Ripped off by Posterfix.....

[Ringwar]

I emailed him back and ask about last Thursday's email when he said it was "all done" and asked if it takes 6 days to dry....

[Ringwar]

When I asked him about it being done last week this is what he replied.

"Last week i got yours mixed up with someone else and mounted yours sunday when i relaized yours was the insert.
i like to let them dry 3 days in the humid weather- 4 days- in dry winter 2 days.
chris"

[Silhouette]

Ahhhhh

[Ringwar]

Well I now have a Fedex tracking number for my poster form Chris. Estimated delivery is Tuesday. He didn't say one negative word about the bad reviews I posted everywhere, or the BBB case I opened. So either he is oblivious to it all or doesn't care.

[Ari]

I'm sure he doesn't care, even after years of others having sharing their horror stories, he caught you, I'm sure he will continue to catch others unawares.

[Ringwar]

Well here are the pics. Looks like he used Permanent marker on the fold lines.... now what am i going to do? The poster is mounted nice but he touchup is horrible.

[Charlie]

Buy another one they are pretty cheap...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Entertainment-Memorabilia-/45100/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=flash+gordon+insert&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

[CSM]

Damn that is so terrible.   But Charlie is right...just find another copy

[Ringwar]

I have another one. 2 of those sales from ebay are me... Chris says he used water color markers and it can be removed. and he can do it... yeah like I would ever send anything to him again. Any suggestions on exactly how to remove his touch-up. Like I said before the mounting is nice. Or maybe see if Dario can fix it when when I send him another batch?

[Charlie]

I have another one. 2 of those sales from ebay are me... Chris says he used water color markers and it can be removed. and he can do it... yeah like I would ever send anything to him again. Any suggestions on exactly how to remove his touch-up. Like I said before the mounting is nice. Or maybe see if Dario can fix it when when I send him another batch?

OK, here is what you do... 

Go to walgreens/grocery get a gallon of distilled water (you could probably use regular water - your call), q-tips...   Stop at an art store and buy the most expensive black water color pencil they have.  With the q-tips/water gently wipe off the watercolor marker - not too wet as to soak into the crease just damp.  Start outside on the edges of the fold.  It's not the color itself, it's the sloppiness.  You may not even need the pencil if you can remove the excess from either side of the fold.  Then touch it up with the watercolor pencil if needed...  You just can't get it too wet or it will warp if it didn't already come that way.




Sounds like fun huh?

[Ringwar]

I'll give it a try. Thanks.

[rdavey26]

At least you finally got it back.

[Ringwar]

Yeah, it is watercolor. I took a little off with the qtip. I'm just going to send it to Dario with my next set of posters. He already finished the 2 I sent him.

[Ringwar]

Just got my posters back from Dario. Super happy with the quality. US customs sucks on the way back but in no way his fault. Damn posters spent more time sitting in customs longer than it took Dario to mount.

[CSM]

Just got my posters back from Dario. Super happy with the quality. US customs sucks on the way back but in no way his fault. Damn posters spent more time sitting in customs longer than it took Dario to mount.

Awesome (atleast the Dario portion!)

[brude]

US customs sucks on the way back but in no way his fault. Damn posters spent more time sitting in customs longer than it took Dario to mount.

US Customs?
Is this new?
If so, when did we Americans start paying US Customs for items coming from Canada?
I've never had to pay any customs charges from any country.
But then again, I haven't purchased anything this year....

[Ringwar]

You are thinking of import fees. Generally we don't pay import fees. But EVERYTHING you get shipped to you from another country goes through customs. And some times it takes them a long time to process. My main hobby is Arcade games and I buy lots of electronics components from China. Some times they get through customs quick. Some times not so quick.

US Customs?
Is this new?
If so, when did we Americans start paying US Customs for items coming from Canada?
I've never had to pay any customs charges from any country.
But then again, I haven't purchased anything this year....

[brude]

Gotcha.
I misunderstood and thought you were billed a customs fee.
And yes, sometimes they can sit in limbo for an inordinate amount of time -- which sucks.
 

[erik1925]

Well here are the pics. Looks like he used Permanent marker on the fold lines.... now what am i going to do? The poster is mounted nice but he touchup is horrible.

As another example why to avoid Pfix.

It sure looks like Mssr Cloutier (or his wife, who normally slops on the touch-up paint), grabbed the closest, black Sharpie and went to town. 

[50s]

I can still see the join, the sharpie didn't touch the crack! It got everything but the crack. That sucks!