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How I feel about Natalia:

I contacted KS and apparently there is a dispute going on, let’s hope so.

The plot thickens...

It's about effing time! I hope she gets a nice dose of karma someday soon.

I for one hope we ALL get our money back and that she goes deep into depression and is never seen again since she just wants to hide on social media and ignore everyone!

I don't wish her ill, and I don't wish her to never produce decks again. I just want us to get our decks (or our money back) and then she can sell her designs to whomever she wants (and who will buy them from her.)

rousselle wrote:I don't wish her ill, and I don't wish her to never produce decks again. I just want us to get our decks (or our money back) and then she can sell her designs to whomever she wants (and who will buy them from her.)

This. I just hate people like this who think they can get away with it, espcially since whenver anyone questioned her lack of communication or lateness she got sooooo defensive. Otherwise, wel I hear Karma can be a B*tch

rousselle wrote:I don't wish her ill, and I don't wish her to never produce decks again. I just want us to get our decks (or our money back) and then she can sell her designs to whomever she wants (and who will buy them from her.)

She stole hard earned money from people and disappeared. And scammed other people into giving her more money at least 3 additional times. I don't wish her ill will, just karma. And my money back.

I've just received a kickstarter survey for these decks asking for my delivery address.

Me too. After all this time....maybe I can finally check off that box on Kickstarter....still not holding my breath though.

Still hoping I can get my Don Quixote decks at some point too.

It would be great if I believed it, but as I said in the comments, Natalia's Muertos campaigns had surveys filled out almost 3 years ago. So until I have cards in hand, and they are the correctly printed cards (I don't know how these could be printed now with the world essentially shut down), I will be skeptical.

Judging from the funding to survey period (Dec 2017 to May 2020), I suppose we can assume that we'll see the cards in Dec of 2022?

Not holding my breath either, but quietly hopeful.

I feel more ... whatever the word is ... that I got a fellow cardist on the Natalia Silva bandwagon because "I've never had any problem dealing with her and her designs are pretty great"

Now where's the Crazy Deck survey???

I looked at my 4 unfulfilled pledges and Avalon is EPPC printing. The rest are Uspcc. Could be the delay in surveys.

Just to make you all feel better, when I completed the survey I noted my pledge was for just under $100. That hurt being reminded about.

Joker's_Progeny wrote:It would be great if I believed it, but as I said in the comments, Natalia's Muertos campaigns had surveys filled out almost 3 years ago. So until I have cards in hand, and they are the correctly printed cards (I don't know how these could be printed now with the world essentially shut down), I will be skeptical.

I suspect the cards were printed a long, long time ago well before the pandemic. My guess is Natalia mismanaged the funds or used them for something else and didn't have any money left for shipping. After sitting on these decks for all this time, if she's finally got money to cover the shipping (stimulus check maybe?), then kudos to her for finally completing fulfillment. Personally, I haven't backed any of her projects so I don't have a dog in any of these races, but I know a lot of you have been waiting on her. Erik Mana basically sat on his decks for almost 2 years before he finally completed fulfillment of his KS, so maybe there's hope for Natalia. Having said that, she doesn't get any benefit of the doubt so I wouldn't hold my breath just yet . . .

Have to agree, any goodwill/cred she built up is now long washed-away.