The last thread cursed me (Long)

[Merriweather]

Oh brother. Today is being one of those days! I just now got a "That's too expensive" too. From somebody who claims to also make plushes! They should know how much work this is, and how expensive the supplies are! Srsly!

Possible they do make plushies (or have at least made one or two). And for less, most likely.

Cause while you use quality materials, they use the cheapest stuff from the discount store, and while you take the time to carefully hand-craft them, they throw them together with no skill & no time.

So of course your plushies cost more than they can make them for. You get what you pay for.

It's the same principle of people who complain about the cost of a hand-made quality quilt, cause they can get a "hand-made" one from some discount store for a lot less (overseas undperpaid labour, poor stitching done quickly, and thin cheap fabric).

[PepperElf]

always love the ones who think "I'm paying $$$ so I should get it when ***I*** want". As if the waiting line ahead of them isn't ALSO paying $$$ too.

[EricKei]

From somebody who claims to also make plushes!!

That's right up there with "I know the boss/owner/CEO!"

[telecom_goddess]

love hole? really?

[klhanson]

spark i want to commission you when i have money lol.. 'cause you are awesome.. and furries FTW!

[DeltaSierra]

I'd tell them that you'll make the plush, and then send them a link so they can then purchase a pair of scissors and a Fleshlight.

[emax4]

If you think about it, you could still make out on these deals. Since you're aware of a few people that do it, you can let them know that you've been getting a lot of requests for it. Tell the other crafters that you'll give them referrals for $5 each. Gather those customers that want the fetish furries, then pass 'em off to the crafters. This way you're not only making extra bucks, but fulfilling a customers request, and helping out fellow tradespeople.

For those who say it's too much, point out the positive of the more expensive ones by saying, "you think that's expensive!?!? That's even WITHOUT a lovehole!!!"

[MamaMootz]

My brain is still reeling from the concept of a plushie having a "love hole". Holy carp, are these people really out there?

I have been on this planet for a long long longlong time. I must be naive.

[Merriweather]

If you think about it, you could still make out on these deals. Since you're aware of a few people that do it, you can let them know that you've been getting a lot of requests for it. Tell the other crafters that you'll give them referrals for $5 each. Gather those customers that want the fetish furries, then pass 'em off to the crafters. This way you're not only making extra bucks, but fulfilling a customers request, and helping out fellow tradespeople.

For those who say it's too much, point out the positive of the more expensive ones by saying, "you think that's expensive!?!? That's even WITHOUT a lovehole!!!"

Trouble is, unless she personally knows someone whose standards are up to hers, and that she can trust implicitly - then she's opening herself up to their dissatisfied customers going back to her complaining that she sent them to someone who does inferior work, doesn't meet deadlines, etc. Anytime you recommend someone, you risk being blamed when things go wrong.

[spark]

If you think about it, you could still make out on these deals. Since you're aware of a few people that do it, you can let them know that you've been getting a lot of requests for it. Tell the other crafters that you'll give them referrals for $5 each. Gather those customers that want the fetish furries, then pass 'em off to the crafters. This way you're not only making extra bucks, but fulfilling a customers request, and helping out fellow tradespeople.

For those who say it's too much, point out the positive of the more expensive ones by saying, "you think that's expensive!?!? That's even WITHOUT a lovehole!!!"

Eh? I said I'm sure people who do it exist, I don't know who they are. I don't care to bother with finding out who they are. I'm completely disinterested in EVERY way, shape, and form possible. I do not want to be involved in this, not in making plush, not in giving referrals, not in ANY WAY.

I don't want to be involved in it. Can I state that often or clearly enough? I'm not bothered by it, I don't care who else loves it. I don't hate it, I don't like it, I don't really have any opinion about it at all, I'm totally apathetic, disinterested, and uninvolved, and I'm going to stay that way.

[Andara Bledin]

My brain is still reeling from the concept of a plushie having a "love hole". Holy carp, are these people really out there?

Of the fetishes out there, it's pretty tame and, honestly, pretty boring. Also, just to break your mind a little more, it's not something that's just done by guys, either. Not only is there a market out there for plushies with love holes, but there is one for plushies with "equipment" installed.

I'm with Sparks. Don't care that people do it, and don't care to be involved in any manner.

^-.-^

[manybellsdown]

Oh god, people, please stop typing "love hole" with the jaw-dropping smiley. It's doing horrific things to my poor brain.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

Oh god, people, please stop typing "love hole" with the jaw-dropping smiley. It's doing horrific things to my poor brain.

LOVE HOLE

[dalesys]

Oh god, people, please stop typing "love hole" with the jaw-dropping smiley.

... pleasuring an invisible elephant ...
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[Tora]

There's a local suit-maker here that I regularly talk to. She's told be before that on the rare occasion someone wants a..... shall we say, "adult" suit..... that she ups the the price on it quite a bit more than her regular work. She does this because it's something she's not comfortable with and it's a good way to discourage people from asking her to do it without giving herself a reputation as a jerk because someone got offended by being turned down.

I told my husband about this and he referred to it as an "ick" tax, which I love as a term. :P