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8 days ago
Project Update: Important survey update!!
Ribbits everyone!
The past week surveys have been filled in and we've just crossed the 80% mark, thank you so much for the speedy work on your ends! Fun to know is that the Harlequin toad is the most favourite, followed by the Northern Leopard frog and the Luristan newt!
The past week surveys have been filled in and we've just crossed the 80% mark, thank you so much for the speedy work on your ends! Fun to know is that the Harlequin toad is the most favourite, followed by the Northern Leopard frog and the Luristan newt!
Combined shipping and tariffs (for non-US backers???)
Sadly we hit a big hiccup whilst surveys were being filled in and some have reached out about it, thank you all!
US backers need to pay tariffs, that's a stupid fact but I cannot avert this. Best I can do it collect them upfront from US backers for speedy and smooth delivery.
For combined shipping: Local pickup didn't add tariffs for US backers, shit.
I reached out to Backerkit and together we figured out a way to add it.
Another problem popped up: everyone now in Local Pickup paid tariffs, even local Dutch and EU/UK/Canada customers. Frogs, back to the drawing board but luckily we found a solution. It's sadly a long tedious and manual solution on my part but should be very easy and clear for backers.
US backers need to pay tariffs, that's a stupid fact but I cannot avert this. Best I can do it collect them upfront from US backers for speedy and smooth delivery.
For combined shipping: Local pickup didn't add tariffs for US backers, shit.
I reached out to Backerkit and together we figured out a way to add it.
Another problem popped up: everyone now in Local Pickup paid tariffs, even local Dutch and EU/UK/Canada customers. Frogs, back to the drawing board but luckily we found a solution. It's sadly a long tedious and manual solution on my part but should be very easy and clear for backers.
The solution
For those who qualify and go for the combined shipping: please fill in your complete address but choose 'local pickup' instead of your country. This will remove the shipping costs but will add tariffs.
For the NON-US BACKERS: These added tariffs will be removed manually by me. You will not pay them, as you should not pay them. BUT: I need your full address (except country, choose 'Local Pickup' for that) to double check if you are a non-US backer, so please help me with this to make my work easier. I will have to say your are a US backer if your address is all N/A. (I will use the streetname/postal code/city to search which country it is in, hence me needing your full address.)
This work will be done before I will charge the survey. This due to the constant changing of the tariff percentage. (As it is now, it's not even 35% anymore, but we never know what he cooks up next....) So for now ignore those tariffs if you are not a US backer.
That's it. That's the solution! Thank you for your patience!
In other news: I saw some mention in their survey that they couldn't get Local Pickup fixed, I will manually change that for you. So those mentions are noted down, not to worry.
For the NON-US BACKERS: These added tariffs will be removed manually by me. You will not pay them, as you should not pay them. BUT: I need your full address (except country, choose 'Local Pickup' for that) to double check if you are a non-US backer, so please help me with this to make my work easier. I will have to say your are a US backer if your address is all N/A. (I will use the streetname/postal code/city to search which country it is in, hence me needing your full address.)
This work will be done before I will charge the survey. This due to the constant changing of the tariff percentage. (As it is now, it's not even 35% anymore, but we never know what he cooks up next....) So for now ignore those tariffs if you are not a US backer.
That's it. That's the solution! Thank you for your patience!
In other news: I saw some mention in their survey that they couldn't get Local Pickup fixed, I will manually change that for you. So those mentions are noted down, not to worry.
Thank you for all the suggestions!
And a HUGE thank you for all the sweet and kind words, it really is fuel to the motivation. Even more so with all the amazing suggestions! Snakes is a big one on the to do list for enamel pins, as well as more frogs of course! Also mentioned: caecilians, gecko's, snails, turtles, chameleons, lizard, bearded dragon and more.
The only thing (and this isn't mention yet) that I sadly cannot do is insects. There might be a few lucky insects (ants, bees, moths, butterflies, weevils, beetles) in the far future, but I have a big fear of spiders and while I now there are bunch of cool and neat ones.. I- I just can't look up reference pictures and study them, ahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa. I usually spend half an hour to an hour looking up reference pictures, of different angles, types, etc for the past enamel pins and would not survive me doing that for spiders (or geji-geji, or mili/centipedes or earwigs, etc).
That's it for now. I'm preparing for a 4 days con out of country starting next week and haven't gotten time to fully vectorize the enamel pins yet. So that's on the to do after the convention to get the ball rolling with my manufacturer!
As always if you need to reach out to me, do not hesitate to contact me via Backerkit support (the 'Contact us for help' button on your pledge page). Or you can use the contact form on my website, that way you reach me immediately by email and I can help you out much easier. Please keep an eye on your email when you reach out. I usually respond within 48h to your questions.
Wishing you all a frogtastic weekend!
The only thing (and this isn't mention yet) that I sadly cannot do is insects. There might be a few lucky insects (ants, bees, moths, butterflies, weevils, beetles) in the far future, but I have a big fear of spiders and while I now there are bunch of cool and neat ones.. I- I just can't look up reference pictures and study them, ahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa. I usually spend half an hour to an hour looking up reference pictures, of different angles, types, etc for the past enamel pins and would not survive me doing that for spiders (or geji-geji, or mili/centipedes or earwigs, etc).
That's it for now. I'm preparing for a 4 days con out of country starting next week and haven't gotten time to fully vectorize the enamel pins yet. So that's on the to do after the convention to get the ball rolling with my manufacturer!
As always if you need to reach out to me, do not hesitate to contact me via Backerkit support (the 'Contact us for help' button on your pledge page). Or you can use the contact form on my website, that way you reach me immediately by email and I can help you out much easier. Please keep an eye on your email when you reach out. I usually respond within 48h to your questions.
Wishing you all a frogtastic weekend!
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