Still trying & waiting...

Ok, it's been a while since my last post and you would not believe all of the DRAMA I have been through with this poster. I swear, I felt like I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I don't see what the big freakin' deal is. Ok, this is what had happened: I tried to support my peeps and use a Black-owned printer but they didn't have the necessary equipment to do the job but didn't tell me that until AFTER they tried to jip me. Not only did they go up on the price by two hundred dollars (which, by the way, I brushed off and accepted just to see the damn thing done!)they told me I had more than five hundred (the number I ordered)...well, I counted (didn't want to, trust me) and there were only 384 posters! But even worse than that, they looked NOTHING like the proof I had approved. Long story short, they knew they were wrong and just gave me all my money back. I was all prepared to go to small claims court. It was an awful experience. So now I go to another company (which is not Black-owned but was recommended to me from the very beginning) and I approve a proof that had a word missing in Winnie Mandela's bio. I didn't examine the whole poster, just the graphic changes we had discussed. Long story short: I had to speak to the CEO of the company and now I will have five hundred done correctly and five hundred "complimentary proofs". Thanks to my girl Angela Winn for that idea. It's cool because they look great still and I can now afford to be more generous in giving them away to folks in Acornhoek. What a nightmare this has been. I am SO tired and worn out. But now I have a due date of 1/19/2006 on my account which is tomorrow. So I hope they will be FINALLY done and ready to be picked up. It will be so worth it. The poster is beautiful and makes me feel proud for seeing it through. Ok, sorry for the boring message. One day I will learn how to post images. Thanks for reading and stay tuned....