I will never buy from My Sweet Petunia.

Yep. I have an original very badly cracked Misti and a TH Stamp platform. It pains me to say that I prefer the Misti, but there is no way on this earth that I will give that woman any more business. I'll find a way to love my TH Stamp platform.

I’m on that bench with you. Her fans are rabid.

I'm nervous with the 'working together in the future' statement. It makes me wonder if a new version is going to come about but that MSP will get a cut of all sales. If so, then I won't buy another one because I don't want to support her. She bullies her customers...she is not the type of person I want to see succeed in life.

I’m curious where are all these vile things she has said. I’d like to see it for myself. I do have the misti and love it. I’m neutral about the person until I can actually see for myself the things she said first hand and not that has been discussed here so frequently. I can’t say I’m one of those rabid fans. I’m neutral right now. I like the too. I I use my misti all the time but when it breaks I have the Tim holtz version that I only used 2 times. I didn’t like it so much as the plate would come out of the hinge when I tried to stamp. I’m sure there is a learning curve to it but I decided to use my misti until it worked no more. My misti is my most used tool aside from my scissors in my craft room.

Agreed. I just saw that Tonic will stop selling their platform in North America.

I will never purchase anything associated with that awful woman, even if it's made by Tonic.

In my opinion, since she is so litigious.

Ok I see. She head out her butt and play nice. She has definitely burned a lot of bridges doing this nonsense.

jstblondie, I'll give you my personal experience with My Sweet Petunia. I ordered directly from her when she was just starting out. Mine is not the "made by hand" version but the next one. I ordered it in November (I think), it was a backorder/pre-order situation and I received it in January. When I received it, it looked fine. But within 3-4 weeks of using it, the top lid began to show major cracks. I contacted the Sweet one and let's say she was less than sweet about my problem, first accusing me of mishandling it and not using the right cleaners on it. I did neither. I bought it and the cleaners directly from her so........ Anyway, she reluctantly agreed to send me a replacement but said this would be the last replacement I would ever get from her. And this was after others had the same problem with theirs, so she knew she had a manufacturing or design flaw on her end. There was nothing sweet or gracious about her handling of my problem, a problem well known to her. Instead she berated me, the customer, and acted as if I was trying to take money out of her pocket.

At that point, I decided she would never get another penny from me. As of today, I have/will soon have 3 full size and 3 travel size Tim Holtz stamp platforms. I have gotten paint, ink and glue on those things and they clean up beautifully. They are much sturdier than the other brand and I love the open sides for stamping on larger pieces of paper.

Agreed. I love my TH platform.

I had been saving for a MISTI. After reading her posts here, though, and how she treated customers who had MISTIs that cracked, I walked on past them at conventions. It was hard to wait for the Tonic/Tim Holtz version, but I am glad I did. It works great for me, and I love it. I have two of them. One to use and one to share, but sometimes a 2nd one can come in handy.

I thought another company bought the rights to the MISTI. Was it Hampton Arts? So how can Tonic have a business relationship with them, unless they bought out Hampton Arts (or whoever it was that partnered with MSP)?

I think a lot of us have questions about the announcement, and what it means for the futue.

Regardless of what happens, though, I'm glad I bought my TH stamp platforms when I did.

I would never buy from her either. I went with the WRMK Precision Press. It works fine for what I need it for. I don’t like how the statement from Tonic makes it sound like they’re working with that bitter flower. I am willing to stop purchasing from Tonic just to keep my money out of her greedy clutches.

I won't give My Sh!tty Petunia a penny. To reference the thread in the stamping forum, I will "tramp stamp" first.

Hampton Arts merely copied her design while it was still pending it's patent.  It had just shown up (within weeks of the patent being granted) at Michael's and was almost immediately pulled from the shelves and not allowed to be sold any longer.  Not sure where you heard that from, but it is wrong information.

i haven't read any of the replies, so excuse me if i put my foot in it somehow...

i'm not a stamper. don't make cards and don't use many stamps in my scrapping. however, i do occasionally stamp and i seriously suck at it, so i bought the TH travel platform and am waiting on it to arrive.

i have only seen her posts on this board, not on any other board or FB group or anything else; based on those posts here, there is no way in freakin hell i would ever give that cow a penny.

so that's my 2 cents

I merely incorporate basic stamping into scrapbooking, so I am not a stamper, cardmarker, art journaler, mixed media artist, etc. Despite having no use for a stamp platform, I will never buy from this company & will encourage others not to based on its online reputation.