I mentioned a while back that I might be having dinner with Nicole Oliver. Well, dinner instead turned into a potluck meet at a local curiosity shop called Plan B and it was AWESOME! She did a Q&A (and she's extremely funny), photos with everyone who wanted them, signatures, and was taking the time to have a chat with everyone. She was making Tweets during the meet, too (one was a photo of she and I after I gave her a pair of earrings!). I am so glad my best friend is so awesome that Nicole accepted her invitation to hang with us I feel so lucky to have gotten that chance!! Here's my poster:

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Found these on Walmart.ca this morning. There was a boombox/cd player yesterday, but it's gone now. It isn't the Twilight Sparkle one, it's a different design I hadn't seen before. either way, this is what's posted as of right now (sorry for the crappy pics, it's all the website has!)

Camera:

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Text messengers:

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Walkie Talkies:

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Password journal:

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Found these on Taobao, first up in a Kohl's exclusive play set (just re-releases, but cute!):

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and Rainbow power Rarity in box, she actually looks REALLY awesome She gives me a Lisa Frank vibe

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Okay, so my best friend is at Brony Con, she's been helping out and doing photography for them this year (I actually just caught a glimpse of her during the live stream on Everfree). She ran into Nicole Oliver a couple of hours ago, who remembered her from last year (awesome, right?). So they got to chatting, and Nicole mentioned that she's going to be here in Halifax during the last 2 weeks of September. My friend made an offer for herself and the other local pony fans who are with her to treat her and her family to dinner, and she said she'd be delighted!! My friend said she'd ask her if she wouldn't mind one more person (other than the locals that are there with her) tagging along, so there's a probability I can go too O____O *DIES* Holy crap. I didn't know what section to put this in, I'm just SO EXCITED I HAD to tell someone!! Fingers crossed, I really hope she doesn't mind me coming ;^____^ That would be so close to my birthday, too. BEST GIFT EVER!!!!


**Edited for nervous-cited typos >.>

I did a few searches here and on Google and came up empty    does anyone here know if it's safe to Oxy boil a Winger? Hope this is the right section!

My friend just popped into BABW and asked about the MLP plush, and they said they're coming August 1st! I'm so excited <3 Just wanted to pass on the good news :-)

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My eBay auctions ended yesterday, most items paid up right away. Great! However, I woke up this morning with these two messages in my inbox (regarding a stuffed bear with plastic eyes):

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Hi,

I noticed you put that one of the eyes were scratched, but they also look 2 different colors. The other ones I've seen had blue eyes. Do you have a better picture of the eyes that I can see?

Thanks,
(real name removed)

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Hi,

Sorry, don't mean to bother you again, I just wanted to make sure that I'm ok with the condition of the eyes on the bear before you ship it. International shipping is very expensive, and I would lose the $30 plus another $15 if I had to return it. If you please send me more pictures of the face and eyes.

Thanks,
(real name removed)

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I was a little irked that a bidder would buy and pay, THEN ask these questions, but, whatever. I get up to go take photos of the bear, and just as I'm doing so this comes in (alerted by my phone in my robe pocket):


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Request to change an order:

Hi,

I just looked at the pictures again and noticed how badly the right eye is scuffed I suffer from insomnia and purchased this when I was up until 4:30AM, and at the time I was not aware that the right eye has that big white area where it is scuffed badly. There is not a picture showing only the right eye, so at that time I was assuming that the scuffs were the minor ones in the one picture showing only the eye. I apologize but I would like to cancel this order. As I said, I suffer from insomnia and purchased this item around 4:Am when I was very tired. If you ship the bear to me and I return it, I'm out $30 just for the international shipping to Canada. Again, I apologize but I would like to cancel this order. I was under the impression that the one photo of the eye was the one that was damaged. Please let me know if you can cancel this order and issue a refund.

Thank you,
(real name removed)

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So at this point, we've gone from requesting photos of the bear to a total of three messages I haven't even had a chance to reply to and a change order request.

This was my reply:

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The scuffed eye is clearly photographed, it's the 3rd photo in the listing. I just woke up and got all 3 of your messages at once. I'll be taking the issue to Trader Support to see what my next move should be. I'll be in touch about the matter as soon as possible.

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I was going to make a post here, but before I got a chance I get this reply minutes later:

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I saw the photo of the eye with the tiny scratches. I am talking about the other eye, which clearly looks like there is a big white spot at the top of it. As I said, at 4:30 in the morning I was only looking at the one picture of the other eye. It's the bear's right eye, or as you look at the photo the left I that I'm worried about. At the time I purchased I did notice a difference in the eyes but I assumed it was just from a camera flash or that the photo was taken in poor lighting. There is not a large picture of the eye by itself in the listing showing the damage to the other eye. I live in the USA, the issue is now the cost of me having to return it and ship it back to you. I buy from Ebay all the time as you can clearly see. If I received the bear I would definitely return it. With you living in Canada, that makes my return shipping cost much more expensive since international shipping rates have majorly increased in the US. That's fine, I will contact eBay myself if needed. Thank you.

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my response to this:

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There is no damage to the other eye, and I'm willing to send photos to prove this. It's just camera flash, I always indicate damage in my listings.

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So I sent the photos of the eyes without any glare, and voila, NOW they want the item, request to change order revoked. I don't mind sending extra photos to someone so they can make sure, but making such a request TWICE and then turning it into a cancellation by reason of insomnia without even giving me a chance to reply?  I'm blocking this eBayer from any future auctions. What a HEADACHE.

Two down, two to go! Pony budget has been spent for the month, will bump again in a few weeks.


Hey everyone I finally caved and bought myself some Shine Bright ponies, now I love them and I'm a set completer Does anyone have Luna or Rarity for sale? I would prefer Rarity loose.

Thanks for reading

-C.Breeze