Oh Oh O For The Longest Time!

[🪦 crazydog500 ●]

Longest 3 months which the guy said it be 1 month Fastest 3 daysIt sucks wating unless you do Express Mail which is expensive as hell

[🪦 puckface ●]

Shortest was only a matter of days, and longest....hmmmm. Well I purchased a Manhattan Muppet around to 5 or 6 years now and still havent seen it. Also been on the wait list for Hangman, but....As for a mask that I actually received? I'd have to say about 3-4 weeks. I typically dont purchase masks directly from the maker unless I simply cannot wait. I like getting things second hand. That way I can tell whether or not it would meet my standards. Not to mention they are usually cheaper that way <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"tongue.gif\" /> (yea, Im a cheapskate haha)Tommy should chime in here and mention how long it took him to get that werewolf head I promised him years ago, lol.

[🪦 The Beast ●]

Longest: 7 months (lucky I didn't get ripped off.)Shortest: 3-4 days?

[🪦 Indica x ●]

Well I've been waiting on one piece by an artist for going on 3 yrs now. I initially got the piece, he forgot to paint a part of it I sent it back, he said no prob couple weeks. LOLAnother piece I traded a distortions Wolf, big basterd of a piece. Still haven't seen my end. That was also close to 3 years.Quickest was about 4 weeks first hand from an Indy Maker.If any of the above mentioned guys happen to remember little old me and would like to make good I would be happy as a pig in poop. They are both great artists and I think both still frequent this board.

[🪦 BRASFIELD32 ●]

I find this so troubling.A majority of these mask makers taking 6 months to a year and longer is just absurd.I understand taking pre orders for mask but they should limit it to 5 at a time.I know they have to buy supplies and that can be costly .Make 5 ship those then take 5 more orders.But common sense should tell people that if a person is doing a run of 30 mask at $1000 a pop the buyer expects incredible work, and I hate it for the guy who bought # 30.That would be a long wait..... I believe the mask makers should try their best to have made what they sale.Its ok to sale a few to get supply money but my god waiting a year for any mask is bull crap IMO.If the guy tells me it will be a year and I buy it, well so be it ,but to tell someone 3 months then 6 months later its still not finished is troubling.

[🪦 VF 31 ●]

this can be an ugly hobby for sure.

[🪦 Deadguy71 ●]

The only mask I had take more than two weeks was a custom "do-it-however-you-want.. along-THESE-lines, and-take-whatever-time-you-need" kinda deal. That one took about 2 months, had such a killer discount on it, and was from a friend, so I wasn't concerned in the least..(though my GF had a fit, lol)But then, I don't pre-buy, and tend to buy masks after they're made.. so typically they're second hand.I don't do that because of the risks involved, it just seems to work out that way.. I'll stare at something for months before acting on it, and it's usually gone by the time I decide to do something about it. Easy come, easy go.. Eventually it shows up again at a huge savings and I go for it. If it doesn't.. oh well I can do without because I've gone this long without having it.I dunno though.. I worked with a guy selling full plastic vacuum-formed costume suits and turnaround time was always two weeks, even if it meant a lot of extra midnight oil hours to get it done. I hate holding someone's money when they're waiting for something. I'd much rather be the one waiting in that situation. The exception being I'd hold money in Paypal for someone concerned that they might not have the money ready when I was ready to sell.. the difference between that and presale is the knowledge that there is NO SALE AGREEMENT and I'd refund at a second's notice... So in effect, they still had their money and it wasn't spoken for.I used to put-up my own money to get the suits started ahead of sales time, to make it easier to meet the deadlines, and then repay myself that extra bit when it sold. My buddy used to get mad at me for that though, warning that they might not sell, and sometimes they didn't, but then again, I had my fulltime day job to support me, and the hobby costs were just hobby costs, so.. whatever.. I watched my buddy get to almost a year behind on metal stuff, and I just have too much respect to do that to anyone unless I absolutely had to. I mean, seriously.. it drove me nuts thinking someone was waiting and I had their money in my bank. I always saw it as a loan, and when you're desperate enough to convince someone to invest in you, I always felt you really gotta take that same effort you took selling the item, to get it made for the folks counting on you.Different strokes for different strokes, but (Dern, I done gone and growed another head).. it used to keep me up at night unless I knew I'd be at least a couple of days ahead of my self-imposed one or two-week deadlines... He'd go months without touching the project, and then rush it all near the end.. cutting corners and everything.. It makes me a lousy salesman, I guess, but I refused orders if I even had an inkling I might have too much on my plate to do a timely turn-around, he'd just pile it on and sell as much as he could.. figuring he'd just play catch up and only lose a few customers in the process. I just can't do that, and I look out for that in the folks I buy from.

[🪦 scream4me ●]

4 1/2 years and counting.fastest mask from actual mask maker, Not ebay! 7 days.

[🪦 Indica x ●]

<!--quoteo(post=317191:date=Jun 12 2009, 04:38 PM:name=VF 31)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE (VF 31 @ Jun 12 2009, 04:38 PM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=317191\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecthis can be an ugly hobby for sure.<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndUgly as old Sam rest his little dog soul. LOL it just comes with the hobby you just have to take it in stride and try to only deal with people you know.

[🪦 ullilein ●]

This is insane!!! so many of you have been ripped off!?!?! This is why I do not buy anything from a dealer/maker unless it is already created and ready to ship. Otherwise its from 2nd hand which sucks because it's not supporting the people who make it happen. I'm in the process of making a bust but wont be taking preordes, I'm going to sell on a first come first serve when the piece is complete. I think mask makers really should take on that practice. I know most of the time they are not trying to rip people off but when you have 20 orders sitting there and then "life happens" you can get behind and somtimes never finish. I really didnt expect to see this many people never get their items.