Down the Indie Rabbit Hole

[ohsailor]

My HoG is scheduled to be here tomorrow (it was in Vegas Friday so I don't knwo why they couldn't deliver it Saturday? Whatever) and y'all making me really scared there will be product missing.

@@ohsailor I know how you feel. I still just have a tracking number, no movement, from Debaucherous. I mean, it was the weekend, so we'll see tomorrow. However, whoever is in charge there had the nerve to ask I "contact them before leaving a review"... like, if you don't want bad reviews just be mostly decent, I suppose?

ETA: Oh, ha ha now the tracking number isn't even in USPS system! Wonderful! Hope I get a new one tomorrow.

I still haven't even gotten a shipping notice for the AUTUMN Debaucherous stuff, much less the Yule stuff!! It's all for a... special gift... so I'm seriously starting to sweat.

 

[ohsailor]

Also, who has the quickest TAT right now do you guys think? Shiro, Glamour Doll, or Hello Waffles?

 

[BSquared]

Also, who has the quickest TAT right now do you guys think? Shiro, Glamour Doll, or Hello Waffles?

GDE by far. I think Vee might be on vacation. Not sure if stuff is shipping while she's gone or not but I have never ever gone more than 48 hours without getting a shipping notification from her.

 

[meaganola]

GDE by far. I think Vee might be on vacation. Not sure if stuff is shipping while she's gone or not but I have never ever gone more than 48 hours without getting a shipping notification from her.

Shipping is shut down while she's gone, but she gets back on the 20th, which I believe is Thursday.  Even adding a few days for catchup, she's still probably going to be the fastest.

 

[MIKAGlam]

I am worried I won't get my HoG order in time! My giftee wanted to try indies so I ordered her some things. I don't mind waiting on my stuff, but I would like her stuff in time.

 

[marigoldsue]

Also, who has the quickest TAT right now do you guys think? Shiro, Glamour Doll, or Hello Waffles?

Echoing everyone else on GDE.  I would say HW is second of you list with Shiro taking the longest.  I just today got shipping notification from Shiro for an order I placed on 10/31.

 

[ohsailor]

@@meaganola how excited are you for the Espionage and their HQ opening on Nov 29th??

Thank you guys for your help! GDE it is /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[turntrekgodhead]

YAY!!! I just placed my first indie order!! Shiro! God bless their international shipping rates.

Mini jars of:
Zora Sapphire,
Alkahestry,
Champion,
and Cornucopia,

and sample bags of
Din's Fire,
Bog Body,
and Evolve!

Excited!!! I just wish they had fandoms I liked... but hey, a store that lets you pay by credit card and not paypal- not gonna pass that up!

 

[SillyNoodle]

Does anyone know how long HoG takes to ship out replacement items? They got back to me right away after I emailed them about a missing item, but I've heard nothing since.

 

[meaganola]

@@ohsailor I would be more excited if they weren't $60 in gas money away!  I can't spare that right now, plus there is NO WAY IN HELL I am driving up to Tacoma that weekend (the traffic will be an utter *nightmare*).  I'm budgeting to go up for the Kickstarter rewards open house/pickup day, though, because I got a Diana Prince level, and I don't want to wait for it to ship to me.

(But, man, if Geek Chic, Shiro, and Haus of Gloi had open houses, I would make a day of making the rounds, even if I didn't actually *buy* anything.  I would swatch and sniff ALL DAY.  It's one of the reasons I'm super antsy for Crafty Wonderland even though only Shiro is going to be there!)

 

[Kelly Silva]

Does anyone know how long HoG takes to ship out replacement items? They got back to me right away after I emailed them about a missing item, but I've heard nothing since.

I think they forgot about mine I had to email them again. They said it would go out today, but I never got tracking. So I don't know, I'm thinking I might email again just to make sure it went out.

 

[ohsailor]

Awww @@meaganola I would Paypal you the gas money if you really wanted to go! 

 

[ohsailor]

I think they forgot about mine I had to email them again. They said it would go out today, but I never got tracking. So I don't know, I'm thinking I might email again just to make sure it went out.

I keep wondering if I should email them about my order, to make sure they don't forget anything, especially all the Ghost Puffs stuff I paid for... do you think I should preemptively? It's for someone else, so if the order gets to me with things missing, I won't have time to wait for them to correct themselves...

 

[Kelly Silva]

I keep wondering if I should email them about my order, to make sure they don't forget anything, especially all the Ghost Puffs stuff I paid for... do you think I should preemptively? It's for someone else, so if the order gets to me with things missing, I won't have time to wait for them to correct themselves...

I have completely gotten over my "I don't want to bother them" attitude, I just email always just to be extra cautious, especially because I tend to have bad luck regarding orders, getting things on time, and getting everything i ordered. So I just email and i don't feel bad about it. You should email, at the very least just ask for an idea of when yours is supposed to be shipping, and say you have some time sensitive items in your order.

 

[dressupthedog]

I fel like we should be seeing the November Vanishing Cabinet soon. Does anyone know anything?

 

[meaganola]

I fel like we should be seeing the November Vanishing Cabinet soon. Does anyone know anything?

I remember reading somewhere I can't find now that they were going to be working on packing over this past weekend, but I haven't heard anything else.

 

[Amber McCarley]

I fel like we should be seeing the November Vanishing Cabinet soon. Does anyone know anything?

Haha, I just posted to their page like 10 min ago playfully asking....inquiring minds want to know!

I also am dying for my Halloween order to get here...I want to play with all the things!!

 

[Shalott]

OH MY GOD you guys I got my Sol Invictus order today and just... dead. If these were just a palette, I would never have to use another shadow again, ever. I didn't swatch anything because I was having a moment and I didn't even see the package at first because it was buried under HoG and some others but holy moly. So pretty. Already bought full sizes of two, gonna have to go back for more.

 

[crazycatlady82]

I won samples of vol 1&2 of the matte collection from blackbird cosmetics...received them yesterday and oh dear, already want bigger sizes. Soooo nice and blendable! I'm usually a shimmer person but these are awesome. The sample sizes are the standard baggies. If anybody likes matte, definitely check her out on etsy!

 

[Shalott]

Played with a few more of my HoG goodies - Plotter's Breakfast and Snow Wolf. I chose them because I'd seen a few folks mention they weren't really sure what they thought about them, ad yeah I can totally get that. Snow Wolf starts out super fresh and fir-scented, then kind of dries away to pine cleaner and licorice. Not bad, but not OHMYGOD amazing, either. I'd only buy a sample if I had to do it again. Plotter's Breakfast is weird, but a good weird, I think. I get strong scents of oat and tobacco, and on the bottom quite a level woody base. The oddest is the like... tangyness which is a terrible word to describe a scent. I'm not sure where it comes from but it makes the scent quite unique. I personally like it though, so if you have Plotter's Breakfast you can't deal with, let me know, I will take it!

Gonna try Wintervale and Three Treasures today. I've got to crack open my Hearth Bubbling Scrub so I can see if that is a scent I want more of, too! Benzoin always smells like hairspray to me, so we shall see. And since I've brought it up, I am totally bummed I didn't get Parkin anything. Has anyone tried it? Is it good? I have it on my Elfster list, but I am pretty tempted. Argh, must behave though!