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Tuesday, 31 July 2012
SPACE!
Sorry, did not make you all scroll on purpose, but here is some needed space :)
Totally like the circus theme that is going around now. Called it a few months ago (not here, with the DT I am on).
I've been thinking of getting the WPlus9 one, but the one Cricut cart that has Circus stuff has been sold out since the Spring. If I didn't have so much money tied into that machine, I'd be so on a Cameo. Then again, I think I make my best shiz with stamps, ink, and dies.
Dont you think PTI must boil when they see what the DT's do after they leave?! I am surprised they dont have a "polucy" saying they cant design for X amount of time after leaving.
I think the circus set is awesome if I was into that type of design.
I'll be getting that circus set. No little ones in my immediate family but I justify these types of stamps for the cards I make for children's hospitals, special card requests for sick kids, etc.
Not a fan of the writing either. But it's a vintage touch, I guess. LJ seems more excited about this release than any of her PTI ones. I was hoping for a circus style alphabet set though.
Wow just saw the newsletter about the DVD cases.... It is way cheaper to get from tapeonline now. Before PTI was $0.83 plus you could get free shipping and points. Tapeonline is 0.88 and even with shipping it is $1.00 ea when I ordered.
short answer: "wah, wah. The cases break too easy and customers actually expected us to replace them when they arrived broken :( therefore we have decided to screw everyone! Carry on"
Official Newsletter answer: "DVD Stamp Storage Cases These are back in stock today, however there has been a pricing change that we wanted to inform you of. Now and moving forward the new DVD Stamp Storage Cases will be sold in a set of 4 for $5. Because of the added expense of packing materials, replacement costs for cases damaged during delivery as well as other contributing factors, we were forced to increase the original promoted price of the cases. We apologize for this increase, but hope you can see the value in the quality of these storage cases. "
At least there was an announcement. It would not surprise me in the least if they just raised the price and then got defensive when it was brought up on the forum.
the announcement was on the newsletter, which even people who have been ordering for years get hit or miss. There is no announcement on the website and nothing on the forum or Nichole's blog. So I don't really count it as an announcement.
I'm not a uni, but where else to put important "NEWS" than in the newsletter? I don't see other websites putting explanations for price increases near their products... If you want the news, subscribe to the newsletter. Seems simple.
Can anyone explain why it takes PTI 3+ weeks to get dies back in stock? Really frustrating.......... ---------- Why? Cash flow or bad credit history. In this economy, if you throw enough money at a manufacturer or are known for paying promptly, you get your stuff fast. 3 weeks for a few hundred dies is crazy when they can press several from each sheet of metal.
Pricing increases could and should be explained on the store website. Yes, it's a NEWSletter but they already know that it doesn't get delivered to people who've signed up for it. Wonder if Nichole is kicking herself for breaking the TOS and posting the link to an alternate (& now cheaper) supplier. LOL
beacuse their newsletter isn't distributed regularly and they know it. I typically have anywhere from 2-4 months a year I don't receive it. There is no rhyme or reason as to why it doesn't come through. My co-worker is the same way - luckily we haven't both missed the same month. If you email CS and ask them to send you a missed newsletter they won't do it, so then you miss out on the info because they post it NOWHERE on their site. Shit, at least have a link to the latest newsletter on their website... how hard would that be?
Also, waltzingmouse also posted on her blog and the store website that there would be a price increase fo rthe whole week before it happened. So don't give me the crap line that no one does it.
I'm really hoping someone will thank Nichole for the link to tapeonline too :)
Amazon does let you know if the price goes up or down on items already in your cart. Besides, it's not a fair comparison since Amazon is a lot bigger and distributes a huge variety of products from themselves and other sellers. PTI is all about PTI.
Really? You're comparing PTI to Amazon? And Amazon does notify you when you access your cart of pricing changes for anything you currently have in your cart. Even if it's $0.02. What a joke, huh?
Why isn't there a thread yet about the DVD cases (or did big brother delete it already)? Considering the people unhappily waiting for the restock, they can't be thrilled that they've gone up already.
What I hate more than anything with PTI is that they treat us all as if we are so stupid. Trying to tell us it is the machine that has the problem and not the IP plate when all your plates don't do the same thing in your machine? I hate the constant, constant implication that we are all dishonest idiots.
I like that the MFT circus dies leave a nice border. The writing on the animals is a little off putting. I wasn't sure what the blob in the corner was until I enlarged the image and noticed the stamp for 'seal'. The product looks good but the cards were kind of 'meh' for me.
PTI treats its customers like they are stupid BECAUSE YOU ARE. You live in the fantasy world that my joining forces with Ami and others you can publicly browbeat Julie into changing.
IT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
You are fools for buying from this company. And they know it. They know that you will just keep wishing and hoping for a dream turnaround.
9:15 said... PTI treats its customers like they are stupid BECAUSE YOU ARE. You live in the fantasy world that my joining forces with Ami and others you can publicly browbeat Julie into changing.
Anyone have a coupon code for Univenture/Unikeep? I really want to purchase their plastic binders for my stamp and die storage. I signed up for their newsletter, but haven't received one. Thanks!
what the hell is that image on the 2nd & 3rd card supposed to be anyway? i've never seen that label shape before...looks like a deformed scuba mask. i get the concept and appreciate it, just don't like the misshapen label thingy.
I'm not wild about Becky O's new set at Gina K, either. It reminds me of Tiffany Pastor's stuff for PTI, which I don't like. I do like Lisa's new set for MFT but I'd like to know what the script is on the animals? Would prefer they be solid and let me stamp text on them if I want it. But still a nice set.
I wonder if the Brilliant Business Women will put non-compete clauses in future contracts. Six months to a year is standard in a lot of industries. If they were that brilliant it would have already been in place.
I haven't purchased anything new from PTI for months. So correct me if I'm wrong. But as I understand it, new sets do not include CD cases, YET the price of the sets is unchanged and now you have to PAY for a DVD case?? So in essence there is a price increase on the stamp sets??
Add That said... Who called it first? Nichole's thread on DVD cases has been deep sixed. Wonder if she got a warning from Julie for sending customers elsewhere. LOL =============================== I really don't think Julie cares, in fact from replies to customers it would seem she would appreciate it if customers would disappear.
People are posting on the DVD thread about the cases.... and someone mentioned the price increase. Looks like Nichole's link to tapeonline is still there though
11:20 Don't be a hater. You just wish you could be as nice as Leigh. She comes across as a kind and genuine person. Why not try being a little more like her. You might like yourself better.
I'm not 11:20, but I really liked Leigh and her posts, until she posted the passive-aggressive thread basically telling everyone who has an IP issue is a beginner who sucks and doesn't know how to use their machines.... that post really turned me off to her - sounds like Dawn kissing ass. I still like her work and I think she is a nice person, but I don't get why she would stoop to the level of calling people dumb because they feel they have a genuinly defective product in a such a way.
14:38, CD cases are only included in old stock stamps (ie.stamps that were put into their packaging before the change to DVD cases). When all old stock has moved, none of their stamps will include CD or DVD cases. So in effect the cost of their stamps has increased.
The DVD choice increased their profit. That was the bottom line---not making customers happy. Were it about customer satisfaction, they would have switched from CD to DVD just like many other companies have done at no extra charge. SU gives a DVD case even with their smaller sets.
14:18 and just maybe it was indeed the user's fault. I say this because I messed up one of my impression plates. Not a defective plate but rather my CB plates weren't lined up and I bent it. I sucked it up and drove on.
In my email to customer service I explained that I used the recommended sandwich (I wrote it out) and that I had run the plate through a total of 2 times.
Using that information, Julie was able to determine that a shipping refund was unlikely because the ip was broken during use.
I guess it could have been my fault. After all, I did use the product.
06:22 At least there was an announcement. It would not surprise me in the least if they just raised the price and then got defensive when it was brought up on the forum.
*** Yeah, after I sent an email to the zendesk yesterday after I saw the price increase.
You'd know if you were banned. When I was banned during Rick's hissy fit a couple of months ago, if I tried to access the forum, I got the page with its usual colors, but no links to the forums, just a message that I had been banned.
Anonymous said... Hmmm......still have not received my "prize" gift cert. from SAF.
1 August 2012 19:56
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I just received the gift cert code today. I emailed them July 21 at night but didn't get an answer until July 25 saying that I'll get it within a week. (so I guess I got it on time)
The DVD thread with the tapeonline link and the is this normal thread disappeared. I guess they don't want people knowing that their shipping times suck and you can get the DVD cases cheaper somewhere else.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein
*********** yes i'm still buying and still smacking. i like the products ok? if you don't want to buy that is fine, but get off my ass for buying.
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The above statement wasn't directed to your fat ass. It was just food for thought. You think you can have your cake and eat too. Lucky for you this blog can let you do that anon. So keep adding to that fat ass!
Hey Rick, I know you read here. You are a piece of shit COWARD! Deleteing threads just shows what a pussy you are! No wonder the company sucks, it has shit for employees!
7:59 I thought it was a PTI smack blog and not a smack the smackers board. Name calling in childish. Maybe one day you'll grow up. Nah, I doubt it. It makes you feel superior when you resort to name calling.
nope. no link to my blog. don't have one and even if i did i wouldn't link to it. you guys are mean. credit has been attacked, items sent to wrong addresses. identify theft attempted.
you guys HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA what one or two smackers have done. and really all it takes is one or two really pathetically mean people.
the rest of you started out meaning well, now you are just talking to yourselves.......
if you are here because you want to "save" PTI you are in the wrong place. the best way to save the company is to STOP buying from it. It is the only thing that Julie cares about. Jane will vote with Julie and Nichole loses every vote.
I have been here since the beginning of all Papertrey smack blogs. Believe it or not, up until last week I still wanted to see Papertrey succeed. Now, I don't care. I am so annoyed at myself for ordering and angry at Julie for the customer service email that I received about the sunrise ip. I really should have known better.
I can't check FB at work... does anyone know if Becky Higgins posted an update as to when the grid cards and bazzill cards will be on amazon? I thought she originally said Aug 3rd but I can't remember and there isn't anything on her blog. TIA
10:15, i wish you'd name names rather than post your little cryptic hints. if someone wronged me like you are claiming, I'd fearlessly blast those bitches names to the world.
and since you won't name names, most of us here won't believe you. if you say we wouldn't believe what some smackers have done, try us. post those bitches names.
so basically what i'm saying is if you can't spill it, then shut it. we are sick of hearing your whining. if smackers are so mean and so bad, why the hell are YOU even still here????
10:15, I don't hate you, but you seem to be confused. You say "you guys are mean" and then lump us all in with alleged criminal activities, then you say "you have no ... idea" and finally "you started out meaning well".
Which one are we? I consider myself on the side of justice. When I purchase from a company and give them my hard earned cash, I expect them to back up their products the way they promise to. When they don't, I'll speak out. That's wrong.
If someone is involved in identity theft etc. That is also wrong. Period.
Some of us are here because the PTI forum gives us nowhere else to go. If you have a problem PTI apparently wants you to feel like you're on your own. Those 'problem threads' are shut down and removed.
Where else are we meant to speak out? The fact that some of us do it here doesn't make us criminal in intent.
I wish PTI would put as much energy into SOLVING their problems as they do simply POLICING the voicing of them. When their problems are gone, my complaining will be too.
nope. no link to my blog. don't have one and even if i did i wouldn't link to it. you guys are mean. credit has been attacked, items sent to wrong addresses. identify theft attempted.
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I'm sorry, but I find this hard to believe.
Are you telling me that a smacker figured out your social security number ("credit has been attacked....identity theft attempted") and also figured out how to hack into your accounts and change your shipping addresses ("items sent to wrong addresses")????
As another poster stated, I'd be outing the people or person who did this to me here, at 2Peas, the PTI forum, SCS, basically anywhere us crafty ladies congregate.
I think you're exaggerating and making up accusations that you think will malign others against people who visit this blog.
Which is far more pathetic than being angry at a company that provides its customers with such terrible service.
Anonymous said... 10:15 in addition, if you have the balls to name names, then you better have proof! If you defame someone with NO PROOF, then you're still a LIAR!
2 August 2012 11:45 Anonymous said... ^^^^like most of the statements that are posted on this blog
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Most of the statements on this blog are untrue?
Interesting.
Because it seems to me that the people who are complaining here have concrete proof of the issues they're dealing with.
I guess all the smackers got together and decided to lie about PTI's awful excuse for customer service, slow shipping time, inability to keep items in stock, gestapo like control over their message board and other such things.
The view is great. let us see what I have found out since first coming here:
PTI is going under Nichole wants to leave PTI Julie does not care about customers Dave did not exist Papertrey Ink is owned by Heskamp Printing Papertrey Ink is in financial trouble and has not paid their vendors Rick developed the website
We can do this all day. Most of the things I read here are lies.
The biggest lie of all? Smackers just want PTI to do better so they can all start shopping again and root PTI on.
Sorry, after the customer service that I personally experienced, either she just has no clue how to deal with customers without insinuating that they are liars and thieves OR she doesn't care.
IF she has no clue (and this has been said over and over again), she needs to hire someone that can at least pretend to give a crap.
13:44 Thank you for posting that. I agree with you 100%. The shit the smackers can conjure up amazes me sometimes. You are correct. They don't want PTI to succeed. Instead they are hell bent on trying to destroy them in any way they can.
PTI is going under Nichole wants to leave PTI Dave did not exist Papertrey Ink is owned by Heskamp Printing Papertrey Ink is in financial trouble and has not paid their vendors Rick developed the website
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How do you know these are lies? Where's the evidence to prove these lies?
Has anyone ever told you that you are an inherently dishonest person?
While most of the points you listed have been alluded to or stated on this blog, they in no way form an accurate summary of why this blog exists or what is discussed here.
Why are there no points in your summary regarding people's actual experience with PTI's customer service? the threads that have disappeared on the forum? the general discussion of other companies' new products?
The reason your list doesn't cover these things is because you would like to dishonestly portray this blog as hate mongering and dishonest gossiping, nothing more.
Your final point is why I'm replying to you. I'm angry with you. I personally WOULD like PTI to get their house in order. Presently I feel guilty every time I pay them money, because I don't feel that they deserve it. I'd like to go back to purchasing with a clear conscience. I'd like my PTI experience (from website to collection of my package) to be a pleasant experience. I'd like to be able to rest, knowing that if I have a CS issue it will be dealt with honestly and respectfully.
You claim to be able both to read my mind and to know my motivation. Anyone who makes a claim like this is lying.
Please note, I managed to make my point without resorting to profanity.
I just saw the update for the dvd stamp cases that will now be sold for 4 cases for $5. It said due to costs, damaged cases shipped and so on I am now trying to figure out if its cheaper still from Pti or stick with Tapesonline. What are your thoughts on it?
14:39 i bought the DVD cases from tapesonline last week i bought 10 and with shipping it was $15. It arrived in about 4 days. I think tapesonline is the way to go
1. i'm the person posting about attempted identity theft. I'll say no more for fear of making it worse. I have no intention of naming names. I'd be as bad as the person who did this. And i have no idea whether that person even visits this blog.
2. what you fail to understand is that you can despise SOME of the behaviors against PTI, including SOME Of the crap on this blog and STILL think PTI's service is horrible.
3. and your CONTINUED purchasing makes it worse. IF you truly want to make PTI improve stop buying. If you don't care (I don't anymore either) buy and smack. Just don't expect changes.
4. Many of the things said on this blog are bull, but our experiences as customers are NOT.
I admit it - I'm a smacker who didn't bookmark a company that intrigued me. Of course, now I can't remember who it is.
Does anyone remember who recently posted on their company blog that they were moving into coordinating papers and ink? I seem to remember the posting had a picture of a Momento ink pad, three coordinating Copic colors and cardstock.
Of course, I may have been dreaming it all as a viable alternate to the evil empire. Bash my laziness if you must but I'd appreciate it if someone could help me out with the name of the company.
Still no luck with the forum. Asked on Zendesk and this is the response I got: "I believe there is an issue between the ISP who hosts our forum server and some subnets... I have opened a ticket with them to see if they can resolve the issue.
I will update this forum when I have a response from them. Sorry for the issues...
Anyone have the link for the card made with the Lawn Fawn Say Cheese set that has the little picture you can pull out of the slot? It used the PTI "pull" from Movers and Shakers.
Was the card that you are referring to one of JJBolton's from the card idol contest? Her blog is ribbon girls something I think. Sorry I am not more helpful, I am on my phone.
Whatever happened to the monthly contest for submitting pictures wearing "PTI Gear"? It was announced during the Feb anniversary but I don't remember ever seeing any winners. Was it a bust?
Got a message back from Rick (on Zendesk) saying that the forum should be working now... The message was sent sometime after 7:00 am (didn't pay much attention so I can't remember the exact time). I tried the forum and it is working for me. Hope it works for everyone else.
Let’s play a little game called “Call the crazy lady out on her contradictions.”
“you guys HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA what one or two smackers have done. and really all it takes is one or two really pathetically mean people.”
vs
“1. i'm the person posting about attempted identity theft. I'll say no more for fear of making it worse. I have no intention of naming names. I'd be as bad as the person who did this. And i have no idea whether that person even visits this blog.”
Did anyone catch that she first said that one or two smackers have done things and then later says she doesn’t even know if the person even visits this blog? So which is it, honey? Are the smackers being mean and stealing your identity or not?
And clearly you are vile enough to use horrid language, but too much of a saint to expose those being mean to you? Wow.
Why are you protecting them? You could being doing the public a huge service by steering us all clear of such dishonest and evil people. Are you protecting them because there is no “them”?
Actually, 7:50, as much as you would like that statement to be true. It's not. And you know it. But go ahead and live in your little dream world if it makes you happy.
Sounds to like the only smacker spreading lies is 10:15/13:44, her buddy Rick at 14:05/15:17 & 7:50.
All the same sad person who is feverishly trying to put us all in our place because she is sad enough to believe the CONJECTURE someone posted a while back.
PTI is going under Nichole wants to leave PTI
If I remember correctly, the asshat that wrote this got the riot act because we all knew she was throwing bullshit at the wall to see how much would stick. I recall someone referring to this poster as Chicken Little and I personally called that poster Nostradamus.
Julie does not care about customers
This has been proven time and time again based on the copied/pasted email interactions with Julie where she happily told people PTI was not the company for them and that they should shop elsewhere. Does a caring business owner say such things? I think not.
Dave did not exist
No one gives a shit about Dave, fictitious or otherwise. If I found out he didn't exist, i'd chalk it up to PTI owners being just as crazy as I already think they are. If he does exist, then he's worthless because shit ain't gettin done around there any more effectively.
Papertrey Ink is owned by Heskamp Printing
Again, WHO CARES.
Papertrey Ink is in financial trouble and has not paid their vendors
The above is an assumption. I'm pretty sure everyone here (accept for 10:15) can tell the difference between an assumption and truth.
Rick developed the website
Oh that is a grave claim indeed. But again, WHO CARES. It's a shitty website. If Rick did it then he's a shitty web designer. If he didn't, then someone else they employ is a shitty useless web designer.
Speaking of PTI Gear - whatever happened to the PTI stuff through Cafe Press. They announced it during the last anniversary and I've never heard any more about it. I can't even find their stuff on the Cafe Press website.
when you search on cafe press papertreyink (ptigear) doesn't come up. If you go to Nichole's blog and look at her announcement the link is there and it works.
When I searched cafe press for "pti" I did come across this little gem though :)
I don't see how it is possible that Nichole wants out. She wouldn't side with J&J and being such a bitch if she wanted out. She would actually try to help people.
Nichole would be nuts to NOT want OUT asap. This has got to be making her absolutely crazy and she is losing her amazing reputation down the drain daily as long as she stays. The damage may be unfixable at this point.
Looks like Rick took the For Sale/Trade forum out of the list of forums that are included in the "active topics" link. So they won't show up at all if you use that link. Not surprising, but annoying. And a bummer, since the sales are the most interesting activity on the forums lately.
You can still get to the sales forum, but you have to go there directly via the main index rather than seeing the topics every time you look at the "active topics". It will make it harder to sell stuff, so I think it sucks.
I think that there is some indication that Nichole is aware how bad the J's are at CS. The last few 'stamp error fiascos' have been postmarked Nashville That means that Nichole volunteered to send them out knowing Julie's track record of sending things out on time (anniversary sets anyone) or the only way they agreed to send out a replacement stamp was If Nichole did it- cause they are WAY to busy being mean to customers at the wharehouse
Someone just posted on the sunrise impression plate thread- Hmmmm. CS said my problem was "different" than what others reported but you just described my defective Sunrise IP to a tee. I say "defective" because I didn't force the plate. I followed recommended sandwich (wasn't tight) and ended up with: (1) an uneven impression and (2) the imprint from the reverse side showing through. The lack of consistency in CS responses is very frustrating.
So not only are there no defective plates, but this poster's plate is apparently normal.
Just read the disappointed in impression plate thread, where someone was told by CS that their problem was unique.
The last time I contacted CS I was told that no one else had reported the same problem I was having. My contacting them was the first they'd heard about it. Yet EXACTLY the same issue had been brought up on the forum by a number of different people before my own issue came up, 2 of them had said they would be contacting CS, and that was a while before I did.
Something smells rotten in the state of PTI?
Makes me wonder why some threads are ditched, is everyone who contacts CS told that no one else has their problem?
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ReplyDeleteTotally like the circus theme that is going around now. Called it a few months ago (not here, with the DT I am on).
I've been thinking of getting the WPlus9 one, but the one Cricut cart that has Circus stuff has been sold out since the Spring. If I didn't have so much money tied into that machine, I'd be so on a Cameo. Then again, I think I make my best shiz with stamps, ink, and dies.
Dont you think PTI must boil when they see what the DT's do after they leave?! I am surprised they dont have a "polucy" saying they cant design for X amount of time after leaving.
ReplyDeleteI think the circus set is awesome if I was into that type of design.
I'll be getting that circus set. No little ones in my immediate family but I justify these types of stamps for the cards I make for children's hospitals, special card requests for sick kids, etc.
ReplyDeleteWPlus 9 is showing their first sneak - a really cute scarecrow.
ReplyDeleteI like the circus set too. Deal breaker for me though- that stupid writing on the animal's bodies.
ReplyDeleteNot a fan of the writing either. But it's a vintage touch, I guess. LJ seems more excited about this release than any of her PTI ones. I was hoping for a circus style alphabet set though.
ReplyDeletenot loving the circus set.
ReplyDeletebecky o's set is ugly
2:56 after seeing lisa's and becky's sets PTI doesn't have anything to worry about.
PTI DVD cases are back instock. Now it's 4 for $5 instead of 6 for $5
ReplyDeleteWow just saw the newsletter about the DVD cases.... It is way cheaper to get from tapeonline now. Before PTI was $0.83 plus you could get free shipping and points. Tapeonline is 0.88 and even with shipping it is $1.00 ea when I ordered.
ReplyDeleteI don't receive the newsletter (even though I have tried subscribing many, many times). What reason did PTI offer for the price increase?
ReplyDeleteshort answer: "wah, wah. The cases break too easy and customers actually expected us to replace them when they arrived broken :( therefore we have decided to screw everyone! Carry on"
ReplyDeleteOfficial Newsletter answer:
"DVD Stamp Storage Cases
These are back in stock today, however there has been a pricing change that we wanted to inform you of. Now and moving forward the new DVD Stamp Storage Cases will be sold in a set of 4 for $5. Because of the added expense of packing materials, replacement costs for cases damaged during delivery as well as other contributing factors, we were forced to increase the original promoted price of the cases. We apologize for this increase, but hope you can see the value in the quality of these storage cases. "
At least there was an announcement. It would not surprise me in the least if they just raised the price and then got defensive when it was brought up on the forum.
ReplyDeleteWell, PTI should raise the price of the sunrise impression plate too then because there will be a ton of refunds sought for that!
ReplyDeletethe announcement was on the newsletter, which even people who have been ordering for years get hit or miss. There is no announcement on the website and nothing on the forum or Nichole's blog. So I don't really count it as an announcement.
ReplyDeleteCan anyone explain why it takes PTI 3+ weeks to get dies back in stock? Really frustrating..........
ReplyDeleteI'm not a uni, but where else to put important "NEWS" than in the newsletter? I don't see other websites putting explanations for price increases near their products... If you want the news, subscribe to the newsletter. Seems simple.
ReplyDeleteCan anyone explain why it takes PTI 3+ weeks to get dies back in stock? Really frustrating..........
ReplyDelete---------- Why? Cash flow or bad credit history. In this economy, if you throw enough money at a manufacturer or are known for paying promptly, you get your stuff fast. 3 weeks for a few hundred dies is crazy when they can press several from each sheet of metal.
Pricing increases could and should be explained on the store website. Yes, it's a NEWSletter but they already know that it doesn't get delivered to people who've signed up for it. Wonder if Nichole is kicking herself for breaking the TOS and posting the link to an alternate (& now cheaper) supplier. LOL
@7:18 (I'm 6:35)
ReplyDeletebeacuse their newsletter isn't distributed regularly and they know it. I typically have anywhere from 2-4 months a year I don't receive it. There is no rhyme or reason as to why it doesn't come through. My co-worker is the same way - luckily we haven't both missed the same month. If you email CS and ask them to send you a missed newsletter they won't do it, so then you miss out on the info because they post it NOWHERE on their site. Shit, at least have a link to the latest newsletter on their website... how hard would that be?
@7:18
ReplyDeleteAlso, waltzingmouse also posted on her blog and the store website that there would be a price increase fo rthe whole week before it happened. So don't give me the crap line that no one does it.
I'm really hoping someone will thank Nichole for the link to tapeonline too :)
can you imagine if Amazon had to post every price change on their website? What a joke.
ReplyDeleteAmazon does let you know if the price goes up or down on items already in your cart. Besides, it's not a fair comparison since Amazon is a lot bigger and distributes a huge variety of products from themselves and other sellers. PTI is all about PTI.
DeleteReally? You're comparing PTI to Amazon? And Amazon does notify you when you access your cart of pricing changes for anything you currently have in your cart. Even if it's $0.02. What a joke, huh?
ReplyDeleteWhy isn't there a thread yet about the DVD cases (or did big brother delete it already)? Considering the people unhappily waiting for the restock, they can't be thrilled that they've gone up already.
ReplyDeleteThen stop putting shit in your cart and move on.
ReplyDeletenew CTMH catalog out today.... my computer doesn't have flash and neither does my ipad... grr - do they ever put out pdf versions or no?
ReplyDeleteI bet Nichole is kicking herself for giving out the tapeonline info.
ReplyDeleteThe minute someone starts a thread about the DVD cases, I am going to post Nichole's original email about tapeonline.
ReplyDeleteWhat I hate more than anything with PTI is that they treat us all as if we are so stupid. Trying to tell us it is the machine that has the problem and not the IP plate when all your plates don't do the same thing in your machine? I hate the constant, constant implication that we are all dishonest idiots.
ReplyDeleteGood idea 8:38!
ReplyDeleteI like that the MFT circus dies leave a nice border. The writing on the animals is a little off putting. I wasn't sure what the blob in the corner was until I enlarged the image and noticed the stamp for 'seal'. The product looks good but the cards were kind of 'meh' for me.
ReplyDeletePTI treats its customers like they are stupid BECAUSE YOU ARE. You live in the fantasy world that my joining forces with Ami and others you can publicly browbeat Julie into changing.
ReplyDeleteIT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
You are fools for buying from this company. And they know it. They know that you will just keep wishing and hoping for a dream turnaround.
but and shut up.
or don't buy and go live your life.
or be like me and have no life
9:15 said...
ReplyDeletePTI treats its customers like they are stupid BECAUSE YOU ARE. You live in the fantasy world that my joining forces with Ami and others you can publicly browbeat Julie into changing.
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What are you talking about? Who's Ami?
Anyone have a coupon code for Univenture/Unikeep? I really want to purchase their plastic binders for my stamp and die storage. I signed up for their newsletter, but haven't received one. Thanks!
ReplyDeletei'm really not loving Becky's new set.
ReplyDeletehttp://hemidemisemiquaverdesignblog.com/2012/07/31/introducing-american-made/
what the hell is that image on the 2nd & 3rd card supposed to be anyway? i've never seen that label shape before...looks like a deformed scuba mask. i get the concept and appreciate it, just don't like the misshapen label thingy.
i feel so sad for any of those on the FSOT board trying to unload their sunshine IPs.
ReplyDeleteHas the forum been down all morning?
ReplyDeleteIt's the sunrise ip that is defective. The sunshine ip is fine.
ReplyDeletei just noticed that, 11:11. thanks for pointing it out. my bad.
ReplyDeleteI've been having trouble with the forum on and off since yesterday.
ReplyDeletei love on the forum when someone posts something just to hear themselves speak (leigh) even though what they say doesn't add at all to the convo.
ReplyDeleteI'm not wild about Becky O's new set at Gina K, either. It reminds me of Tiffany Pastor's stuff for PTI, which I don't like. I do like Lisa's new set for MFT but I'd like to know what the script is on the animals? Would prefer they be solid and let me stamp text on them if I want it. But still a nice set.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the Brilliant Business Women will put non-compete clauses in future contracts. Six months to a year is standard in a lot of industries. If they were that brilliant it would have already been in place.
I haven't purchased anything new from PTI for months. So correct me if I'm wrong. But as I understand it, new sets do not include CD cases, YET the price of the sets is unchanged and now you have to PAY for a DVD case?? So in essence there is a price increase on the stamp sets??
ReplyDeleteWaaaay OT, but I'll take PTI's crap anyday over trying to teach my 15 year old DS how to parallel park. I need alcohol.
ReplyDeleteWho called it first? Nichole's thread on DVD cases has been deep sixed. Wonder if she got a warning from Julie for sending customers elsewhere. LOL
ReplyDeleteAdd That said...
ReplyDeleteWho called it first? Nichole's thread on DVD cases has been deep sixed. Wonder if she got a warning from Julie for sending customers elsewhere. LOL
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I really don't think Julie cares, in fact from replies to customers it would seem she would appreciate it if customers would disappear.
what do you mean nichole's thread on the dvds is gone? It is still there.
ReplyDeletePeople are posting on the DVD thread about the cases.... and someone mentioned the price increase. Looks like Nichole's link to tapeonline is still there though
ReplyDeletehttp://forum.papertreyink.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=37114
10:08 Ami is the troublemaker who jumps at the chance to stir things up on the PTI and SCS forums. She thinks she so cool in doing so. NOT.
ReplyDelete11:20 Don't be a hater. You just wish you could be as nice as Leigh. She comes across as a kind and genuine person. Why not try being a little more like her. You might like yourself better.
ReplyDeleteI'm not 11:20, but I really liked Leigh and her posts, until she posted the passive-aggressive thread basically telling everyone who has an IP issue is a beginner who sucks and doesn't know how to use their machines.... that post really turned me off to her - sounds like Dawn kissing ass. I still like her work and I think she is a nice person, but I don't get why she would stoop to the level of calling people dumb because they feel they have a genuinly defective product in a such a way.
ReplyDeleteAMi is a straight shooter. Unicorns don't deal well with that.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to access the forum since last night.
ReplyDeleteI do not have a problem with Leigh or Ami.
ReplyDelete13:34 PTI still includes CD cases with their stamps but some of the newer stamp sets are wider on the acetate and don't include the DVD cases
ReplyDeleteWho is Joanne in Customer Service? Dave's replacement?
ReplyDeleteAs seen in the "Is this normal?" thread.
14:38, CD cases are only included in old stock stamps (ie.stamps that were put into their packaging before the change to DVD cases). When all old stock has moved, none of their stamps will include CD or DVD cases. So in effect the cost of their stamps has increased.
ReplyDeleteThe DVD choice increased their profit. That was the bottom line---not making customers happy. Were it about customer satisfaction, they would have switched from CD to DVD just like many other companies have done at no extra charge. SU gives a DVD case even with their smaller sets.
ReplyDelete14:18 and just maybe it was indeed the user's fault. I say this because I messed up one of my impression plates. Not a defective plate but rather my CB plates weren't lined up and I bent it. I sucked it up and drove on.
ReplyDeleteWhat on Earth is going on with the forum?
ReplyDelete14:31 we tell it like it is too and you can't deal with it.
ReplyDeleteIt could be the users fault.
ReplyDeleteIn my case it wasn't.
But it could be.
In my email to customer service I explained that I used the recommended sandwich (I wrote it out) and that I had run the plate through a total of 2 times.
Using that information, Julie was able to determine that a shipping refund was unlikely because the ip was broken during use.
I guess it could have been my fault. After all, I did use the product.
I thought we were told we were getting a new store/forum, etc. Maybe this is it.
ReplyDeleteI don't see anything unusual with the forum. What problems are you having??
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to get on all day. Maybe I've been banned? LOL!
ReplyDeleteIf you've been banned, wouldn't the main page still come up asking you to log in?
ReplyDeleteIt is working normally for me.
ReplyDeleteWhat would you see when you try to go to the forum if they ban your ISP # ?
ReplyDelete06:22
ReplyDeleteAt least there was an announcement. It would not surprise me in the least if they just raised the price and then got defensive when it was brought up on the forum.
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Yeah, after I sent an email to the zendesk yesterday after I saw the price increase.
It's weird. I am able to load and view the forum website on my smartphone, but not on my laptop.
ReplyDeleteJust saw the Amuse holiday catalog. Pretty cute stuff. All kids of styles, something for everyone.
ReplyDeleteI can't even view from my Iphone. Odd. Well if it isn't just me then I guess I wasn't banned.
ReplyDeletethe forum is working fine for me.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to get on the forum today either.
ReplyDeleteHaving trouble with the forum too... I get a message saying that the connection has timed out.
ReplyDeleteYou'd know if you were banned. When I was banned during Rick's hissy fit a couple of months ago, if I tried to access the forum, I got the page with its usual colors, but no links to the forums, just a message that I had been banned.
ReplyDelete^^^Omath, is that you?!?!
ReplyDeleteHmmm......still have not received my "prize" gift cert. from SAF.
ReplyDeleteLots of people besides Omath were banned that day...
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteHmmm......still have not received my "prize" gift cert. from SAF.
1 August 2012 19:56
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I just received the gift cert code today. I emailed them July 21 at night but didn't get an answer until July 25 saying that I'll get it within a week. (so I guess I got it on time)
wow, still buying.
ReplyDeleteInsanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
yes i'm still buying and still smacking. i like the products ok? if you don't want to buy that is fine, but get off my ass for buying.
ReplyDeletei love PTI. just hate PTI
Omath would have written "colours", not "colors"
ReplyDeleteThe DVD thread with the tapeonline link and the is this normal thread disappeared. I guess they don't want people knowing that their shipping times suck and you can get the DVD cases cheaper somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteI don't which threads are there because I still can't access the forum.
ReplyDeleteAnd they don't want to tell who Joanne is, apparently. It was asked and not answered.
ReplyDeleteThe forum has been very sporadic for me as well. I could get on this morning, now it just says connection timed out.
ReplyDeleteForum ok for me.
ReplyDeletePlaced an order with Gina K this morning. Couldn't bring myself to order any stamps but placed a large cardstock order.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
ReplyDeleteAlbert Einstein
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yes i'm still buying and still smacking. i like the products ok? if you don't want to buy that is fine, but get off my ass for buying.
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The above statement wasn't directed to your fat ass. It was just food for thought. You think you can have your cake and eat too. Lucky for you this blog can let you do that anon. So keep adding to that fat ass!
^^^ If you don't have anything intelligent to say you resort to name calling. Grow up little girl.
ReplyDelete^^^ Take out the 2 words "fat". Sorry to offend on a SMACK blog. How about you let the grown ups talk, little girl.
ReplyDeleteI posted in both of those threads and they are in fact gone as of about an hour ago.... they were there earlier this AM, must be pruning season
ReplyDeleteCan we get someone to post a new thread asking where the link Nichole posted baout dvd cases is?
ReplyDeleteHey Rick, I know you read here. You are a piece of shit COWARD! Deleteing threads just shows what a pussy you are! No wonder the company sucks, it has shit for employees!
ReplyDeleteGrow a pair would ya!
Great idea 8:08, if I weren't banned!
ReplyDelete7:59 I thought it was a PTI smack blog and not a smack the smackers board. Name calling in childish. Maybe one day you'll grow up. Nah, I doubt it. It makes you feel superior when you resort to name calling.
ReplyDelete8:11 Says the anonymous smacker.
ReplyDeleteDear Papertrey,
ReplyDeleteI wish that I didn't like your stamps so much. You have entirely taken the fun out of stamping for me.
8:35 Honestly you are trying too hard. You act like this is the first time someone is name calling. Maybe this place isn't for you.
ReplyDeleteThe thread asking about ink availability has also disappeared. Divide and conquer...big brother is here!
ReplyDeleteAnyone else want to do a group read of the Gulag Archipelago? :)
I think a connection can be who is the name caller. Connect the dots. Some people think this person is tough. I think a pot stirrer
ReplyDeleteNew colors are Dawn's favorite thing? Really? If you're only going to use four colors ever, what do you care how many new ones there are?
ReplyDeleteLove all the unicorn "pot stirers" that have come out in the last couple of days!
ReplyDeleteIf you've got such big balls, then post using a link to your blog!
I still can't get on the forum. Anyone else having problems?
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to access the forum since Monday night so it's not just you.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I meant Tuesday night.
ReplyDeletethe forum has been on and off for me all day
ReplyDeletenope. no link to my blog. don't have one and even if i did i wouldn't link to it. you guys are mean. credit has been attacked, items sent to wrong addresses. identify theft attempted.
ReplyDeleteyou guys HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA what one or two smackers have done. and really all it takes is one or two really pathetically mean people.
the rest of you started out meaning well, now you are just talking to yourselves.......
if you are here because you want to "save" PTI you are in the wrong place. the best way to save the company is to STOP buying from it. It is the only thing that Julie cares about. Jane will vote with Julie and Nichole loses every vote.
and rick still owes me $1000...
9:42 looks like neither of us have big balls because you post as anonymous too. hahahahaha
ReplyDeleteI have been here since the beginning of all Papertrey smack blogs. Believe it or not, up until last week I still wanted to see Papertrey succeed. Now, I don't care. I am so annoyed at myself for ordering and angry at Julie for the customer service email that I received about the sunrise ip. I really should have known better.
ReplyDeletenope. no link to my blog. don't items sent to wrong addresses. identify theft attempted.
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I don't believe this AT ALL!
I can't check FB at work... does anyone know if Becky Higgins posted an update as to when the grid cards and bazzill cards will be on amazon? I thought she originally said Aug 3rd but I can't remember and there isn't anything on her blog. TIA
ReplyDelete11:15 BH hasn't updated about those of FB yet. I thought they weren't due in until mid-August.
ReplyDelete10:15, i wish you'd name names rather than post your little cryptic hints. if someone wronged me like you are claiming, I'd fearlessly blast those bitches names to the world.
ReplyDeleteand since you won't name names, most of us here won't believe you. if you say we wouldn't believe what some smackers have done, try us. post those bitches names.
so basically what i'm saying is if you can't spill it, then shut it. we are sick of hearing your whining. if smackers are so mean and so bad, why the hell are YOU even still here????
10:15 in addition, if you have the balls to name names, then you better have proof! If you defame someone with NO PROOF, then you're still a LIAR!
ReplyDelete^^^^like most of the statements that are posted on this blog
ReplyDeleteyeah, PTI's wrong doings are lies! You're a moran
ReplyDeleteactually I found 10:15 to be quite interesting and the responses that post has received have been unnecessarily vitriolic
ReplyDeletei want pti to get their act together thats the only reason i come here
but some people seem to want them to die and seem to be devoting their lives to the cause
10:15 a little more substance to your allegations would be appreciated
10:15, I don't hate you, but you seem to be confused. You say "you guys are mean" and then lump us all in with alleged criminal activities, then you say "you have no ... idea" and finally "you started out meaning well".
ReplyDeleteWhich one are we? I consider myself on the side of justice. When I purchase from a company and give them my hard earned cash, I expect them to back up their products the way they promise to. When they don't, I'll speak out. That's wrong.
If someone is involved in identity theft etc. That is also wrong. Period.
Some of us are here because the PTI forum gives us nowhere else to go. If you have a problem PTI apparently wants you to feel like you're on your own. Those 'problem threads' are shut down and removed.
Where else are we meant to speak out? The fact that some of us do it here doesn't make us criminal in intent.
I wish PTI would put as much energy into SOLVING their problems as they do simply POLICING the voicing of them. When their problems are gone, my complaining will be too.
nope. no link to my blog. don't have one and even if i did i wouldn't link to it. you guys are mean. credit has been attacked, items sent to wrong addresses. identify theft attempted.
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I'm sorry, but I find this hard to believe.
Are you telling me that a smacker figured out your social security number ("credit has been attacked....identity theft attempted") and also figured out how to hack into your accounts and change your shipping addresses ("items sent to wrong addresses")????
As another poster stated, I'd be outing the people or person who did this to me here, at 2Peas, the PTI forum, SCS, basically anywhere us crafty ladies congregate.
I think you're exaggerating and making up accusations that you think will malign others against people who visit this blog.
Which is far more pathetic than being angry at a company that provides its customers with such terrible service.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDelete10:15 in addition, if you have the balls to name names, then you better have proof! If you defame someone with NO PROOF, then you're still a LIAR!
2 August 2012 11:45
Anonymous said...
^^^^like most of the statements that are posted on this blog
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Most of the statements on this blog are untrue?
Interesting.
Because it seems to me that the people who are complaining here have concrete proof of the issues they're dealing with.
I guess all the smackers got together and decided to lie about PTI's awful excuse for customer service, slow shipping time, inability to keep items in stock, gestapo like control over their message board and other such things.
How's the view from your Unicorn?
The view is great. let us see what I have found out since first coming here:
ReplyDeletePTI is going under
Nichole wants to leave PTI
Julie does not care about customers
Dave did not exist
Papertrey Ink is owned by Heskamp Printing
Papertrey Ink is in financial trouble and has not paid their vendors
Rick developed the website
We can do this all day. Most of the things I read here are lies.
The biggest lie of all? Smackers just want PTI to do better so they can all start shopping again and root PTI on.
Give me a fucking break
Julie does not care about customers
ReplyDeleteSorry, after the customer service that I personally experienced, either she just has no clue how to deal with customers without insinuating that they are liars and thieves OR she doesn't care.
IF she has no clue (and this has been said over and over again), she needs to hire someone that can at least pretend to give a crap.
You are right about 1 thing. I no longer care if they go out of business. Up until last week I did.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome to take my quoted customer service email and ask Julie if she wrote it. That wasn't a lie.
ReplyDeleteCan anyone get on the forum?
ReplyDeletethat is your opinion. what about all of the other "truths" mentioned? I stand by my statement.
ReplyDelete13:44 Thank you for posting that. I agree with you 100%. The shit the smackers can conjure up amazes me sometimes. You are correct. They don't want PTI to succeed. Instead they are hell bent on trying to destroy them in any way they can.
ReplyDeleteYes, and it is my opinion that not everything that is discussed here is a lie. Generalize much?
ReplyDelete14:05, it is my opinion that you are 13:44 and you are just agreeing with yourself to give some credibility to what was stated.
ReplyDeletePTI is going under
ReplyDeleteNichole wants to leave PTI
Dave did not exist
Papertrey Ink is owned by Heskamp Printing
Papertrey Ink is in financial trouble and has not paid their vendors
Rick developed the website
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How do you know these are lies? Where's the evidence to prove these lies?
13:44 let me pick up your gauntlet.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever told you that you are an inherently dishonest person?
While most of the points you listed have been alluded to or stated on this blog, they in no way form an accurate summary of why this blog exists or what is discussed here.
Why are there no points in your summary regarding people's actual experience with PTI's customer service? the threads that have disappeared on the forum? the general discussion of other companies' new products?
The reason your list doesn't cover these things is because you would like to dishonestly portray this blog as hate mongering and dishonest gossiping, nothing more.
Your final point is why I'm replying to you. I'm angry with you. I personally WOULD like PTI to get their house in order. Presently I feel guilty every time I pay them money, because I don't feel that they deserve it. I'd like to go back to purchasing with a clear conscience. I'd like my PTI experience (from website to collection of my package) to be a pleasant experience. I'd like to be able to rest, knowing that if I have a CS issue it will be dealt with honestly and respectfully.
You claim to be able both to read my mind and to know my motivation. Anyone who makes a claim like this is lying.
Please note, I managed to make my point without resorting to profanity.
Very well stated 14:12.
ReplyDelete14:09 nope, just two people that think alike. does that surprize you?
ReplyDeleteI see a board warning in her future!
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I just saw the update for the dvd stamp cases that will now be sold for 4 cases for $5. It said due to costs, damaged cases shipped and so on
I am now trying to figure out if its cheaper still from Pti or stick with Tapesonline. What are your thoughts on it?
I still can't get onto the damn forum.
ReplyDeleteHate mongering and dishonest gossiping...if the shoe fits, wear it.
ReplyDelete14:39 i bought the DVD cases from tapesonline last week i bought 10 and with shipping it was $15. It arrived in about 4 days. I think tapesonline is the way to go
ReplyDelete14:44 - slightly anemic and dishonest response, no?
ReplyDelete1. i'm the person posting about attempted identity theft. I'll say no more for fear of making it worse. I have no intention of naming names. I'd be as bad as the person who did this. And i have no idea whether that person even visits this blog.
ReplyDelete2. what you fail to understand is that you can despise SOME of the behaviors against PTI, including SOME Of the crap on this blog and STILL think PTI's service is horrible.
3. and your CONTINUED purchasing makes it worse. IF you truly want to make PTI improve stop buying. If you don't care (I don't anymore either) buy and smack. Just don't expect changes.
4. Many of the things said on this blog are bull, but our experiences as customers are NOT.
15:17 - I think I like you. When people can reason in point form, they're actually thinking. Toasting pt #2 and #4 BTW. Thinking about #3.
ReplyDeleteI admit it - I'm a smacker who didn't bookmark a company that intrigued me. Of course, now I can't remember who it is.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember who recently posted on their company blog that they were moving into coordinating papers and ink? I seem to remember the posting had a picture of a Momento ink pad, three coordinating Copic colors and cardstock.
Of course, I may have been dreaming it all as a viable alternate to the evil empire. Bash my laziness if you must but I'd appreciate it if someone could help me out with the name of the company.
The company was Flourishes.
ReplyDeleteaha! That's why I couldn't remember (they aren't listed in the alternate companies section).
ReplyDeleteOff to bookmark their site.
In all seriousness, smackers are far more helpful than most message boards.
So are all the SAF orders received and include the free set? Its been quiet in the aftermath of SAF
ReplyDeleteStill no luck with the forum. Asked on Zendesk and this is the response I got: "I believe there is an issue between the ISP who hosts our forum server and some subnets... I have opened a ticket with them to see if they can resolve the issue.
ReplyDeleteI will update this forum when I have a response from them. Sorry for the issues...
Rick"
I got my free set with my SAF order.
ReplyDeleteI cannot see my PM's although I have been notified I have some. How do you get to zendesk?
ReplyDeleteAnyone have the link for the card made with the Lawn Fawn Say Cheese set that has the little picture you can pull out of the slot? It used the PTI "pull" from Movers and Shakers.
ReplyDeleteThank you for asking about the forum on zendesk.
ReplyDeleteWas the card that you are referring to one of JJBolton's from the card idol contest? Her blog is ribbon girls something I think. Sorry I am not more helpful, I am on my phone.
I found it!
ReplyDeletehttp://justmeprints.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html
I just bought this set today.
What did Gina K post on FB that was offensive and that she felt she needed to remove?
ReplyDeleteIt is so stupid thatt PTI never has sales. Just sayn
ReplyDeleteI am so tired of the phrase "just sayin". Just sayin.
ReplyDeleteYay! Joann's now ships to Canada!
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to the monthly contest for submitting pictures wearing "PTI Gear"? It was announced during the Feb anniversary but I don't remember ever seeing any winners. Was it a bust?
ReplyDelete^^ maybe no one sent pictures in.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't see the PTI Gear winners? I don't know how you missed them. Their pictures were posted right next to the PTI paint in little paint cans!
ReplyDelete;)
Haven't been able to log into the forum since yesterday AM. Very frustrating.
ReplyDeleteThe new SU holiday mini now has a jar set in it too.
ReplyDeleteGot a message back from Rick (on Zendesk) saying that the forum should be working now... The message was sent sometime after 7:00 am (didn't pay much attention so I can't remember the exact time). I tried the forum and it is working for me. Hope it works for everyone else.
ReplyDeleteLet’s play a little game called “Call the crazy lady out on her contradictions.”
ReplyDelete“you guys HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA what one or two smackers have done. and really all it takes is one or two really pathetically mean people.”
vs
“1. i'm the person posting about attempted identity theft. I'll say no more for fear of making it worse. I have no intention of naming names. I'd be as bad as the person who did this. And i have no idea whether that person even visits this blog.”
Did anyone catch that she first said that one or two smackers have done things and then later says she doesn’t even know if the person even visits this blog? So which is it, honey? Are the smackers being mean and stealing your identity or not?
And clearly you are vile enough to use horrid language, but too much of a saint to expose those being mean to you? Wow.
Why are you protecting them? You could being doing the public a huge service by steering us all clear of such dishonest and evil people. Are you protecting them because there is no “them”?
Straight jacket, party of 1, your table is ready.
6:37, excellent detective work. you go to the head of the PTI smacker's class!!! now get a life!!
ReplyDeleteStraight jacket, party of 1, your table is ready.
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That made me laugh!
Don't be so meeeen. You have no idea how hard it is to keep those pesky details straight when you are making shit up.
ReplyDelete^^^^ you ought to know! smackers have been doing it for a while now.
ReplyDeleteThe forum is STILL NOT working for me Rick! I cannot get into the main forum or my PMs.
ReplyDeleteActually, 7:50, as much as you would like that statement to be true. It's not. And you know it. But go ahead and live in your little dream world if it makes you happy.
ReplyDeleteCleared my cache and still can't log into the forum. Oh well . . .
ReplyDeleteI tried 15 minutes ago to get into the forum and could not. I can get in now and also see my PMs for the first time this week. Thanks, Rick.
ReplyDelete6:37 You call her vile for using that language but when smackers do it it's OK. It's a smack board after all. Double standard right??
ReplyDeletePssst...8:32. It's a smack blog, not the Borg. Some of us curse, some of us don't.
ReplyDeleteHTH
8:32, you're so cute when you don't get it.
ReplyDeleteLol at the Borg reference!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's what the PTi forum is ..the Borg!! Either you assimilate or die!!
Sounds to like the only smacker spreading lies is 10:15/13:44, her buddy Rick at 14:05/15:17 & 7:50.
ReplyDeleteAll the same sad person who is feverishly trying to put us all in our place because she is sad enough to believe the CONJECTURE someone posted a while back.
PTI is going under
Nichole wants to leave PTI
If I remember correctly, the asshat that wrote this got the riot act because we all knew she was throwing bullshit at the wall to see how much would stick. I recall someone referring to this poster as Chicken Little and I personally called that poster Nostradamus.
Julie does not care about customers
This has been proven time and time again based on the copied/pasted email interactions with Julie where she happily told people PTI was not the company for them and that they should shop elsewhere. Does a caring business owner say such things? I think not.
Dave did not exist
No one gives a shit about Dave, fictitious or otherwise. If I found out he didn't exist, i'd chalk it up to PTI owners being just as crazy as I already think they are.
If he does exist, then he's worthless because shit ain't gettin done around there any more effectively.
Papertrey Ink is owned by Heskamp Printing
Again, WHO CARES.
Papertrey Ink is in financial trouble and has not paid their vendors
The above is an assumption. I'm pretty sure everyone here (accept for 10:15) can tell the difference between an assumption and truth.
Rick developed the website
Oh that is a grave claim indeed. But again, WHO CARES. It's a shitty website. If Rick did it then he's a shitty web designer. If he didn't, then someone else they employ is a shitty useless web designer.
Speaking of PTI Gear - whatever happened to the PTI stuff through Cafe Press. They announced it during the last anniversary and I've never heard any more about it. I can't even find their stuff on the Cafe Press website.
ReplyDeletewhen you search on cafe press papertreyink (ptigear) doesn't come up. If you go to Nichole's blog and look at her announcement the link is there and it works.
ReplyDeleteWhen I searched cafe press for "pti" I did come across this little gem though :)
http://www.cafepress.com/+pti_oval_sticker,199697134
12:40 - mwff, bwhhh, tshhh, smothering giggles here.
ReplyDeleteI had to go and look up what else PTI can mean (my brain only defaults in one direction).
Loved the variety of comments here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071025213816AAiaN0X
....especially Pain Trauma and Inflammation :)
http://www.papertreyink.com/ThisThat.aspx
ReplyDeletenichole does want to get out, and they are going under so there
ReplyDelete^^^ The president is a pedophile
ReplyDeleteThe forum is down for me again.
ReplyDeleteI don't see how it is possible that Nichole wants out. She wouldn't side with J&J and being such a bitch if she wanted out. She would actually try to help people.
ReplyDeleteOh, Riiiicccckkk---forum is not working for me again!
ReplyDeleteNichole would be nuts to NOT want OUT asap. This has got to be making her absolutely crazy and she is losing her amazing reputation down the drain daily as long as she stays. The damage may be unfixable at this point.
ReplyDeletePTI won't do a circus theme, because they are the clowns and their business is the circus right now. it would be too ironic.
ReplyDeleteNichole's own actions are the reason for her stellar reputation. She gets no sympathy from me.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Rick took the For Sale/Trade forum out of the list of forums that are included in the "active topics" link. So they won't show up at all if you use that link. Not surprising, but annoying. And a bummer, since the sales are the most interesting activity on the forums lately.
ReplyDeleteShoot!!! I have 3 sales pending and no way for them to contact me, nor me them!
ReplyDeleteYou can still get to the sales forum, but you have to go there directly via the main index rather than seeing the topics every time you look at the "active topics". It will make it harder to sell stuff, so I think it sucks.
ReplyDeleteSo this is as bad as scrolling right?
Delete1412. If the words "customer forum" is a big red X you can still get into the forum. Just the image of the words s not loading.
ReplyDeleteI think that there is some indication that Nichole is aware how bad the J's are at CS. The last few 'stamp error fiascos' have been postmarked Nashville
ReplyDeleteThat means that Nichole volunteered to send them out knowing Julie's track record of sending things out on time (anniversary sets anyone) or the only way they agreed to send out a replacement stamp was If Nichole did it- cause they are WAY to busy being mean to customers at the wharehouse
I think you meant warehouse, not whorehouse.
ReplyDeleteOMG! I did not mean whorehouse!
ReplyDelete"PTI won't do a circus theme, because they are the clowns and their business is the circus right now. it would be too ironic."
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Freakin' hysterical. Love it!
^^^ I agree!!! Too funny!!! PTI is the circus!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe DT and Unicorns are doing a really great job of pushing the unfavorable threads to page 2 of the forum.
ReplyDeleteSomeone just posted on the sunrise impression plate thread-
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. CS said my problem was "different" than what others reported but you just described my defective Sunrise IP to a tee. I say "defective" because I didn't force the plate. I followed recommended sandwich (wasn't tight) and ended up with: (1) an uneven impression and (2) the imprint from the reverse side showing through. The lack of consistency in CS responses is very frustrating.
So not only are there no defective plates, but this poster's plate is apparently normal.
There is a bad batch and Julie won't admit it.
Just read the disappointed in impression plate thread, where someone was told by CS that their problem was unique.
ReplyDeleteThe last time I contacted CS I was told that no one else had reported the same problem I was having. My contacting them was the first they'd heard about it. Yet EXACTLY the same issue had been brought up on the forum by a number of different people before my own issue came up, 2 of them had said they would be contacting CS, and that was a while before I did.
Something smells rotten in the state of PTI?
Makes me wonder why some threads are ditched, is everyone who contacts CS told that no one else has their problem?
There are no problems with PTI product. How dare you say there is. There is only owner misuse of products. These people are trying to rip off PTI.
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