Beware: GreyScarborough, Grey-Scarborough, Grey_Scarborough

https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/979026.html

WHO:
GreyScarborough, Grey-Scarborough, Grey_Scarborough

WHERE:
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/greyscarborough/
https://grey-scarborough.sofurry.com/
https://grey-scarborough.sofurry.com/
https://www.weasyl.com/~greyscarborough

WHAT:
NSFW Digital Flat Color Commission, for 25$

WHEN:
Jul 19th: First contact
Jul 20th: Commission details explained and paid
Aug 18th: First time asking about the state of the commission (It was said to be completed within 2 weeks, instead 4 weeks have passed) (Artist responded).
Sep 15th: Second time asking about the state of the commission (Artist did not respond).
Sep 23rd: Asking for their response (Artist responded).
Nov 3rd: Third time asking about the state of the commission (Artist did not respond).
Nov 16th: Forth time asking about the state of the commission (Artist did respond, saying he "will dig it up today").
Nov 24th: Fifth time asking about the state of the commission and first time seeing a sketch. The sketch was not what I asked for, artist knew about it.
Nov 25th: I complain about his inability to work with me properly and demand him to finally start working with me constuctively, or to refund me by the 10th of December.
Nov 26th: His reponse: "Ok we'll eat shit and take a refund on the 10th you pompous fuck."
He just kept insulting me, while I tried to work constructively with him.
Nov 27th: He finally explains himself, yet keeps being insulting and blocks me. No further contact from then on.
Dec 11th: Yesterday was the last day I demanded him to refund me. It didn't happen. Money is officially stolen by this date.

EXPLAIN:
On the 19th of July I decided to commission Grey_Scarborough for an adult piece of art. He was quick to respond, we exchanged details about the commission and I paid him the next day. He claimed it would take him 2 weeks to finish the piece. I am "free to request a WIP whenever" and contact him at any of his messengers. Sounds good to me.

I didn't hear anything of him for 4 weeks, so I sent him a note on the 18th of August, asking if he forgot about me. Again, he was quick to respond, told me he was busy moving, admitted he was behind schedule. No problem to me. I responded with some kind of smalltalk, to which I didn't receive a response. Also, not a problem at all.

September the 15th, another 4 weeks have passed. I'm asking for updates. Telling him I'm not intending to rush, telling him to take his time. Though I was giving an emphasis on the fact that 9 weeks have already passed. I asked about his queue, where I am placed at. I didn't receive a response.
One week later I sent him another note, asking if he is going to answer me eventually. Slowly losing my patience. He responded the day after, saying he thought he responded to me already. He told me he "hit a pretty bad road bump, but we should be pretty square now." I should "keep an eye out", he'll "bump me an update soon". I responded ecstatically, telling him not to rush it. But I wished we would have a more active base of communication. Told him about a story of a previous bad experience with another artist (though resolved). He didn't respond to this.

November the 3rd, another 6 weeks later, I ask him if he could start anytime soon. I didn't receive a response. I noticed he uploaded another artworks and YCHs especially. Apparently, he needed to make more money, while he couldn't finish anything else of his queue.

November the 16th, another 2 weeks later, I told him he didn't respond to my note, and asked about the status of my commission. He responded the same day, saying he'll "dig it up today" and send me the "current version" of it.

November the 24th, another week later, I asked about his progress. He responded the same day, saying he "found the work" (!?) and he "had done the dang pose wrong", telling me he was sorry about that. He included a link to a sketch, which didn't represent what I was asking for at all.
I responded the next day, losing my patience, criticizing his work ethic, yet staying constructive and not being insulting (Even though I admitted, that "I am pissed right now"). I was in disbelief that it took him 4 months to work on my commission, while not even doing what I paid for. I told him about the times he didn't care to respond to me, how I expected him to come forward to me, instead of me having to poke and ask every few weeks, how I paid for this commission alredy, how he makes me belief he might have stolen my money.
I questioned him about the other artworks and YCHs he kept posting, while he apparently could not bother to work on my commission. I told him his work ethic was insulting to me.
I also told him that I'm sad it went this way. I had hoped it would've been better for us. "I sincerly hope you do understand."

I made some demands to have him work with me more proactively and constructively. I gave him my contact data for Discord and Steam.
I promised him to work professionally as possible with him. I would focus on the progress of the commission and I wouldn't complain to him about his work ethic any further, if he agreed.
I told him the picture has to be finished within the next 2 weeks, as he originally promised, or I'll demand a refund. Which was due yesterday, which I didn't receive.

His response was, I quote: "Ok we'll eat shit and take a refund on the 10th you pompous fuck."

I was shocked at his response, to say the least. Yet I didn't respond back in any insulting manner. Again, I showed him how the situation was and how he tore my patience apart with that last piece. I criticized his work ethic again and told him I was appalled in which insulting manner he responed to me, a customer.

His response: "No. Fuck you. I really don't care about you, or your views, or suffering to be polite to you. You do t deserve it. Fuck you."
This only became more childish the more we went on.
I told him he was taking my critique way too personal. Yet again, I criticized him. Especially pointing out, how he claims to be "overly social" with his customers and how he is "always seeking to improve", as it's stated on his profile page.
I reinforced my previous statement, saying I never attacked him in person. I asked him to keep his dignity. I told him he can refund me at anytime, 10th of December being the deadline. He, again, responded with a lot of vulgarity.

Later notes went a bit back and forth, so I won't explain the exact details of them here, yet I will post it in the screenshots below. It's interesting nontheless.
- I warned him about carrying this issue towards artist beware, to which he said he didn't give a fuck, he would refund me eventually. He was still very abusive in his choice of words.
- He claimed what he did could be done in a "quick edit", yet comparing the sketch to my instructions, it's obvious that it needs a complete redo. I wouldn't have complained if it was just a small error.
- Admittedly, I lost a bit of my temper in between, though I didn't attack him personally.
- He called me a liar and claimed he did respond to every single one of my notes. He prompted me to read his TOS (explained in the paragraph below).
- I proofed him wrong and criticized his TOS. To which he "dares" me to make the Artist Beware post.
- I asked him what his deal is.
- He told me his personal opinion of me.
- I responded and criticized him again. I told him that IF I personally insulted him in any way, I am sorry.
- He told me I am delusional. Something about "stead pay"!?
- After the last note he send me, to which I tried to respond, he blocked me. I wasn't able to contact him any further.

It came to my attention that he claims in his TOS that he "will cancel the commission with no refund if you're abusive." And I believe he makes use of his own rule here, despite me not attacking him in person once.
Besides, TOS rule or not, stealing money is stealing money. You can't make it legal by writing up a rule of your own, saying it is legal.

Well then, the next 2 weeks until yesterday, I waited for my refund. He didn't do it, so now we're here.

PROOF:
Proof of Payment: https://i.imgur.com/D1oukQ9.png (as much as this proof goes, anyway...)
Full conversation from start to finish and pictures (NSFW): https://imgur.com/a/xfXpl