Hey all, back with a shipping update + note on leftover stock.
99% of North American orders have been shipped out! If you ordered a zine, you should've received a tracking number through Backerkit. If you ordered stickers, they've been sent through letter mail and should arrive within 2 weeks.
CANADIAN BACKERS: you received an email from Haasio earlier last week regarding customs/import fees from UPS! Check the email you use with Backerkit!
50% of EU orders have been shipped out! Jude is sending them through the Czech Royal Post primarily (as they're priced in a way that lets us do free shipping for the majority of EU backers). HOWEVER! The Czech Royal Post only receives a limited amount of tracking numbers each day (they receive tracking numbers as physical stickers that they put on packages). Because of this, the majority of EU orders will not have tracking. We're currently troubleshooting orders to Great Britain (which isn't allowing any packages over 2 kilos anymore???? We're in touch with the affected Backers). We've been prioritizing tracking numbers for packages going longer distances (Australia, Singapore, etc). Primary bottleneck right now is FedEx + the Czech Royal Post being finicky about certain country addresses.
STOCKING 2 CONCURRENT PRINT RUNS: IN HINDSIGHT
Our print run was especially weird to stock and order for because we were coordinating stock separately between North America and EU, but working from a common database of orders (this Backerkit). As a result, the wiggle room we worked into stock for each half of fulfillment was not perfect. Since Jude and I are both students with limited space, we tried to order exactly what was needed, with just a few extras in case things were damaged.
However, there was a bit of human error (especially because our order estimates were based on surveys completed in MAY. People are still responding to surveys NOW, and Haasio closed the survey Add-Ons too late.... Many stickers have sold out prematurely as a result. Whoops!)
We have been in touch with Backers affected by sold out stickers (it is a very small amount of people). However, from this point on if you complete your survey now (nearly 2 months after we have ordered stock) we cannot guarantee that we have all of the stickers in stock for you. EU has some extra stickers, and North America is out of stickers. EU is out of zines, and North America has some extras (which have been sent to the EU to fulfill necessary orders).
We have a small reservoir of leftover zines in the US, but we're using these as backups for Backers whose zines got lost in the mail/severely damaged by the mail (IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU, LET US KNOW!). In late July or August, these may go up for sale.
KEEP AN EYE ON THE ENNIES
We submitted this year under the community content category! Once it's time to vote, we'll be in contact!
USA/Canada zines arrived this morning! I'm aiming to spend the next week and a half working through all 240some zines. I'm working through the USA orders alphabetically by first name. Each zine is hand-numbered one out of 308!
Gloss on the US zines came out wonderfully! There's been a bit of a hiccup with the gloss on the EU zines- Jude will be in touch with the printer by next week to see what can be done, but there's a chance EU/international order zines may not have cover gloss.
EU/International zines should be shipping soon as well.
Once your zine is packed and receives a label, you'll receive an email through Backerkit with the tracking number!
Additionally, the zine digital release is out! The only change between this edition and the March edition is that the Employees of the Month section has been completed. You can read online here: https://haasio.itch.io/the-triangle-agency-fan-zine
Hoping to get your zine into your hands soon! Haasio
I got an update from the North America printer letting me know the zines have been delayed- they'll ship from the printer by May 28th, and arrive for me to begin shipping to you within 2-5 business days after that.
EU zines are still on schedule (should arrive and begin getting shipped out sometime next week).
Zines should arrive in both the US and EU around May 25th. We hope to begin shipping them out as soon as they arrive! Once the zines arrive, I'll lock your addresses through the pledge manager, so make sure your addresses are up to date!
In addition, stickers have arrived for the North America folks! These will be shipping WITH your zines, likely tucked inside the front cover.
Zines are beginning to be printed! The files are finalized, and the commissions are done.
The US zines began printing on May 4, and the EU zines should hit the printer sometime this week. Stickers have also begun to be printed, and should arrive around when the zines do.
Thanks again for all of the support!
Hats off to Wyllora for those portraits! they look killer!
We've been Up to More Art
Jude (your EU bookmaster) recently released his thesis project on itch.io! Crawlspace is a game manual for a fictional video game about an Anomaly containment unit... Sound familiar?
Fun fact: he printed his thesis at the same printer we're using for the EU zines, so we have a pretty good idea of how the zines will turn out. Check it out below!
