Kei

The issue is that you're contacting someone who has nothing to do with this business transaction simply because they've been commenting on the beware.

Again, it's unprofessional behavior.

And now she has sent me a second Note on my FA account apologizing for the first one.

Chesta sent me a Note on my FurAffinity because of the last comment I posted above.

Also incredibly unprofessional...

Edit: I don't know if I should share it here?  It's almost accusatory, honestly.  And it certainly makes me feel uncomfortable that she's contacting people outside of the OP because of this beware.

Chesta just posted another journal to her FA.  Once again full of overly personal information, promises to change how she does business, etc.

I'm sorry this was outside of the PayPal claim window.  I hope you eventually get the badge, but I'm not too confident that will happen.

Definitely a warning sign when an artist says there's been progress but won't show proof of it.

Chesta posted a new journal to her FA a few minutes ago, stating she's taken on too much work, she will refund some current commissioners, she'll work to not end up with such a massive queue in the future.

I... will believe that if and when it happens.  Admitting there's an issue is a good first step, though.

[Not sure if linking the journal would be okay?  I can link it in another comment if mods say it's okay.  It does bring up a bit of personal stuff, though I suppose I could screencap and edit out the personal bits so it's only business-focused?]

Yes, I'd include that new note as well.  It's just further proof of poor behavior as an artist.

And I agree with @Bornes about making another beware.

Also, a note about Chesta and journals:

It seems to me she's frequently including very personal information in them.  It feels to me like an attempt into guilt-tripping readers into not pressuring her into dealing with her commitments. 

I'm sorry OP [and the commenter above] had to deal with this.  I hope you can get some sort of resolution.

Seeing her behavior patterns like this is why I've never commissioned her.  I've purchased multiple adopt bases from her, since that's already completed and they get delivered to me within hours or a couple of days of me buying them.  I'm willing to buy more bases if they catch my eye, but I'd never get a commission from her.

All of that lying is very troubling.  Would definitely avoid them based on that alone, no matter how well the construction is.

I'm very sorry you had to deal with all of their lying, running around, etc.

Oh, wow.

Their Sun_Burnt_Wolf account tried to commission me just a few hours ago.  The thing is, they didn't even read the description for the sale and asked for something the description clearly states, in the first couple of sentences, that I can't do. 

I told them as much and they said they no longer wanted the art.

Gone ahead and blocked them on FA now on both of my accounts.  TY for posting about this.

On 1/18/2019 at 6:31 AM, RTKobold said:

Since you most likely will not get a refund i would most likely report the account to the admin of YCH commissions with your proof that you received a traced image. 

I agree, I'd definitely report them to the site [and any other sites you may know they're doing business on with traced art].