Im really confused by your statements bro.
How can a fast sell out turn you off to an artist? Should Shep make less attractive work so it sells out slower. If POW had a system that could handle the site traffic would you then be turned off to Banksy because it would sell out in seconds?
This print sold out in 6 minutes, the quickest yet. Its a very attractive image and those that were dedicated had plenty of time to purchase it. If POW had a checkout system that could handle the traffic the prints would be gone in alot less than 6 minutes.

You still have a chance at one from Shepard's site. The jerk is giving some away for free:
"I have very little to complain about regarding the support for my art, but there are couple of things that frustrate me. One has has been the problem with people missing out because a print sold out too quickly. The second is people misunderstanding what my political motivations are. With this print I have decided to tackle both problems with one solution. I recently watched a great documentary called IRAQ FOR SALE:THE WAR PROFITEERS. I knew that companies like Haliburton were ripping off the government and therefore all of us as taxpayers, but this film shows the real depth of the problems and the extent of shady business dealings between corporations and our government. I recommend the film to anyone, but as an added incentive I am holding back 25 "Proud Parents" prints to be given free except the price of shipping to anyone who sends a photo of themselves holding a copy of the movie in their home. Send your photographs of you and a copy of the movie to info@obeygiant.com. Don't lend one copy to five friends and try to get over. Get all five friends to buy a copy and lend it to their five friends... please. The film and more info is available at iraqforsale.org or bravenewfilms.org. Brave New Films is also behind the excellent OUTFOXED and WALMART:THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICES. Check it all out.
-Shepard "

I dont latch on to all of your posts Martin. Like you just said I dont have the time to read all of your posts. I read the topics that interest me, one being the Obey thread.

I just dont understand how someone can be mad at an artist for having quick sell outs, Im happy for Shep he's a stand up guy and deserves the success.

4 weeks ago he had no limit on the number of prints you could buy and the prints would sit on the site for months at a time.
Now as his popularity has grown he's limited it to 2 per person.
He himself has just stated ""I have very little to complain about regarding the support for my art, there are couple of things that frustrate me. One has has been the problem with people missing out because a print sold out too quickly."

I think Shep hears where you are coming from but its not really him you should be focusing your frustration on. Street artists have put out some amazing work lately and the "scene" has become MUCH more popular (obviously). I think your frustration should be directed at the scene not the artist.

Shep has let peeps know what day and around what time his prints go on sale, isnnt that enough? If you want one you know when and where to get it online. I flew out to LA (spending $1000) hoping Id have a chance at buying a Banksy print, that was the dedication I had to get a print. For an Obey print its much easier, come on now.

Hate the game, not the artist.

in case anyone is scrabbling around trying to find or buy a copy of that DVD, give up! too late....

"Thanks to everyone who sent in there pics with their copy of IRAQ FOR SALE. We got a tremendous response from our added incentive and now have received our first 25 photographs. Once again, thanks for all those who sent in the pics and purchased the movie."

P.S. as promised a few of my Shep prints have gone up on ebay. More later when I get time.

very happy to wake up today to see the below in my inbox from obeygiant:

Congratulations! We have received your photo submission and your photograph was one of the first 25 submitted. We thank you for your efforts and we hope that you can help spread the message about what is really going on in IRAQ.

To insure delivery please provide your name and physical address below.

Once again, thank you for your response and support of OBEY GIANT ART.

Best,

OBEY


Yay, happy days.

If anyone has a red Biggie Smalls please PM me.

Just got my first Shep Fairey print. Peace Goddess, pleased and it was so easy as well

good work, i did look at them but not my thing. Would have snapped up one of those chuck d ones though. sold out pretty quickly!

if anyone got the "rise above arrows" print today and wants sell it or trade [maybe for my chuck d], shoot me a PM.

btw, i'm new here. lovely place to kill afternoons at work!

peace to all-

isnt rise above next week's?

But the "rise above" image is where the peace image should be. Plus, it is featuredon the main page which makes me think it is next week's. Unless they put both out at once and I missed it.

This website www.thegiant.org/ seems to confirm that only peace was released. So if you want it, next week perhaps

Nope, I was wrong:
forum.thegiant.org/viewtopic.php?t=3121

The arrows piece was a beauty wasn't it! Oh well, hopefully got a peace goddess, still no confirmation as yet.

converted to PST I had a time of 12:04:29 so I am hopeful. Onthat same board though people were saying that the time thing didnt mean anything. Was interesting on there wasn't it.

well thats good to know then. With my lovely BT broadband, I was lucky to get through and purchase but not till later (is 12:06 really later- sheesh?).

Anyway, the 1 per person gives us a chance but man, shipping is a b*atch. I guess when you convert the price of the print to GBP it still cheaper than a lot of stuff over here.

Guess I'll keep my fingers crossed but won't cry too much if I miss out.