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    Beware: ____Kai_River_____

    By CrimsonVexations, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 579 views
    Who: Kai_River, kaireevers, werneragzal, kai_reever
    Where: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/kairiver
    https://www.patreon.com/kaireevers
    https://boosty.to/kaireevers
    https://hipolink.me/kai_reever
    https://buymeacoffee.com/werneragzal
    https://picarto.tv/KaiReevers
    When: 12/13/2023
    What: YCH



    2023
    December 13th
    Kai had posted a reminder for one of their multi-slot YCHs. I liked this one a lot and decided to comment asking for a slot and Kai sent me a note asking for details and gave me a payment link.

    December 14th
    I had something happen with power going out at my house so I was unable to answer right away. He sent me another note the next day asking me how I was doing and I replied with my situation from my phone.

     
     
    December 15th
    When I was able to get to my PC I replied to his first note with the characters, asking if he'd be able to draw them before I sent payment. The character's species has a specific blocky head-shape and aren't supposed to have foreheads/ protruding brow bones so I told him that. He said he'd have no problem drawing their head-shape and to let him know when I sent payment. I went ahead and sent it and mentioned that I forgot to ask him if the cigarette in the piece could be changed into a vape instead and he replied saying he received payment and had no problems with changing it to a vape.




    I'm going to post the character references I sent him so you can see the head-shape and details on them that become relevant later.
    2024
    July 19th
    I hadn't heard anything from Kai but he posted a journal saying he was done with his medical school exams and now had time to work on his queue. He was going to be working in the order of when the YCH's were listed vs bouncing between who ordered what slot first and was doing the YCH's in batches for each month. Mine was set for September.
     
    December 3rd
    I checked in on his journal and saw another person had been asking in November if the deadlines were still accurate as they were waiting for a YCH from October and November. I commented as well, asking if the queue was still accurate as I would have been waiting a year for the piece on the 16th..

    2025
    January 5th
    Kai uploaded his first post since people had been asking for updates and it was a reminder for a YCH and he continued to ignore everyone else. I ended up commenting on the reminder stating:
    "I don't mean to be rude, but why are you taking on more slots when you haven't finished the ones from over a year ago? Everyone has been patiently waiting and asking you for updates on your "deadline" journal just for you to ignore us for months and come back to take on even more commissions.
    You need to either finish your queue and/ or begin sending out refunds. Otherwise it looks like you're just trying to run with our money. :/"
    I also went and copy pasted it onto the YCH he had the reminder for with the same thing. There was someone who commented wanting a slot and I warned them that Kai had a queue of over a year and they removed their comments.
     

     
    A few hours later, Kai ended up responding to me and the other two commenters on the journal with a copy paste message saying:
    "I'm sorry for the delay. I was not able to use my strength to the full and the three-year burnout has taken its toll. I took a month off in December, which kind of helped, so I will update and make a more accurate list of deadlines soon, but by name. So that each of you can keep track of my work.
    I'm really sorry for the wait."

     
    He hid my comment on the YCH reminder but didn't hide the one on the YCH itself.
     

     
    Eleven hours later got a note from him telling me that he had been burnt out from work and that he actually had finished my YCH with a link to the piece.
     

     
    It mostly looks nice but there are several things off. Kai didn't even try editing the head-shape outside of erasing the nose and adding slit nostrils and missed a few key things that were on the character's references (Horn rings, Nyx's collar and neck fluff), he also didn't change the cigarette.)
    I feel like given the amount of time it took for him to respond to me that he went and rush did the piece because otherwise I don't know why he wouldn't have just sent it to me beforehand. I messaged him back asking for changes but that note has been left on unread and I sent him another on the 26th which has also been ignored.
     



    I'm almost certain that I am not going to get a response anytime soon and he's just running off with several people's money. I really think people should stay clear of him unless he does a major turn around.
     
     

    Beware: Wulfchow

    By Zyflair, in Artist Bewares, , 2 comments, 624 views
    Who: Wulfchow
    Where: https://twitter.com/wulfchow
    https://t.me/wulfchow
    https://wulfchow.com
    https://bsky.app/profile/wulfchow.bsky.social
    When: 07/05/2024
    What: Commission

    Resolved
    I have commissioned Wulfchow at the Artist Alley @ AnthroCon 2024. The commission is for a digital drawing with a scene commission, which was verbally explained in person at the booth to be a fullbody with a background. Scene commissions are shown to be offered on their social media, but the price is not shown as it was sold out at the time of posting on July 6, 2024.


    Payment was done through Square, so there is no use of PayPal. Instead, the only proof is my bank statement, showing that I had ordered from Wulfchow on July 5, before the scene commissions were sold out.

    On July 5th, we had exchanged Telegram messages to establish contact. Afterwards, I attempted to reach out for updates, where the screenshots include specifically my mention of a scene commission.



    The Trello link is all of their currently owed work from AnthroCon 2024, including the scene commission they agreed to do: https://trello.com/b/6FFKY0ug/post-anthrocon-24-queue


    There has been no indication of a response since my check in on November 16, 2024. The artist instead updated on their Twitter that they will correspond by email instead, despite claiming to respond to all outstanding DMs.

    I have reached out to them on the email they publicly supplied and am still waiting for a response.

    Artist Beware: ectoflorist/kettucutie

    By jadewolf, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 249 views
    Who: ectoflorist/kettucutie
    Where: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/kettucutie/
    Discord: ectoflorist
    https://ectoflorist.tumblr.com./
    https://toyhou.se/ectoflorist
    When: 03/17/2024
    What: Commission
    NSFW Content

    I  began a commission process of a two page a comic from ectoflorist/kettucutie on Februrary 16th 2024. The artist seemed nice and welcoming at first.  The total for the commission was $70, although I was given the option to put a down payment of $20 first and pay the rest at a later date and agreed. 




    After sending the $20 down payment for the commission, the artist sent a rough sketch of the first page of the comic.


    On March 17th 2024, I then had the rest of the payment, which was $50,  and sent it to them as well. Both transactions were made via  CashApp.


    I've waited until April  23rd and April 28th 2024 to as for an update on the commission. But was greeted with a bit of a hostile reply.

    After apologizing, I waited for a response, unfortunately, the artist became unresponsive.
    I waited for months sending check up messages while trying to be respective of the artist's space as much as possible.
    However, the artist did not respond at all.

    Strangely, as I made the transaction and contacted the artist on Discord, they still seem to be active on there.


    Unfortunately, the artist's Furaffinity page has been inactive for months, and there's no other place to reach them other than Discord.

    On January 22nd I tried contacting the artist through private message on their Tumblr. However, they have blocked me and had not sent a reply.


    The artist is currently still posting on their tumblr, reblogging posts from others even though they've not sent a response.

    Beware: TARGETU/TARGETOVERKILL/John Lloyd Iral

    By SoreBae, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 473 views
    Who: @Stagger309
    Where: https://twitter.com/stagger309
    https://twitter.com/IralLloyd/
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCSAeZBgNGxRQ-naUh3PgGQ
    When: 02/21/2024
    What: Commission



    Originally, artist and I agreed on a 150 USD budget on animation to help take care of costs because he was looking for work to be able to feed himself. Artist insists he would do weekly updates. What followed was months of silence, and updates only whenever I would ask for them. These "updates" would never include actual proof of progress on the work. False promises of delivery and asks for more money always followed each update request I would send. In the end, they provided a paypal email different from their original, saying they needed "storage" to be able to deliver the final file. They have recently asked for more clients as close as the past month. They should not be trusted to deliver their work or offer refunds for working with them. 










    Beware: RegallyWild

    By gly, in Artist Bewares, , 4 comments, 2,935 views
    Who: @RegallyWild (Twitter handle), Elizabeth Appel (publicly available Twitter display name)
    Where: https://twitter.com/RegallyWild , www.regallywild.com
    When: 10/30/2023
    What: Other (Explain Below)

    Resolved
    10/30/23:
    I initially purchased a custom fursuit collar from RegallyWild, in-person, in the dealer's den of Furpocalypse 2023.

    I was out of fursuit while looking at the collars in the den. The vendor overheard me say to my partner that, while I really liked one of the collars, I didn't think it would fit on me when I was in suit. They suggested I purchase it, take it back to my room, try it on, and return it if the fit was not correct.

    I did this and found, as suspected, the collar did not fit, so I returned to the vendor's table. When I arrived for my refund, the vendor suggested that, rather than refund me, they'd prefer to custom make me a new collar - same pattern and materials - and ship it to me after the convention was over, with the shipping being at their expense. I thought this was very generous and agreed. I provided my name, address, and contact details, which they wrote down in front of me, and I handed them back the too-small collar while they kept my money via credit card transaction.



    11/11/23:

    About two weeks later, I had not heard from them, so I decided to reach out via email. They responded almost immediately, verifying my recollection of events, and letting me know they'd been sick and promising the order would "be heading out next week." Since a specific timeline had been provided, I was looking for follow-up in the next week. That didn't happen.




    12/02/23:

    Three weeks later, I reached out again. I was concerned because I knew I'd be out of the country for a few weeks and may have had to arrange for someone to receive my mail if a package was going to be delivered. This email received no response at all.


    12/18/23:

    Two weeks later, despite being out of the country and in a vastly different time zone, I tried reaching out again. This time, they replied the next day, saying that spikes for the collar were out of stock - odd,  since they were supposedly ready to send it one month prior. Strangely, they also offered to send "the rest of the order" before the collar. The collar was the only thing I had purchased, so this was confusing.  Since there were no other items to be sent, I told them I was fine to wait for the collar to be completed, because I saw no other option. Also confusing was that one of the emails referenced providing a phone number, but there was no phone number in the message at all. This would be the last time the RegallyWild ever spoke to me.




    01/26/2024:

    Around five weeks later, I was back in the states and had not heard anything. I reached out again, and additionally requested the phone number they had previously offered to provide. This email received no response.

    02/01/2024:

    Due to the complete lack of contact, I followed up more quickly, one week later, requesting a status update. This email also received no response.

    02/06/2024:

    Five business days later, I reached out again. As it had now been nearly two months since they had responded to anything, I felt my only course of action was to request a refund or initiate a chargeback. I know chargebacks can be hard on small businesses, so I felt I owed them a chance to correct the issue before contacting my credit card issuer. This email was not responded to. Unfortunately, I was unable to initiate a chargeback because I had provided them with too much leeway. My issuer would not dispute the charge because it was older than 90 days and neither would Square, RegallyWild's payment processor.

    02/15/2024:

    About two weeks later,  I noticed they had posted new work on Twitter. In desperation, I looked to try that avenue to contact them, but they had their DMs closed. I tried replying to the post, which went unanswered. At this point, I presumed maybe something had happened to them or they had gone out of business.

    05/24/2024:

    Nearly six months after their last contact, I noticed RegallyWild running banner ads on FurAffinity. I followed the ads to their website and learned they were still taking orders. This prompted me to reach out again one last time. This, of course, also went unanswered.

    10/24/2024:

    It has now been just shy of one year - fifty-one weeks - since RegallyWild took my money and gave me a year-long headache. Recently, I've had another burned customer of theirs reach out to me via Twitter DM asking if I'd had any luck getting in touch with RegallyWild. Their experience was, unfortunately, much the same as mine.

     
    I've since learned RegallyWild will be vending at Furpocalypse - my local, home con - again this year. So, I feel it's important to get a warning out about possible issues with this maker in advance, in the hopes that no more customers will have the same issues that I have.
     

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