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You are here: Home / Pet Blogging / Pets of Balloon Juice 2020 Calendars – Ready to Order: Repost

Pets of Balloon Juice 2020 Calendars – Ready to Order: Repost

by WaterGirl|  January 28, 20209:10 pm| 66 Comments

This post is in: Pet Blogging, Pet Rescue

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Order Pets of Balloon Juice 2020 Calendars at this link

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Click on Our Store at the top of the site and choose the 2020 calendar on the left.

If your previous calendar order was cancelled, you will need to place an order again.

Why were many of the weekend orders cancelled?  The answer from Cafe Press went something like this:  we’re not sure, broken image… mumble mumble, no we don’t know why… mumble mumble, or how that happened, and no, no one actually fixed anything…  mumble mumble, but orders seem to be going through okay now so mumble mumble it should be fine now.

That didn’t inspire confidence, and in the end, Beth recreated the calendar on the Balloon Juice store on Cafe Press.

If you hadn’t already checked the calendar for your pets and pet names, please send email to WaterGirl and include the names of your pets, or share that information in the thread below.  Either way, I can check for you and let you know.  

2020 Calendars – Order Now!

It’s a really special calendar this year, with the inclusion of an In Memoriam feature, honoring jackals who have gone on before us.  You can read more about that at the link to the original announcement on Saturday.

Link to the original Pets of Balloon Juice 2020  announcement from Saturday.

Update: First 40 comments were from earlier today, before it got buried.

Update 2: 10:00 pm.  Someone asked for a direct link to MARC:

Marion Animal Resource Connection

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66Comments

  1. 1.

    geg6

    January 28, 2020 at 1:01 pm

    What if we ordered from the other link and didn’t get an email cancellation?

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 1:06 pm

    @geg6: Some of the orders went through.  If you want confirmation that your order went through, I can check for you.  You can do that here in the thread or you can send me an email.

    Just tell me your order number if you have it OR the first and last initial of the card that was used.

  3. 3.

    Adam L Silverman

    January 28, 2020 at 1:20 pm

    It was:

    Pets of Balloon Juice 2020 Calendars Available (but at a different link)

  4. 4.

    zhena gogolia

    January 28, 2020 at 1:21 pm

    @WaterGirl: 
    I ordered it while I was at work and I don’t think I printed out the receipt. I never got an e-mail confirmation, so I don’t have the order number. I’m not sure what to do now. I got no e-mail telling me it was cancelled.

  5. 5.

    zhena gogolia

    January 28, 2020 at 1:27 pm

    I can’t figure out how to e-mail WaterGirl. There used to be a “contact us” thing. I can’t find it. I also don’t know what “first and last initial” of a credit card means.

  6. 6.

    Adam L Silverman

    January 28, 2020 at 1:28 pm

    @zhena gogolia: Email me it to me and I’ll pass it along.

  7. 7.

    West of the Cascades

    January 28, 2020 at 1:34 pm

    I just got notice that mine shipped today! But I ordered from the old link (evidently not one of the ones that got cancelled) … is there a link you could post to donate directly to the pet rescue since such a measly sum from the previous link’s orders is passed their way?

  8. 8.

    zhena gogolia

    January 28, 2020 at 1:34 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: 
    What does “first and last initial” of a credit card mean?

  9. 9.

    zhena gogolia

    January 28, 2020 at 1:34 pm

    @West of the Cascades:

    Good question.

  10. 10.

    zhena gogolia

    January 28, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    I found the receipt. I’ll send the order number.

  11. 11.

    Adam L Silverman

    January 28, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    @zhena gogolia: I do not know.

  12. 12.

    Adam L Silverman

    January 28, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    @zhena gogolia: I charge a 15% restocking fee.

  13. 13.

    Humdog

    January 28, 2020 at 1:37 pm

    Cafe press order 354069704. Did not get notice of cancellation. ???????

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    @zhena gogolia: first and last initial of the name on the card?

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    @zhena gogolia: it’s watergirl at balloon-juice.com . obviously you don’t type out “at” or use the spaces.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 1:41 pm

    @zhena gogolia: if the name on the credit card was Robert Johnson,

    then tell me the initials are R J – I can see the name on the card as well as the order number.

    or you can send me email with the name on the card and i can check that way.

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 1:43 pm

    @West of the Cascades: Yes, I can get the link for Marc and can add it to the post.  Just give me a few minutes as I am eating lunch.  :-)

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 1:46 pm

    @Humdog:

    354069704 was cancelled.  So you’ll have to order again.  pretty please.

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 1:50 pm

    PSA:   Contact Us in the ever-present white bar at the top provides instructions for reaching every front pager.  It’s their nym at balloon-juice.com

    Of course for people like mistermix and dougJj who like to change their nyms all the time, we have a list that shows you the one that will work for every front pager, not matter what the current version is. :-)

  20. 20.

    PaulWartenberg

    January 28, 2020 at 1:53 pm

    I would argue finding another printer for you as Cafe Press IMHO has dropped in service over the last five years. I’m cancelling out my account with them.

    I will try to put another order in for the calendar though.

  21. 21.

    zhena gogolia

    January 28, 2020 at 1:56 pm

    I just got a notice that it has shipped.

  22. 22.

    PaulWartenberg

    January 28, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    It is not letting me add calendar to a cart for purchase.

    I blame trump.

  23. 23.

    zhena gogolia

    January 28, 2020 at 2:00 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Duh, I didn’t look up that high.

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    January 28, 2020 at 2:01 pm

    Yeah……can’t wait to get mine :)

  25. 25.

    Humdog

    January 28, 2020 at 2:02 pm

    The link you wanted us to order from does not allow me to put the calendar into the shopping cart. It just sends me back to the B.J store.

    i do wish we were allowed to pick the starting months for the calendar. Now the January pets and quotes will be overlooked.

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 2:09 pm

    @PaulWartenberg: Which link are you using?  I just got them to take down the link that will give us only a piddling amount for the rescue.

    I wonder if you might be caught in limbo.  Can you post the link you used?

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 2:11 pm

    @Humdog:  @Humdog:

    Oh my god, it looks like they took down the link to the Shop, as well.

    :: sigh ::

  28. 28.

    satby

    January 28, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    @PaulWartenberg: hey Paul, how are you feeling?

  29. 29.

    pat

    January 28, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    I clicked on the link that we are supposed to order from and got a message that over 20,000.000 accounts from cafepress were compromised in 2019 and Firefox can check to see if mine is at risk.  And this is from the Balloon Juice Online Store.

    This is a Firefox Monitor message.

  30. 30.

    pat

    January 28, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    The link that we are supposed to use goes to Balloon Juice Store and if I click on the calendar it appears but there doesn’t seem to be any way to put it in the cart, which is still under CafePress.

    In other words, it seems to be still screwed up.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    Yep, Cafe Press did indeed delete the Shop version of the calendar (Balloon juice Shop) when they were only supposed to delete the Marketplace version (where the pet rescue only gets $2).

    Are we having fun yet?  :-)

    Beth is now in the process of recreating the calendar in the Shop, and with any luck the calendar will be available at the Balloon Juice Shop – before bedtime today!

    That isn’t as horrible as it sounds, because Beth has the file for each calendar month on her own computer, so it’s a matter of recreating the calendar in Cafe Press, but not starting the whole thing from scratch.

    I think I speak for both Beth and myself when I say that we love Cafe Press right now. //

    In the meantime, we have completely opted out of the “Marketplace” for this and all future creations, so the new calendar should only show up in one location – the Balloon Juice shop.

    I will add this update up top, as well.

  32. 32.

    Ruckus

    January 28, 2020 at 4:06 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    In the navy we had a word for situations like the one you are dealing with. Starts with a C and ends with a K. The only thing that works is laughter, second best is violence, although many skip the first choice. It rarely works anywhere near as well at that point.

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 4:29 pm

    @PaulWartenberg: It should work now!  Please let me know ASAP if it doesn’t.

  34. 34.

    geg6

    January 28, 2020 at 4:32 pm

    @WaterGirl:
    If you could check, I’d appreciate it.  Been at a conference all day and it’s hard for me to check.

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 4:33 pm

    @Ruckus: I have used that term at least 6 times today.  One of my personal favorites!

  36. 36.

    geg6

    January 28, 2020 at 4:35 pm

    @geg6:

    Oh, and the initials are GG.

  37. 37.

    something fabulous

    January 28, 2020 at 5:37 pm

    WG, this is so sweet of you!! You certainly didn’t have to, but I do appreciate it a lot; have been dealing with some– things, and have not been such an avid lurker of late. Will reach out to you separately now with all of the various details. Thanks SO much! ???

  38. 38.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 6:35 pm

    @geg6: 4 letters + 4 letters?

    If so, it was cancelled.  You will need to reorder.

  39. 39.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 6:35 pm

    @something fabulous: Yay!

  40. 40.

    Miss Bianca

    January 28, 2020 at 6:50 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: awwww!

  41. 41.

    Another Scott

    January 28, 2020 at 9:23 pm

    Not that it’s here nor there, but if you go to cafepress.com and search for “balloonjuice” or “balloon juice” or “pets of calendars” you will not see anything about this calendar.  It seems like the only way one will ever see it is if one gets there from here.

    Even if it’s a marketplace vs. store issue, it seems like CP is bad and broken.

    :-/

    Ordered.

    Thanks very much for all of your efforts, Beth and WG and JC.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  42. 42.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 9:26 pm

    @Another Scott: We had to take the calendar down from the “Marketplace” because they were selling the calendar in such a way that it gave only $2 to the pet rescue, which was kind of defeating the point.

    edit: $2.11 each, to be exact.

  43. 43.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 9:40 pm

    @Another Scott: At the risk of sounding whiny:

    First they rejected orders for 52 calendars, for no reason.

    Then they started putting orders through, though they weren’t sure why, because nothing had been changed.

    Then we discovered the orders were going through in such a way that the pet rescue would only get 2.11 per calendar, instead of 7.11.

    Then, when they were asked to pull the calendar from the marketplace (because of that) they deleted the calendar from both places.  oops!

    So then Beth got to recreate the calendar in Cafe Press for the 5th time this year.

    And it only took 12 phone calls from me in the past 2 days.  I had guessed that it was 7, but I just counted.

  44. 44.

    Sab

    January 28, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    @WaterGirl: You are a trouper.

    Have I said lately how much I like the website?

  45. 45.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    @West of the Cascades:

    is there a link you could post to donate directly to the pet rescue since such a measly sum from the previous link’s orders is passed their way?

    Here is the direct link to the pet rescue that you asked for:

    Marion Animal Resource Connection

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    @Sab: Thanks for both comments.

    Today has been kind of a shitty day, so that’s a nice spirit lifter.  :-)

  47. 47.

    Sab

    January 28, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    @WaterGirl: Also Beth is a trouper.

    I meant to order one calendar. If I get two then off to work #2 goes, and $5 to Coles’s dog people sent by me direct?

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    @Sab: If you think you might have ordered two, I can check and let you know which way the calendars you ordered went through.

    I could check by order # and by name (or initials will probably allow me to find your order, if you don’t want to share your name.

  49. 49.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    @Sab: Beth is a super trouper and a very good sport.  She is such a nice person to work with!

  50. 50.

    Lord Fartdaddy (Formerly, Mumphrey, Smedley Darlington Mingobat, et al.)

    January 28, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    Already ordered mine.

    In other news, Jerry Falwell wants the western counties of Virginia to secede and become part of West Virginia. He’s complaining about “tyranny”, or as normal people call it, “a democratically elected state government passing laws he doesn’t like”.

  51. 51.

    Sab

    January 28, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    @WaterGirl: Don’t bother. I can use a bigger calendar at work (with pets!)

  52. 52.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    @Lord Fartdaddy (Formerly, Mumphrey, Smedley Darlington Mingobat, et al.):

    Yay!  I’m a little concerned that some people may not reorder because of all the complications.

    It’s really such a special calendar this year with all the quotes in addition to the pets – I hope people take the trouble to order a second time.

  53. 53.

    FlyingToaster

    January 28, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    I copied the link, but went to cafepress and logged in first, then went to the link.  The order went right through.

  54. 54.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    @FlyingToaster: Good news!  Hopefully we are over the hump!

  55. 55.

    Sandia Blanca

    January 28, 2020 at 10:53 pm

    @WaterGirl:  Hi WG, could you please check on order # 354069585?  Thank you so much.

  56. 56.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 11:03 pm

    @Sandia Blanca:

    Yours was one of the orders that was cancelled.  :-(

    You can order at the link above, same as this link below.

    Order Pets of Balloon Juice 2020 Calendars at this link

  57. 57.

    WaterGirl

    January 28, 2020 at 11:16 pm

    Heading for bed, or at least TV and snuggles with the guys, but I will check in tomorrow morning for any questions or problems.

  58. 58.

    Another Scott

    January 29, 2020 at 1:39 am

    @WaterGirl: I’m very sorry you (and Beth) had to go through all of that!  :-(

    Thanks again for all of your efforts.  This place would be a ghost town without you!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  59. 59.

    geg6

    January 29, 2020 at 5:21 am

    @WaterGirl:

    Yes.  Thanks, I’ll reorder!

  60. 60.

    WaterGirl

    January 29, 2020 at 9:10 am

    @Another Scott: I appreciate that.

    Some days, I think this place would really be a ghost town with Anne Laurie’s posts.  :-)

  61. 61.

    TMinSJ

    January 29, 2020 at 5:12 pm

    @WaterGirl

    Just FYI, I ordered after this post, and CafePress just canceled my order, so the issue may not be resolved. Here is their email:

    Leonda S. (CafePress)

    Jan 29, 09:22 PST
    Thank you for shopping at CafePress.com! Your order has been canceled because the seller temporarily removed the calendar from their website. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. The seller has requested that we let you know the calendar has been added back to the website would like for you to place a new order at your convenience

  62. 62.

    West of the Cascades

    January 29, 2020 at 6:46 pm

    @WaterGirl: Thanks for the MARC link! Headed over now to make a donation. And again profound thanks to you and Beth for all your work on the Calendar (and website).

  63. 63.

    WaterGirl

    January 29, 2020 at 7:24 pm

    @TMinSJ: The first two initials in your nym make me hope that you are the person who ordered 5 calendars on Tuesday.  Yes?

    If so, I asked them to contact you.  There was maybe an hour yesterday where Cafe Press deleted our calendar from the Balloon Juice Shop AND from the Marketplace, when they were only supposed to delete it from the Marketplace.

    I discovered that the calendar was gone (!) and called them.  Then Beth had to recreate the calendar on Cafe Press.

    If you are indeed the person who ordered on the card where the person had the initials TM, then you were the only person who got caught in the void.  Really hoping that is you!

    The name you mentioned in your comment does sound like the name of the Cafe Press person that I asked to contact the 5-calendar order person.  We see the name on the card, but do not have access to the email address of the person ordering.

    Can you let me know if that was you?  If so, you will need to reorder – sorry! – but it won’t be an indication of a wider issue.  Thanks,

  64. 64.

    TMinSJ

    January 29, 2020 at 8:13 pm

    @WaterGirl: Yes, that’s me with 5 calendars ordered on Tues — I submit my friends and families pets and give them as gifts. I reordered as soon as I got the cancellation notice. Thanks for getting back to me.

  65. 65.

    WaterGirl

    January 29, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    @TMinSJ: That’s so generous of you!  Sorry your order was cancelled, but very glad that it wasn’t indicative of yet another glitch with Cafe Press.

    Thanks for getting back to me, too!

  66. 66.

    Sandia Blanca

    January 30, 2020 at 12:32 am

    @WaterGirl:  Thank you WG.

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