I had fleas when I first moved into my apt (I have no pets, so just my luck). I bombed everything in my apt, and then went and washed all my laundry. It seemed to work, no more fleas!

I second what everyone is saying about repeatedly washing and cleaning everything. We had them on my dog growing up, and my mom had to just keep washing, cleaning etc until they were gone. We never bombed, but had hardwood floors.

I don't want to come off as rude as I do want to help. But at this point, a teenage boy is being bullied and harassed over this. I know he did wrong. But they are trying to make it right. The white knights of the pony community are out in force. And we all know how that works, they won't stop until things are "put right". If you don't want the pony, then I'd suggest making a post on IG that you consider the trade closed and that for people to leave him alone. Otherwise it'll only get worse.

I'm sorry, none of his is your fault; but if you're unwilling to give your address, I think we all need to do some damage control.

Firstly I never ever posted on IG about what he did, I want that to be very clear.
I posted here, and I told some close friends to watch out because of what happened to me.
Until today I had not heard from him. He did message me on IG and I think we have made peace. He apologized for what he did, and I made it clear I did not expect or want my package sent to me.
I've been contacted twice, once on IG, and once here for my address from people I do not know. I really do not feel comfortable giving it out at this time.

This whole post was meant as a warning, how people choose to react and act is not up to me. I'm sorry if he is being bullied, but to be fair I have been too before I even posted anything. I know it's different because he's only 18.
At this point I still consider this resolved and would recommend no one else confront him directly. He mentioned that he wishes to be left alone, so I don't think any further action is needed.

Quote from: shelvesofwhimsy on June 30, 2017, 02:37:18 PM

I personally think this is an awesome idea!

Just a few notes from someone who is savvy in photoshop:

I would maybe reconsider the watermark placement , and maybe have it go over some part of the image (I know it doesn't look as good). Only because I could see someone scanning a replica, erasing the mark in photoshop, and then reprinting. I hope no one would do that, but it is just much easier to erase on white, than to have it overlap some part of the image.

Or maybe the overlapping watermark could be on part of the rainbow on the back. I'm not sure if its really a big deal or not, but I wanted to mention it

Eh.
Anyone who is good in photoshop is able to get around water marks with ease. Something that was scanned, printed on inkjet, and rescanned is going to get ugly moire pattern -- which would more of a general deterrent. 

So I don't think a watermark should be put over the art, because if someone wanted to rescan and reprint they are going to do it anyway.

I guess you're right! I didn't think about the quality loss of being scanned multiple times 

I think the return label would probably be either an image like a jpg or maybe a link from ebay with a label? Either way it will be something you can print at home. If she doesn't send it in a few days I would politely ask again

SoW, I am so sorry to hear that you had issues with positive_vibes! I can honestly say that I am only newly introduced to him myself, but I really would not have expected this news concerning his past transactions. I personally sold several ponies to him in person on Saturday at the Southeast Pony Meet and he never asked for freebies or discounts or anything else that I would have considered to be in bad form. He was obviously young, inexperienced and now that I know he has Aspergers it seems only too obvious. I personally found him to be pleasant and rather funny.
 

I am quite interested to see if anyone else posts having had any similar issues with him.

@KCherry and @MonstarNomNom

After learning that information from another attendee, his behavior and actions make much more sense to me now. I am not excusing his online behavior, since it did really upset me when it happened, but in hind sight it is much easier to move on past this transaction. I think if anything his parents need to be more involved in his interactions online if he is buying and trading ponies.

This is a long story but to sum it up:

Around Jan-Feb of this year a IG user asked to trade my Parasol for a custom pony of his, and he chose a perfume puff style Minty. I said yes because I thought "why not?" even though I didn't really need a Minty.

Flash forward the kids birthday is coming up (and I know this because he's made it very obvious) so I decide to send him his pony Parasol early so he can have it for his birthday. He has told me a few times that he will be sending it soon but his mom needs money first? But anyway as a birthday gift I throw in 2 extra ponies - including a Fashion Style Celestia.

For the next few months I would politely ask when he would be sending my pony, and was met with tons of excuses. Finally sometime in March I basically asked him up front if he would ever send it. This was after he had claimed a pony from my sale, and when I asked for his paypal info he told me "oh I have no money nvm" as if he would be getting it for free. This upset me and prompted me to confront him.

In the end he said "I probably won't be able to send you the pony I'm so sorry about this."

So I blocked him, and then he wrote some hate posts about me blocking him for giving him free ponies 

Flash forward to now and I can see via IG that all of these people in our pony community have been giving him what I can only assume to be free ponies. Maybe it is because they feel bad? I know at first I did, he is 15 and maybe doesn't have a lot of money to spend on a hobby. But I want others to be aware if they've been in contact with him. Maybe he has completed some trades, but at least on my end this is considered stealing. Even if you're 17 you should know better than to take advantage of others kindness. I've told some of my close friends about this but I wanted to come forward in case others have had a similar experience.

I'm not sure if he is a member of the arena but on Instagram he has been mlp_positive_vibes, mlp_positive_vibes_photography, and is currently mlp_positive_vibes_2k18


Has anyone else traded with him?



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*I have many screenshots if anyone is interested.

Many years ago (well, probably around 1997-2000), when I was just a little Shaz, dwelling in the merry land of England, I saw part of a really weird cartoon. I'm not sure if it was a film or just an episode of something; for whatever reason, I only saw a few minutes, but it was so bizarre (even by 90s cartoon standards) that I remember it.
There was some sort of ratlike creature in a very frilly dress, she seemed to be a queen or something. Then a young human girl got put into a pit, which happened to contain a dead gnome. The gnome was pretty large in comparison to the girl and had a white beard. I remember her going "*gasp* a dead gnome!" and kneeling down next to him.
I have tried searching online for this a few times, but have never got far with it. I'm starting to think I made it up! Which would be a shame, as it seems like the kind of odd/dark cartoon I'd probably quite enjoy watching now.
Anyone any idea what it might be?

I wish I knew! The only thing I can think of, which almost certainly isn't it, is Thumbelina. There is a scene with a mouse in a frilly dress, and mean old mole and a human girl?

Otherwise I hope someone knows!