Yesterday the big push was on to finish the masks and finish they are. So much of my time and Mary’s has been railroaded by the PayPal fraud. They are fraud in our opinion and they cost us more than the money. 

It’s a domino effect. Currently we don’t have an easy way for people to purchase our products. Mary and I have been working long mornings and evenings to straighten this mess out. We are starting a new way to buy our stuff but it takes a lot of work and research. Meanwhile we aren’t bringing in orders or commissions.

This all started last thursday and still PayPal is silent.

Luckily I have 3 model building commissions that all happened before this and now that I’m caught up with my orders and can work on them.

We will have our Laser cutter next week and this opens up a whole new world of possibilities that weren’t possible before and I have my dear friends and supporters to thank.

The hair around her neck is removable as a request from the cuctomer so he could have Sandy’s autograph. Sharon Gimpel was the actress that played the Saltvampire in Star Trek.

Yesterday was pleasant and quiet. I was able to forge ahead on all these orders. The Masks are all painted, although I have yet to glaze the eyes with epoxy for that glossy look or lay the hair on the Salt Vampire which I’ll do first thing in the morning.

I did get Tracy’s Redstone kit started and nearly finished it. Today they will all be done. This means I can get back to the model of the Battlestar upstairs and finish it before I start 2 more commissioned models for a dear friend and supporter.

And…just maybe I can work on some personal projects. Now there’s a concept. The film has been just sitting since I finished the edit. Now it needs the sound work done and score before I can call it done.

Packed up and shipped a bunch of Rocket kits yesterday you should all check your email because you were sent tracking info by USPS and UPS about your rocket kits.

Got the Balock out of the mold and I shot video of him coming out of the mold. This will be in the weekend update.  I’ll be painting and finishing masks today.

Thanks to everyone that helped us achieve our goal with Buy Me A Coffee to purchase a much needed laser cutter for our shop. It is so greatly appreciated and such a happy thing after being ripped off and treated like dirt by PayPal.

The latest with them is my case is still under review so they gave me credit by placing a few hundred dollars into my account. But if I don’t win the case I’ll owe them the credit too. What evil bastards. I won’t touch that money or my account ever again.

Moving on.

After all the crap that went on this week it was a great escape and break from reality.

Despite PayPal and its failure to honor my fraud claim, I’m finishing all the orders I have at my own expense and sending them to all of you next week. 

Paypal has no honor and I will never use them again.

All the rocket kits are made up and I just have to finish packing them. Masks are all cast up and I’ve started painting them. The Salt Vampire will be finished Monday with hair and teeth.

I’m taking the day off and going to Electric Dreams for a very serious enduro slot car face to have some fun today!

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SNGStudio/w/16333

Trying to raise funds for a laser cutter I need for the studio. In light of losing my money on paypal to a hacker

I will have to wait a long time to get one now.

Despite my calls to PayPal and their ​alegded reversal of the charges they never terminated my ATM Business card as they said they had and then allowed during the night for the Hacker to run up a negative overdraft balance I refuse to pay. I couldn’t anyway.

​The know and it shows on their records I did not make this purchases to companies I never heard of.​

After 22 years of PayPal I will never use them again. This was a heartbreaker.

So here’s the deal. If you want to buy a mask use Buy Me a Coffee. Links will be on the website to full deatails and pictures. But you pay for it on Buy Me a Coffee. Stripe sends the money directly to my bank account where it’s safe. I so far have our best sellers listed. Keep checking back as I add more for Planet of the Apes masks, more masks, and props.

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SNGStudio/commissions

Yesterday was an interesting day to say the least. I check my email in the morning and my accounts. I’m very careful and watch closely. Despite that practice someone hacked my PayPal business card.

I keep the card on me at all times and only use it as credit. I don’t use passwords. But to make a long story short for the 3rd time in 22 years I was cleaned out. Worse, I had a negative balance to PayPal meaning I owed them money for purchases I never made.

I will no longer be using Paypal and all the purchases you made-my customers will be honored at my own expense if needed. PayPal is trying to make it right and put my money back. In fact this happened yesterday and I talked to them and they canceled the card but during the night while I slept that card was used again for a 1000 dollars in purchases. In short they screwed up.

So in a few days I’ll have new buttons up for Square. I am taking the PayPal buttons down now. If you can’t wait, send me an email and we will get you an order using a different method.

I did nearly finish the rocket kits yesterday but the day was cut short by this problem and it will today too. I apologize for this short inconvenience and will send your orders out early next week while I clean this mess up.