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Post by Restless Spirit on Apr 27, 2015 17:21:43 GMT
Can any one join, Gale? Or do I need a referral? I'm just getting back into stamping for cards and mixed media and really need some inspiration! TIA |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Apr 27, 2015 17:26:36 GMT
Can any one join, Gale? Or do I need a referral? I'm just getting back into stamping for cards and mixed media and really need some inspiration! TIA No referral needed, just send a request to join  It's a really great group of stamping gals |
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Post by tracylynn on Apr 29, 2015 19:35:23 GMT
I find this whole thing incredible to watch. It's a like a whole "what not to do when you're a new business owner" situation.
She's got questionable customer service (some swear by it, some don't), horrible social marketing skills, and a severe case of paranoia.
What I think is completely humorous is that fact that when she closed it, there were 1500 members in her FB group. The MistiFans page got 1100 in no time. The Stamping Enablers group is almost to 1000 already (since Monday!!).
SCS ... the last time I looked was hovering around 500 members and little to no activity.
Talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face.
Well done Iliana.
And I agree, there will be knock offs before you know it. Much more reasonably priced!
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Post by gale w on Apr 29, 2015 20:44:08 GMT
SCS has over 400K members. Not all are active (it says 38K active but I don't know what "active" means), but usually there's over a thousand active members when I've looked. However, I don't know how many actually look at the My Sweet Petunia forum. I just looked and it said 193 active in that forum. Obviously it varies depending on the time of day.
She made some big mistakes but so did PTI and they're still in business. A lot of people have no idea of the CS issues though, and a lot forgive and forget. I don't shop with PTI anymore, and if my MISTI broke I doubt I'd buy another one from MSP. I'm one to hold a grudge.
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Post by don on Apr 29, 2015 21:45:50 GMT
There is the Stampressive dating to 2011. MISTI is different, but I don't know if it is different enough to get a patent. Patent pending is not patented. The patent process takes from 3 or 4 months to years depending on a lot of things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcPnEjgAT_g |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Apr 30, 2015 18:49:21 GMT
SCS has over 400K members. Not all are active (it says 38K active but I don't know what "active" means), but usually there's over a thousand active members when I've looked. However, I don't know how many actually look at the My Sweet Petunia forum. I just looked and it said 193 active in that forum. Obviously it varies depending on the time of day. She made some big mistakes but so did PTI and they're still in business. A lot of people have no idea of the CS issues though, and a lot forgive and forget. I don't shop with PTI anymore, and if my MISTI broke I doubt I'd buy another one from MSP. I'm one to hold a grudge. I've been a member of SCS for years and having a MISTI has not changed my SCS viewing habits. I just go to the same forums I always have and I'm not very active there. I'm much more active here and on the stamping Facebook group I actually don't like places that moderate too much, I want to hear the good and the bad about things so I can make decisions based on both |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Apr 30, 2015 21:38:32 GMT
I was just over on SCS and saw that I have been there since 2004 and only have 53 posts  |
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Post by gale w on Apr 30, 2015 22:15:05 GMT
Too funny! I have also been there since 2004 and have over 9700 posts.
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Post by shortwizard on May 4, 2015 14:30:26 GMT
I'm glad you didn't give in and remove the photo, Don. She doesn't have the right to force people to remove their photos and/or videos on a patent pending tool, and it's time she got the news. Regretfully, I bought one and now I wish I had just made one myself. That still may happen, and I will sell this one at some point. As was mentioned in some of the posts, the Scor-Pal came out, then Martha came out with one similar, but different. I'm sure Martha has a team of attorneys at her disposal to keep her out of any more trouble, so why does this woman think she can do any better? It reminds me of a line in True Grit - I forget the girl's name in the film, but she's always threatening everyone with her lawyer, J. Noble Dackett (Daggett?). I think it was John Wayne that replied, and I'm paraphrasing here, - "I don't know who this J. Noble Dackett is, but you draw him like a gun!" :-)
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2015 3:02:29 GMT
I have the original but I also may have a new homemade one however, I'm hesitant to share it because I don't want the hassle of MORE legal threats. Have to think on this one!
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Post by streetscrapper on May 6, 2015 3:12:40 GMT
I think it is really sad that people who make their own versions of things can't post pictures of them on friendly forums like this one. I really like seeing how truly creative people can be, but with all these ridiculous legal threats, I get your reluctance. The MISTI creator has put a really bad taste in the mouths of a lot of people, me included, and I can seriously HARDY WAIT to see some big company knock off her priceless MISTI and mass produce it!!
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Post by cbet on May 6, 2015 20:38:23 GMT
I got my hand slapped over at SCS back when there was a small uproar over Jen McGuire listing it as one of her favorite items of 2014 and it took a member over there flat out asking if Jen had purchased hers or was it given to her to get Jen & Iliana to admit that Jen received hers free. There are rules about that stuff - if you are reviewing something, the FCC says you have to disclose whether you received it free or paid for it yourself. I'm so spacey that I didn't notice that the SCS member was banned for it. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth and it makes me sad. It seems to me that the community manager over at SCS is great good buddies with Jen and Iliana and didn't like her friends being picked on and BOOM!
Back in the day, a perfectly nice lady and her daughter developed a special hanger to turn a regular strand of Christmas lights into icicle-style lights. She got her patent, thought she'd make buckets of money, and after attending a trade show, started seeing light manufacturers making the icicle-type, once they saw that there was interest in that style. Rendered her hanger useless, and she couldn't afford the legal fees to go after them for patent infringement anyway (although she probably wouldn't have won, since her invention wasn't a style of light, it was a hanger). Point is, unless MISTI's lawyer is sending out cease and desist letters for free and is willing to handle any escalation of the letters for free, her threats of legal action are pretty empty. I can't help but wonder if her lawyer is encouraging her because of the money the law firm is making off of this?
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Post by gmcwife1 on May 6, 2015 21:57:11 GMT
I think it is really sad that people who make their own versions of things can't post pictures of them on friendly forums like this one. I really like seeing how truly creative people can be, but with all these ridiculous legal threats, I get your reluctance. The MISTI creator has put a really bad taste in the mouths of a lot of people, me included, and I can seriously HARDY WAIT to see some big company knock off her priceless MISTI and mass produce it!! EXACTLY!!! |
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Post by don on May 6, 2015 22:42:03 GMT
Kat I sent you 2 PM's
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Post by gale w on May 7, 2015 8:20:23 GMT
I got my hand slapped over at SCS back when there was a small uproar over Jen McGuire listing it as one of her favorite items of 2014 and it took a member over there flat out asking if Jen had purchased hers or was it given to her to get Jen & Iliana to admit that Jen received hers free. There are rules about that stuff - if you are reviewing something, the FCC says you have to disclose whether you received it free or paid for it yourself. I'm so spacey that I didn't notice that the SCS member was banned for it. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth and it makes me sad. It seems to me that the community manager over at SCS is great good buddies with Jen and Iliana and didn't like her friends being picked on and BOOM! Back in the day, a perfectly nice lady and her daughter developed a special hanger to turn a regular strand of Christmas lights into icicle-style lights. She got her patent, thought she'd make buckets of money, and after attending a trade show, started seeing light manufacturers making the icicle-type, once they saw that there was interest in that style. Rendered her hanger useless, and she couldn't afford the legal fees to go after them for patent infringement anyway (although she probably wouldn't have won, since her invention wasn't a style of light, it was a hanger). Point is, unless MISTI's lawyer is sending out cease and desist letters for free and is willing to handle any escalation of the letters for free, her threats of legal action are pretty empty. I can't help but wonder if her lawyer is encouraging her because of the money the law firm is making off of this? I remember the uproar and didn't realize that the poster was banned. I posted in support of her so I guess I'm lucky I didn't get banned. |
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Post by cbet on May 7, 2015 13:18:11 GMT
I remember the uproar and didn't realize that the poster was banned. I posted in support of her so I guess I'm lucky I didn't get banned. Me too. I got a warning and they deleted my posts, but that was the extent of it. I guess I didn't think that posting that you trusted reviews from users who paid for a tool more than reviews from people who got it free was "making a member the subject of a negative post". Go figure. |
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Post by gmcwife1 on May 7, 2015 20:56:51 GMT
I remember the uproar and didn't realize that the poster was banned. I posted in support of her so I guess I'm lucky I didn't get banned. Me too. I got a warning and they deleted my posts, but that was the extent of it. I guess I didn't think that posting that you trusted reviews from users who paid for a tool more than reviews from people who got it free was "making a member the subject of a negative post". Go figure. Ah yes, their favorite 'rule'  Which really means, we will use that anytime we don't agree with you for not agreeing with us |
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Post by skippet on May 8, 2015 19:10:52 GMT
Sadly, SCS has gotten ridiculous. I sent an e-mail to Internet Brands, the owner of SCS, to tell them that the site is turning into a clique of mean girls and the administrator seems out of control. I indicated that I do not feel the atmosphere there conducive of a community and I find I do not spend as much time there as I used to. In addition, I let them know that I am not renewing my fan-club membership when it expires. I hope others who feel similar will do likewise.
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Post by GiantsFan on May 8, 2015 22:31:07 GMT
I'm a member at SCS but I've only posted a few times since 2009. They (the mean girls) scare me.
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Post by scrapaddie on May 9, 2015 11:47:53 GMT
I find it very sad that the postings that's because stamper on the Misty are practically nil. I find myself on Facebook a lot more than I use to be
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Post by tracylynn on May 10, 2015 6:28:58 GMT
I find it very sad that the postings that's because stamper on the Misty are practically nil. I find myself on Facebook a lot more than I use to be I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say, but I personally think that she made a huge mistake taking her group to SCS. But, I'm sure there was something in it for her to do so. It seems like a "cutting your nose off to spite your face" situation to me though. The new Stamping Enablers group on FB that has formed out of all of this is really great! |
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Post by gale w on May 10, 2015 7:27:03 GMT
I find it very sad that the postings that's because stamper on the Misty are practically nil. I find myself on Facebook a lot more than I use to be I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say, but I personally think that she made a huge mistake taking her group to SCS. But, I'm sure there was something in it for her to do so. It seems like a "cutting your nose off to spite your face" situation to me though. The new Stamping Enablers group on FB that has formed out of all of this is really great!I agree. I love that the focus is OFF the MISTI now. But that group has already cost me money. lol |
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Post by scrapaddie on May 10, 2015 12:14:34 GMT
I find it very sad that the postings that's because stamper on the Misty are practically nil. I find myself on Facebook a lot more than I use to be I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say, but I personally think that she made a huge mistake taking her group to SCS. But, I'm sure there was something in it for her to do so. It seems like a "cutting your nose off to spite your face" situation to me though. The new Stamping Enablers group on FB that has formed out of all of this is really great! Sorry, I am on my phone and cannot read the small print. I think I need to edit. I think I was trying to say that I find it sad that the postings on the Misty at split Coast stampers are practically nil. |
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Post by scrapaddie on May 10, 2015 12:16:01 GMT
I find it very sad that the postings at split Coast stampers on the Misty are practically nil. I find myself on Facebook a lot more than I use to be |
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Post by scrapaddie on May 10, 2015 12:16:49 GMT
I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say, but I personally think that she made a huge mistake taking her group to SCS. But, I'm sure there was something in it for her to do so. It seems like a "cutting your nose off to spite your face" situation to me though. The new Stamping Enablers group on FB that has formed out of all of this is really great!I agree. I love that the focus is OFF the MISTI now. But that group has already cost me money. lol Oh my yes. That group has cost me a lot of money too. |
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Post by JustTricia on May 10, 2015 13:36:13 GMT
The Enablers page is unbelievably busy! It's great!
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Post by gmcwife1 on May 10, 2015 18:52:18 GMT
I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say, but I personally think that she made a huge mistake taking her group to SCS. But, I'm sure there was something in it for her to do so. It seems like a "cutting your nose off to spite your face" situation to me though. The new Stamping Enablers group on FB that has formed out of all of this is really great!I agree. I love that the focus is OFF the MISTI now. But that group has already cost me money. lol OMG I know! Same for me! |
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Post by tracylynn on May 11, 2015 0:39:43 GMT
I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say, but I personally think that she made a huge mistake taking her group to SCS. But, I'm sure there was something in it for her to do so. It seems like a "cutting your nose off to spite your face" situation to me though. The new Stamping Enablers group on FB that has formed out of all of this is really great! Sorry, I am on my phone and cannot read the small print. I think I need to edit. I think I was trying to say that I find it sad that the postings on the Misty at split Coast stampers are practically nil. Agreed! That goes back to "cutting your nose off, yada yada yada". |
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Post by GiantsFan on May 11, 2015 22:42:28 GMT
@thekatsmeow - Thanks for sharing your blog post. |
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It's a really great group of stamping gals 
Which really means, we will use that anytime we don't agree with you for not agreeing with us 
