Alex Wright

That all sounds like quite reasonable stipulations and a great way to go moving forward. I would also suggest making your watermark more pronounced. Someone can simply clip out that bottom red banner. It should be translucent and cover part of the artwork, making it harder to remove.

7 hours ago, Aulle said:

A quick update:

I was refunded $50, of $250 total, and that's it, from the maker. So I called Paypal, and my case was escalated to a claim. A response was given to Paypal from Finley, and though I am unsure of what was said, the case was decided in my favor and I was refunded the remaining $200.

I hope everyone else gets this sorted out too!

Unfortunately like I said above, I'm well past the date of being able to open a claim.

Update. Was promised a refund (partial in June, partial in July). Have not received anything as of yet (June 26th). Emails below.

Unfortunately I'm well past the PayPal refund request period for the invoice. Which is why this is all happening. The invoice was fully paid off in August 2018. So I don't see it helping much. I have had contact with Finley stating that a refund is forthcoming. I suppose I'll just have to wait and see if that's actually the case.

7 hours ago, mxbird said:

this seems to be a common issue with the maker and it’s a wonder he’s still allowed to set up booths in cons. i purchased an artist’s liberty gatordog partial from him at furrydelphia nearly two years ago. i was given a first date for it to be finished in early 2018 (the con having been august 2017) which i was okay with. never got updates aside from the design which was done by his partner or friend or something. 

whenever i try to contact him, unless i bring up wanting a refund or being forced to charge back, there is no response. when there is, it’s always with an excuse of being ill or having been busy with other projects (despite seeing no updates for any projects anywhere). often he puts down other commissioners by calling them childish or difficult, which at this point i’m assuming that means they just want some semblance of a suit and aren’t afraid to be a little pushy about it.

despite messaging him about twice a week, i have not heard back from him over telegram since november 2018, nor it seems has anyone else who has commissioned him.

I used email just to get ahold of him. And even then it seems to be touch and go. I'll be issuing an ultimatum likely before I bring it to court.

7 minutes ago, Mortymaxwell said:

I would love to know what has happened to the rest of the money.  He should have some left over, after he bought fur. I'm guessing he spent everything.

 

TBH I'm not even sure the Fur was bought.

3 minutes ago, Alkraas said:

Seems the images for the emails are broken and display a 404 error, on my end at least!

Gehe, that's probably my fault. Should be fixed now.