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Thread: Odd Customers ...

Mikalale13
Tue May 31, 2005 9:22 am
#1

Well after reading all the new threads.. I feel its time for a lil humor, don't ya think? I know that everyone has had the customers that just stand out.. being that they are weird, demanding, or have odd ball requests. *prod* Come on.. lets hear em! Leave out customer names.. not to offend anyone


My Story : Odd ...


I received an order via Gmail and had it filled with in 10 mins.. I Gmailed this customer .. lets call him Wacko (lol) to tell him his order was ready. Wacko sends me a tell saying he can't find my pick up vendor *I am standing right next to it at this point* So I tell him once again.. exactly where in my mall it is. A week later, its still not picked up. I send hima reminder Gmail to pick it up or I'll be listing it for sale on my main vendors. He shows up at my mall 1m from me saying that he still can't find the vendor, I point him in the correct direction *which is RIGHT next to me* and he looks.. but does not buy.. *gets weird here*. He asks me to make him a Merc outfit, ok.. no biggie.. done.. I tell him to try it on before paying to be sure its what he wants. He trys the items on and remarks how perfect it is. Then wants to trade with me again, ok. so I open the trade. In the trade window he places 3 hats .. one ithy and 2 twi hats made by me at like 10/1000 condition. I ask.. what is this for? He tells me I have no money so I am trading you these loot items. *I am rolling at this point.. lol* I explain to him that I don't except trades of these nature as payment, but since he didn't know *common sense was not with his fella* I'd accept it. I just wanted him out at this point.. lol. When people don't have cash.. I'll gladly make them a free outfit.. but when they place an order for about 17 things. and never picks it up. has me make another outfit and gives me 3 decayed hats, made by me at payment.. lol.. I gotta draw a line.






Mikalale
Mistress Tailor
Treat me like anAngel and I'll be your lil Devil!


Ani_cul
Tue May 31, 2005 9:31 am
#2

actually we have several threads like this should you want to read any


CLICK


part 6 amusing stories etc


Tailor horror stories is main one.





stop looking at me
Mikalale13
Tue May 31, 2005 9:42 am
#3

sorry... :/



Mikalale
Mistress Tailor
Treat me like anAngel and I'll be your lil Devil!


Ani_cul
Tue May 31, 2005 10:01 am
#4





Mikalale13 wrote:
sorry... :/





no no not what I meant ,


Imeant: go see some more like this if you need humor


not we have that go away :smileytongue:





stop looking at me
Etain
Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:39 am
#5

When I first got master tailor, and was proudly displaying my Master tag....someone stopped me by the cnet starport...

"you're a tailor?"

"Yes :-)"

"I'd like to order a custom shirt, if you can make it"

"Ok, what kind of shirt would you like and what colors?"

"I want a Hawaaiian print shirt"





danceInstructor
Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:43 am
#6

I had one last night the conversation went like this :


Customer: You Make Clothes?


Me: I am a Master Tailor, I can make any craftable clothing item.

Customer: Do you make costumes?


Me: What did you have in mind?

Customer: I just bought a White Robe that is hooded.


(I figured out on my own that it was the hooded cloak)

Customer: I need white pants, shirt, boot, gloves. How much is this gonna cost me


Me: Ok, any idea which style of pants, shirt, boots, gloves you want?

Customer: Something in all white. It needs to look like it fits.


Me: I run off a few ideas to him,

Customer: I don't like those can't you make anything else..

(by now I've gotten a little annoyed he didn't do any research on what he wanted)


Me: well you could try looking on the tailor forum stickies, there are online catologs there maybe you can find what you want there.


Hehe last I heard from the customer. I don't mind doing custom tailor work but usually people have a better idea then this of what they want lol. I've gotten a few of the I wanna look cool ones too. hehe i don't run around with the master tailor tag up much anymore those that know me contact me and spread the word to their friends. This guy found me on the bazaar lol.
Shyloche
Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:18 pm
#7

I haven't made myself too available in the public for a long time, but Several times last month I was doing space missions and was running back and forth between trainer and starport, and a guy invites me which I decline because I'm in a hurry and he sends me a tell "wait, I need you to make me some clothes" To which I responded, "we don't need to be grouped for me to make you clothes, and I'm not available anyway, nor do I have the resources on me to do so if I wished." He asked if I would be interested in joining a crafter city in the middle of nowhere on Dant where he would gaurantee me "phat cash". I politely told him no thanks. Not that he would know, but I have 5 houses loaded to the brim. Could you imagine relocating on a whim?



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TooBlue
Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:42 pm
#8

I like the people who send me tells asking them to make the same outfit I made them last month, but in a different color. LOL, what the heck did I make you last month?!?


Also people who argue what kind of BE tissues will go into certain clothing. They're convinced that I can put melee/ranged defense tissues intocertain itemsbecause they have some with healing tissues in them. I understand this is an easy mistake to make, but after I've told them no, and explained why, then explained it again, and gone into the difference between synthetic cloth and reinforced fiber panels, then listed all of the items the cloth *will* go into, then have them tell me they *know* it will work /shootself I'd give a specific example but for some reason I've had this conversation a dozen times in the past week or two.






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Etain
Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:39 am
#9

I've been reading the "horror stories" all day while I'm at work.

Wow! I wish I had come across that sooner....


For a while I was thinking I was just an idiot magnet.

It's almost a relief to see that other tailors go through the same things with difficult customers.



MBLAST
Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:08 pm
#10

*Rolling on the floor laughing*




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Salebow
Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:59 pm
#11


I know the feeling. I had just made master tailor, literally!



I went out, bought 100-200K of most of the resources I need for tailoring, was on the way with my RP'ing GF, we loaded into shuttleport to ride in her AV-21 to our small town to place factories, when a guy sees me asks for some be clothes. I had to reply I'm sorry but i just made master tailor i'm in the process of getting set up. I asked him what he had in mind, he rattled off a few things all +25/melee/range def clothing. I said That won't be a problem, however, you have to realize the cap is set at +25 regardless of how many clothing pieces you have that have that on there for be clothes. He proceeded to say thats what I want, blah blah. I said well you can get it but you'll be wasting your money. Well he didnt like thatand smarted off, well make it anyway. I said perhaps once i get set up. You have to realize I have to get shop set up, i JUST made master tailor like 30 mins prior, and we're on our way to start getting it set up.



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Jutewr
Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:41 pm
#12






TooBlue wrote:

I like the people who send me tells asking them to make the same outfit I made them last month, but in a different color. LOL, what the heck did I make you last month?!?


Also people who argue what kind of BE tissues will go into certain clothing. They're convinced that I can put melee/ranged defense tissues intocertain itemsbecause they have some with healing tissues in them. I understand this is an easy mistake to make, but after I've told them no, and explained why, then explained it again, and gone into the difference between synthetic cloth and reinforced fiber panels, then listed all of the items the cloth *will* go into, then have them tell me they *know* it will work /shootself I'd give a specific example but for some reason I've had this conversation a dozen times in the past week or two.





lol I always get guildies asking me to make "the same outfit you made me before" or "the outfit so-and-so has."


And for people that won't listen to you on things like that, what helps me is I tell them to go to a guide or website for whatever they're looking for. I usually never hear back from them.





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Karmalina
Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:11 am
#13







Also people who argue what kind of BE tissues will go into certain clothing. They're convinced that I can put melee/ranged defense tissues intocertain itemsbecause they have some with healing tissues in them. I understand this is an easy mistake to make, but after I've told them no, and explained why, then explained it again, and gone into the difference between synthetic cloth and reinforced fiber panels, then listed all of the items the cloth *will* go into, then have them tell me they *know* it will work /shootself I'd give a specific example but for some reason I've had this conversation a dozen times in the past week or two.










OOoooh you got one of mine! But one came along that had actually done a bit of "research" if you can call it that.


Guy: Hi would you please make me a brown hooded cloak with at least 16 ranged and melee defense?
Me: (Thinking about how nice he asked) I'm very sorry, but I can only put that into these items _____ Spec Ops dusters are long jackets and they can take those tissues.


Guy: But the cloak is in the 3rd box just like some of those. Why can't it have mods?


Me: Oh that line practically uses completely different components. And the cloak doesn't even use components. Just fiberplast and hide.


Guy: Are you SURE?


Me: (about to bite the guys head off) Yep Im positively sure. Would you be interested in any of the other items?


Guy: Fine can I have a cloak without mods?


Me: That'll be 4k (jacked up price for my trouble)


Guy: Ok. (tips me 5k) Takes Cloak


Me: Thanks Im gonna log now.


Guy: HEY! This can too have mods it has 3 sockets!!!


(Character Select Screen)



That's not even the worst. And after that one I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. but its all good =P





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