WE DID A THING TODAY!!! ☃️❄ Alright, so don't kill me, but... I am NOT ready for winter to end. We've hardly had a winter here in Northern Michigan and I was over the moon excited to FINALLY get some real snow today. And so, I had to embrace my inner "Queen of Darkness" and get out in the fluffy, cold white stuff. 🖤 . Sparda finally got to come out of hiding for a bit. It felt so good to be a mermaid again. Ugh. 🧜🏻♀️👑💕 . Are you ready for Spring, or are you a snow bunny hanging on to Winter? 🖤 . #wintermermaid #icequeen #icemermaid #queenofdarkness #mermaidqueen #gothsofinstagram #gothmermaid #mergoth #michiganmermaid #arcticmermaid #michigan_view #puremittigan #traversecity #NorthernMichiganMermaid (at Traverse City, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XTHQJn7VP/?igshid=78rk18ntmtag
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ur blog content is so good i lov getting my dose of cute animals and also goth aesthetic
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Want to help a mermaid out? In exchange for your help, I promise you safe passage across the lake 😉🧜🏻♀️🌊 . FOR REAL THOUGH! I have a question for you... . What assumptions do you have about me? ANYTHING. Don't hold back! . This will be for an upcoming video, since a few people have requested some more "personal," or "q&a" style videos. It'll likely turn into a makeup tutorial/chat, since my new lense is PERFECT for makeup tutorials 😍 (Also, any suggestions for a makeup theme? Otherwise, I can go crazy!). . Gaaaahh!!! I can't wait to show you all the first new lense. Eep. It is AWESOME. I'm in love. 🙂 . Okay, I'll go now. Enjoy my overly enhanced eyeballs peering into your soul. Thank you for your help! . #darkmermaid #gothicsiren #traversecitymermaid #tcmermaid #traversecity #gothmermaids #mergoth #GhostOfTheGreatLakes #queenofdarkness #mermaidpictures #sirensofinstagram #themagiccrafter #mermaidphantom (at Traverse City, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B77HMFfnVvR/?igshid=ich0h7cxicpf
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THANK U FOR THE WARNING WTF how could ppl be so mean to wanna scam us seal lovers...
No prob bob…er… mergoth!
General info on bootlegs under the cut!
Amazon has a pretty bad problem with bootleggers, and to make it worse there’s a ton of other places the scammers are posting the knockoffs. Honestly there are a TON of bootleg products out there, this one just hit my niche so it was easy for me to recognize it, and I have a fairly decent number of followers with a similar interest (seals) so hopefully I can warn most people before they’re tricked. At this point I think most people that will be tricked will be people who aren’t super into seals and see one of the random ads. I’ve tried getting things taken down from Amazon before and it is near impossible (someone was selling my artwork on a product), I imagine Facebook is the same case.
I think a lot of people get enough good products from Amazon that they just trust their purchases are the same as going to a legitimate store- Amazon is flooded with bootlegs, many that aren’t just fan art shirts and merch but products (like figma action figures) that the bootleggers disassemble a legit sculpt and make their own molds to cast lower quality figures. Most popular products have a bootleg version, some under a parody name but some that look so identical you can’t tell them apart unless you know the product line really well and have an authentic one to compare with side by side.
(The one on the left is the fake)
The one good thing about shopping on Amazon is you can return products and their customer service is really good, so if you or someone you know got a bootleg off amazon and it’s within the first 30 days, file a dispute. There’s a good chance that not only will you get your money back but you can probably keep the bootleg as well, which will hit the scammers in the pocket book, where it hurts. If enough of us do that Amazon will take notice.
And yeah, I get that some of us like the cheaper option- they shouldn’t be marketing it under photos of the original item; they should make their own design. Looking at all the pictures, I think they bought a real one, cut it apart at the seams to make a pattern, and then did some method of photo copying (that didn’t get all the details and somehow messed up the sizes???) to fabric print on the new pieces. It’s a complicated form of art theft, and bait and switch scamming.Here’s some tips I got from https://goboiano.com/33-bootlegged-figures-will-make-cringe/ about action figure bootlegs
If any part of the figure is shiny, it’s most likely fake. The face of the figure is usually a dead giveaway.
Real figures are very detailed and have little to no imperfections. Bootlegs usually have messy paint jobs and bright coloring.
Order from official websites or official partners ONLY. It’s best to avoid eBay unless you are sure that it sells official figures/merchandise. Stores from Japan are most likely to sell legitimate goods, but this is not always the case.
“Chinese versions” listed as CHN ver. on any marketplace are usually fakes.
Look for an official seal or sticker on a box.
Nendoroids usually run about a base price of $30-$70 dollars depending on the model/ demand for the character. Figmas usually start around $50-$70. Large scale/PVC figures (depending on the scale) usually start at $70 and go into the hundreds. Anything that is significantly less than these prices is more than likely a bootleg. Bootlegs are usually listed at half of these costs.
Prize figures, gashapons, and keychains are cheap and are harder to differentiate the real and fake versions, since they cost less anyways. Be more cautious when ordering these.
Make sure to search the figure before buying to see the overall price. Anything $10 lower is fishy.
The more popular a fandom, the more likely it will have bootlegs. Anything’s game though.
Don’t trust every single anime store, con vendor, or online shop. There are popular conventions that have vendors who sell bootlegs. Sometimes, they will even be the same price as real merchandise! Look up an official partnership list to make sure. For example, Good Smile’s partnership list can be located here.
Not all differences between figures are that apparent. Some may have a really convincing look and paint job. What happens if you buy it, however? Sometimes parts will not fit or it will break almost immediately. Plus, it supports an illegal business and hurts the company.
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@mergoth drew me i love it. just me chilling as a ytp sexer fan.
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