HELP! I'm gettin' pinched by Zazzle!

POSTED BY: TenthCrewMember
UPDATED: Saturday, July 9, 2005 03:38
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SHINYMOM

Thursday, July 7, 2005 2:38 AM

Sent an email. Gorramit, I wanted to get a couple of new ones for the San Diego Comic-Con. Hope this gets straightened out. I've had lots of fun just window shopping, so to speak, not to mention wearing the shirts. I'll go look at CafePress now.

TENTHCREWMEMBER

Thursday, July 7, 2005 3:16 AM

To ALL,

Thanks for your support. And yes, I JUST recieved the exact same FORM LETTER from Zazzle. I've told them I will no longer be doing business with them and that I am recommending no Browncoat do any business with them of any kind.

I WILL be putting all of my designs up on Cafe' Press as quickly as I can. If anyone has a special request for something they planned on buying on Zazzle, email me, and I will put them up, first come first posted, so you can have them as soon as possible. I will even email you when they are up.

to contact me: tenthcrewmember@gmail.com

Again, I thank all of you for being there to have my back, but alas, the arrogant khangs don't reason well, so I am taking my business elsewhere.

I just hope they pay me what they owe me, so I can reinvest it into what I am doing on Cafe' Press.

Still Flyin'!
TCM

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RANGRBOB

Thursday, July 7, 2005 4:38 AM

I wonder if Universal or F*x has anything to do with this. Maybe with the popularity of the screeings they now think that there is a merchendising posibility with this franchise now. Paramount did alot of the same things with Star Trek fans after it became real big. They shut down the fan stuff because they decided they could make money off of the fan base and didn't want the competition. At least thats how I remember it.

FRAY101

Thursday, July 7, 2005 7:46 AM

Similar problems posted over at the UB:

http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/index.html?fuseaction=for
um.viewtopic&p=260815#260815

But at least Michellehz got a warning first.

Wonder how long it will be before CafePress cut down too?

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JAINA

Thursday, July 7, 2005 10:14 AM

i dont think it will be long now. a lotta people hae started setting up shops there, me included. *sigh*

- http://angel-btvs.co.uk - Firefly meets Angel meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- http://jewel-staite.net - All things Jewel!
- http://cafepress.com/dtdfirefly & http://cafepress.com/dtdfirefly2- Firefly & Serenity slogans, wear them with pride!
- http://cafepress.com/cantstopsignal - Can't Stop the Signal T-shirts and more!

STILLSHINY

Thursday, July 7, 2005 12:22 PM

Here is a copy of my response to Zazzle.

This is a very sad turn of events. I must say I am very disappointed.
In the whole time I have had this shop I have NEVER used copywritten
artwork or images. Yes, I have referenced characters & quoted Joss
Whedon. Who I will add would be in absolute favor of this shop &
others like it. Firefly & Serenity are a TV show & a Movie that could
not have happened without one thing...FANS. The reason we have been
able to succesfully run our shops is because noone ever heard of
Firefly except the true FANS. And because of the FANS it has become
what it is. This was never an attempt to make cash off of Joss
Whedon's ideas, this has always been a means to spread the word about
Firefly and to celebrate the art that is Joss Whedon. It is only now
that the fan base has grown to the point that a major motion picture
is going to be released. And now someone, who would not have movie
without us and our little shops, is going to slap us in the face, so
that their CORPORATION can produce Firefly & Serenity products. To be
honest I think Joss Whedon himself would be very disappointed with the
way his fans are being treated. Our goal has always been to make
Firefly & Serenity products available to the fans, we made them for
ourslelves. Please, it's not like we went out & decided to take a
bunch of Star Wars pics & make shirts. We chose to use inspiration
from a show nobody heard of & nobody cared about & make products for
us. Especially because CORPORATIONS did not want to. We tried
appealing to the CORPORATE structure to have shirts & posters &
figures done, and noone would. We got responses back like, "Firefly is
simply not a well established show for us to consider liscensing
products at this time" So we were left to make our own, our own
figures, our own posters, and yes our own T-Shirts. I made Firefly
T-shirts because I wanted one, and I didn't have the resources &
technology to do so. Upon discovering your service we have had a great
relationship. We the FANS provide you with fan based ideas & designs &
we get our shirts. But now Firefly has grown, made our voices heard,
and now people are listening. And suddenly these CORPORATIONS are
going to take the ART & LOVE of Firefly & Serenity and turn it into
one thing CASH & COMMERCIAL. How sad to say they would have no product
without us.
I do not feel this is fair. I am very upset. I am even certain that
the basis of this is not from Zazzle. I do believe someone else is
forcing this decision to you. I sincerely hope that perhaps we could
continue to do business, if perhaps we could remove a few products,
those that are deemed in violation, though I repeat I have never use
images or artwork from the show. I really wish you didn't have to do
this. I look forward to your response.

Find a crew, Find a job, Keep flying...
-Rob aka (Still Shiny)

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

BLINKER

Saturday, July 9, 2005 3:38 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Anfa:
We'll keep buyin'.

"That's not much."

"It's enough."

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