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A comment was not posted. While we welcome clients of artists to say they've had a good experience with the artist in question, doing so on a beware is inappropriate. A good result for you does not negate someone's bad experience. We welcome you to post to the positive review forum instead. Please see: I've been Posted to Artists Beware, Now What?
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An email has been sent to follow up with Calima on these claims.
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If you can please do!
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That's fantastic news!
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Changed Resolved to Yes
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Fantastic news! We'll mark this as resolved.
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A comment was not posted. While this artist does not have a good track record, let's not hurl accusations that can't be proven. It's quite clear she's struggling, and she should have been raising her prices ages ago. From the last time she commented here it was obvious she was trying to get control of her queue, but it doesn't look like much has changed.
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Howdy!! This would be something our queue mods would have to take a look at. Submit what you have, and we'll send a message if there's anything else.
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beware Beware : sizdizzle/muttkaroo/Cryptic Keep
Eden commented on korel542's record in Artist Bewares
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beware Beware : sizdizzle/muttkaroo/Cryptic Keep
Eden commented on korel542's record in Artist Bewares
Went ahead and marked this as resolved, but will be leaving the beware tag on. Also, slander is spoken. Libel is written. People reporting on their negative experience is neither. -
While I approved of this previous comment, this is a polite reminder to keep comments business focused. Adiago has had a history of poor behavior since she went by Sevva-Phoenix almost a decade ago, but we don't want to pull away from what happened to OP.
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A comment was not posted. Let's please avoid making sweeping generalizations about people taking emergency commissions.
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Changed Resolved to Yes
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Good to hear! We've marked this as resolved!
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Just as an aside, since this appears to be a bank initiated chargeback, this can happen on any payment processor that you're using. Changing away from PayPal won't prevent these kinds of incidents from happening.
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If Paypal is saying they need to talk to his bank, then this is one of those instances where it's not their fault. They don't really get a say in what happens because the issue didn't arise through them. A chargeback = initiated through a bank. Bypasses Paypal. Usually smacks you with an extra charge beyond the initial sale. Paypal can't do anything in these instances except refund you out of their own pocket if they so wish. Usually sellers lose these because most banks and cards have fraud protection which guarantees the actual cardholder gets their money back. A claim = initiated through Paypal. This is where Paypal's team reviews a case and decides in favor of someone.
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May 5, 2014 https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/763782.html It was rejected first cause it was too early, but since she blocked me after trying to solve it, I think it's fair to post it now. WHO: Skippy-Adopts http://skippy-adopts.deviantart.com/ WHERE: Skippy-Adopts on DeviantART not sure about other accounts. WHAT: An adoptable I bought, then was taken back forcefully without notifying me at all. WHEN: May 11th 2013 PROOF: On May 11th-12th I saw a cute adoptable (screenshots in case of deleted.) on DeviantArt and decided to autobuy it. The paid for transaction for points was too far back in my transactions however it still shows it in her donation pool on her page. EXPLAIN: On May 12th I autobought an adoptable from Skippy-Adopts as stated above. Today I posted I'm re-homing my characters because they no longer get the love they used to get. So I wanted them to have better attention and posted a journal that they're for sale/trade for other stuff. I've had this character since a while so it comes with a bunch of art but even so after a while it didn't get the attention it used to get anymore. So couple days ago I got notified that Skippy re-sold the design I bought from her without my permission or notifying me at all. (screenshot because she removed it) So basically it was stolen from me as well as all the art, did a few tiny changes to the design and that's it. I left a comment on it that it was harsh and just unfair to claim it back, because I care for characters and getting their deserved love. But this is just rude and I felt betrayed. I notified the person who bought that re-sold design that they will have to deal with a twin one. They said they're fine with that, I told them I'm not sure if I ever find a new owner for her if the new owner would be alright with that. I didn't mind on my part but the art would not be related to it. I commented that it wasn't fair on the re-sold submission, days later Philo commented she wanted her points back when I told her the situation whereby I commented again "the only way to solve it was to refund her the points and delete the re-sold adoptable." Apparently she went for the way so I couldn't reply to her by blocking me after removing. Now that I'm re-posting this as of today, she deleted the image and has blocked me so I couldn't contact back at all. I wish she handled this maturely and apologized for stealing back the character, but instead she took the attitude way out to block me. Please beware of this person if you adopt(ed) something, who knows who will be next with getting their character stolen back without knowing, just because you want to give it a better home.
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I know that we asked you to cut a lot out due to trying to keep into the scope of the site. Adiago has been like this for over a decade, so while I commend you for trying to see the good in people as per your text in a previous submission, I'm baffled why people continue to work with her in the first place. I suppose with the loss of LJ archives/ lack of use of LJ where a lot of this was documented people don't know too much about her history. Thank you for coming forward, Raven. It's a beware well warranted.
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We're revisiting that stance! I just need to make an official announcement.
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I'm sorry that you had to learn the hard way that this is why a lot of us charge upfront. But also this client saying they're broke from the get go would have been a red flag to not even work with them. If you prefer to be pay upon completion there are a number of escrow services out there that require the client to pay up front and you get paid when the piece is delivered.
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Unfortunately, because you're out of the Paypal window you're really only left with three options: - Continue to remind them and wait. - Write a beware and hope that prompts them to refund you sooner. - Write it off as a loss. Without IDing the artist, have they lost their Paypal due to too many claims put out against them? If so it sounds like you may have unfortunately commissioned someone who is stuck in a cycle. They need money for bills > they take on work to cover the bills > their prices are so low that they can't reasonably finish the work in time > the next billing cycle comes up and they're backlogged.
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Sent PM to OP
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Howdy! We've recently learned some concerning news about Livejournal that has prompted our staff to make archiving a priority. On top of LJ stating they will delete inactive accounts, recently their staff has gone silent and cross posting to LJ from DreamWidth no longer works. Staff being silent is a big concern, so we don't want to delay any longer on archiving. - Why has archiving taken so long? Archiving was admittedly on the back burner. Our mods were handling it as they had spare time. Most of this work can't be automated as Livejournal doesn't play nicely with attempts to pull from them. Either posts didn't have dates on them or no tag information or both. To add to that, some old posts prior to Dani/ Kayla-la's ownership didn't follow the guidelines we have now. Or tags were handed out just because someone was mentioned, and not because they did anything wrong. So each post prior to her ownership has to be rereviewed and censored when necessary before being brought over to the site. - Can't you keep the community active? We can! The issue is we don't know how LJ is going to delete accounts. Will they just be strikethroughs like a standard deletion, or will it be a complete wipe? We don't want to find out as posts disappear. - Can I help by porting in my own posts? Please don't! You'll confuse our mods. - Can I help in any other way? If you're a long time member of the old LJ and/or mutuals with me on twitter please reach out if you'd like to help archiving from Dani's ownership forward. Those do not require us to review posts, and I need to be able to trust you to have temporary moderation abilities here on site. I planned on compensating non-staff volunteers, and we can discuss it if you'd like to be compensated for your time. Interested parties can reach me via on site PM or via my james @ artistsbeware.info email - What happens if LJ does delete entries? The good news is we already have a complete port on site. It's hidden with no dates and no tags. Basically a complete mess, but it's there! If push comes to shove, we can pull old posts from there.
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original: https://artists-beware.livejournal.com/655276.html EDIT 2/19: I got this note and I replied today: http://i48.tinypic.com/b8pb43.png (Fixed Link to hide my Address) I'm just really sick of excuses that may or may not be true and want my stuff sent. WHO: PuddingCup88 WHERE: PuddingCup88.deviantart.com WHAT: A Trade for a Fursuit Head and Tail (From Me) For A Keyblade prop, Tail, Feet Base, and some fur. (From Her) WHEN October 14th, 2012 - Maybe January when I started having trouble. PROOF: http://oi50.tinypic.com/2it2791.jpg http://oi47.tinypic.com/24pky75.jpg http://oi49.tinypic.com/2zqalcm.jpg http://oi47.tinypic.com/1pckmx.jpg EXPLAIN: So, I saw her work in a group, and really loved her feetpaws, so I sent over a note asking about them. That's what her first comment replies to. We struck up a kind of friendship during this. This was my first trade, and I was new to the business world. I really loved a keyblade she had made as well, which became one of the items in the trade. All went well, easy contact and exchanging necessary information. I do believe -- this should have been a red flag for me -- My biggest mistake was to agree to send it in time for Halloween. I sent out the package, and I asked about her sending the keyblade. I should've taken "My Mom Sent it" as another red flag at that point. I'm thinking I missed some Notes here (Went through all my notes) or the messages were through skype, as she had failed to tell me that Pakko arrived, and I only knew because of shipping. I had posted an advice post around now about this, as the keyblade was taking longer to arrive than it should have. Luckily it arrived around a week after that. Contact seemed to have died after she got Pakko. She decided to sell him after Halloween ( http://oi48.tinypic.com/13z5u15.jpg ) which I wouldn't really have minded much if it was not for the fact I had only ONE of the items she needed to send me. So, I proceeded to send her a note in November or December for updates. Come January and still nothing, despite her stating she's going to send everything out. By now I had gotten more experience dealing in business, and simply was quite angered at this, and wanted to get it over with and get my stuff. Now it's February. I've completed 1 complete head, 1 almost complete head, and 2 head bases in this time, so I have gained more experience in buying and selling and simply do not comprehend how she is not done and shipping things to me. I'm just really annoyed, and decided it's finally time to make a Beware on her.
