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Complaint Review: Erin Stoody aka Kiwi-flowers - Internet
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Erin Stoody aka Kiwi-flowers
856 NE 57th St., Seattle & Washington Internet, U.S.A.
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Erin Stoody aka Kiwi-flowers ripoff unreliable costume maker Internet
11-15-04 I entered a request to have to costumes made for my boyfriend and I for an anime convention from from Full Metal Alchemist. I received an email response from Erin Stoody, that April 1 would not be doable, but July 2004 (Anime Expo in Anaheim, California) would be fine.
11-17-04 I received mail stating that the Roy costume would be $340 (uniform and gloves) and Riza, $320 (uniform). At this point I was happy to have found Kiwi-flowers as she seem very reliable and swift to answer my emails.
4-23-05 She gets the total that I had sent her completely wrong, stating that I still owed $410, when I had actually paid that amount.
6-19-05 Ms. Stoody states that she sewed one of the costumes incorrectly, and 6-22, states that she'll have it shipped by that Saturday. Needless to say I received an email on 10-13, that she had lost my address.
I had paid in full $660 by 11-01-05 but Erin Stoody had failed to tell me she had changed her addresss. I waited 3 more weeks so that my money order could be fowarded to her new address, which she received a few days before 11-21.
After no response between 11-21-05 till 1-11-06, I threated to tell of her bad business behavior to other cosplayers and warn them. I finally receive mail stating she has the costumes finished since Oct 2005. She offered http://www.kiwiflowers.net/other/progress/rr1.jpg to give me peace of mind.
It's now Feburary 18, 2006, and I still do not have either costume, though I had paid in full, the $660 in November 2005. I have still not been given a response as to why I haven't received my costumes and need them both by April 2006, though this doesn't seem likely.
Maya
Mililani, Hawaii
U.S.A.
11-17-04 I received mail stating that the Roy costume would be $340 (uniform and gloves) and Riza, $320 (uniform). At this point I was happy to have found Kiwi-flowers as she seem very reliable and swift to answer my emails.
4-23-05 She gets the total that I had sent her completely wrong, stating that I still owed $410, when I had actually paid that amount.
6-19-05 Ms. Stoody states that she sewed one of the costumes incorrectly, and 6-22, states that she'll have it shipped by that Saturday. Needless to say I received an email on 10-13, that she had lost my address.
I had paid in full $660 by 11-01-05 but Erin Stoody had failed to tell me she had changed her addresss. I waited 3 more weeks so that my money order could be fowarded to her new address, which she received a few days before 11-21.
After no response between 11-21-05 till 1-11-06, I threated to tell of her bad business behavior to other cosplayers and warn them. I finally receive mail stating she has the costumes finished since Oct 2005. She offered http://www.kiwiflowers.net/other/progress/rr1.jpg to give me peace of mind.
It's now Feburary 18, 2006, and I still do not have either costume, though I had paid in full, the $660 in November 2005. I have still not been given a response as to why I haven't received my costumes and need them both by April 2006, though this doesn't seem likely.
Maya
Mililani, Hawaii
U.S.A.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Maya
Mililani,Hawaii,
U.S.A.
Erin Stoody Lives!
#2Author of original report
Tue, February 21, 2006
After giving up on waiting, I sent an last night stating that I wanted a full refund, and wanted to finish this once and for all. Lord and behold, I got an answer:
From : Erin S
Maya
Mililani,Hawaii,
U.S.A.
I still haven't gotten a response
#3Author of original report
Mon, February 20, 2006
Actually, the one who ripped me off lives in Seattle. If she lived in Hawaii too, that'd be so much easier. It's 2-19-06 and I still haven't gotten a response. I also posted on the better business bureau for Washington & at cosplay.com So hopefully soon I'll get a reply.
Roger
Houston,Texas,
U.S.A.
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#4Consumer Comment
Sun, February 19, 2006
Maya, You Should make another posting under alterations, That way alot more people will see it. I don't know why someone on a set of small islands would screw a customer around like that. I believe you can tell just a few people, and the word would spread like a plague.
