Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Imagine. On our website, it says in bold red: ATTENTION: DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PIECE THROUGH THE SITE. YOU MUST FIRST CONTACT US BELOW
Problem #1: We get someone who decides to not read a thing, and they order it anyway.
Problem #2: They expect us to ship it with the full acknowledgment that they know there's no price on it, hence free.
Problem #3: They expect to receive it without paying a cent for...
Imagine. On our website, it says in bold red: ATTENTION: DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PIECE THROUGH THE SITE. YOU MUST FIRST CONTACT US BELOW Problem #1: We get someone who decides to not read a thing, and they order it anyway.Problem #2: They expect us to ship it with the full acknowledgment that they know there’s no price on it, hence free.Problem #3: They expect to receive it without paying a cent for it. These are works that costs significant amounts of money. All names removed: but the email below is real. This has happened more than once. We now ignore stuff like this since the person on the other end is just lame. It’s a shame humanity is doomed thanks to people like this. I ordered a Ray Fong Barry McGee painting about one and a half weeks ago, and i have not received it yet even though the painting was in stock. I was wondering if there was some miss understanding because there was no price on it. Thank You Thank you for shopping at GiantRobot.com. Invoice # 45985— Shipping Address —— Billing Address — — Order Details — Qty Product Name SubTotal————————————–1 Barry McGee – Ray Fong 1 Painting $0.00 SubTotal: $0.00 Tax: $0.00 Shipping: $0.00 Total: $0.00
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In Beijing, I snapped a lot of photos of bikes. It was fun to shoot people on bikes for some reason in China, maybe it's because the bikes were so odd compared to what I see in the US. It's not about fixed gear, or being cool, most of these bikes look like they're 50 years old. They're for the most part tools of some sort. I didn't see many bikes being ridden for recreation, it looked like most...
In Beijing, I snapped a lot of photos of bikes. It was fun to shoot people on bikes for some reason in China, maybe it’s because the bikes were so odd compared to what I see in the US. It’s not about fixed gear, or being cool, most of these bikes look like they’re 50 years old. They’re for the most part tools of some sort. I didn’t see many bikes being ridden for recreation, it looked like most everyone was trying to get somewhere with a big load of gear. Link to the bikes. I’ll try and upload a bunch of photos I took in China. Maybe it’s great timing with the Olympics going on and such. Either way, there was a lot in Giant Robot 54. These are just extra photos for you to check out. Also on Flickr… I uploaded a collection of photos of Japanese drivers. I’m not sure how exciting it is to see, but it’s a collection.
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Simple Pleasures set up. Yep, it all takes place at the Shepard Fairey studio parking lot. I think most vendors thought it would be larger, since paying for a booth and having a bunch of others do the same makes you think it's going to be huge. It's near the same price as other events that take place in bigger spaces, but economically, this still might make sense when I at first thought it...