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Cenozoic Snuggles
Hi everybody, I've launched a side project I'm super proud of: two new stuffed animals from the Pleistocene. They are Glyptodon, the giant armadillo, and Megatherium, the giant ground sloth. If you liked my previous work on the Paleozoic Pals, please check these new guys out on Kickstarter!
A brand new set of huggable plush ice age mammals from the designer of Paleozoic Pals
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Whew, well I'm finally almost done with shipping the 2000+ orders. Only around 30 are left! Then, I have to finish fulfilling PRI's last Kickstarter for the Diplocaulus plushie. After that's all done, this cutie will go live in our web store!
In the meanwhile I wanted to also share some pages from the newest Paleozoic kids book I worked on which is also now live in the PRI store! This is the third book in the series and I'm super proud of all the work I've done on these. The first half of the book is filled with fantastic art from Alana McGillis who has illustrated all our kids books. I write most of the text, do all the layouts, and put together the photo spreads that make up the second half of the book. Check out a few of them below.
On Chargebacks
So those who are following me know that I'm the staff person at Museum of the Earth who designed the Paleozoic Pals and who is responsible for shipping the thousands of orders we received in response to a viral news article in January.
We received over 2000 orders (we got 1600 through the entirety of calendar year 2024, for context) and I have been doing pretty much nothing but shipping since January 14th. So far, I've shipped 1653 orders, and there are 395 more left to go. Many of those remaining orders were placed in January. I've been living, sleeping, and breathing the shipping of packages for over a month now, while my other responsibilities are falling by the wayside as I attempt to get these orders under control. And we're down to the hundreds now, so it feels like the goal is within reach.
While it does give me the warm fuzzies that so many people wanted to support us, what does not give me the warm fuzzies is the constant barrage of angry emails I am fielding every single day from irate customers demanding to know why I haven't shipped their items yet. If you visit our website, you'll see the banner explaining our backlog. If you're emailing me, you probably visited our website. So please, know that I am doing everything I can to get your orders out as fast as I can, but I am not a superhuman. There is only so much I am capable of.
But all that aside, what really, really frustrates me is when a customer, having not even tried to contact us regarding their order, initiates a credit card chargeback.
Here is the thing about chargebacks. You may think they're super convenient. The credit card company refunds you, and you don't have to go out of your way to get in touch with whoever you purchased from. But what you may not realize is that in addition to refunding you, the card company also charges a fee to the company they're pulling money back from. In this case, the fee we received on the chargebacked order was almost the same value as the order itself.
Companies can dispute chargebacks in theory. You can submit evidence that you provided the product or service, for example. It doesn't matter if you do that or not - the bank will side with the customer anyway, and the process takes 60 days. So you wait 60 days to see if your money will be refunded, and then it isn't. One time we had a patron submit a chargeback on their museum tickets because they didn't enjoy their museum experience. They claimed that they had not received what they paid for. We disputed the chargeback and provided timestamped evidence that we had provided the patron their tickets and the duration of time they visited the museum. The bank still sided with the customer.
Please, if you're going to do a chargeback, make sure you've done everything else to get your money back first. Contact the company you bought from. Ask for a refund. While it might not be a big deal for large companies, chargebacks can do serious harm to small businesses.
Sorry for ranting, but after weeks of fielding angry emails, to wake up to a chargeback in the morning is just a lot to deal with. I hope everyone enjoys their stuff. If you happen to still be waiting for yours, know that I am working on it every day. I promise to start posting something happier once I'm done with all this shipping.
thank you for the comfy greenops boothi slippers! I'm wearing them right now :]
Yay, I'm glad you like them!
ITHACA, N.Y. â The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure
If you have ever been tempted by a Paleozoic Pal, like a a stuffed trilobite or a full size eurypterid body pillow, now's the time to buy one, before they and a really lovely little museum are gone for good đđđ
Paleozoic Pals⢠Paleozoic Pals⢠are the Paleontological Research Institutionâs line of plush fossils. The Paleozoic is the era before dinosa
This was the museum I went to often in my childhood. I'm no longer able to visit unless I visit family, but this place holds a special place in my heart.
As stated in the article, they hold around 7 million artifacts- many of which are orphaned fossils, with the museum taking in collections that otherwise would have been trashed.
Please consider buying a Paleozoic Pal, but I'll also leave a direct donation link as well.
THE GIANT EURYPTERID BODY PILLOW IS BACK IN STOCK
i open the link to the site for the plushies and
dude this makes me so happy actually
hell yeah tumblr letâs save this museum
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Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
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Got my Devonian haul from PRI! đđđ Thank you @phylogenyunlimited !!!
Thank YOU for supporting PRI and starting the viral post!
ITHACA, N.Y. â The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure
If you have ever been tempted by a Paleozoic Pal, like a a stuffed trilobite or a full size eurypterid body pillow, now's the time to buy one, before they and a really lovely little museum are gone for good đđđ
Paleozoic Pals⢠Paleozoic Pals⢠are the Paleontological Research Institutionâs line of plush fossils. The Paleozoic is the era before dinosa
This was the museum I went to often in my childhood. I'm no longer able to visit unless I visit family, but this place holds a special place in my heart.
As stated in the article, they hold around 7 million artifacts- many of which are orphaned fossils, with the museum taking in collections that otherwise would have been trashed.
Please consider buying a Paleozoic Pal, but I'll also leave a direct donation link as well.
THE GIANT EURYPTERID BODY PILLOW IS BACK IN STOCK
It's really gratifying to see people sharing this and commenting about buying/donating; the Museum of the Earth really is a gem and the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) that runs it does critical work in collecting and preserving "orphan" fossil collections. To explain/expand on a couple things, the financial straits they're in started a couple years ago when a $30 million donation fell through for reasons unknown. They severely restructured and downsized in 2023 to keep things going (including dramatically reducing staff and re-homing about 70 animal ambassadors from the Cayuga Nature Center which is also run by PRI, to ensure the animals got consistent care), but they are now in a critical spot with the mortgage and may be foreclosed on soon.
If you're at all in the Finger Lakes area, I recommend dropping in on a weekend - they've got an incredible mastodon skeleton, a new Blaschka glass specimen exhibit, and a full right whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling; they do Fossil ID Saturdays where you can bring in what you've found and get an expert opinion, and they do mask-required days regularly as well.
this banner is currently up on their online gift shop. that poor employee...
@phylogenyunlimited #589 orders shipped #1189 to go (for now)
đŞđŞđŞ you can do it!
Also, I had a question - I got this little trilobite from the museum probably 15 years ago or so; is he also one of your designs? He was my travel buddy during fieldwork trips.
@zinjanthropusboisei Thank you! This little guy is not mine. He was made before my time, but his popularity inspired the modern Pals line.
ITHACA, N.Y. â The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure
If you have ever been tempted by a Paleozoic Pal, like a a stuffed trilobite or a full size eurypterid body pillow, now's the time to buy one, before they and a really lovely little museum are gone for good đđđ
Paleozoic Pals⢠Paleozoic Pals⢠are the Paleontological Research Institutionâs line of plush fossils. The Paleozoic is the era before dinosa
This was the museum I went to often in my childhood. I'm no longer able to visit unless I visit family, but this place holds a special place in my heart.
As stated in the article, they hold around 7 million artifacts- many of which are orphaned fossils, with the museum taking in collections that otherwise would have been trashed.
Please consider buying a Paleozoic Pal, but I'll also leave a direct donation link as well.
THE GIANT EURYPTERID BODY PILLOW IS BACK IN STOCK
It's really gratifying to see people sharing this and commenting about buying/donating; the Museum of the Earth really is a gem and the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) that runs it does critical work in collecting and preserving "orphan" fossil collections. To explain/expand on a couple things, the financial straits they're in started a couple years ago when a $30 million donation fell through for reasons unknown. They severely restructured and downsized in 2023 to keep things going (including dramatically reducing staff and re-homing about 70 animal ambassadors from the Cayuga Nature Center which is also run by PRI, to ensure the animals got consistent care), but they are now in a critical spot with the mortgage and may be foreclosed on soon.
If you're at all in the Finger Lakes area, I recommend dropping in on a weekend - they've got an incredible mastodon skeleton, a new Blaschka glass specimen exhibit, and a full right whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling; they do Fossil ID Saturdays where you can bring in what you've found and get an expert opinion, and they do mask-required days regularly as well.
this banner is currently up on their online gift shop. that poor employee...
Hello! I just wanted to say how much I love the pals designs. I saw them mentioned on Tumblr in 2023 and was given a few by my brother as a Christmas gift that winter. The designs are all *chefs kiss*. Little baby me would have lost it seeing the animals from the documentaries my family raised me on brought to life in plush form.
Thank you so much <3 <3
ITHACA, N.Y. â The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure
If you have ever been tempted by a Paleozoic Pal, like a a stuffed trilobite or a full size eurypterid body pillow, now's the time to buy one, before they and a really lovely little museum are gone for good đđđ
Paleozoic Pals⢠Paleozoic Pals⢠are the Paleontological Research Institutionâs line of plush fossils. The Paleozoic is the era before dinosa
This was the museum I went to often in my childhood. I'm no longer able to visit unless I visit family, but this place holds a special place in my heart.
As stated in the article, they hold around 7 million artifacts- many of which are orphaned fossils, with the museum taking in collections that otherwise would have been trashed.
Please consider buying a Paleozoic Pal, but I'll also leave a direct donation link as well.
THE GIANT EURYPTERID BODY PILLOW IS BACK IN STOCK
I WANT ALL THE PALEZOIC PALS FOR MY PLUSH JUNGLE!
can someone tell me whats the difference brown and green trilobites?
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
Free to watch ⢠No registration required ⢠HD streaming
ITHACA, N.Y. â The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure
If you have ever been tempted by a Paleozoic Pal, like a a stuffed trilobite or a full size eurypterid body pillow, now's the time to buy one, before they and a really lovely little museum are gone for good đđđ
Paleozoic Pals⢠Paleozoic Pals⢠are the Paleontological Research Institutionâs line of plush fossils. The Paleozoic is the era before dinosa
This was the museum I went to often in my childhood. I'm no longer able to visit unless I visit family, but this place holds a special place in my heart.
As stated in the article, they hold around 7 million artifacts- many of which are orphaned fossils, with the museum taking in collections that otherwise would have been trashed.
Please consider buying a Paleozoic Pal, but I'll also leave a direct donation link as well.
THE GIANT EURYPTERID BODY PILLOW IS BACK IN STOCK
It's really gratifying to see people sharing this and commenting about buying/donating; the Museum of the Earth really is a gem and the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) that runs it does critical work in collecting and preserving "orphan" fossil collections. To explain/expand on a couple things, the financial straits they're in started a couple years ago when a $30 million donation fell through for reasons unknown. They severely restructured and downsized in 2023 to keep things going (including dramatically reducing staff and re-homing about 70 animal ambassadors from the Cayuga Nature Center which is also run by PRI, to ensure the animals got consistent care), but they are now in a critical spot with the mortgage and may be foreclosed on soon.
If you're at all in the Finger Lakes area, I recommend dropping in on a weekend - they've got an incredible mastodon skeleton, a new Blaschka glass specimen exhibit, and a full right whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling; they do Fossil ID Saturdays where you can bring in what you've found and get an expert opinion, and they do mask-required days regularly as well.
Mary Anning Pint Glass Celebrate Women in Science! Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer, and paleontologist. She discovered t
The website currently has a banner warning users that:
Due to unprecedented demand and an influx of over one thousand orders, please be aware that your items will take longer than usual to ship. All orders will be shipped as quickly as we can get to them. We have only one staff member in charge of orders and over one thousand orders to fill so please be patient. You will receive your order, but it will take a significant amount of time to complete fulfillment. Thank you for your overwhelming support. We appreciate you very much!
Also, they're sold out of just about everything - fantastic job, tumblr!
they're severely understaffed bc of the downsizing btw so uhhhh pray for the poor single staff person dealing with orders
Hey there! "Poor single staff person" shipping your orders here. I'm the designer of the Pals and the person in charge of putting all the cool merch in our gift shop. I'm overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from this community and just wanted to say thank you so much to everyone who has reblogged the article and commented about how much you love the Pals and our other merch. I have so much gratitude to you all, knowing that the work I've done has touched so many people. We've received almost as many orders over 48 hours as we did in the past entire calendar year so it's a very daunting task ahead but I'll do my best to get your items out to you. As OP mentioned, we're severely understaffed right now and so pretty much every remaining staff member is doing 5 people's jobs. I hope we will be able to reorder all your favorite items quickly, but restocking will also take a lot of time. That said, feel free to put your emails on the waiting lists for any out-of-stock items you love. I'm doing my best to make sure that the Pals continue and everyone can get their fix of huggable paleo plushies! <3 to you all.
