Yikes, that's alot of action going on there Jim, hang in there y'hear?
Btw, is there any way to ask Des (or someone) for a art-comission that could yield the cash to the both of you? Paypal is great since you get the cash instantly :)
Take care and I hope things get better soon.
Henrik
----- Original Message -----
From: "jmhcustomart" <jmhcustomart_at_yahoo.com>
To: <SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 3:44 AM
Subject: [SkunkworksAMA] No more road trips for me...ever!
> Hey all-
> Well, the trip to DC was less than enjoyable. A thousand miles
> each way, and we did it in 15 hours (each way). I didn't get any
> sleep the whole time (try driving from Jacksonville, FL to Boynton
> Beach, FL at 2am after being awake for 48 hours. Add to that, the
> fact that all the laser surgery I've gone through has eliminated a
> LOT of my night vision. I couldn't see what was printed on roadside
> signs until they were within 2 car lengths away!), but we got the kid
> back. My brother went to court today, and, thanks to the
> inefficiency of the American legal system, nothing was accomplished.
> My nephew's psycologist was denied being able to present info that
> his biological mother is a fucking basket case, and even a letter
> written to the judge by my nephew *himself* achieved nothing. He's
> stated he does not want to see his mother again, yet the legal system
> continues to drag it's feet. It'd be so easy to just shoot the dumb
> bitch and get it over with. Where's the 1880's when you need 'em,
> huh? ;)
> Shitty weather these past few days has prevented me from getting
> online, but it seems clear outside now (at least for the time
> being). I will be updating the website tonight with some important
> info, but I reckon I'll give you all the low-down on it now.
> That "thing" I was wanting to tell you all about a week or so ago
> was *not* about Des and I getting married. *Tsk* *tsk* But nice try
> anyway, folks. ;)
> Here's the scoop...
> In February of 2001, I sent over $10,000.00 (retail) worth of art
> and prints to Rabbit Valley (then Mailbox Books), and charged him a
> little over $4,000.00 wholesale. Also, because the printing shop I
> had been using decided to close, I was in a pickle as to printing up
> my art. Rabbit Valley offered to print my stuff for me, and send me
> a check every month. This sounded great, so we shook on it, and got
> the ball rolling.
> Over the next several months, I contacted Rabbit Valley to inquire
> about the bill. Between the months of July 2001 and July 2002, I
> received a total of 2 checks, each $500.00. I was aware that Rabbit
> Valley was going through some financial trouble, what with the legal
> battle over the Mailbox Books name and all that, so I tried not to
> badger the guy.
> This created a bad domino effect, unfortunately. Folks who sent me
> money for orders were unable to get their orders, because the money
> they sent had to be used to pay for bills which *should* have been
> paid for by the money from Rabbit Valley. I was able to get some
> orders printed and shipped, but there are still many that haven't
> been printed yet or shipped.
> Des and I drafted a letter a couple of weeks ago, and sent it to
> Rabco, demading the return of my art master copies, as well as the
> money owed to me. I did not like having to send that letter, and it
> was not my intention to put Rabbit Valley in an even tighter spot,
> but my bills have been mounting, and it's been rather tight (missed a
> lot of work because of surgery, so I lost money there. My
> transmission blew out a couple weeks ago, so now I'm borrowing my
> brother's Ninja motorcycle and riding it illegally to work, and the
> doctor's bills have pretty much wiped out my savings account and
> Mutual Fund. If it wasn't for all of you helping out with auctions
> and donations, I'd be in some seriously deep shit now).
> Some of you may have noticed that Rabbit Valley no longer carries
> my art. I gave him until August 10th, but after that date, he was no
> longer permitted to sell or print my work. He has already sent some
> money to me, as well as my art. As soon as the check clears the
> bank, I will finish everyone's orders and ship them out post haste.
> I hold no ill will towards Rabbit Valley, and would like to be able
> to do business with them in the future (although in a much more
> controlled way). Please do not flame the poor guy, as he's got
> enough shit to deal with now as it is. In fact, if you wanted to be
> cool, keep ordering your furry stuff from him, and help him keep his
> head above water. I do not, nor have I ever had, any desire to make
> enemies in this genre, and I aim to keep that goal.
> There are going to be some changes to the website, too. Before the
> end of this month, the new (final) merchandise pages will be up,
> including new prints and such. Also, I have a PayPal business
> account now, so credit card orders can be accepted, as well as money
> orders or checks. But I'm not going to reopen the order page until
> I've got this backlog of orders sent out. I might be slow, but I
> never forget about orders that folks have placed.
> I also would like to start producing the CD art collections of my
> art sometime in September. Once they're completed, I'll post them on
> the site.
> Des is heading out to school in about 2 weeks, and she'll be gone
> for a few months, so she won't be online much (but she's said she'll
> come by one weekend a month). She's supposed to be over here on
> Wednesday, so if anyone here has been waiting to hear from her,
> that's when she'll play "catch-up".
> The orders page will be shut down tonight or tomorrow night, while
> I get caught up with everything. The final, new website *should* be
> completed and online, in it's entirety, by late Autumn/early Winter.
> I'll be updating the "By The Tail" website tonight, as well as trying
> to catch up on some e-mail. I've made notes of the various posts
> here which require an answer from me, and I'll get to them just as
> soon as I can.
> In related news, I hope to have the Caterwaul site up before issue
> one goes to press. No definite date on that yet, but I'll let you
> all know when the time nears. I have to redraw that issue, and my
> drawing ability is pretty limited right now.
> Reckon that's it for now. Time to get back to work! Sorry for the
> novel, folks...
> Talk to you all in a few...
>
> --James M. Hardiman
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Received on Mon Aug 05 2002 - 19:16:03 CDT