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    Beware: KitsuGalaxy

    By Kitten, in Artist Bewares, , 1 comment, 526 views
    Who: @KitsuGalaxy
    Where: https://x.com/KitsuGalaxy
    https://t.me/kitsugalaxy
    When: 07/05/2025
    What: Other (Explain Below)

    Resolved
    At Anthrocon 2025, Kitsugalaxy had a booth selling custom fursuit spray packages.

     
    I commissioned Kitsugalaxy for a custom spray on 07/05/2025 and paid $150 with my credit card. 

     
    We exchanged telegram contacts for correspondence, and I sent my character reference. 

    Communication from Kitsugalaxy first stopped around August. I had to send a few messages and then bring up a refund for the vendor to finally respond. 

    Artwork WIPs were given.


    A rough finish date was given, and the artwork for the scent was completed. However, directly after that, the vendor stopped communicating once more. 


    I had to escalate in order to get a response.
    I was told that the package would be shipped on Saturday, but the date continued to get pushed back.

    Once more my messages were ignored. I had to send an escalation again to get a response, and it was apparent that the vendor had outright lied about shipping the package. 


    I was given a tracking number and the promise of a full refund to make things right. I gave it a few days and waited to see if the tracking would update, but the package had still not been delivered to the post office. 



    The refund was delivered, and the package was dropped off. 
    In the end I did not receive exactly what I had paid for, the promise for the bundle being:
    4 bottles of signature spray, 2 bottles of mystery spray, artwork of your OC with your chosen smell, stickers of your OC, and a mystery goodie bag. 
    What I was given instead was 8 bottles of my signature spray, and that is it. 

     
    However, since I was given a full refund, I accept the delivery as-is and have chosen to stop communicating further with this vendor. 
     

    Beware: bertiiart / naughtiibertii

    By maxx, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 53 views
    Who: Bertiiart / naughtiibertii / itsbertii
    Where: https://bsky.app/profile/bertiiart.bsky.social
    https://bsky.app/profile/naughtiibertii.bsky.social
    When: 12/22/2025
    What: Commission
    NSFW Content

    - commissioned a half body sketch for $30CAD on 22/12/25, sent a $5 tip ($34.84 after PayPal fees)



    - she did a commission for a friend of mine that I liked the look of beforehand, she finished his commission within 3 days of payment and has also done gift art for him since
    - she has been active on bluesky on and off since taking my com, actively advertising "quick turnaround" sketch commissions and posting personal art and gift art (mostly for accounts with bigger followings)
    - also nearly daily active on discord but hasn't responded to my messages since 19/02/26 when she said she had a sketch she would send the following day. 


    - have reached out to her on discord and bluesky comments with no success, submitted a PayPal chargeback. 

    Beware: Meebeehyena

    By GinGon, in Artist Bewares, , 1 comment, 1,063 views
    Who: Meebeehyena , Stinky_yeen_bee
    Where: https://bsky.app/profile/meebeehyena.bsky.social
    https://x.com/meebeehyena
    When: 01/13/2025
    What: Commission
    NSFW Content Resolved
    On January 13th of 2025, I went to Meebee on Telegram to ask for a commission 



    Listing for the Chibi Commissions 

    After discussing the details of the commission, I paid same day 

     
     


    After just a few short days, I was told it was going to be worked on already

    And was given updates after this pretty frequently for the next few days. 

    This was the point where no updates were given for a couple of months until I had to ask. 

    This last message would not be answered until nearing the end of July 2025, where I was asked if changing the commission would be on the table, I actually liked the style I originally went for, so I asked to just keep it as is. 

    After a couple MORE months had passed by, I was getting fatigued so offered to change the idea if it meant getting it done.


     
    The next ask wouldn't be till January 7th, 2026, where nothing had been done and they wanted to cancel the idea completely. 

    At this point, I should've just taken the refund, but didn't want to hurt their way of paying bills, food, ect so compromised with one of their ych


    These were the last messages sent on January 7th and I have not recieved anything since then after picking one


    As of today, several ych have been posted on their social media, as well as Valentine's day ones. They do no have visuals of their queue so I have nothing to show for how long these others have been waiting as well.
     
    As of February 10th, 2026, they have reopened for personalized commissions after telling me they would no longer be doing those this year
     

     
    Going to contact them once more for just a full refund after dodging updates and lying, hopefully something can be done.

    Updated ---
    After contacting and confronting them about dates and missed deadlines, I was told on Feb. 17th that it would be started. 


     
    As of today, they have finished several other commissions, as well as recently opened ones. If nothing is sent by the 17th of March I'll be taking the full refund. 

    Updated ----

    Gave them the month, and after seeing them post more recently opened commissions, asked for the refund


    With it being the 28th as of this update, not really holding my breath for it any time soon. 
    Update for 04/07/2026, refund issued

    Beware: Rillrex/ArcaneChimera/Oddgrowl Art

    By SylverTears, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 1,213 views
    Who: Oddgrowl Art, Arcane Chimera, Rillrex
    Where: https://oddgrowl.carrd.co/
    https://twitter.com/oddgrowlart
    https://twitter.com/rillrex
    https://rillrex.carrd.co/
    https://www.furaffinity.net/user/oddgrowl/
    https://www.furaffinity.net/user/rillrex/
    https://bsky.app/profile/rillrex.bsky.social
    When: 07/05/2025
    What: Commission



    - I commissioned Oddgrowl Art/Arcane Chimera/Rillrex on Saturday July 5th, 2025 in-person at Anthrocon's Artist Alley. They were vending under the name "Oddgrowl Art". I commissioned a black and white traditional sketch for $70 and tipped $10. This sketch was to be completed at-con, but the artist did say that it may need to be a take-home commission (to be done shortly after the con). 
    - Proof of payment (
    - I followed up a couple weeks later on July 31st to check the status of my commission and did not receive a response. I tried again on August 10th and did not receive a response until August 23rd, where Oddgrowl offered to send me a wip of the black and white sketch. I agreed to see the wip, and I have not received a response since. On November 17th I requested a refund if Oddgrowl was not able to provide the WIP in a timely manner, and I have not received a response. I have not followed-up since the November email. 







    Mod Note: Follow-up was sent to Rillex via Bluesky on 2/19/26 and has not received a response.

    Beware: (Kaniepanies/Vishmesh/Kanis)

    By forensyx, in Artist Bewares, , 0 comments, 891 views
    Who: Kaniepanies / Vishmesh / Kanis
    Where: https://ych.commishes.com/user/vishmesh/
    https://ych.commishes.com/user/kanipanies/
    https://ko-fi.com/kanis
    When: 11/30/2025
    What: Adoptable



    On November 30th 2025, I purchased an adopt from Kaniepanies on YCH.Commishes for $25.
    I paid the attached ko-fi account, to which the artist confirmed they recieved payment & then gave me the unwatermarked PNG of the adopt
    A month later, I noticed the adoptable was listed on YCH again by a user called Vishmesh, and I reported it for theft thinking someone else was stealing the adopt and trying to scam people. I messaged Kani/Kanis and infomed them with a link to the auction, to which they immediately removed me from their dms, blocked me, deleted the auction where I had won, and changed their ko-fi handle to cover their tracks. The new ko-fi handle, Kanis, shows a $25 payment on November 30th, 2025 - same day I paid for the adopt, and the only ko-fi payment I made that day. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the same person.
    As of January 8th 2025, they are going by Vishmesh on YCH.
    They will likely change their usernames again to continue this scam.
     








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