This reader submission is hilarious, shocking, and possibly the worst behavior displayed by any store owner I’ve ever seen.
[2010/06/16 20:50] Lani [name removed]: hi, do you have ay satellite stores? For some reason, SL is saying your sim is an invalid parcel.
[2010/06/16 20:53] Endra Graves: Evening Lani
[2010/06/16 20:54] Endra Graves: I added you to the ban list till we had the opportunity to have a chat
[2010/06/16 20:54] Endra Graves: Sorry for the confusion
[2010/06/16 20:54] Lani [name removed]: Why would I be on a ban list?
[2010/06/16 20:54] Endra Graves: Blogger
[2010/06/16 20:54] Lani [name removed]: I’m not a blogger.
[2010/06/16 20:54] Endra Graves: Ive had some nasty run ins with bloggers, so wanted to talk to you
[2010/06/16 20:54] Endra Graves:
http://[removed].wordpress.com/
[2010/06/16 20:54] Endra Graves: is on your profile
[2010/06/16 20:55] Lani [name removed]: yes. I own a store. That is my store blog.
[2010/06/16 20:55] Endra Graves: well then, we should be fine.
[2010/06/16 20:56] Lani [name removed]: Right then.
[2010/06/16 20:56] Lani [name removed]: have a good one.
After reading Lani’s email, I looked for Endra Graves in-world and saw this little gem in her profile picks:
LOL!
She gives off a warm friendly vibe, doesn’t she?
Note the “not interested in being blogged” part. She must have received a bad review somewhere, ohhh!
“No other jewelry will ever look the same again.” Such a big claim, I had to go see for myself.
I couldn’t teleport to her main store parcel, so I tried the satellite store at Les Champs Elysees. Immediately upon arriving, I received this notecard:
Welcome to Artistry, PLEASE READ
Some things you need to know/understand about shopping here.
Child Avatars are ejected/banned on sight. No further notice will be given other than this notecard before ejection. This MATURE rated sim was chosen for this reason. Child avatars have no business being on a mature rated sim. There are many beautiful PG rated sims that will make you/them welcome.
This is a NO FLY sim. Please refrain from flying on the sim (fly has been turned OFF)
Please DO NOT tp your friends into the store. Hand them a landmark to tp in themselves. There is a forced landing point on the sim for a reason, AND we all want them to have their own LM so they can come back.
Appropriate attire is required. Artistry is an upscale jewelry store, catering to a high end clientelle. You WILL be asked to adjust your attire if you arrive looking like you should either be shopping on Zindra, or involved in the sexual goings on there. Indecent exposure is not tolerated here, if you would be asked to leave an upscale shop IRL in what you’re wearing, you will not be permitted to shop here wearing it.
Standing unresponsive in the store or BEING unresponsive in the store is not tolerated. This is how copybots/design theives behave. You WILL be ejected. Also, if you need to be AFK for more than 2 minutes for any reason, please tp out first.
When you land, MOVE FORWARD off of both the greeter and the landing point- rezzed or not- MOVE.
You are held accountable for knowing the behavior expected of you in this location. Your failure to read or abide by the guidelines in this notecard, or those on the sim covenant itself is simply “not my problem” I WILL enforce the above. For those who would say I have no right to tell you what you can or can-not do on MY sim, I will happily take YOUR notecard and abide by YOUR rules should I ever choose to venture onto YOUR property.
~Endra~
Artistry by ~ E ~
I bolded some LOL-worthy parts but the entire note is laughable.
And if you’ve made it this far, here is the goodies that you won’t be missing by not shopping at Artistry by E.
I know you don’t want to be blogged, Miss Endra Graves, but please consider this a public service to all residents in Second Life to avoid your store like the plague, just in case they’re not good enough to shop at your store. Or they own a blog. Or they stand still too long. Or they simply cannot follow one of your many rules.
What an idiot
I remember this woman, nasty nasty woman.
A friend of mine does a bit of photography and blogged (hhahaha probably why she now bans bloggers).
Anyway my friend used to love her jewellery and purchased a lot of it and would sometimes wear it in her blogs. This store owner contacted her and asked her not to wear her jewellery any more when she tooks pics because my friend “made her jewellery look bad”
My friend simply packed up the $10K or so worth of jewellery she owns and dropped it back oner her, promising her she would never wear her jewellery again for any reason.
This is the most ridiculous person I have read about in Second Life to date. Someone needs to realize that this is not RL, LOL.
wow… just…
I’m actually lost for words for once
woaaa…weird??? LMAO
I’ve been reading this site for awhile and I have to say that this designer is a weirdo.
I don’t need to go into her store to make a judgement on her jewelry. From these horrible ads, I say they suck. She’s got a lot of nerve to think that her items are upscale lol. She needs help iRL if she thinks that her store is highclass, upscale and the best store in Second Life, a virtual world.
To be honest, MorantiQue Lush by Mo Miasma is 10x better than this store.
P.S. Does anyone notice the chocolate icing background? Lol really?
Morning all. A couple minor corrections and comments and I’ll leave you to your ripping me to shreds.
1. “Note the “not interested in being blogged” part. She must have received a bad review somewhere, ohhh!” – Not at all. I’ve never received a bad review until today (to my knowledge- but hey, not typically being a blog reader- anything is possible!)
2. “I couldn’t teleport to her main store parcel, so I tried the satellite store at Les Champs Elysees. Immediately upon arriving, I received this notecard:” – This is actually incorrect. This notecard is given out at my mainstore and on my private property ONLY. I have NO say over what you all do in Paris where my secondary store is located.
3. “And if you’ve made it this far, here is the goodies that you won’t be missing by not shopping at Artistry by E.” Dear Blog owner- THANK YOU for being so kind as to post snaps of a couple of my wallboards. That was a large issue I had with the individual refered to in Ms. Wingtips’ post- she took decent photography, but morphed the heck out of her pictures, destroying the colors and shapes in my work- which was my issue with her and her using my work in her blog- and for the record Ms Wingtips- Jess did NOT drop me her jewelry, so don’t let her lie to you and tell you she did.
4. “I know you don’t want to be blogged, Miss Endra Graves, but please consider this a public service to all residents in Second Life to avoid your store like the plague…” Oh dear, and here I thought all the considerate persons of SL had disappeared! Thank you so much for being kind enough as to get the word out there for me!
My thanks to the SL resident who linked me to the blog and shall go nameless. Total stranger looking out for me. So very kind. Allright all, I’m off, You may return to your destruction, mayhem, public service or negative promotion brigade. Enjoy!
Miss Graves,
I have in fact seen both the raw shots and the shots you complained about, nbothing was ‘morphed’ your jewellery looked like your jewellery. Sad thing is you complained how shit it looked, which says far more about your items than about Jess’ skills.
And worst than that you were a NASTY NASTY person about asking her not to photograph your stuff, you were rude, insulting and spiteful
LOL
who she is!?
i never heard about this till today!!!
gusy let her in her dark world, she feel better being such an idiot lmao
and hey! Endra Graves u can ban me too IM BLOGGER
muahahaha
I don’t know about her jewelry but I can’t take any seller seriously who uses those outdated freebie modeling poses.
Uh…my eyes are glazed over all right…..her work looks like something from a freebie warehouse, and the “rules” *wiping the tears from her eyes* I needed a laugh today.
Great post!
This is only my opinion and i’m hoping no one takes it as any more than that.
Endra Graves from what i’ve read in this post is a nasty person, unfortunately there’s people like him/her all over second life. No one can force them out because some of them make their living off second life. I personally don’t want anything to do with Endra, i don’t even know him/her. In my opinion i suggest Endra learn to respect and understand that she comes off disgusting, cruel, and egotistical.
Endra, you have nothing to be egotistical about, your creations aren’t all that good not to mention if you want to get money i’d advise you use better backgrounds/lighting/advertisement.
This blog reaches many people and because of that i highly recommend you get your act together because your traffic will probably dropx10. I’m sure you’re a nice person to those “who deserve it” but ya know…that isn’t okay.
To make it in second life you actually need to look presentable, and banning/ejecting normal looking avis, bloggers, child avis….so on and so forth…yeah that isn’t good.
Endra, grow up or get off second life. Get yourself a better looking avatar, learn to make better jewelry and act like a responsible, respectable, and all in all better developer/owner/designer.
Oh and, feel free to ban me because i’m a blogger :)
Not like i’d ever go to your store….you’re a horrible person who sells horrible designs.
Thank you,
Lanie Windlow
Wow, that is probably the most bizarre thing I’ve read regarding SL.
Since my graphics are not the greatest, I stand in a store for several minutes while I pan the store using the camera controls. Sometimes I might even leave to go do something else while I’m waiting for a store to rez. I really don’t like it when I get kicked off a sim when I’m idle for a few minutes.
Even if her jewelry was top notch, I still would probably have issues just because of the tone she uses in her standard greeting to customers. There are too many merchants on SL to cater to people like that :/
wow just wow .. cant believe someone has the nerve smh
She sure knows how to advertize her crappy looking shit.. lol
As for me, I won’t set a foot on her holy ground… Please feel free to put me on your ban list.. lol
*shakes head*
lol and they complained about Katey Coppola’s CS ? :o wow is all i can say … permission to breathe ?
Wow. Of course she’s allowed to make her own rules, but she seems to be sabotaging a lot of business she would be getting by her tone and strict rules. Here’s a hint: Second Life is where people go FOR FUN. If your store isn’t fun to go to, most won’t bother. There’s a huge different between actually having class and just repeatedly insisting that you’re classy.
I had the “honor” of meeting Endra once, it was like an attack of a group of invisible ninjas! She harassed the living hell out of me, because i had the nerve to decline her notecard, and of course I did not “follow the rules”. She froze me several times, then kicked and banned… when i gathered myself after the initial shock, I IM’ed her and had the most disgusting conversation in my second existence, yuk! just made me wanna go and puke my guts out :-@
I would like to quote Felicity Winslet (with her kind permission). This is what she said about Endra and her “high end” :
“She’s, frankly, about the most self-delusional person I’ve ever known. Perhaps in either world. Her view of her work, and what her work actually is, are so many world different I honestly don’t know whether to feel bad for her flagrant ignorance about her own work, or feel irritated, because those kinds are the worst. She has absolutely the worst textures of any build, jewels or homes, I’ve ever seen on anything in SL.
Horrid place, horrid works, horrid person.
It would be one thing, if she possessed a modicum of humility, but she doesn’t. To her, her works are near godlike in quality, in what she thinks is awe-factor. Just about the worst kind of designer. This, I reckon, is why her store doesn’t do well and this I applaud. I hope she doesn’t change her business modus operandi.
Honestly, I think I could make better quality items drunk, blindfolded, and with my feet.”
I could be wrong, but…Why is it FULLBRIGHT!?!? Btw, i’ve never heard of her shop. So therefore I can’t judge, I’ll just continue on letting the banned bloggers and zindra noobs who buy her things be the judge of her.
oh wow.
i needed a laugh!
“Please DO NOT tp your friends into the store. Hand them a landmark to tp in themselves. There is a forced landing point on the sim for a reason, AND we all want them to have their own LM so they can come back.” <— thats the most hilarious part!
girl, you arent serious are you??
upscale jewellry store and chocolate icing background PLUS freebie poses? BWAHAHAHAHAHA
just lmao at the “When you land, MOVE FORWARD off of both the greeter and the landing point- rezzed or not- MOVE.” and i know now why!!
if u dont move forward u will get spam till u die lawl
” [12:55:55] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:55] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:56] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:56] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:56] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:56] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:56] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:56] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:56] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:57] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:57] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:57] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK
[12:55:57] Artistry’s Greeter- Paris flüstert: Bienvenue à Artistry! Welcome to Artistry CK”
oh and at the “Appropriate attire is required. Artistry is an upscale jewelry store, catering to a high end clientelle. You WILL be asked to adjust your attire if you arrive looking like you should either be shopping on Zindra, or involved in the sexual goings on there.” sry girlieh but u looks like a noobie and u re over 1000 day old so WTH?!!! nuffing more to say.
This woman is incredible…and NO! Not in a good way either!
Seriously sounds like she needs some therapy of one form or another.
And prejudiced against all bloggers says a lot about her. She wants to judge all bloggers as bad before ever speaking with them..then she needs to be prepared to be judged for her crazy -ass behaviour.
This might have been good jewelry in 2007, but those days are gone, and the attitude was never in style.
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
aww shit this post is hilarious! WTF???
OK i wont judge her jewelery because i never heard of it and never saw it inworld. But WTF is wrong with her??? who the hell do u think u are?
All those designers who have something against bloggers have absolutely NO CLUE about marketing… This is about giving and taking… Blogs are free ads for you! people actually take time to post pics and spread the world about your business…
The welcome NC is just GREAT! i laughed hard.
Ohhh and I AM A BLOGGER, feel free to ban me from your high class store too. Before i make a post about it! :*
funny shit about the whole thing is: THE STORE IS CLOSED!
i wonder how that could happen o.O
After reading this I got curious and tried to teleport to her store to see it.
And I couldn’t!
I have a small blog with like 10 messages and maybe 100 views, and never make any comment anywhere really, so there is no way she could have known about my existence at all.
The point is, apparently this person purposely reads blogs and searches for bloggers who expose their SL name, all just so she could ban them all.
What an outstanding individual indeed.
@Trixi i bet she will come with pics widouth chocolate or freebie pose
her COMEBACK will be with top models and expensive poses =))
aww u guys made this GREAT DESIGNER close her store :((
muahaha
thats mean none blogger have BAN lmao
bwahahaha yes Trixi… i forgot to say that… wont be long till she has to close… but maybe u are just banned too :)
Bell this is really funny… obviously she has no clue about nothing.
L O L its closed? yea i wonder why!
Just checked Endra Graves profile:
her picks:
1. Artistry Showroom- Private, Group Access only
WOW!!!
When I first heard from Endra about the negative blog, I disregarded it as probably just some sort of misunderstanding. I met Endra shortly after first starting to play SL. I instantly fell in love with her jewelry and was in awe of her talent. I thought we had formed a bond and a friendship. Then today for some unknown reason, I was ejected from her “Diamond Vault”, which was for her top customers. Over the past year I have spent I know a good couple of hundred real life dollars buying her jewelry. Not only was I ejected from her group for no reason at all, I was also abolished as her friend. So to all of you out there wondering what her problem is……I am with you 110%. I feel betrayed and shit on. I was a true and loyal friend, not just a customer. Every sales event, sales hunt, you name it, she had it, I was there. Johnny on the spot to support her and her business and this is how I was treated. I sent her a private IM to ask, what was going on. Why when I logged into the game today had I been ejected from her group and dissolved of her friendship…..no response. I had noticed on my history transactions she had been at my store earlier and had purchased a dress. I sent her money back. She instantly returned it back to me. So I know she was there, ignoring me. So……your guess is as good as mine as to what the hell is going on. I have always been a firm believer of what goes around comes around. All I can say at this point is….just wait, it’s coming!
For some reason now I am sad for Endra. :( – Tesa your comment got to me and I am sorry you feel betrayed.
I smell a WOSL! It’s WOSL TIME!
The drama of Second Life – you gotta laugh!
Seriously, I have tears in my eyes….. this is just too LOL right now.
Funny, i’ve never seen this store featured in BOSL or mentioned ANYwhere but on this site. Nor have I heard of ANYone buying her things, or bragging about them. /tps to Mandala.
Good God..that looks like shit!
New to this blog – but this has to be one of the most amazing things I’ve ever read. I think someone needs to take all that monies from ‘high end jewelry’ sales and see a psyc about some diagnoses. Personality disorder, maybe? This is hi-larious. LOL forreals.
Sorry Tesa to hear about the way you’ve been treated. :(
It’s on record now. Endra Graves has been chosen to be the latest winner of the WOSL!
I must say BIG LOL. What’s up with these people?. OMG I LOVE TO SLEEP BEFORE BUY ANYTHING, and I am not a bloody BOT, just lazy guy XD. it is a WOSL for sure.
I wonder if she draw me a ban line, I love to read that red message until I get sleepy XD
Well at least she rebranded. Her store used to be called Blood Diamonds and she’d throw a holy sh*t fit if anybody suggested that the name was maybe a little off-putting.
“This is a NO FLY sim. Please refrain from flying on the sim (fly has been turned OFF)” Is that even necessary? Can you even fly if fly has been turned OFFFFFFFFFFFFF?
p.s. I just tried to tp to her store and got a “no valid parcel found”
You can fly in no fly zones. Just go to Advanced Settings and choose Admin Options. Then you can fly anywhere you damn well please.
I don’t do a lot of flying, but it’s ridiculous to turn off flying in huge sims.
Another trick you can use if you have Emerald: cam into whatever room you want and double click. You’ll just TP there instantly. It’s faster than flying anyway :)
coming out of the woodwork to say I remember this chick from Fashion Emergency. I muted her butt after she refused to acknowledge that calling a jewelry store “Blood Diamonds” was a bad idea and after she also was not only rude to me but rude to virtually all of my friends. This woman has serious mental health issues and delusions of grandeur…which makes her behavior more sad than laughable.
Very sad to see a person so disillusioned…I can imagine her being a mental patient living in a ‘special’ home thinking she was living in Paris as one of the Rich and famous. I do not say that to make a laugh but to show just how her actions/treatments/attitude reflects on who she ‘might’ be.
Dear Lord I hope there is hope for this dear woman. re-vamp your Blood Diamond-ness and Come back to the real world please.
Like I tell my friends, 90% of creators in SL pretty much SUCK and they should not waste their Lindens with uploads (even if it to upload a crappy ad board). Not only is this woman’s jewelry hideous, but it lacks “class & style”. She uses no imagination when she designs and it looks like stuff you would get at the Dollar Store in rl, plain and blah. The worst part of all this is that she thinks her “crap” is “High End”, someone needs to slap her with a crow bar and wake her up (or get her a pair of eye glasses so she can see she sucks). Her attitudes stinks as does her designs, and frankly I would NOT even get this as a freebie.
Ashley: I did notice something that looked like smeared poop on the back ground, but I was assuming that was to compliment along with her shitty jewelry.
Eclectic: I am sure your friend made her jewelry look better than Endra did in her ad boards, she should of been happy.
The name of the store really cracks me up Artistry by E, come on that is NOT art! Which makes me think it needs to be renamed to….. FARTistry by E!
Thought I would leave her a comment on her Flckr hahahahhaa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28422413@N03/3049411779/
Oh also, I think we should all go to her store wearing trampy outfits and TP all of our friends in at the same time! Get our Alts to stand at the landing point and not move and then become idle so we can be banned from her store!
Chocolate frosting and freebie poses. At first I LOL’d, but I felt bad. I genuinely hope that she can find sufficient mental healthcare in her country. If I say that… you really oughtta think about it. I am nuttier than a fruitcake.
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