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PROJECT UPDATE
Melsonian Arts Council
CREATOR
about 1 month ago
Project Update: Problem? READ ME!
Hello to anyone checking the Backerkit for something missing, or forgotten, or anything of the like!
The book is fully fulfilled as of a while ago, so if you haven't received something, or are missing anything, please get in touch! It is never too late to get your stuff, and even if you're reading this some shockingly long time in the future, it's worth a go right? If we can, we'll fix it.
So, best place to get us is via this link. Tell us what's up, along with a pledge number or similar identifying details, and we'll get on it. There are many ways to send message to people here at Melsonia but that one is where we maintain a full accounting of what needs doing for projects like this.
Hopefully you won't need to use it and are having a jolly time shooting aliens right now. But it's there if you do.
All the best,
-Everyone at Melsonia
The book is fully fulfilled as of a while ago, so if you haven't received something, or are missing anything, please get in touch! It is never too late to get your stuff, and even if you're reading this some shockingly long time in the future, it's worth a go right? If we can, we'll fix it.
So, best place to get us is via this link. Tell us what's up, along with a pledge number or similar identifying details, and we'll get on it. There are many ways to send message to people here at Melsonia but that one is where we maintain a full accounting of what needs doing for projects like this.
Hopefully you won't need to use it and are having a jolly time shooting aliens right now. But it's there if you do.
All the best,
-Everyone at Melsonia
PROJECT UPDATE
Melsonian Arts Council
CREATOR
6 months ago
Project Update: March Update
Hello everyone!
Thankyou to everyone who backed our little card project we funded this month! When the funds arrive we'll be using our part of the profits to speed up the postage on Stay Frosty. There's not an awful lot left as it is, so the end is in sight!
Thanks for your patience and continued support,
-Dan
Thankyou to everyone who backed our little card project we funded this month! When the funds arrive we'll be using our part of the profits to speed up the postage on Stay Frosty. There's not an awful lot left as it is, so the end is in sight!
Thanks for your patience and continued support,
-Dan
PROJECT UPDATE
Melsonian Arts Council
CREATOR
8 months ago
Project Update: February Update
Hello all!
January is finally over, and it was a lot of month. Good news seems to be that the USA tariffs aren't going to be getting any worse (for now). We're continuing to send them steadily and I'm very happy to see people are receiving and enjoying the book!
Thanks, by the way, to all of you who reached out to offer to pay extra to cover the tariffs. We appreciate the offer but we can't in good conscience accept anything, these are the risks of running a project like this. If we opened the gates to extra payments it would be unfair on those who can't or don't want to pay more. Instead we're going to raise some extra cash by:
January is finally over, and it was a lot of month. Good news seems to be that the USA tariffs aren't going to be getting any worse (for now). We're continuing to send them steadily and I'm very happy to see people are receiving and enjoying the book!
Thanks, by the way, to all of you who reached out to offer to pay extra to cover the tariffs. We appreciate the offer but we can't in good conscience accept anything, these are the risks of running a project like this. If we opened the gates to extra payments it would be unfair on those who can't or don't want to pay more. Instead we're going to raise some extra cash by:
- Offering Stay Frosty for pre-order on the store. These will be done with the tariffs accounted for!
- Moving ahead with a small project to print new Troika initiative cards. This is done in collaboration with Iglootree, who have done all the design, and art for it already and will do the fulfilment when it is completed. We're just handling publishing and production. We will be using our share of the profits to complete or at least speed up the completion of Stay Frosty USA post.
Regardless, books continue to go out slowly but surely.
-Dan
PROJECT UPDATE
Melsonian Arts Council
CREATOR
8 months ago
Project Update: January Update
Happy new year friends! Hope it's been a good one so far.
Fulfilment is rather humdrum for the most part. We've been chasing up the people who got missed in the cracks or came in late, and knocking away at the USA post.
The situation with the USA post is one you have probably heard already! We didn't bank on the regime ignoring court instructions to drop the tariffs in... what?... November? Something like that. While books are indeed 0% rated we have to spend 5x time as long on paperwork and pay courier "admin fees" on every parcel we send which, in addition to the WILD taxes on the shirts, adds up quickly and has led us to be several thousand pounds out of pocket above and beyond the postage we collected (and there's still more to go). Not something we can't handle, but we have to pace ourselves in order stay solvent.
Current schedule for the USA is unknown. We're actively working on it and will keep the monthly updates coming.
All the best,
-Dan
Fulfilment is rather humdrum for the most part. We've been chasing up the people who got missed in the cracks or came in late, and knocking away at the USA post.
The situation with the USA post is one you have probably heard already! We didn't bank on the regime ignoring court instructions to drop the tariffs in... what?... November? Something like that. While books are indeed 0% rated we have to spend 5x time as long on paperwork and pay courier "admin fees" on every parcel we send which, in addition to the WILD taxes on the shirts, adds up quickly and has led us to be several thousand pounds out of pocket above and beyond the postage we collected (and there's still more to go). Not something we can't handle, but we have to pace ourselves in order stay solvent.
Current schedule for the USA is unknown. We're actively working on it and will keep the monthly updates coming.
All the best,
-Dan
PROJECT UPDATE
Melsonian Arts Council
CREATOR
10 months ago
Project Update: December Update
Hello all!
We're chugging away on the USA shipments, which are progressing steadily and have, so far, not had any trouble with tariffs. Neat! We're continuing to pick up anyone who was late to fill in their surveys and popping them in on the pile of post going out. There's no deadline for completing surveys and whatnot, so don't panic if you haven't completed them yet.
Have a good Christmas all!
-Dan
We're chugging away on the USA shipments, which are progressing steadily and have, so far, not had any trouble with tariffs. Neat! We're continuing to pick up anyone who was late to fill in their surveys and popping them in on the pile of post going out. There's no deadline for completing surveys and whatnot, so don't panic if you haven't completed them yet.
Have a good Christmas all!
-Dan
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