tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34030867.post2629439858878509065..comments2023-03-27T08:03:15.352-06:00Comments on Greetings From Taos...: Kim Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17603924613617534376noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34030867.post-43154468874594183382007-04-02T12:22:00.000-06:002007-04-02T12:22:00.000-06:00This is from an email that was sent to me. It's sh...This is from an email that was sent to me. It's shared with you here with permission from Debbie.<BR/><BR/>"Dear Miss Kim,<BR/>I just wanted to write you in support of your blog about Austin Hamilton bead knock-offs. When I was a "new" beader, I had no idea what sources to buy from, and bought a lot of beads from e-bay...and more often than not, I was disappointed with what I actually received. Austin Hamilton Co. had an auction with a lovely picture of what looked like beautiful beads, which I promptly bid on, and, wow, I thought I was lucky when I "won" them for $9.99...a steal, I thought. Turns out I was right on the "steal" part...the beads I got were obvious knock-offs (even to a new beader like myself), they were cheap-looking, ugly, and nothing like what was pictured. Two years later, I still haven't used them, as they didn't belong in any of my designs; after reading your blog, I am happy to put them where they belong--in the garbage! I would have never bought them had I known more about beads and knock-offs then; new beaders like myself need to know these things, and I appreciate that you are willing to talk about such vendors as Austin Hamilton! Please continue to write about the stuff that nobody wants to address, but that new beaders need to know! By the way, when my budget becomes a little less constrictive, I plan to start buying your yummy cupcakes every week! I want them all!!!<BR/> <BR/>Best wishes to you, and thanks again for your beading expertise! :)<BR/>Debbie"Kim Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603924613617534376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34030867.post-89114212947325707282007-04-02T05:09:00.000-06:002007-04-02T05:09:00.000-06:00Hi Kim, I have to say I agree with you wholeHEART...Hi Kim, I have to say I agree with you wholeHEARTedly. I have had some of the Austin Hamilton beads, a while before I found yours,they are more like plastic than glass and they certainly look a lot better on screen than they do in 'the flesh', as it were. I would warn anyone not to buy these, they are extremely cheap imitations of the real thing ~ YOURS ! I would not buy theirs ever again, and asked for their e-mails to be removed from sending to me. Whereas I buy your beads over and over again because they're the real mccoy! MichelleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com