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« on: September 29, 2015, 11:08:34 PM »
Plus if they buy whatever it is in bulk, they may be getting things for super cheap!
Like a lot of the bead sellers. If I have to buy from China, I might as well get wholesale prices, and buy direct from the merchant, and those merchants count on most people spending $50-$150 with them each round and getting a whole lotta stuff. Not like any sane person buys international stuff at bulk prices and doesn't get a bunch of other goodies.  So, I might pay as little as .50c for a listing, but since I've bought 20 or so lots anywhere from .50c to $5 a pop, the seller does end up making some profit there, and a lot of these bulk selling companies are either overseas or have a hub here in the states as a distribution center, so very low overhead versus traditional brick and mortar.
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« on: September 29, 2015, 05:50:58 PM »
If they're selling enough, they likely get kick backs from Ebay for sheer numbers. Likely though; feedback. It's a good way to make a lot of feedback if one has the time and capital to do so.
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« on: September 25, 2015, 06:27:48 PM »
I am ardently against repinks, and it annoys me how much people don't declare them as such.
I honestly don't care how good of a dye job you think you've done on that pony, there is still the risk of possible and permanent staining to the pony's body. The whole repinking thing has not gone on that long, so we don't really know how this is going to pan out in 5-10 years. It just takes one pony, either stored or displayed with some others, to stain a whole bunch because someone didn't think it was important. I think sometimes ponies should be marked, not with ink, obviously, but something done, either around the rim of the neck seal, or the bottom of the hoof. . . Dunno, but it needs to be done so collectors can avoid 'good appearing' repinks because of stuff like this.
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« on: September 20, 2015, 10:18:29 PM »
Do keep in mind that if you get someone to 'help you out,' their address needs to be a confirmed address to whatever account is used to pay for the item. Else the seller has no protections. They *HAVE* to ship to the address that paypal lists on payment. :/ This post just reminds me of what I've ran into the last few days. I posted a large lot here, in an effort to clear a good chunk of my collection ( I'm hoping to move somewhere larger come spring ), and I stated very specifically that due to the size, and due to my time constraints that I would not be offering international shipping. I posted very clearly that. Within a couple hours I had several people, all international, trying to badger me into selling to them. . .! It struck me as very rude, and I'm hardly saying you're doing that, but if you bid and the seller has told you no, then I think that would be a clear enough message. I don't know the situation for that country, but here in the US, it's very difficult for me to ship international that is in a way safe to me as the seller. I have had argumentative international buyers who refuse to pay the atrociously high insurance fees, and I have told them that I cannot sell to them in that case. Many buyers want us sellers to take the onus of the safety of the package just so they can cheap out. Not saying you are, just expressing my frustrations. It's like having your cake and eating it too, with some buyers. But please keep that in mind with sellers. They're not telling you they don't ship international because they're mean and don't want you to have the item, but rather it's a major pain in the rear end, and not at all worth it most of the time with the risk to the seller and the situation of paypal and ebay often siding with the buyer no matter what. Receipts or no receipt. If the buyer doesn't get the package in hand, welp, the seller is out of money more often than not. If you can find a person to help you, and get their address confirmed by your paypal, then fine, but express that to the seller. They still might not want to sell to you, that's their choice. Another pony will always pop up. Even the rare ones. 
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« on: September 17, 2015, 05:11:26 PM »
I'm sorry, but I don't have time for single sales.
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« on: September 16, 2015, 10:21:43 PM »
It has come time for me to make a significant reduction in ponies. I have been buying less and less, and have lost quite some interest for the time in them. With space at a premium in my home, I fear I must pack them away and sell some of the others. I do need a little bit of cash as I have some expenditures I’d like to make without taking it from my ‘work money.’ I work a lot, so I don’t really have the time or patience to sell single ponies or only a couple at a time. So I am offering today a large lot of the ponies. My buyer gets a major discount on a lot of amazing ponies, and I get them out of my hair in one fell swoop. It’s a win-win. I’ve noted all major faults with every pony, but at the same time, there may be a minor this or that missed, so please keep that in mind. I have always been a picky collector, and this grouping on ponies do reflect that. No ponies have any odors in this grouping. No one has any tail rust. I am including a small bait lot with this group. Some of the ponies in this lot can be seen on my old sales thread: http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,364247.0.html So that you can get some more detailed photos of some of them here, as well as some of what is included in the small bait lot. I am only accepting domestic buyers within the US. Sorry. I am asking $200 and $25 for shipping. I am not looking to break this lot up. I am willing to entertain fair offers. Here is a link to my old sales page, which has more pictures of a good deal of the ponies here in the lot. 1. Sugarberry - Good - Nice hair, fairly white, a few small marks. Soft, uncut hair. 2. Pearly Baby Surprise - Good - soft uncut hair, most of pearl coat intact. A few small marks. 3. Twinkler - Near Mint - Soft and uncut hair. No frizzed out tinsel. No discoloration. 4. Seashell - Near Mint - Soft and uncut hair. Has a few slight marks, and has only the slightest discoloration which is typical for this pony. 5. Seaflower - Okay - Hair typically frizzy on color change portions. Uncut. Small scuffs to eyes. Small marks all over. 6. Star Dancer - Near Mint - Soft, silky hair. Tinsel uncrinkled. No discoloration. Small scuff to leg, little scratch to symbol. 7. Night Glider - Good - Hair soft and silky, but a bit sparse in mane and not bright white. Symbols are nice and good. Pony does have some slight green discoloration that may or may not be the beginning of regrind. Is hard to see on inspection, but is there. 8. Taffeta - Good to Very Good - Soft hair, slightly dry on ends, but uncut. NICE but not perfect tinsel. Eyes great. Symbols GOOD, not perfect, mostly free of marks. Super good condition for this specific pony. 9. Banana Split - Near Mint - Super silky uncut hair. Original curl. Body bright and clean. Small symbol scuffs. 10. Wind Whistler - Very Good - Very pink, soft and uncut hair. Flocking is very good but has some typical small rubs at ears, feet and lips. A little dingy, but much better than usual condition for this pony. 11. Whizzer - Very good - Soft silky uncut hair. Eyes retain good pearl coat. Very few marks. 12. Locket - Very Good - Beautiful and bright. Hair soft, silky and in great set. Original tail bow? Good coating on eyes, only a few marks. Biggest issue was a cut forelock that has been rerooted with original G1 pony hair. 13. Deflock Truly - Very good. Hair is soft, maybe a tiny bit dry. Very good deflock. Symbols are good, if but a slight bit of lightening on each of the bird’s wings. Very, very slight head/body mismatch. 14. Flocked Surprise - Very Good - Unusually good condition for Pony. Bright hair in good set, soft and silky. Flocking is fluff and bright, just a bit yellowed which is per usual with this specific pony. Only small rubs to flocking. 15. Pink Princess Pony - Near Mint - Soft silky hair, body bright and clean. Maybe a small mark or two. No cuts. Eye lashes have been subtly thinned by me to make pony more attractive. 16. Princess Sparkle - Near mint. Rattles, but must be loose washer. Not rusty in the least. Hair soft, silky uncut, tinsel not at all crinkled. Bright, clean, symbols very nice. Small indent to side, maybe a mark or two. 17. Star Glow - Near Mint - One small scuff on eye. Only fault I can find besides some small mold errors to body. Clean, bright, super silky hair, uncut. No rust. No fog to body or discoloration. Beautiful. 18. Italy Surprise - Very Good, especially for an Italian. Very nice hair, soft and silky with lots of curl. Maybe a cut to the tail, as it is short, but does not look like it has been cut to me? Factory error? Don’t know. She is a little offwhite, but not badly in the least. Good eyes, good symbols. 19. Princess Royal Blue - Near Mint - Bright, clean body. Silky, soft, uncut hair. Maybe a piece or two of tinsel slightly crinkled, but mostly straight and smooth. Beautiful medallions, still pink, unusual. Very nice for this pony. 20. UK/Euro Schooltime - Near Mint, Bright, clean body. Super soft, silky uncut hair. Very few marks, Great eyes and symbols. 21. Princess Pristina - Good - Nice, uncut silky hair. Somewhat crinkled tinsel. A lot of assorted small marks to body. Medallions are a bit rough. A small, not all the way through poke to her DS rump beneath her medallion. Nice eyes, displays very well as most of the small marks are fairly light. 22. Cranberry Muffins - Good - Hair is soft, silky and uncut. Body is clean, symbols are nice, so are eyes. Does have a bleach spot on NDS front leg from removezit. Little larger than a dime. ;.; Otherwise very nice. 23. Buzzer - Okay - dingy hair that is a bit dry. Mane is cut, was bought for rehair. Wings a bit crinkled. Small marks, rub to blush, otherwise still cute. 24. BBE Baby Lofty - Good - Soft, silky hair. Maybe a cut to mane, unsure. Paint is nice, body is vibrant, no rust to eyes or tail. Highlighter mark on NDS. 25/26 - 2 Purple Talks A lot ponies - One speaks German, the other speaks English. You will need to put batteries in them to find out which is which. They both worked last I tested them a few years ago. A- Fairly Minty - Soft, silky, uncut hair. Bright, clean body, good eyes and symbols. Has a few marks on her, but they look like they are the removable sort. B - Fairly Minty - Soft, silky, uncut hair. Great eyes and symbols. A small mark here and there. Very nice. 27. Deflocked Magic Star - Great - Great deflock, very little fluff left to her and not sticky in the least. Hair is soft, silky and uncut, but will need a restyle from storage. Body is bright, eyes and symbols are bright and mostly intact. Slight lose of eyelashes on NDS. 28. Deflock Buttons - Good - Hair is slightly dry on ends, but uncut. Nice symbols and eyes, Smidge of glue residue here and there and body a smidge dingy. 29. Honey Suckle - Good - No wings. Bright and clean, nice eyes and symbols. A few small marks. Hair is still very pink. Slightly bit dry, but she has not at all been treated or conditioned, and I think a trip to the salon would bring hair back to very silky. Her was previously braided and a flea market find that I didn’t get a chance to working on. 30. Sparkle Baby Gusty - Near mint - Body free of any significant marks. Hair silky and uncut. Bright, great eyes and symbols. 31. Baby Sparkle Firefly - Good - Nice, clean, excellent body with good symbols and eyes. Hair is little dry, maybe cut to mane. 32. Alt Rehaired Taffeta - Okay -Good rehair job, nice silky hair. Nice eyes, symbols are good too. Some small assorted marks to body, a poke to her DS, and then a small 1/3cm cut to her belly, just below her to front legs. Does not show on display. 33. Alt Rehair Sunny Bunch - Not Good - Excellent and beautiful rehair, long silky hair, beautiful pastel gradient. Makes pony display well, but pony has a lot of small wears, scuffs, scratches and some slight discoloring all over, as to be expected with an alt rehair. 34. G2 Baby - Okay - Nice, silky, uncut hair. Both eye gems intact. But pony has pink saddle marks to body that thankfully blend fairly well into the pony, but are there on close inspection. Also included is a small bait lot of ponies. Consider it a surprise. There is a bait Moondust and a bait Honeycomb in the lot and some other assorted odds and ends. I have also tossed in several unused skeins of dollyhair. 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« on: August 18, 2015, 09:34:12 PM »
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« on: August 16, 2015, 02:45:07 PM »
Okay! Think I got this finally all working! Been such madness! Anyways, the wonderful Sumire was my partner this year again! Which meant another wonderful box! She gets my likes an interests perfectly! I apologize for the photos, I burned out the battery for my DSLR, and I need to replace it, so, my phone it was, which doesn't happen to like my computer much. Crazy electronics. It's probably the computer's fault. . . visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWP_20150720_001 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr Tea! Yay! Tea! Tea is always loved, haven't yet cracked into it, as I'm still murdering some older stuff, but it smells delicious, but speak of smells. . . visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWP_20150720_004 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr Lush goody! I knew the box smell like Lush when I got it, and I had the most sneaking suspicion! I can smell Lush stuff from a mile away, and I don't have one anywhere near me! Nearest one is 4hours away! So much yay on this, used it today actually! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWP_20150720_005 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr Some lovely plant seeds! Will be planting the columbines here soon, just as soon as the weather cools off a bit for them, so October-ish. It'll be nice to have some Autumn-winter green. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWP_20150720_006 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr Some handmade dusting powder! Great for my chub rub while working a 9-11hr shift in a hot restaurant! Woo! Yay! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWP_20150720_007 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr Oh this stuff was so yummy! I unfortunately already murdered it all << >>. I am a big, big honey lover and I just love honeys like this that are raw, unadulterated, non-pasturized( it's fine for a lot of other things we eat, but not for honey, it just ruins it and takes out all the good things! ). It was just so yummy and I love honey with some of the wax and comb still in it.  visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWP_20150720_008 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr This looks good, but haven't yet cracked it open. I'm saving it for when things cool down and I can turn on my oven again and bake something to put this on. Now for the ponies! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWP_20150720_002 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr She's adorable! Momo is my package inspector! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWP_20150720_003 by TsurukoMaiko, on Flickr And finally! The queen of the show! Sugar Apple is gorgeous! I've never seen a prettier Sugar Apple, she doesn't have the slightest bit of yellowing and her hair is SO SOFT! I am over the moon with this girl, and she's one of my favorite ponies I've got now! Thank you so much Sumire!
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« on: August 09, 2015, 06:30:48 PM »
I use the boba straws as well. Check your local Asian grocer. That's where I get mine. Or Amazon probably has them. And yeah, just checked. They have them. Looks like $4 a pop for straws, but I get mine for a $1. They're not the super nice ones, but given that I'm chopping them up and using them to curl pony hair? Hahahahaha.
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« on: August 05, 2015, 02:18:54 PM »
Congrats on your score! That is super exciting
A word of caution- wash any of the clothes that have red parts separately. I've had them bleed on numerous occasions even when I soaked them in cold water. If any of the red clothing isn't terribly soiled I might suggest not washing those pieces at all since it may be more of a noticeable issue than dirt. Someone may have a suggestion or secret for this but I never seem to have much luck keeping these pieces from bleeding.
This is very true. Dry cleaning is best for reds. Dry cleaning is also best for Taffeta. Do not wash taffeta in water or you'll have deep regrets about it after doing as much. @_@ Taffeta is the devil. ( Not the pony. ) Taffeta the pony is love.
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« on: August 04, 2015, 09:42:33 PM »
Whooooa, forgot to reply to this. KCherry; the thing with Remove zit is it is FANTASTIC for the sort of vinysl it is formulated to be used on. The problem with it is that it is no bueno on My Little Pony. We all know this, poor Cranberry Muffins especially knows this. I keep her as complete shame that it does not work on MLP, also she's still cute. However, vintage pre-1970 vinyl dolls? Oh yeah, it takes sharpy off these dolls, but leaves the color alone. Before remove-zit came along, it was sun and acne treatment, and with most vintage dolls? They bleach out in the sun. Bad. They turn chalky white, so while you might get that stain out? You're left with a doll who looks anemic; so trading one flaw for another. So it's really a great product, just not on MLP. So, if you've got some vintage baby dolls, either you or Spiffy, or even some fashion dolls and someone has had a sharpie party on them, Remove-zit is the very best product to use on them; hands down.
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« on: July 31, 2015, 08:50:21 PM »
Oh goodness, this is just one of the many random perks of my new job. . . Not at all PO related, but my new job is but a block away from a downtown postal hub and the employees there are JUST FANTASTIC. They are so nice, so friendly, I don't feel any anxiety going there to ship stuff.
The last straw was when I was mailing a return in the box it had come in. My old PO, which is but a few minutes away from my apartment, has had one stupid regulation after another. ( Making me send things registered and buy 'special' envelopes to send things registered just so I could get things insured! ) The box had been a Crown Royal box. A booze box. But it was cardboard. Cardboard is cardboard is cardboard. It was quite literally and quite obviously not filled with booze bottles considering it weighed less than a single bottle. Also, all the labels and logos on it had been taped off and out to obscure any sort of insignias or labeling so that the ONLY thing that it showed was the VIOLET color of the box. That IS it. The item was RECEIVED in this box, exactly as I tried to send it out and I get screamed at by the postal lady. Like chiding me as if I were a 12yo and after I had waited in line quite awhile. I tried to explain that it was a RETURN, and the item had already quite clearly gone through the post ( priority tape and what not ) but she just had a fit. And she has been snitty before, as have many of the employees at the location have been. They huff, they roll their eyes whenever they're asked to do their jobs. Only one has a half-way decent attitude, and you have to catch her on the right day.
Just was sick of it. I painted the box black, and sent it via the other post office with a cheery lady who said that the other post should not have been quite so rude and it should've been more than fine if any and all markers of the box had been covered and removed, which they were. I've been several more times, and everyone is friendly, asking how my day is, asking about the new restaurant which I've opened.
Which means I get the whole customer service thing. I try to be as nice and patient as I can with other customer service and what not peoples, because I sure as hell know what it's like, but I tell you what, if I talked to a customer/guest like these people at my closest post, I would be fired after my first two tables of the day. Do NOT roll your eyes at me, do NOT point at me and tell me I need to repack an item because the box is 'inappropriate' because it is PURPLE, do not huff and puff because I need to ship something internationally, or talk down to me because I have done everything to the T as it is listed per USPS's website, and yet your local branch does things differently, or I'm expected to be a mind reader I know something that is NOT listed online or on paper in any way shape or form.
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« on: July 26, 2015, 09:01:47 PM »
I will be posting my brag in a few days, I keep meaning to get to it, but just been chaotic. I got another beautiful box this year from the wonderful Sumire. How lucky of me to get the same partner two years in a row! <3
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« on: July 23, 2015, 08:34:12 AM »
I've used all of their products with great success. Highly recommend.
Obviously you can't use remove-zit on later vinyls as many of us have found out, but that's the only problem I've ever had with their products!
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« on: July 22, 2015, 09:27:26 PM »
Oh you're going to love me if you give this stuff a try: http://dollspart.com/spgm.cfm?dpt=H&srch=24&item=TP-105-1It's worth the price, promise. I do not use anything else to clean vintage fabrics. You use it as a soak, and then you rinse and air dry by hand, it is the best way to clean anything vintage and frail and still get it clean. I have used this stuff to get stupidly tea-dyed antique clothes back to crisp and beautiful whites. I had a dress that came to me dark grey, that I thought was originally blue become POWDER PINK, and without a single stain left in it. It's really awesome, and I'm using this stuff on clothes that are almost 100 years old or more, if I'm doing bisque head doll clothes, so it should be more than fine on your 80's stuff and any of your other finds. Just watch out for reds, reds can still bleed even on a cold wash. You want to keep any red dyed items separate and in an ICED wash, and then dried very carefully ( not hanging up, or the dye can run! ), flat and with some paper towels in betwixt any layers to grab any wayward dye.
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