No transfer explained... again

Since I announced I was going copy/no transfer and in turn did, I've gotten a few complaints about it. Let me just say, I could count the number on one hand... but if that amount IMed me, there must be more out there biting their tongues. So lemme take a minute or 10 to try to explain to those who are disappointed by the changes.

The SL asset server has become unreliable. People are losing inventory. This is a fact, not an opinion. Ask around, check out the official forums - the residents answers. Sometimes, transactions go stale. Meaning money is taken from you, but no product delivered. Sometimes even, you'll get what you buy then crash/log out, when you login - its gone.

Unfortunately I hear stories like this daily. It's simply not fair for you guys to have your stuff disappearing all over the place. It's not acceptable and not cool. On the other hand, it's not very fair to me either. I'm sure a high majority of people who contact me with these problems are being honest... but we all know there's not so honest people in SL. How many of these people are just taking another copy to give to their buddy?

Copy will not solve all of these problems but it will help tremendously. Even if a copy item disappeared replacement would be no problem at all. All I need to do is confirm your transaction. SL is not getting better in regards to stability its been on the decline since I first signed up (2005). Sad, but true. But trust me, lol, I would not have gone to the *insane* amount of work it was to change posters, perms, re-stuff posters, etc. if I did not think it was a necessary step.

There's other cool things about copy. Like offering new things on multiple layers (and I've even gone back and done the current outfits, when possible, on other layers). Mixing and matching - in an organized way. Seriously, guys... do this. Your inventory will explode with possibilities!

Anywho, I hope this clears up why I did what I did.

The Details

Renovations on the store went overall well! :) The only real problem was when I was unlinking a bunch of posters... they all poofed. Just...poof. The posters ended up at the dreaded 0,0,0 coordinates of my sim. So! I had to re-do around 15 posters. At 7am that just wasn't cool. Ah well. 'Tis the life in SL.

I have to say... I adore the new landscaping/tree's! This may be kinda goofy but they're tree's that grow around here in RL. It makes it feel more home. I'm at total peace in the mountains. I can't explain it... its just "ahhhhhhh". Anywho, to bring a bit of that feeling into my SL surroundings is awesome. The majority of plants are from Heart Garden Centre - they do SUCH a great job.



Here's some of the newness - just a few photo's.

Skins! They come in three tones: light, tan, and dark all with the choice of black or brown eyebrows. 15 makeup choices in each tone from bare to cat eye! And one great thing - the shape seen in the photo's is included! Yay!


New clothes!

Rainment Skirts! These come in plaid (as shown), plain black & white, leopard, camo, and zebra.


Two sweaters in lots of colors too! The "Mortise" sweater is pictured.


Jean jackets (includes tank).


I love love love the mesh tank and bra to this. I've been wearing it for like 3 weeks. Woah! It looks great mixed with the rainment skirts too!



So what else? Well we still gotta do the event-esk thing! That'll be tomorrow sometime. There's also a few more things to come - stuff I just didn't have time to complete.

We (A friend, Emme and I) are making a newb tool-kit. Everything to rid yourself of the newb look - skin, hair, clothes, walk replacer, etc. All free. :) And I have to do little things around the store. Make a map/teleporter. Get employee pictures hanging in the shop. I'll think about it tomorrow. Time for some sleep I say!

Oh! I almost forgot - the discount section upstairs is much bigger. I really don't want to make the store any bigger anytime soon, it's fricken HUGE, so things will slowly be moved up to the discount section and eventually retired.



PS... Has anyone seen Skel A. Tor? lol!

Open!

Woot! Newness! The store is back open and now I must sleep.

:)

I'll blog some more about it all when I wake up!

Nyte'N'Day Closes Tonight!

Nyte'N'Day will be closing tonight at midnight for renovations! I'm not sure how long it'll take but most likely I'll be pulling an all nighter. If all goes well maybe a few hours. I wish I could be more specific but I really don't have any idea how long this will take. Make sure to join my update group "Couture Isle Update Group" if you want to stay informed.

I want to have some special event-things over this weekend. Maybe a "treasure hunt" for fashion cards (gift cards). I'm not sure, something cool. So the events will be pretty sporadic - join the update group! I'll be hanging out around/in the store most the weekend too. Well, aside from Sat during the day - a girls gotta sleep! :)

Recap of what's happening:

- New store build
- Permissions on all items switch to modify/copy/no transfer
- New skins
- New clothes
- New landscaping
- Much bigger discount area
- Automated Fashion Cards (Gift Cards) in the denominations of (250L, 500L, 1000L, 3000L).


Ok, back to work! Still got a lot to do! :)

Soon! :)