Gacha Collars Have Returned to the Main Store

::A Master's Eye:: have returned to the main store and are L$25 a play.  We have turned fair prizes on.  Collars were not updated at all prior to being set back out, so you're really playing for the design.  Take the teleport board when you land, or find the tiny room just behind the stairs.

This is really just for fun in case anyone missed these designs.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Villevotte/217/169/2501

Gacha Collars have been retired

 All gacha collar vendors have been removed from our in world store.  I have still not made the decision on whether or not they will return with updated permissions and poses.  If they are brought back in any form, they will not have pricing equivalent to what they were as gacha collars, but will be more.  Due to my computer crashing, I have lost all of my original artwork for these, and I simply do not have the time in RL at the moment to remake the ads, nor does Katanya have the time to make the permissions changes and such.  We will announce here and in world if they are ever brought back.

For now, we no longer offer any collars in Transfer permissions.  You will need to buy as a gift from our in world vendors or from Marketplace.  Just a reminder for everyone again, Marketplace prices are 10% higher than in world, as is stated in each listing.

The random gacha vendor box from Kat's little shop is also gone, though it may return in a format that meets the new LL requirements, and the random G&S item vendor bag is gone.  We will repackage the G&S items from the bag and sell in a couple of boxes.

Stores Moved, Sim Closed, Sale Ends Soon

We have massively downsized but have kept a small in world store open for you.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Villevotte/217/169/2501

Nyoka Falls is closed and will soon be sold; GF 30k sim, see Land Forum if interested.

The ::AME:: gachas are still 50% off, ~ASH~ random gacha box L$10 a try, all retiring after 31Aug21.

Last Week for Gacha Sale and News

You have until the 31st to get our gacha offerings in gacha format.  They are all 50% off until then and will be retired permanently or until we have time to change them over to regular releases of some sort.

The random gacha box at ~A Slave's Heart! is still L$10 per pull, also until the 31st.  I have been dropping all of my gacha saves (yes, Rares and Ultras included) into it as we clear out stock.

Nyoka Falls Residential Rentals has closed, and the Nyoka Falls sim will be closing soon.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nyoka%20Falls/26/79/23
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nyoka%20Falls/31/49/27

LL banning Gacha

As we are sure many of you have heard by now, LL is banning all gacha and like vending starting 1Sep.  We have not yet decided if we are switching our gacha collars to a direct sale format or retiring them.  For now, all gacha collars are 50% off.

Hundreds of Kat's own personal stash of gacha prizes have been added to the random vendor at the yardsale, with lots of rares.  Price has been dropped to L$10 a try.

More news to follow soon.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nyoka%20Falls/26/
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nyoka%20Falls/31/49/27

A very rare sale notice - this weekend only!

 

From 1Jul2021 to 5Jul2021, all main store and gacha yardsale vendors (except discount vendors) are 50% off at ::A Master's Eye:: and ~A Slave's Heart~!!!  Nyoka Falls Residential Rentals is also rent 4 weeks, get 2 free during this sale.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nyoka%20Falls/26/79/23
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nyoka%20Falls/31/49/27

Situation returning to normal

CasperTech is starting to recover and process everything from today's hardware outage.  Since we are a single sim and a small store, there wasn't much to recover for us.  Thank you everyone for your patience today during this event that none of us had any control over.

Shopping or renting from ::A Master's Eye::, ~A Slave's Heart~, and Nyoka Falls Residential Rentals should now be safe in world, but we warn there may be slight delays as all systems return to normal.

CasperTech Down, but we are still open

 

As we are sure you have all heard by now, CasperTech is experiencing an extended outage due to failed data center networking equipment.  These things can take some time to diagnose/replace/repair, especially on a weekend, so until such time as those actions have been completed, our vendors and rental boxes likely will not function.  As soon as we have an all clear, we'll send out word.  Thank you for your patience.

While CasperTech is down, you can still browse and purchase the majority of our items on the SL Marketplace.  Please be aware that all prices on the Marketplace are 10% more than what they are in world in order to compensate for LL's commission.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/155779
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/1736

Gacha Yardsale Policy Reminder

Visitors to the gacha yardsale are reminded when they visit, the policy is posted in the building, as well as my profile and our blog; anyone found buying items from the gacha yardsale and then reselling them will be banned from all vendors and the gacha yardsale land.  Claiming ignorance of such a clearly posted policy will not be tolerated.

SL Marketplace Pricing Changes

For those who are not merchants, you may be unaware that we have always taken a loss on our SL Marketplace sales as LL takes a percentage of our sales.  Despite this, we always kept our prices in the Marketplace the same as our in world pricing as we felt that was fair.  Due to all of the fee changes so far this year, and mostly due to the Marketplace change coming in December, we have finally decided to try to cover this loss.

All items available on the SL Marketplace are having price increases of 10% to cover the fee increases being implemented by LL.  We feel this is only fair to us as merchants.  Our in world prices will remain the same, and we hope our customers will understand the reason for the increase.  Each listing is also being updated with a note to let customers know that they can find these same products cheaper in world.

We appreciate all of your support throughout the years, and apologize if this news is upsetting to anyone.

This change is for products from ::A Master's Eye:: and ~A Slave's Heart~

Policy/Customer Service Reminder

This is a reminder that there are no refunds or transfers for accidental purchases.  What is an example of an accidental purchase you might ask?  If you meant to buy a different color, a different collar, or had intended to buy something as a gift but didn't click the Gift button in world or on the Marketplace, or mis-entered the giftee's name.  This is not a new policy, and we have had it in place for some time.

Should these happen to you, we will deal with it on a case by case basis.  If you decide to yell at us, or otherwise become disrespectful or nasty, consider your case dismissed.

Also please note, that as much as we hate to do so, threatening messages to us, to include threatening to share chat logs, will be met with an Abuse Report as you are breaking the Linden Labs Terms of Service.

We hope everyone can understand this.  As merchants in SL, there are no real rules to protect us, which is why we have established and posted policies so you know what to expect from us.  We are here to enjoy SL, just like you are, and we want to have mutually enjoyable interactions and transactions with you.  We cannot do so if there isn't mutual respect, understanding, and calm.

Thank you to all of you that contribute to our desire to keep this store open for you!

Fishing Tournament

To celebrate the store redesign, there is a G&S tuna tournament active in the new fishing area, as well as a Magic Fishing 2x event.

Please feel free to wander around the new build and explore.

Have a great week everyone!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nyoka%20Falls/62/83/22

(We are not affiliated with Port Pagar and Slave Gardens, nor the Gorean Dance Oasis.  Gorean attire is completely optional.)

Store redesign

Hi folks, we've been hard at work on a store redesign and moving down to ground level.  We really hope you enjoy exploring the new area, which includes a 7Seas, Magic Fishing, and G&S fishing area.  There's a new lounge area, and a small tavern in the boathouse.

Don't forget we still have a poll open about collar scripting at http://ame-sl.blogspot.com/2018/08/would-you-like-us-to-update-our-collar.html

New ::A Master's Eye:: Main Store location - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nyoka%20Falls/62/83/22
New ~A Slave's Heart~ Gacha Yardsale location - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nyoka%20Falls/67/56/27

Quick store policy update

The store policies posted at the main store and on our blog have been updated to include the following:
◆No refunds on discounted merchandise (noted by a discount sign beneath the vendor) or gacha purchases

A teleport from the main store to the gacha yard sale has also been added for your convenience.

There were some minor updates to the blog, as far as how pages are listed, and we may have dedicated products pages in the near future, if Katanya has time to finish them.

Store Policy Reminder - Marketplace and In World

As a reminder to everyone, here are our most basic store policies.

◆All questions, problems, invites, etc. must be sent to Katanya Mistral.  Any IM/NoteCard/LM sent to Dylan Eun will likely be missed.  You also have the option of using our online contact form at http://ame-sl.blogspot.com/p/contact-us.html

◆Please be patient and courteous.  We are not online much, and have very demanding real lives and jobs.  We understand a purchasing issue or collar problem can be frustrating, but it isn't the end of the world.  Take a breath, walk away from SL for a few moments, and know that we will do our best to get back to you within 24-72 hours from when you contact us.

◆If English is not your native language, we will do our best to understand you, but it may help if you use Google Translate to write your notecard.  https://translate.google.com

◆Redelivery through in world terminal at main store (for Copy items only).  Redelivery is also possible through any of our vendors:  left click any vendor and choose "Redeliver".

◆Refunds are only available for double purchases made on the same day, same time, and from the same account.  In order to receive the refund, you will need to send Katanya Mistral a notecard in world including the transaction history information for both purchases.

◆Purchases of No Transfer items that were meant to be a gift for another avatar are not refundable.  All items permissions are clearly marked.

◆No refunds on discounted merchandise (noted by a discount sign beneath the vendor) or gacha purchases.

◆For the ~A Slave's Heart~ Gacha Yardsale:  if you make purchases there and are found reselling them, you will be banned from that parcel and all ~A Slave's Heart~ vendors.

◆Please feel free to hang around the stores, chat, enjoy the atmosphere, and watch the girls perform.  If you experience griefing of any kind while you are at the store, send a message to Katanya Mistral, and it will be dealt with as soon as we are able.  Please include details with your message.  If the girls are not AFK, as they have been instructed, they would love to chat with you.

◆The only people who work for ::A Master's Eye:: and ~A Slave's Heart~ are (listed by username not display name):  Dylan Eun, Katanya Mistral, Naadirah Jewell, Atra Harbinger, Natasha Katsu, and Xxizzuss Quandry.  You should only receive inventory offers from Dylan Eun and Katanya Mistral.

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Additionally, our gacha terms are listed below.

△Gacha is a game of chance.  We are not responsible for which prizes you do or do not receive.  There are no refunds on gacha prizes.  We will not trade you prizes; rely on your fellow gacha players for that.  We are not responsible for other parties selling our gacha items, so if you have a bad transaction with someone else selling our goods, take it up directly with the person you bought from; we will not honor any of these sales and are in no way affiliated with these vendors.

△Gacha prizes are unlikely to receive future updates unless we discover an issue with them.   Updates to gacha prizes because of a scripting system rebuild (i.e. OpenCollar version 4+) will only be considered if a significant amount of users request them. Gacha prizes will not come with copy permissions.
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▶We reserve the right to change or revise these policies/terms at any time.  Should a change to our policies/terms be made, our blog, notecards, as well as the picks in our profiles, will be updated.◀

A note about the old Liàn gacha version collars

As announced on the 16th, all CURRENT gacha collars (Èirich, Luma'cam, Milya'appa, and The Enchanted Beanstalk [Troellen is already 6.x]) are available for one per person exchanges of the OC 3.x version for an OC 6.4 version.

This does not include the old Liàn gachas, which is why it was not mentioned in the notice posted via the in world group, in world mailing list, the blog, social media, and Flickr.  All inventory offers for one will be returned.

For Those in Need of Help

First of all, sorry for all of the notices in the past two days.  We hope you know that is not normal for our business, but we suddenly had a number of things that needed to go out to keep you up to date.

This post is to address our customers who may be confused as to where to turn for help with ::A Master's Eye::, our products, and the scripting we use.

►GENERAL HELP◄
As we try to point out in our profiles, your first point of contact for any questions, comments, concerns, event invites, etc. is always Katanya Mistral.  Since neither of us log in that much these days, please send her a notecard with whatever your issue is.  You may also send an IM, but those are often lost in all of our offline traffic from groups and vendors.  As detailed in her profile, make sure the notecard is titled with your issue and your name.  Please also include any applicable transaction details.  If you do not speak English, please use a service like Google Translate, https://translate.google.com, to help write your notecard.  Your notecard needs to include a detailed description of whatever your issue/question/request/etc. is, and you may include your preferred contact method (IM/notecard/email) and times, if you so choose.

You can also use the contact form on our blog, http://ame-sl.blogspot.com/p/contact-us.html

►REFUNDS◄
Refunds are only available for double purchases made on the same day, same time, and from the same account.  In order to receive the refund, you will need to send Katanya Mistral a notecard with your transaction history for both purchases.  You can find your transaction history at https://accounts.secondlife.com/transaction_history/

(Same time extends to purchases made within 5 minutes of each other.  Refunds will not be granted to a customer that did not properly read the permissions listed on the ad of each item, i.e. buying an item that they then want to transfer to another account when the item is listed as No Transfer.  Gifting is available from our in world vendors and the SL Marketplace.)

►REDELIVERIES◄
For all of our items with the Copy permission, should something ever go wrong with your purchase, it gets lost via an SL inventory bug, or you just want a fresh copy, there is a redelivery terminal available as you enter the main store.  It is a crate on the left as you enter.  Redeliveries also work for customers who purchased an item from the SL Marketplace.  You can also use any of our in world vendors for a redelivery, simply left click one of the vendors, choose the "Redeliver" button, and find your item via the webpage you are linked to.  Redeliveries will also work from any other CasperVend merchant's terminal or vendor, but finding what you want from us is simpler if you start with our terminal or vendors.

►OPENCOLLAR◄
While we are willing to help you with some OC questions, we feel it is better for you to familiarize yourself with the operation of your device.  There is an OpenCollar manual available at http://www.opencollar.at/manual.html and a very helpful in world group of OC enthusiasts, secondlife:///app/group/45d71cc1-17fc-8ee4-8799-7164ee264811/about

FAQ for OC 6.x (the version in all of our full release collars):
•What is my prefix? ↔ The first two letters of your username, i.e. Katanya Mistral=ka
•How do I add myself as owner? ↔ In the Access menu of your collar, click the Vanilla button so there is a checkmark present.  Once you add an Owner, this will be negated, so add Trust instead.
•Why isn't my collar working? ↔ Are you in a location where scripts are disabled?  Have you tried relogging?  Are you using the right prefix?  Are you using the correct channel?  Has your owner turned off your ability to use certain functions?

►UPDATES◄
As we have put out before, we do not update the collars each time there is an update released from OpenCollar.  This is the responsibility of the wearer.  If you go into the menu for your collar, the text above the buttons will update to let you know if there is an update available to your collar.  Update devices are available from OpenCollar only, and we suggest you visit their Sidekick location for it since there is less lag.  Go to http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bondage/209/126/23 and look for the vendor object named OpenCollar Patch.  It should have a glowing red border.

Any major build updates to our full release collars will come through our CasperVend Update system, which will prompt the wearer when an update is available.  You can choose to opt out of this system.  For those that are still receiving update requests from the update system, and do not want to opt out, you can silence this by simply wearing the collar from the latest package that was delivered to you.  Major build updates will be announced via the in world group, in world mailing list, main store bulletin board, blog post, and Facebook page.

►DEMOS◄
All of our clothing items offer a demo via the in world vendor or a linked item on the SL Marketplace.  No refunds will be given because an item does not fit, especially when a demo item was not purchased first.  All of our clothing items were made before mesh bodies were the norm for SL, so they only adhere to standard sizing.  There are no versions available that are fitted mesh or that have been rigged for a specific mesh body.

None of our collars are available as demos.  Due to copybotting concerns, all in world display models were removed from the main store.  If there is a collar you would like to see in person prior to purchase, please contact Katanya Mistral to arrange a viewing.  Please note that viewings are of Katanya or one of our models wearing the collar, not a version you can try.

►CUSTOMS◄
Custom collar ideas are something we will entertain, but there is no guarantee that we will accept the offer.  Custom clothing or appliers will not be accepted.  Before we agree to a custom collar, a full idea for the collar needs to be presented, with reference pictures if available.  Collars will not be rigged.  There is no set time frame for the creation of a collar as it is done as real life allows.

Besides what the collar looks like, we also need to know what permissions you are hoping for the final version to be, what colors, and if you want it to be scripted with OpenCollar.  There are likely to be many more questions as most customers do not have a fully formed idea of what the exact design is that they want.

Please note that the charge for a custom design could start around L$50,000, but the actual price will not be determined until we have a full design idea submitted.

►GACHA◄
Gacha is a game of chance.  We are not responsible for which prizes you do or do not receive.  There are no refunds on gacha prizes.  We will not trade you prizes; rely on your fellow gacha players for that.  We are not responsible for other parties selling our gacha items, so if you have a bad transaction with someone else selling our goods, take it up directly with the person you bought from; we will not honor any of these sales and are in no way affiliated with these vendors.

Gacha prizes are unlikely to receive future updates unless we discover an issue with them.   Updates to gacha prizes because of a scripting system rebuild (i.e. OpenCollar version 4+) will only be considered if a significant amount of users request them. Gacha prizes will not come with copy permissions.

We reserve the right to change or revise these terms at any time.

►COLLAR GESTURES◄
A notecard explaining our collar gestures is included in the box with the gestures.  You may also find the instructions for OC 6.x at http://ame-sl.blogspot.com/p/tips-for-mesh.html#gestures or for OC 3.x at http://ame-sl.blogspot.com/p/old-tips.html#oldgestures


►ADDITIONAL COLLAR POSES◄
A notecard explaining our additional collar poses is included in the box with the poses.  You may also find the instructions for OC 6.x at http://ame-sl.blogspot.com/p/tips-for-mesh.html#poses or for OC 3.x at http://ame-sl.blogspot.com/p/old-tips.html#oldposes

►TANGOS APPLIERS◄
Tips for adjusting applies made for Tangos breasts can be found here: http://ame-sl.blogspot.com/p/tips-for-mesh.html#tangos


If there is a help topic we have missed in this post that you would like to see, please use the contact methods above to let us know!

In World Display Models

We have had rising concerns of potential copybotters visiting our store lately.  Because of this, and because of the discovery of other artists items being copied and made available on other grids, we have decided to remove all display models from the main store and events in world.

We try to make very clear ads that show you all of the options for our collars without needing to see a model or demo.  If you ever want to see a collar in world before purchasing it, please arrange a meeting with me, Katanya Mistral, and I will be happy to show off one of our collars for you.

We hope you understand our decision, and that this doesn't inconvenience you in any way when you are shopping for our collars.

Collar Update: Caethiwo

The OpenCollar 6 and additional updates have been completed for the CAETHIWO series of collars.  If you would like to update your collar to OC 6, please follow the following steps:

1. Create a new folder with this format: <YOUR NAME> COLLAR NAME =UPDATE REQUEST=, where you replace the preceeding text with your Username (NOT display name) and the name of your collar, i.e. <Katanya Mistral> Sveimun Ari Jade =UPDATE REQUEST=

2. Place your collar inside the folder you just created.

3. Send this folder to Katanya Mistral, and we will get your new collar package delivered to you as soon as we are able.  (Please note: Your collar needs to be transferable in order for this to work.  If you see (no transfer) next to your collar, you have probably added animations or other content to your collar that is No Transfer.  Rez your collar and remove this content before you try to send it.)

If you have any questions on the update process, please check our last few blog posts on the process all collars are undergoing at http://ame-sl.blogspot.com/

***This completes the major updates for our collars.  The frequency of our notices should hopefully go back to normal now.  We thank you all for your patience as we have gone through this process.***

In world group clean up

Members of the in world group who had not yet logged in this year have been ejected.  Some members had not logged in since 2014.