don't think anyone has received anything since his thread started but I think a few people received items before she disappeared.
I don't want to pressure her while she's preparing for her wedding but sending out a package or two every few days isn't that hard... Lots of people here on the arena have busy lives but manage sales and stuff. Although I understand it can be stressful when your life gets suddenly busy and you're not used to it. I just hope he knows she doesn't have to send them all out at once, which is what it looked like she was planning. It's better to do a few here and there so it doesn't get to be too big a task.
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I hope there will be a positive resolution to this situation... :(
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I don't think anyone has received anything since his thread started but I think a few people received items before she disappeared.
I believe the only items ever sent were the ones Kalavista and I provided and shipped.
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I still haven't heard anything. I was hoping to get the poster by May. My husband got me tickets to Ottawa's comic con for my birthday today, and John DeLance (aka Q from Star Trek and Discord the dragon from FiM) is going to be there and signing stuff. I thought it would be awesome to get it signed, but I'm not holding my breath. I haven't heard anything since the last time ABC was here.
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Just giving this another bump since it has been over a week since the last post.
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I don't think anyone has received anything since his thread started but I think a few people received items before she disappeared.
I believe the only items ever sent were the ones Kalavista and I provided and shipped.
So this means that in fact ABrownCrayon never sent *anything*? :|
I can't help but think it's very selfish of her, working happily on her wedding 24/7 while owning several people a lot of stuff.
And how cruel to leave people waiting like this when what they donated/sent was for charity. It's like she's counting on people not saying anything out of fear of looking petty and greedy.
Like "oh they won't dare complain, they should be doing it for the good cause anyway"
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ABC just got married on Saturday last week. I know she's on her honeymoon right now. I'm hoping once she gets back, and now that she doesn't have to worry about wedding planning, she'll be able to make progress. I haven't gotten any dates or anything, but I'll update if I have any news. If I haven't posted anything, it's not that I've forgotten, I just have no news at all and I feel guilty just bumping a topic up to say "Sorry guys, nothing yet" over and over. =\
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It's not your fault MHB! :hug: You can't force ABC to take her responsibilities to the communinity seriously.
We can all hope that once she returns from her honeymoon that she'll take care of this with lightning speed and many apologies.
I still think that some honest feedback might get her attention better than anything posted in this thread. :huh:
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Hopefully she is able to return to the Arena soon to resolve all this! :( Understandable that she is on her honeymoon/wedding time, but there are people who have been expecting packages since the Christmas holidays ended.
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And how cruel to leave people waiting like this when what they donated/sent was for charity. It's like she's counting on people not saying anything out of fear of looking petty and greedy.
Like "oh they won't dare complain, they should be doing it for the good cause anyway"
That's exactly what I was thinking reading about this situation.
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I don't think anyone has received anything since his thread started but I think a few people received items before she disappeared.
I believe the only items ever sent were the ones Kalavista and I provided and shipped.
So this means that in fact ABrownCrayon never sent *anything*? :|
I can't help but think it's very selfish of her, working happily on her wedding 24/7 while owning several people a lot of stuff.
And how cruel to leave people waiting like this when what they donated/sent was for charity. It's like she's counting on people not saying anything out of fear of looking petty and greedy.
Like "oh they won't dare complain, they should be doing it for the good cause anyway"
That did indeed go through my head before I started this thread. I don't want to be petty, but if you start a contest like this, you owe it to those who participated to follow through, no matter what the good cause is.
I messaged her on facebook, but she said she never got it. I still have a copy of it in my sentbox, so I'm not sure what to believe there. I think it's sad that this toy drive probably won't be an annual tradition now, after this. I thought it was a great idea.
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I think it's sad that this toy drive probably won't be an annual tradition now, after this. I thought it was a great idea.
I think it could still be done next time, if anyone else wants to do it.
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I think buttercream is trying to say it's been tainted. Best of luck to you guys. I really hope ABC starts responding.
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I remember when this wa started. I had thought to myself that I would never be able to do something like that because of all the work to organize everything before doing a draw and all that. I'm normally organized, but this would have taken a lot of time. I wonder if she realized after starting this up that it was so very time consuming and got busy and forgot, and then when remembered figured it was just too late? It would be nice to know, though... right?
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I think it could be done again this year, but I think it should be a couple people taking on the responsibility instead of just one. I can imagine running something like this takes a lot of time and effort and maybe ABC didn't think about that at first. I would really love to do something like this next year because I feel like it encourages some people to donate a few toys to a good cause if they can. I would hate to see something like this not be able to happen again because the first one was 'tainted', but I can understand why some members would be hesitant to participate if it was done again.
I just don't want to sound like a big meany about it because we knew we were buying ponies to give to kids in need, and usually when you do that your award is knowing that somewhere there will be a happy kid. With these we were promised a chance at a prize if we did to encourage more donating. I just would hate for some people to view us as 'selfish' because we want our prizes that we were promised.
Hopefully once ABC's honeymoon is over we will be hearing back from her soon. I hope this thread does not become a lost cause.
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Clearly the next time we do something like this, IF we do something like this, the person hosting the raffle should NOT be in the midst of a life-changing event like marriage. ;)
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Pardon me for putting my nose where it might not belong, but reading about this whole mess makes me quite cross! it's not any more Ok to just abandon everything because it was a raffle and not outright sales!
MyHatBarks, you seem to have some comms with ABC, is there any way you could get her to at least post ButterCreamDreams poster out to her so she can get it signed??
Obviously all these items need to go out asap, but the poster seems to be the most pressing as the event is rapidly approaching!
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It sounds like abc has stopped replying for the time being. So I don't know if saying anything really matters :-/
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:( I guess we'll have to wait until after her honeymoon and go from there...
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I haven't seen or heard that she's back yet. =\ Sorry guys. I will try to ask about at least getting the poster out as soon as I do though.
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I thought the honeymoon was over?
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Thanks MHB. And if or when you talk to her if you could ask her to please get that poster out first, that would be great.
In the meantime I guess we wait till she gets back. :(
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At this point I just wish people like this would run their projects somewhere else instead of the arena.
If they are not going to be more responsible than this, why run it on here in the first place? I mean she could have done it from her personal blog or facebook or something. That way it would only be her own name she is lowering the credibility of. Running it on here she is making the arena look bad as well.
I have only ever once ran a project on the arena myself, it was a custom contest. I asked a custom mod before announcing it on the board and once it was on I felt it was a huge responsibility as by running it I was, in fact, representing the arena. I knew that if the contest would somehow fail, not turn out well, it would not only make me look bad but it would drag the arena down.
Mid way into the contest I ran into some irl problems. That did distract me and for some time I could not reply to the contest thread as often as I would have wanted to. But I kept up a positive attitude and made sure to go through with everything that was expected of me so that the people on here would not be affected by my personal problems. Not until the prizes had been sent out and I had thanked people and wrapped everything up, I would allow myself to relax.
The way ABC's donation raffle turned out makes me think people shouldn't be allowed to run huge projects on here involving a lot of people and money/goods, unless they have a back up person, a creditor, who will step in and take responsibility in every way if needed.
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A back up person is really a good idea! If I were to ever host/run something, I think I would definetly need someone to hold me accountable and to fall back on if I couldn't hold to my duties!
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That's a shame. I would've loved that Firefly. I'm such an optimist though, I believe she will get it straightened out.
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A back up person is really a good idea! If I were to ever host/run something, I think I would definetly need someone to hold me accountable and to fall back on if I couldn't hold to my duties!
Like communism and capitalism, a back-up person only works in theory.
Let's say someone is doing exactly what ABC was doing. Some kind of raffle for donations type of thing. Then ABC disappears and stops communicating. Ok, time for the back-up person to step in!
Except the back-up person doesn't have any of the items that ABC had promised. So what is the back-up person going to do exactly?
For another example let's say it was a money raffle. Arena member Pony123 decided to run a raffle for a $1 a ticket. The top three winners will receive one pony each that value $80-$100. She nets about $500 from all the ponies on the forum that joined and the winners are announced. Then she disappears.
Now of course this is where her back-up steps in. Except she doesn't have the ponies that were supposed to be the prizes. Besides, even if she did, she's not going to give out 3 higher value ponies from her own collection/pocket because someone else flaked out. She didn't exactly receive any money from the raffle!
I know that not all people that flake out are younger people but the only thing I can think of that will help is some sort of confirmation that hosts and participants are 18 and over. I would even be sketchy of trading or buying from an 18 year old but at least there's a line drawn somewhere.
If you guys already do this then cool. I can't think of any other deterrents.
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The age confirmation wouldn't really help too much... I mean, what would you propose to check? I'm not sure so many would be happy to scan sensitive documents to prove their age for a swap, for one. That would be too much of a deterrent than its worth in potentially stopping flakes. Having someone else as a reference to confirm their age also wouldn't be useful because some on here are not close to many on here. Besides, as you said, it isn't always the younger ones that flake out...
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The age confirmation wouldn't really help too much... I mean, what would you propose to check? I'm not sure so many would be happy to scan sensitive documents to prove their age for a swap, for one. That would be too much of a deterrent than its worth in potentially stopping flakes. Having someone else as a reference to confirm their age also wouldn't be useful because some on here are not close to many on here. Besides, as you said, it isn't always the younger ones that flake out...
Still, having rules that you can't trade unless you are 18 makes sense because in the USA this is the law. If you are under 18 you can't enter into a contract and well, making agreements with 16 year olds and 17 year olds is just not a good idea. You legally CANNOT hold them to any agreement.
I never said anything about scanning documents. But a simple line in the rules saying you must be 18 can be a deterrent. Because remember, not all people that flake out are planning it. Some are honest in the beginning and if they aren't 18 they will not enter into a trade if it's against the rules and is well known.
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The age confirmation wouldn't really help too much... I mean, what would you propose to check? I'm not sure so many would be happy to scan sensitive documents to prove their age for a swap, for one. That would be too much of a deterrent than its worth in potentially stopping flakes. Having someone else as a reference to confirm their age also wouldn't be useful because some on here are not close to many on here. Besides, as you said, it isn't always the younger ones that flake out...
Still, having rules that you can't trade unless you are 18 makes sense because in the USA this is the law. If you are under 18 you can't enter into a contract and well, making agreements with 16 year olds and 17 year olds is just not a good idea. You legally CANNOT hold them to any agreement.
I never said anything about scanning documents. But a simple line in the rules saying you must be 18 can be a deterrent. Because remember, not all people that flake out are planning it. Some are honest in the beginning and if they aren't 18 they will not enter into a trade if it's against the rules and is well known.
True, true... though trades and purchases do occur with those with younger ages
I know you didn't say anything about scanning docs, was just exploring the possibilities there.
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Please keep this on topic. It is about what ABC owes and to whom. Thanks PonyLady TS/Mod
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I messaged her via facebook again. No word back yet. We're heading into month five of waiting. :/
I only just noticed the feedback for her about flaking out on a swap on another board. Does anyone know if she ever ended up coming through on that one?
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Whoops sorry Ponylady.
Does anyone know about Buttercream's question? That's interesting. I hope she came through on that one.
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Said trade, can I ask how long ago that was? Was it recently, or several years ago...?
I don't remember all the details, but I do remember that ABrownCrayon left the pony community for some time, after some controversity around something she did.. this was so long ago that the board where most details were no longer exists. Some of it was on the mlptp as well, not sure though if it was the current mlptp or the one before that.
As I remember it, there were mainly *two* issues with her in a short time. She left the pony community abruptly, leaving the issues unresolved, and was gone for years.
This happened somewhere around 2005? 2006 maybe? I really don't remember. Anyone else?
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My custom is complete and on her way to xkelpiex. It took me longer than it should have because my daughter became very ill and I had all kinds of appointments and issues with her.
Just putting my two cents in here, but I would not hesitate to participate in this again regardless of the way this turns out. I would prefer that it would be someone else running it, but I was going to donate toys anyhow so it doens't bother me as much. And I would also be happy to donate another prize if someone does it again. ^.^
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I was thinking about the comment from her feedback here. It said that she bailed on a swap on the CF.
I think if we did it again as a community, and had several different people donating prizes, it might go better. At least if one person bails, the majority of people will still get something.
Yay DS, I want to see this custom *runs off to check the custom board*
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Just bumping this up once again. Does anyone know when the honeymoon will be over?
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If the honeymoon is still going on, that's one long honeymoon....
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I would think she is back from her honeymoon by now.... still no news though :huh:
My custom is complete and on her way to xkelpiex.
yay! thats great :cheer: :hug: :happy:
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Posted a note on her Facebook that you guys are looking for her.
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Thanks DS! Hopefully she can get this straightened out for these folks. It's been far to long. :(
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Yeah, saw her posting so peeked in to see if she'd been by here. When she hadn't I left her a note to remind her that these guys are waiting on her.
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I finally posted a thread with the custom, if anyone wants to check her out (she's twards the bottom> saved my fav for last, lol):
http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,296182.new.html#new (http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,296182.new.html#new)
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Cool, DS, she's really lovely! Her shaded hair is epic!
I'm trying to stay optimistic hear, but I'm not sure that there's very much motivation for ABC to come back and sort this out. It only takes a minute to drop us a line, and we're coming up on half a year with very little contact. At what point do we call it a lost cause, give up and leave feedback?
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Dang that's a shame! I'm sorry to all you waiting. I myself am going to be looking for a Movie Firefly since that's the prize I chose. She was so pretty..
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I think we're all just going to have to leave negative feedback either way, since even if/when the prizes come, this whole mess has been rather... unacceptable, tbh :( nobody in the future should have to deal with this.
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I am sorry to hear that she doesn't want to come back and fulfill her obligations to people... :(
I will edit the Traderlist by Monday if there is still nothing...
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Such a bummer. :( I love donating to TFT every December. Newborn Baby Yoyo is adorable, but I guess will have to wait a bit longer to add her to my herd.
Will post feedback after Monday.
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Said trade, can I ask how long ago that was? Was it recently, or several years ago...?
I don't remember all the details, but I do remember that ABrownCrayon left the pony community for some time, after some controversity around something she did.. this was so long ago that the board where most details were no longer exists. Some of it was on the mlptp as well, not sure though if it was the current mlptp or the one before that.
As I remember it, there were mainly *two* issues with her in a short time. She left the pony community abruptly, leaving the issues unresolved, and was gone for years.
This happened somewhere around 2005? 2006 maybe? I really don't remember. Anyone else?
I came across this tonight;
http://www.mlptp.net/forums/trader-help-advice/6981-abrowncrayon-big-ebay-time-waster.html
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Wow she got banned over there :o
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Wow she got banned over there :o
All I needed to know, thanks! :(
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Unfortunately she completely ignored me on her Facebook guys.
It doesn't look like she's going to finish any of this up.
Wish I could have been more help
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Thanks again DS for doing that. :hug:
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Thats just soo sad :( Scamming people out of ponies during christmas time :(
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Thats just soo sad :( Scamming people out of ponies during christmas time :(
For the record, ABrownCrayon did not actually get the ponies; they were donated to a charity. However, she did promise prizes, which she has not followed through on. Just because she didn't get them and the fact that they went to needy children does not change the fact that she owes items to people.
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Maybe if more people bug her on facebook, she'll come around? I don't think I know her FB but anyone that does should definitely give her a bump over here. I still hold out a tiny bit of hope that she's just *really bad* at project/time management or something.... :(
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If you do a google search for ABrownCrayon, her facebook comes up. I've left her 3 messages there, including one tonight, but she has yet to respond, and she's definitely online. Her last posts were 2 hours ago.
I messaged her via email through the tp, at etsy, and to her youtube channel tonight as well. She's bound to get at least one of them. If she doesn't respond, then I think it's safe to say that she probably isn't going to.
I'd suggest that people look her up on facebook and drop her a line as well. This is getting ridiculous :/
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I think that's a good idea, especially for those who were involved :)
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Even though she has scammed people I don't think it's a good idea random people from here go after her on websites outside the arena. But yes, those who are owed stuff, definitely contact her! I know I would.
Her facebook does come up if you google ABrownCrayon, it was pretty obvious too so very easy to find.
I checked it out and while she is too busy to make good on the arena, apparently she does have time to push for an other charity organization.
At least she doesn't promise to give people prizes this time. I guess she still cares about the reputation of her irl name...
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I got an update from Robin (ABrownCrayon) via email. I'm posting it with her permission. I've removed the one bit concerning drugs as per arena rules, but I think the rest is ok.
"hey, I'm not ignoring.. it's just that I don't have a good enough explanation and don't really know what to say. Things have been really hectic. I got married last month and ten days before the wedding found out I was pregnant. (Good timing, Nick..) Then we went on our honeymoon, and I had a series of Doctory stuff afterwards. I'm still way behind on wedding stuff, there is still junk piled all over the basement from the ceremony and reception, I haven't done thank-you cards yet and I haven't even packed up and sent my dress to be cleaned/preserved as I paid for a year ago. I just started going through the wedding photos last night, even! I have two jobs, but just put in my notice at the first one (that I hate) last week. This Sunday will be my last day there. My little bit of spare time has been spent hoarding second-hand baby stuff. The only thing I'm really doing is checking my email sporadically and commenting on facebook over my phone. I just found out YESTERDAY that one of my best friends was in a car accident early last week and didn't know because I wasn't checking my facebook news feed. But on top of all that, I can't really access my pony collection.
See, my husband (that's still so weird to say..) and I are trying to get a house. In the meantime we're living in his parents' basement. A few items from my collection are in the basement with us, while the majority is boxed in a spare bedroom upstairs and the remainder is in storage. Three or four of the items are downstairs in the basement, safely in a cupboard with a printed list of addresses and names. Pretty much everything else I need, including my packing materials and empty boxes/envelopes are in that bedroom. In ..freaking FEBRUARY, Nick's younger brother's best friend's wife (yeah..) kicked him out and announced she was divorcing him. He had nowhere to go so they asked if he could stay here on the couch here for a few nights. I'd seen this dude once in passing and really didn't want to have to pass him in my PJs in the middle of the night trying to get to the bathroom, so *I* suggested we set him up in the spare bedroom. I mean we had an extra mattress and box spring against the wall, and even an empty dresser I hadn't filled with my seasonal clothes yet.. and it was just three nights, so what's the problem? So we scooped all the loose pony stuff up and tossed it all in mixed bins, thinking I'd sort it later, in a few days.
Yeah, he's still here. The bedroom reeks of strange man sweat, feet and *edited for content*. The stupid mattress on the floor is blocking EVERYTHING I need. I'd have to get past a mountain of smelly dirty college boy laundry and hopefully not knock over his giant stupid flat screen just to get to the most accessible bin. I've already gotten in one fight with him (because the ****head decided to shrink all my best shirts that were in the washer by drying them on high, and then acted like he did some favor) and as a result was told to stay off the top floor of the house completely to avoid drama. This is like living in a dorm where the Dean tells you you can't switch rooms because it's a learning experience in tolerance. I don't know what to do, because I can't get to any of my damn stuff and I can't have him get it because it's somewhere in 11 different storage bins that I have nowhere else to put and the stupid hours he keeps between his work and multiple girlfriends only brings him home late at night, hours after the in-laws go to sleep on the other side of the wall. He's never off when I am. He's rarely home when I am, and usually is getting ready to leave or I'm sleeping. I'm ready to beat this guy, and even though he's holding a large, very valuable pile of my belongings hostage I can't do a damn thing about it because it's not my house.
I didn't want to ship out just a couple items because I didn't want to be a jerk to others whose stuff I can't get to. Plus I can't get to any of my packing material, which is also super frustrating. AND all the POs here are either 10-3 or 9-5 and I'm almost always working those hours. I'm stuck and time just keeps rushing by and every time I think about it and realize it's halfway thorough May and I haven't sent out stuff from Christmas yet it makes me want to do some shots (which I can't, because I'm pregnant, of course). Meaghan (MyHatBarks) did a fantastic job of organizing everything for me, but that only went so far when I can't GET TO most of the things.
It was never my intent to scam or deceive anyone, which I hope is obvious considering this was a raffle based on the honor system and toys-for-tots donations that I personally dropped hours of my time and $200 into, but I still feel like a complete jackass. Ugh. I have to go to the doctor Thursday, but not until noon so I'll try to get those few that I have downstairs out into the mail that morning. I don't know what the heck I'm going to do about the others, though. I'm almost tempted to buy them on ebay and have them sent to those individuals, except it wouldn't be the exact same items in the same condition with the same descriptions. :/ I don't have the names here on hand but I do know downstairs I have the 2011 SDCC poster, newborn Yo-Yo, a plushie Blossom and something else. Tootie Tails? I think that was it. Oh and the Celestia/Luna set MIB from Target. Everything else is upstairs.
if you like you can copy this long email to the arena to let them know what's up, just be sure and edit out my angry rant cuss words so you don't get busted. Last thing I want is to get you in trouble..
I'll talk to you guys soon, and hopefully you'll see some packages early next week.
-Robin"
So there you go. I don't mean to sound like a b****, but I'm still frustrated. It sounds like a whole lot of excuses. I'd have more confidence if anything at all got sent out.
[edited an inappropriate word ~ XX Ringlets ]
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I'm sorry but that sounds like a whole crap load of excuses that, if it were me, I would easily find a way around. Just because it's not her house, doesn't mean she can't ask the parents or the husband for help, or just be nice to the guy for a minute, or just go in when he's not there considering she said he's almost never there when she is anyway, and I highly doubt the guest bedroom door has an outside lock on it.
She can easily get more materials to send if she doesn't find them in the mess. she can send a friend or her husband to the PO if she can't get out at that time, or have a service like UPS or Fedex or whichever one does the thing where they'll show up and pick up the boxes and send them for you. Or she really could order the same items online and have them sent out, I think at this point most of us would rather just get the items, as long as they're at least in similar condition.
I fail to believe any person could be so busy that they have absolutely NO time to do something they're obligated to do. As far as I'm concerned this isn't something that you put off for your free time, this is a task that you need to make time for because people put money into it and are relying on you to pull through your end of the deal, even f you aren't the one that received money from it.
Besides, if she had time to type out that mile long list of rants and excuses, she could definitely have time to work it out.
If it matters at all, my address is changing in under two weeks, so if she does pull her life together and send out those things she has access to, know that she'll probably need to get an address from me. I doubt anything will happen by then but it would be pretty comically tragic if she did end up sending it out, only for me to have moved out of state a day before it arrives.
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Sorry Robin/ABrownCrayon, but at this point none of that is of interest for the raffle case. Every single member here has a heartfelt story like that if you would ask them, and yet that doesn't stop them from fulfilling their obligations.
Yes you are scamming and deceiving people and a wall of text doesn't change anything.
And you think it's perfectly ok to do that because you did it for a 'good' purpose? Well next time you want to pretend you care about a charity, do it somewhere else, not on the Arena.
I'm sorry you have a life and everything, indulge in your selfishness as much as you want but do it *after* you have sent people their stuff!
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She'd be wise to invest in a storage unit, and get all her stuff sorted out there.
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I think these excuses would be a lot more meaningful if this was the first time this had ever come up, or if it was the very first time she'd been accused of scamming people out of money/items... which it isn't.
I think everyone understands that things happen in our lives, things we can't anticipate or plan for, and sometimes it makes us fall behind in our "to do" list. But when you have it happening regularly, it should be a sign that you are not cut out to do events that require a lot of planning and time. Or at least, not until you get your life in order.
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I think it would be different if it wasn't already nearly June. I completely understand how busy things get with marriage and kids, but why couldn't this have been finished up in January or February???
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I don't know if ABC is reading this thread, but I haven't responded to her email yet. I feel like I'm speaking for the group, and I'm not sure what to say.
For those who participated, can we agree that we'd rather have whatever she can find sent out asap, rather then waiting for her to find everything? Or would you rather wait? Personally, I would feel better if anything at all got sent out.
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I don't know if ABC is reading this thread, but I haven't responded to her email yet. I feel like I'm speaking for the group, and I'm not sure what to say.
For those who participated, can we agree that we'd rather have whatever she can find sent out asap, rather then waiting for her to find everything? Or would you rather wait? Personally, I would feel better if anything at all got sent out.
Definately. She should send out whatever she can get to now. Yesterday would be better.
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I don't know if ABC is reading this thread, but I haven't responded to her email yet. I feel like I'm speaking for the group, and I'm not sure what to say.
For those who participated, can we agree that we'd rather have whatever she can find sent out asap, rather then waiting for her to find everything? Or would you rather wait? Personally, I would feel better if anything at all got sent out.
Definately. She should send out whatever she can get to now. Yesterday would be better.
I second that. Any attempt at all is better than no attempt.
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I would much rather see some items get out rather than no items get out.
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On my phone at work so please excuse typos.
After my email to buttercreamdream it made me realize how retarded it all was that I haven't been able to touch my own stuff in months.. So I talked to Nick and got him to talk to his dad, who gave the guy upstairs an ultimatum, so we were able to go in and perform a pony bin rescue operation. Pregnant me was exhausted and passed out as soon as we finished, so I didn't get to go through things yet. If I'm still aware this evening I'll try, otherwise it'll be next week.
Here's what I have today. No names etc because I'm at work on my phone but I do have a stack of receipts.
To Ontario: LC731981761US. (customs)
The rest are USPS delivery conf
To zip 97413: 0311 3360 0000 9055 7280
To zip 48708: 0311 3260 0000 9055 7273
To zip 20878: 0311 3260 0000 9055 7266
To zip 19808: dc# 0311 3260 0000 9055 7259
To zip 43055: dc# 0311 3260 0000 9055 8058
some first class some priority based on size/box. If any #s don't work its probably a typo on my part. The rest will be coming soon.
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I'm glad you were able to get to your stuff and get things going. ^-^ Best of luck with everything, and congrats on the new baby. :)
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good to hear :bigups: thank you for the update and for getting these parcels out :)
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Fantastic to hear that you have been able to get to your belongings and get those parcels mailed out! :D
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Thank you for taking the time to post, ABC!
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Just thought I'd list the names of the members whose items were sent/still need to be sent for clarity. :)
Sent:
ButtercreamDream Received
LemonTwist Received
Zettamomo Received
SwiftheartBabbit Received
Avaind D/c shows delivered, so I will check her off the list unless we hear otherwise. :)
Bluerose9978 Received
Need to be sent:
Storydreamer
ladybrooklyn
DevilishSmooch
Edit: Updated who the list to show receipt of the items. ABC is working on finding the rest. I or she will update once they are found/sent. :)
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I have a new address, may I pm it?
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Absolutely. I'll forward it to Robin as soon as I get it. :)
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Thanks for the updates ABC and MyHatBarks.
I am glad to see things finally getting resolved for those involved. :)
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Hey there! Just wanted to post and let you know that Applejack came in the mail today. :D Thank you!
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I wanted to let everyone know that my prize came in the mail today as well! Thanks, ABC, for coming through! And I'm sorry your life has gotten hectic, but I'm glad you were able to push some things aside and honor your word.
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I received my prize in the mail today as well. Anyone know what feedback we should leave...? Neutral? Negative? None??
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I think people should defenitely leave feedback!!
Other members need to know how this was handled! Whether it should be neutral or negative is obviously up to the individual, I doubt anyone is going to be leaving a positive in this instance?
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Can you even leave feedback for this kind of thing?
(I hope you can and will.) I agree with little.fox, people need to know how it was handled.
Although I think it would probably be best to wait a little and see how the overall result turns out.
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I received my prize in the mail today as well. Anyone know what feedback we should leave...? Neutral? Negative? None??
you definitely should submit feedback! the community should know how this all turned out when/if ABC runs a raffle like this again. whether its positive, negative, or neutral is entirely up to you, but if i were in this situation my feedback definitely wouldn't be positive...
I'm just glad this is all finally being sorted out!
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I received my package last night as well. Thanks for coming through, ABC.
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I recieved my package today. Thank you ABC!
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I'm so glad to hear peeps are recieving stuff, finally!
It's such a shame you didn't get your poster in time for the signing, Buttercream!
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This is one forgiving community, is all I have to say ^^
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Bumping this up again.
Is it still only 3 more people who need their prizes?
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This is one forgiving community, is all I have to say ^^
Forgive but dont forget
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Any updates from the last 3 people?
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Been close to a month since the last post. :/
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Just realized, no.
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So three people still haven't received anything?
Dang, I thought this problem was solved :-(
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You and me both!
So Storydreamer, ladybrooklyn, DevilishSmooch are the last three waiting? Is this correct?
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I finally left negative feedback. I don't think anyone else has left feedback at all about this yet. I was planning on leaving neutral, if we all got our prizes in the end, but it looks like she's gone MIA again. It's been 7 months! I know life can get crazy, but IMHO this is just inconsiderate.
You guys who are still waiting may want to contact her off-site. That was what finally worked for me. I googled her name, and contacted her everywhere I could.
And I encourage everyone to leave whatever feedback you think is appropriate. I don't know if she'll come back here, and I don't think she's a bad person, but other people should be warned as to how this all turned out.
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I finally left negative feedback. I don't think anyone else has left feedback at all about this yet. I was planning on leaving neutral, if we all got our prizes in the end, but it looks like she's gone MIA again. It's been 7 months! I know life can get crazy, but IMHO this is just inconsiderate.
You guys who are still waiting may want to contact her off-site. That was what finally worked for me. I googled her name, and contacted her everywhere I could.
And I encourage everyone to leave whatever feedback you think is appropriate. I don't know if she'll come back here, and I don't think she's a bad person, but other people should be warned as to how this all turned out.
Wow, that's pretty bad. I was just going to chime in and state that even I've been away for almost a year myself. Now, albeit I did not leave with having a task needing to be taken care of, but if someone were to PM me or email me, I would have responded. Sorry to hear the troubles though! I hope everything is resolved. :(
*hugs*
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I want that Movie Firefly but I feel so petty bothering somebody..
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I want that Movie Firefly but I feel so petty bothering somebody..
There is no need to feel you are in the wrong for wanting to receive what's rightfully yours!
ABC is the only person in the wrong here! Give her hell until she coughs up what she owes people, I say!
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Bumping this up.. once again.
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Has anyone who is still waiting tried to contact her off-site yet? I see only 2 of us have left feedback so far..
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*bump* Any updates? Has anyone who is still waiting tried to contact her elsewhere? We're almost at 1 year, here. This is getting nuts!
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Been about another month since this has been bumped up. -sigh-
I feel really bad for the participants who /still/ have not received their prizes.
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Another month has passed. Who's still waiting? Anyone tried to contact her off site?
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Are we still waiting for Storydreamer, ladybrooklyn, and DevilishSmooch to get their prizes?
It's getting close to a year now.
When do we just give up on trying?
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Are we still waiting for Storydreamer, ladybrooklyn, and DevilishSmooch to get their prizes?
It's getting close to a year now.
When do we just give up on trying?
Yes, as of July that was the tally.
I am trully sorry for those involved. It is an unfortunate situation but I am not sure what else can be done :huh: If she is unwilling to communicate with anyone, I am pretty much taking it as she don't care.
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just read through all of this
and i have to say, what an appalling way to behave. life just does not ever get that busy that like other people have said, that you have no time to pop to a post office and deliver a parcel. i really, really hope the remaining people get their prizes or at least take some comfort that it was for charity so she hasn't gained from this.
i also had a nose on her facebook, it looks like she's selling jewellery? :/
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Yes, still waiting, but that's okay. I wanted Movie Firefly, but I'll get her some other day. The box I got recently from SurfStar was awesome and so nice!
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I'm really sorry you all are being treated like this, I hope you have all left feedback for ABC so that she can't pull anything like his again should she try it.
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Yes, still waiting, but that's okay. I wanted Movie Firefly, but I'll get her some other day. The box I got recently from SurfStar was awesome and so nice!
Meh, I at least wish we could get another post from her. :huh:
Even if it isn't anything new.
It's really disappointing because I wish there could be another Christmas raffle this year.. but I feel people will be off put about joining because of how this went down.
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Yes, still waiting, but that's okay. I wanted Movie Firefly, but I'll get her some other day. The box I got recently from SurfStar was awesome and so nice!
I tried to find you a Movie Firefly, but there wasn't one available at the time =( *hugs* I'm glad you enjoyed my box to you though.
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So it's been pretty much a year now. Is this the point where we just give up?
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Unfortunately its not looking good :( A year is plenty long to give someone a chance to resolve an issue like this, even with real life problems. I dont think is is a lot we can do at this point either, but to encourage everyone who is still waiting to leave appropriate feedback. If ABC does come back and resolve things, then the feedback can always be resolved later. I know that doesnt help when it comes to being out of items /money though :cry: