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Woo5lscott
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Sat May 05, 2018 7:07 pm

I can’t make myself pull the trigger on them
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EgoDeath
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Sat May 05, 2018 7:30 pm

I'm being an irrational tru-fanboy but the secret spreadsheet portrait auction left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't have an issue with artists charging whatever they want on whatever platform they want, but dismissing concerns about the lack of transparency as [people seem to be angry for no reason!!] and [eBay sucks!! I'm not using that] is lame. To me, the whole thing felt exploitative.

After all that butthurt - it made these new portraits a pass for me.

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35mmpaul
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Sat May 05, 2018 11:14 pm

I was able to snag a print I've been after for a long while. And didn't feel exploited. And felt like the whole thing was pretty transparent.

and yeah as you say it does seem pretty irrational to not buy something you want because an artist allowed the buyers to dictate the price they wanted to pay, in the platform he wanted to use.

but, you do you.
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rubberneck
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Sun May 06, 2018 12:03 am

35mmpaul wrote:I was able to snag a print I've been after for a long while. And didn't feel exploited. And felt like the whole thing was pretty transparent.

and yeah as you say it does seem pretty irrational to not buy something you want because an artist allowed the buyers to dictate the price they wanted to pay, in the platform he wanted to use.

but, you do you.
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35mmpaul
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Sun May 06, 2018 12:05 am

i keep telling myself that im ok, but i keep crying, does that mean im okay?
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rubberneck
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Sun May 06, 2018 12:06 am

35mmpaul wrote:i keep telling myself that im ok, but i keep crying, does that mean im okay?
Buy, buy more....and be happy....
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jkw3000
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Sun May 06, 2018 12:07 am

They only hit until you cry
And after that you don't ask why
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
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bubbie
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Sun May 06, 2018 12:40 am

mfaith wrote:
Celsius wrote:I don't get the joke.
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ygolohcysp
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Sun May 06, 2018 1:46 am

I'd buy a Luka mondo
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aldobishalini
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Sun May 06, 2018 7:14 am

I was tempted at buying SW portraits a few years back when I first started collecting, but I thought to myself, if I start buying these... It's going to be a nearly never ending money pit until I have them all.

Glad I wasn't tempted by these!
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EgoDeath
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Sun May 06, 2018 11:10 am

35mmpaul wrote:And felt like the whole thing was pretty transparent.
He only added the spreadsheet after all the criticism... but ok sure go off sis.
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theperfecttree
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Sun May 06, 2018 11:49 am

bubbie wrote:
mfaith wrote:
Celsius wrote:I don't get the joke.
it's from the current season of Silicon Valley
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Chandler53
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Sun May 06, 2018 12:16 pm

I got them. I'm a sucker.
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ygolohcysp
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Sun May 06, 2018 7:09 pm

Did someone forget to do something
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Chandler53
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Sun May 06, 2018 7:15 pm

ygolohcysp wrote:Did someone forget to do something
lol, they've been up for a long while.
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