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by jackcosgrove 656 days ago
On the subject of coincidences, I went to order one of the Strandbeest mini sets from this very website last week.

Unfortunately their virtual store is closed for a couple weeks more. I was prepared to place an order and wait, but on the website checkout page there was a random person's name as if I was checking out someone else's order. It's probably an innocent mistake, like a hard coded default value or something.

I like to support artists directly, and it was a bit disappointing that there was so much friction with the buying process.

3 comments

Did you not get the popup?

> During the months of July and August you cannot place orders in our webshop. ... Theo Jansen and his team wish you a nice summer.

July and August are when he's out prototyping new animals, no time to run an online store.
Art takes time.