I think so...
I've just been annoyed with them changing the fabric, and with the sizing inconsistencies. I've had multiple issues with them this year...
- the SeaSwirl shorts - they worked for me but I really didn't love them
- I was on the original BlackPearl order that got messed up - I ordered a M BlackPearl but it was sewn like a S. It wouldn't have been a huge deal - I've found that I can wear mediums OR smalls - but the way it was sewn was not good,. Seams puckering and things like that. I really should have returned it but I had wanted that skirt for SO long, so I ran in it once or twice. And each time I put it on I just wasn't excited about it because it was sewn so weirdly, so I ended up selling it
- I ordered a M custom that they sewed as a size small. It was in a batch with 3 other customs that were all M, so why that one was a S I have no idea. And that was with fabric that was available in a really small quantity (BigKahuna) so they couldn't re-make it. I ended up keeping it anyway because like I said, I can fit into smalls, and unlike the BlackPearl I mentioned above, this one was sewn perfectly since it was done right at SSHQ. Having said that, I'm still pretty bothered that I paid $90 for something and it wasn't made properly. They did refund me shipping though...
All of this has just sort of left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Which is a shame, because I really do think it's a great product. But for the price I feel like I do have a right to know exactly what I am getting.
I think more than my issues with SSHQ, though...I am really annoyed with the culture of the fan Facebook groups. The blind loyalty and mean girl/clique-y mentality that is on display has been a huge turn-off (you may know which group I am referring to - it's really one that I have a big problem with, though they have gotten better recently). I know that's not SSHQ's fault but it still makes me bitter. I'd leave said group except that I want to be able to sell my skirts at a later time. Of course, now that I've sold so many I may just leave anyway...
Oops, tangent! Apparently I hold grudges.
And I just have so many feeeelings.
That was my other problem being in the Facebook groups. Before I joined those I think I had 3 skirts, and then I got up to almost 30, like I said before.
I definitely got caught up in the group mentality of being super excited for every new skirt that came out and made a LOT of impulse purchases. I think you and I talked over PM about the customs lists, and I was signed up for a bunch recently, but I went through and removed myself from them (so as far as I know I have zero group customs coming to me) - luckily they were still in the early stages so I could do that without screwing things up for the group leaders. Which ones are you waiting on?