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I didn& #39;t want to bring the Goro Calendar situation into the limelight, but after months of silence this needs to become public. It was a long time coming tbh, so here comes a thread of my interactions with the "YOTC Team", or should I say @/cafeghosties
RTs are appreciated.
RTs are appreciated.
On the 26th of February (mind that there might be some date inconsistencies due to me living in the Eastern hemisphere) this e-mail was sent out to everyone who purchased the calendar regarding the delay in shipment (by 2 months at this point) and a possibility of opening refunds
I asked for a refund the same day and the responce was almost immediate. Which is good, I thought at first. "As soon as possible" and "take your time" seem like a joke now.
A month goes by and no responce. I& #39;m starting to get worried not just about my refund, but the shipment of the calendars to the other customers as well. I write an e-mail on 14th of April and they offer me a PDF & #39;on top of my refund& #39;, and this is something I want to emphasize.
They sent me the PDF with a JPG of a cover art on the 20th of April.
And then silence. Again. Which I decide to break on the 14th of August, 3 months after our last interaction. To this day (25th of August) I haven& #39;t gotten a response from them.
This should be a public issue. You can remove your name from the bio of the YOTC account, but we remember. Stop trying to escape and own up to your mistakes. I highly encourage everyone to share their experience too and, most importantly, we must hold Nate accountable.
And, finally, Nate - you can softblock me all you want, I know you did it right after realizing I was asking for a refund. You can hardblock me even, I don& #39;t care. But the issue won& #39;t disappear if you simply close your eyes. Try blocking everyone you scammed, good luck.
Here& #39;s my solution - apologize and finally send out the calendars. Yes, the year is in its 3rd quarter already, but you& #39;re making it even worse with each day passing. You can& #39;t issue refunds? Doesn& #39;t matter. Finish what you started a year ago, deliver on your promise.
I mean, what else are you gonna do with all of these now? https://twitter.com/AkechiCalendar/status/1252594266632830977?s=19">https://twitter.com/AkechiCal...
Happy to see you& #39;re finally acknowledging the issue, but don& #39;t make it sound like the troubles begun Just Now. You should& #39;ve rang the alarms way back in December of 2019 when you realized you won& #39;t be able to ship them by the start of the year https://twitter.com/cafeghosties/status/1297962869011734529?s=19">https://twitter.com/cafeghost...
I& #39;ll try to update this thread as the refunds proceed. Nate seems to take the issue seriously, expect them by the end of the week.
Also you& #39;re free to reply to this thread or DM me myself when you get them. Of course I will not be posting any personal information, but I also +
Also you& #39;re free to reply to this thread or DM me myself when you get them. Of course I will not be posting any personal information, but I also +
believe that people deserve to know what goes on behind the scenes at the moment, even if they aren& #39;t involved with the calendar directly. I just want everyone to get what they were ought to receive long time ago.
If there& #39;s problem with it let me know.
If there& #39;s problem with it let me know.
Update: even the contributing artists haven& #39;t been properly compensated for their work. They were promised physical copies of the calendar but are yet to receive anything from Nate, much like the customers.
A correction on my statement: Nate contacted and informed me that the reason he softblocked me wasn& #39;t related to the calendars; at the time he didn& #39;t even know I was asking for a refund.
UPDATE: I just got my refund. Nate said that he would try to issue the rest as fast as possible, but it might take two more weeks.
Update: the PDFs with the changed dates have been sent out.
Update: it& #39;s been brought to my attention that none of the artists were credited neither in the physical copies of the calendar, nor in PDFs.
Also, please, don& #39;t harass the artists involved with the zine. They have nothing to do with this whole situation and are victims as much as everyone else.
