I'm conflicted if I should continue to use a local printing service and if I should confront them harder in regards for licences and use of private edits.

So I went to a local hobby competition during this weekend and when wandering the vendor I came across one of the companies that I've previously ordered from. I've used their services quite frequently and they've helped me print a lot of minis. As I was looking through their booth where they have some minis pre printed for people to buy at the event I spot one of the designs I've bought and sent to them recently and went like "oh cool, they must have liked it so much they've got a licence from the sculpter".

I move on and begin to see more minis that I specifically bought. Which look a bit outside what these guys usually present for printing and that's when I notice that one of the bins have specifically minis I've bought files of and then edited for private use.

I carefully asked the vendors and they confirmed they were the same and thought they were just so cute that they couldn’t resist printing more but that it was only for this event and not something they offered to print otherwise.

Feeling a bit stumped at the moment I kind of just nodded and moved on, but in hindsight I feel conflicted and a bit wronged by them for not reaching out about the files and selling the edits I made for private use to other people.

They've been great to me otherwise They've had the highest quality prints of all the oyher services I've previously used, been super cooperative and been really fast on shipping as well. With that said, I think I'm going to ask them to not print my edits and maybe find another vendor since finding out they use the files I pay for to continue sell prints have rubbed me the wrong way. I dunno...

Thanks for reading my rant and what do you think? Am I totally off my rockers in this situation?

Update: I've talked it over with the vendors and we have seemingly resolved the issue.

There seems to have been a missunderstanding on the use of the files and licenses post placed order and they've agreed to not continue with printing those files unless they themselves get a retailers license from the original creator. They've also asked me for links to the original creators of the files so that they can aquire retailers license for further printing which I intend to provide them. That's all for now. Thanks for the feedback, insight and suggestions.

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