Re: YUNSIL Princess Leia white dress PROTOTYPE PICS UP
Well here's a friendly tip to hedge off complaints then: Updates.
Even if the update is "I spoke to Yunsil and there is still no progress", customers would rather hear that than silence. They would rather hear bad news than silence.
The bottom line is that once you've accepted someone's money, you've entered into a contract of trust with that person, and it's up to the project manager to maintain that trust even if the project goes off the rails. And people are far more willing to trust if they feel like they're being kept in the loop on things. If they feel like this project is still being actively pursued and not just shifted off to a passive "We'll get to it when we get to it" place.
This pre-order has gone from "Delivery in a year" to "Delivery someday," which is too open ended to expect people to just smile and forget about it.
I'm sorry to hear that you're "over" listening to your customers, Chili, but this is what you signed up for. It sucks, I know, but you don't get to be a casual businessman with $5000 of people's money. If you want out, refund everyone. Otherwise, communicate more. Show us you're keeping on top of Yunsil about this. You've given her cash, she's doing a job for you, not a favor. You're entitled to be annoying in your requests for news.
Dude... go look in another thread and see how many updates on these year + Yunsil projects there are. Then look at the ones in here. Tell me he's not updating every few weeks on exactly what you are saying, to say there is no news, or she found the fabric but its too much, or this or that. theres actually been endless updates.
At this point I'm tempted to urge him to tell you to blacklist you and give you your fifty bucks back out of pocket even though the money is gone, to have the enjoyment of watching you grossly overpay to get it off someone else when it comes out. You're lucky he's more professional than me because I'm pretty spiteful, I won't lie.
I was one of the very many who challenged the latest prototype due to the fabric being odd. The vast majority agreed and the current odd fabric option was and IS STILL being offered for the people who are bitching and moaning by the way.
We spoke about this the other night in length and here is the deal summarized.
1) She sent an initial prototype that was the right fabric, but it was too tight, too short and was unfinished. Chili had requested modifications.
2) Yunsil went to buy the fabric in bulk, it was gone... she waited, it was still gone.
3) She made TWO new prototypes, urging Chili to have us wait because she was not happy with them. He showed them, we were not happy either.
4) She found the original fabric, but they will not sell it in a yardage that is acceptable cost wise for what we are paying her. it will negate her profit. Hence we are still waiting.
Chili has given me the original prototype dress/fabric so that I can go to the fabric shops here in NY to see if I can find the same fabric or something very close. Now that I have it I'll be able to start looking.
The only thing I can give you are some shots when I've tried to modify the body around the issues with the original prototype. to confirm THIS IS IDEED the kind of fabric we need for this project and that we are all stuck in the waiting pattern.
This is the original prototype unfinished (hood not sewn, markups all over, no hem, etc. etc. ) Originally it was too short and too tight in the chest, we were looking for that overhang of the fabric around the waist. In an attempt to guide how the fabric in the char should be taller/looser I replaced her body with a Resident Evil Alice body with smaller ****s and futzed around it. I;m more confident than ever the original prototype is the fabric we have been looking (and waiting) for.