Behind the Lotto: Part XVI

people have emailed about how i sell my prints, as sometimes happens after a sale like this.  so i figured i'd take a minute and ramble briefly about it. bear in mind that i am still high on painkillers. and high on life.

Q: How do you pick people in the lottery / sale process?
A: I don't. Sarah does. I'm too personally involved in posters to participate, so i turned it over to her to keep it fair and completely random. Plus its a huge amount of work, going through and picking names, emailing people, keeping track of things like that.

Q: do you read people's emails during the sale?
A: truth be told, no. i leave it to sarah mostly. sales are stressful for me, so once i set up all the sales, update my site, send out the mass email, write a blog...once that's all done, i take a break for a day or two from my computer and just let sarah work her magic. i like emailing people, but during sales its just way too crazy. and i get emotional reading sad emails, so i leave it all to sarah.

Q: I heard you pick people based on their geographical location?
A: no, we don't. i might have done it that way at one point years ago, for one lotto, to spread sales out over the globe, but its really too much work.

basically, it breaks down like this. say i have 100 posters to sell, and 10 pages of emails, each page containing 50 email entries (500 emails total).  sarah would then pick 10 email entries randomly per page. 10 per page, 10 pages, 100 people picked.

she doesn't read the emails before hand, she simply marks them 'win' or whatever. THEN, she goes in and searches to see if each person picked entered twice, searching their name and address. then, if they just entered once, she emails them. once they order, she searches all the orders, making sure each person buying was picked in the lotto. there's always a few that weren't picked, and they are refunded.

plus, if the address is changed, as in, they entered one address and want it shipped to another address, they are refunded. we do this in case people are submitting multiple entries with different addresses, then whatever address is picked, changing that to the actual address. it is brutal to watch, so i just let sarah handle it.

its all done to hopefully create a semi-fair system of selling prints.

Q: please sell your posters via a random drop like mondo?
A: i look at it this way. people get a chance via mondo for the random drop. this is a second chance, and i do it differently. i don't have a website that could handle the random drop, and when its crashed in the past during sales, i've had to spend all day emailing people and sorting out sales. this way, sarah still spends all day on the sale, but at least we're not apologizing for the site crashing.

Q: are you aware people sell your prints on ebay, and you should do something about it? like personalizing the prints?
A: i am aware. i don't sell prints on ebay, nor do i willingly sell prints to anyone that sells on ebay. i don't get a cut of that money, and i don't encourage people to buy posters on ebay. what i try to do is give everyone the same chance to purchase from me. i do my very best.

Q: can i email you about my personal situation, why i should get a print?
A: absolutely. info@tstout.com - email away. i welcome all emails. however, sarah handles all emails regarding sales. if it talks about money, its a sarah email. and she goes by the book pretty much all the time, she doesn't want to make it personal, she keeps it business.

Q: i've never won a lotto. and Bob Schmalling has won 20 times.
A: i hate hearing that. i wish it was up to me. but it is a random system of picking people. if i said 'this next lotto is only for those who have never won.' i would still get a lot of people entering for their friends who had already won, and i would also get many complaints about punishing those who had won. and i'd have to keep track of who i had previously sold to. it would be a massive undertaking.

i value your business (as the cliche goes). and i hope these lottos aren't a huge time waster for you, and hopefully everyone gets picked in the next one.

gracias amigotrons,
best
t

Shaun of the Dead sale info

Lotto is closed as of 1PM. thanks for all your entries, i really appreciate them. between now and 2PM sarah will start sending out emails to notify those picked. 


Greetings. If you're interested in purchasing the poster i did for the alamo drafthouse's screening of Shaun of the Dead, here is how to enter.

1. Submit your Name and Address to ** lotto closed ** by Wednesday, August 28th, by 1PM PST.

Sarah will pick from the email entries and send out emails Wednesday, August 28th, hopefully by 2PM PST.

Only submit your name once, via email. your address must be the address this poster is being shipped to. It must be the same as your paypal shipping address.

2. If your name is submitted more than once, you'll be disqualified from being picked. If your address is submitted more than once, you'll be disqualified.

3. If you purchase under a different name than the name you submitted, you'll be refunded and disqualified. If you are not picked at all, yet someone gives you a link and you purchase the poster, you'll be refunded and disqualified. Sarah checks each order as it comes in, and refunds those not picked.

- if you're picked, you can choose to purchase either the regular or the variant (as long as copies are available). You cannot purchase both. If you do, you'll be refunded on both.

Posters will be 65$ for the regular, 110 for the variant. Plus shipping. I ordered the stamps a bit late so these won't ship til next week, my apologies.

please email me at info@tstout.com with questions.

posters details:
24x36 / 7 color screenprint with metallic inks on cream paper.

FAQ:
Q: are these signed and numbered?
A: yes, they are indeed. and stamped on the back.

Q: why is this email going out so late?
A: i know, i know, i meant to send it way earlier. i had a dentist appointment and they drilled basically 6 cavities, and i'm all hopped up on pain killers, and its just a mess. but sarah wanted to do the sale wednesday, so i'm doing my best. she's handling the sale from here on out.

Q: you realize you left shaun's mom off the poster? she is arguably one of the most crucial parts of the film.
A: i know, i know. technically, she is on the poster, very small, in the background, but that doesn't make up for it. for some reason i always leave off a critical part of the film. in the back of my mind, maybe i'm thinking 'i'll just add her on the next Shaun of the Dead poster i do in 30 years.' but realistically, i'll be long gone in 30 years. killed by tooth decay.

Phish San Francisco BGCA sale info

---- sale is closed, thanks for the emails. ----



hello. if you are interested in purchasing one of the three posters i did for Phish's San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium show on august 2nd, 3rd and 4th, here's how.

1. submit your Name and Address to * sale closed * by Friday, August 16th, by 12noon PST. sarah will pick from the email entries and send out emails Friday, August 16th, hopefully by 1PM PST.

Only submit your name once, via email. your address must be the address this poster is being shipped to. it must be the same as your paypal shipping address.

2. If your name is submitted more than once, you'll be disqualified from being picked. If your address is submitted more than once, you'll be disqualified.

3. if you purchase under a different name than the name you submitted, you'll be refunded and disqualified. if you are not picked at all, yet someone gives you a link and you purchase the poster, you'll be refunded and disqualified.

- those that are picked will be given the opportunity to purchase a Phish print of their choosing (whatever is in stock). I'll have a few sets available, this set will be all three posters with matching numbers. But the majority will be individual posters. You can only purchase one poster total, or a set while that's available. You can't purchase two posters, or two sets.

Posters will be $50, plus shipping. Sets will be $150 - it will have all 3 prints. So you can either spend $50 or $150, depending on what's available. Plus shipping.

please email me at info@tstout.com with questions.

posters details:
12x24 / 4 color screenprint with a split fountain fade from red to turquoise
edition of 675, i'll have about 20 of each version for sale, plus some sets that have all 3 posters.
signed and numbered.

more archived links

once again, archived from the ol tstout.com captains log, so that they won't be lost forever.

12.10.12 - - - -
- andrew gold. lonely boy
- jingle cats. tis the season.
- beetlejuice guy.
- jim lee batman inks
- slim whitman attacks
- matrix unloaded
- green pumpkin. 2 months late.
- understand music
- do ya want my face
- bob ross remixed
- or how i learned. secret city.

12.06.12 - - - -
work work work. its all i never do.
christmas songs...to me
- obviously dr demento's dogs
- and weird al's classic .
- and TMBG's bells
- blue christmas. i'm an elvis man. i watched elvis aloha a billion times when i worked at the video store.

what else....
- classic chris farley
- airport landings
- pet shop boys
- frank miller being awesome
- optical illusions

11.30.12 - - - -
december already. alright.
some things of interest to me.
- pacific rim. cloverfield 2.
- new s.carruth coming. primer.
- slam dunk Takehiko Inoue
- wsj article. famous.
- awesome moebius drawing
-awesome stan lee / JR / JRJR
- miles davis / LCD Soundsystem
- all da bonds

11.26.12 - - - -
due to paypal weirdness and the holiday madness, RD posters are arriving this week. unless you're overseas, then the wait is a bit longer.

on the minor plus side, drive is pretty much done and making its way through the approval stage, so its out of my hands and in the hands of someone else. sure its later than heck, but its done and on its way. first the vinyl, then poster stuff to follow.

i saw wreck it ralph with the kids and it was great.
- plus mythical phenomenon
- an awesome pic of john wayne and his son. i loved john wayne growing up, he always reminds me of my grandpa. course my grandpa was tougher.

11.16.12 - - - -
second round has gone out, and i believe that is pretty well it, thanks for all the emails and orders. a short writeup can be found here, it says it better than i ever could. although i wrote it so it says it exactly how i would say it. or close enough.

thanks again, and onto the next piece. of turkey. 11.15.12 - - - -

Reservoir Dogs poster sale info here. mass email going out now.

11.14.12 - - - -
so, i believe i'll be selling my RD poster on friday. will send out an email thursday.

also, check out
- this dog
- these skeletons
- this sloth
- this fruit ninja
- these windows 95 tips

also, posters and toys has some of my dolorean posters for sale, if you're still in the market for one.
heck of a thanksgiving gift! if people gave gifts on thanksgiving.
which they don't.

11.09.12 - - - -
my RD posters should be for sale hopefully this next week, assuming mondo sells theirs next week, since i sell mine after they sell theirs. but hopefully soon. or later.

also our thoughts are with ryan woods family, a fellow vancouverite whose battle with cancer is over. his courage and strength over this past year were a big inspiration to me, and we mourn his family's loss.

on a lighter note, my daughters soccer team is 4 and 0. thanks in no part to my coaching. which involves lots of yelling and pointing.
11.07.12 - - - -
well we made it through another election. now we must rebuild!

- darrow madness
- keown madness
- deceptacon / le tigre
- monkey racoon
- oh coraline

val kilmer should have got an oscar for this part. he's my huckleberry.

11.06.12 - - - -
well the day is finally here. time to try out a new master chief.

i can't be the first person to make that joke. they probably used it in their marketing, that's how
clueless i am.

11.02.12 - - - -
halloween, come and gone. good times were had. but seriously someone needs to break the snickers/kit kat/reeses monopoly.
too much! variety. spice. life.

- joe's amazing new swound! video.
- 20th century flute
- another prometheus interpretation
- the great escape
- defaulty airbags are faulty
- my typical computer experience

goodbye to peter, old friend from vermont.

10.25.12 - - - -
i should have RD posters for sale sometime soon, if you're on my mailing list you'll get the email. 

also, a giveaway on nerdcaves
plus halloween is almost here.
- russian music sounds bad
- star wars electone

10.21.12 - - - -
what a week. or life. or something.
- looper clip
- kite print
- bike it
- long jump
- solitude
- hello halo 4
- launchpad
- paper lace

also, scott got a tattoo of a drawing i did and sent me the pics. now it will outlive us all.

10.12.12 - - - -
- 2000 man
listen to that while enjoying these
- naked mouse
- tiger blink
- enterprise cat
- skeleton dancer

- will keith: bottle slayer
- pockets. magic.
- punks jump up / chromeo
- death mule

10.08.12 - - - -
- volcanoooo
- fun lines
- monkey log
- disposable mice
- deadpool gif

life, related
- short term memory
- australian love story

- ryan woods last days. and wilder still, he lives 12 miles from me and i just stumbled across this among all the randomnuts of the internets. small world.

10.03.12 - - - -
mondo has some shirts out now that i helped with. if you're so inclined,
you can purchase them here

- a collider writeup by scott
- another writeup by me

10.01.12 - - - -
rocknrolla: great soundtrack.
- waiting for a train
- funnel of love
- mirror in the bathroom
- negra leono
- bankrobber

- back to the Mesozoic future.
- i used to work with scott lenhardt, amazing artist, truly gifted.

- my list for today. made it through two so far. i literally watch anything. everything. over and over.

09.24.12 - - - -
well mimic 2 was not great. my expectations for mimic 3 are low. 

THIS HOWEVER
- SPIDERS 3D
- French flies
- Sting Ray'd, which beats this
- shark madness
- interesting akira mimics
- weird. but nice, in a way. basically its Death Becomes Her, Wildlife Edition.

i'm rediscovering Love, good times.
- Dream
- Seven and Seven
- Everybody's Gotta Live

and i remember this episode of Dukes. i should look up old Hee-Haw episodes, another grandparent favorite.

09.24.12 - - - -
about to watch mimic 2. we'll see if it defies expectations. because lake placid 2 and 3 were both not great.

unrelated, new mondo shirts
coming out soonish. plus

- this is wild. mostly this.
- bull. good for him.
- idiot brother soundtrack. nice.
- clever toy idea
- oh bollywood.
- penny paintings

09.08.12 - - - -
some unrelated notes
- bernie . i liked it.
- just watched fx. classic.
- ghoul gif
- classic spiderman
- fancy glasswork
- bethesda. so true. so true. fallout and skyrim truths.

my mom's cousin steve larson runs this custom wallpaper place. they even did the wallpaper in the lincoln room in the whitehouse. crazy.

09.15.12 - - - -
important: if you're expecting a package from me (other than the most recent orders), drop us an email and make sure we know. nothing weirder than getting an email from someone asking where their Wrath of Khan poster is. sarah's usually on top of everything, but sometimes things fall through the cracks. if theres something you're waiting for, feel free to drop us a reminder.

09.15.12 - - - -
thanks for all your orders,
i appreciate it, as always

should have some new stuff soon. mondo should have a few shirts by me coming out soon, though i will not have any for sale, they'll just be through mondo.

09.08.12 - - - -
also, this is still happening. just getting them printed takes time.

09.08.12 - - - -
i hear good things about the avengers directors cut.
it looks amazing.

- eagleheart. awesomely reminded me of get a life.
which then reminded me
- rock n' roll
- lonely blue boy
- mitt little face - this would actually make me watch a political speech for once.

09.05.12 - - - -
i believe phish posters are sold out.

next up, sleeping dogs and menomena. and we'll probably just do a first come first serve sorta sale on that one. so expect that email in the next week or so. if you're on my mailing list.

09.02.12 - - - -
i believe  an email will be going out this week for poster sale stuff. probably two different sales, phish and sleeping dogs, but not on the same day, since sarah doesn't like that many sales mixing. so, expect that. or not, if you're not into either of those.

our thoughts are with our good friends t&s, who lost a loved one.

my sister in Glasgow sent me this.

-batman of shanghai. amaaaazing.

some of grandma's faves
- you are my sunshine
- the statler brothers
- righteous brothers
- frequency garth. emotional man.

09.01.12 - - - -
alright, finally got around to documenting the fundraiser results. took me long enough. but here is a detailed breakdown of all the deeds done.
- Part ONE
- Part DOS

thanks to all that contributed, you're the real heroes. another round of drinks for my friends. for the kids.

08.29.12 - - - -
finishing up some long overdue projects, i hope. though for those of you looking forward to a blink 182 poster, i was kinda fired from that, due to taking way way too long. sucks to let down clients.

for some reason i found this hilarious
- skate 3

and these are pretty good too
- Mr. W
- FOTC - Feel Inside