Quote Originally Posted by BoRo View Post
fwiw, I have axis to the "big dog hype list" from g.a. ( I got axis at the end of 2015)

Thing is, it's a big list.

When they drop new color... you have 5-10 mins from the time you get the email, till the color sells out.
Yes, if your ready , you get a grip of said color. (Sometimes sells out in less than 5 mins)

I have not read into the 5000 thing, I don't know if it even affects the "list"

If your not on your toes , it's still gone fast as f#*$
I haven't been able to get any hype color, but knowing this the membership sounds like a joke, i use 5k of color ever 3-4 years of all color companies including independent producers, so even if i get a GA 5k GAMA membership, theres no guarantee that you will be able to get the color you want let alone hype color, so someone like myself or most smaller artists, could scrimp and save and get the membership after years of waiting just to have it be worthless when you cant get what you want, then what? you wait another 2-3 years maybe longer and try again?

Its like being loyal for nothing, and to reach the 5k buy in they basically want to screw ya with micro transactions and only purchase their color, i hate paying shipping and it adds up so there is no incentive for me to buy a pound of color at a time, let alone if its not firsts or what I want, when other companies may have a similar choices.

Ill continue to buy their color regardless so if that is the only means of getting what i need so be it, if i can get ROY cads then ill be content, its just silly since we all know once the ventilation upgrades are done they could produce as much "hype" or whatever color they wanted if the raw materials are available, so it just seems like a way of driving up prices and creating artificial hype to corner the market. Making ROY Cads, "Hype" seems like a selfish move that only benefits them.

As for hooking up big name artists, it makes perfect sense, since the pieces they make are amazing, and when GA can say that it was solely made from their color its a great boost for their color, since people are going to want to use the same colors in their work.

I barely post and ain't glass famous, so why would they want to hook up me, or any smaller artist that doesn't have a 10k+ following? There is little incentive on their part, regardless of if these smaller artists have supported them for years.

I mean go read what Shelbo blogged about the GAMA, it doesn't make any sense, if people are already having trouble getting color that isnt hype let alone the hype colors, how is limiting access to buy color by an arbitrary purchase limit, going to help artists?

"No hassle, no confusion, just direct access and discounts on Glass Alchemy colors." Well ya if ya buy 5k, you might be able to buy or participate in the color rat race, hoping you might score a pound of what you want.

As for screwing the distributors that have supported them for years, it seems foolish since its easier to burn a bridge then to build one.

I love GA's color and hope to continue to use it, but the new membership seems to have made it harder to get what id like then easier.