James

10 minutes ago, rikki said:

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It was asked to be excluded by us because the telegram chat in question had a lot of third parties in it, and we were unsure of the level of privacy this chat had or has.

It isn't anything different than the journal other than other users and the artist calling the OP names. OP was never directly named. The artist called OP an "idiot".  The artist was frustrated that the PayPal dispute could put their account in jeopardy due to the no adult rule for paypal.

Edit: refreshed myself on the chat, so it's more accurate now.

Just now, Rionquosue said:

attempts to slander me 

I'm curious what part of what the artist said was false, and when did they publicly name you?

Slander (in this case libel as it"s written) is not "someone said things I don't like about me". It's specifically "someone said something directly about me that is false to specifically financially harm me."

As a moderator it's our job to be as impartial as possible, but nothing the artist has said is libel. You attempted to gain the entirety of the amount back, and you most certainly are not entitled to that.

Also 26 hours is still a short amount of time. She's right. Not everyone is available constantly or consistently. I've easily pulled 16 hr shifts at work and can take longer than 26 hours to respond. 

Yes it was originally submitted as a beware, but we downgraded it. There's no way this qualifies for a beware. The like feature is disabled for mods, but I'm in full agreement with Armaina.

This is one of those weird ones where I personally see what you indicated in your reference sheet, but can also see how the second fix would be debatable.  I would definitely suggest making a close up detail shot of those as a quick go through of your gallery shows that it's done in a variety of different ways.

Hiya.  It's stated in multiple places that we do not delete posts ever.  It would defeat the purpose of our archives.  Posts are marked as resolved.

6 minutes ago, Alkraas said:

Zelestin's phone number is visible on the Paypal screenshot~

Other than that, I'm very sorry this happened to you, OP. Sadly, you're far from able to dispute the payment via Paypal, since it's been much longer than 6 months. Here's to hope you somehow get a refund.

Sweet jesus that's on me for working this beware before coffee.

If you see something that major please dont leave a comment. File a report or PM me. I almost didnt check my email because it was just a comment notif.

A post has been hidden because it appears to contain personal information.  As a note we do not allow irl names.  If there is definite proof the artist goes under different names, feel free to contact one (1) moderator with absolute proof it's the same person.

Proof includes:

-  Same images

-  Same public emails

-  A public notice the account is a side account.

Unacceptable proof is:

-  "Same style"

29 minutes ago, Kuro said:

Please could you provide any proof that shows the it is me doxing you? I dont se any relation that the person saying that they doxed you by sending a link is me. Claiming that that is me without profing it isnt nice. 

This comment is being approved so we can publicly state that we do have internal proof via our rejected archives that you two are the same individual.

Trunch submitted it, but it was asked to be withheld because the person you're commenting to can't consent to being included on a beware.

8 minutes ago, Raggedy said:

Update: Hours after posting this Fen broke their silence with me and told me that I can have the character back, and apologized for the trade going sour. I still say beware as it still happened, and I believe the only reason they broke silence is because of public eye.

We will mark this as resolved, but it will still retain the beware tag.

Cknsausage is correct.  You can pull the character from them and resell it/ retrade it at any time.  Especially if they're going to ignore you on this trade.

The most recent comment was hidden simply because it's not particularly good advice legally.  This situation is more of a civil matter than a criminal one, but Alex has privileges to see hidden comments so it's his decision to follow through.

17 hours ago, Lavisca said:

It has been 8 days, we are still waiting.

Sorry if this platform isn't meant for providing updates, I'm not sure.

I can insert this information into the body of your post if you'd like.

4 minutes ago, shout said:

Heads up that they've recently changed names again, they're currently under ZappBeast Costumes, @ZappBEASTcustom. Their other account is @ZappBeast. 

Howdy thank you!  We will update the tags accordingly.

Howdy.

The artist has attempted to post to this beware, but their comments were reserved for rule violations. (Rule 5)  They have also been banned for legal threats against the OP and us.

OP- spamming the link to this beware on the artist's pages is not condoned by us.  In addition, it is against the ToS of many sites.  While we understand that you want to spread the word about your experience, it isn't a good thing to harass others or get banned for harassment on other sites.

2 minutes ago, Rendrassa said:

It's still uncensored in one of the screenshots? The fourth and fifth screenshots are the same image but the fifth one is censored and the fourth isn't.

The system that runs our images can be quite magical sometimes.  Anyhow, thank you it's fixed.

The screencap featuring the artist's email has been censored.  Please be sure to review what we ask to be censored in the Submission Guidelines!

Holy moly.  This one is intense.  Firstly, never send payment as Friends and Family.  Artists who insist clients only send via F&F can have Paypal restrict or even close their account if they're caught abusing it.  The fees are business operating fees and should never be shifted to the customer.

Second, almost every commission artist has been in a situation where they realized they undercharged.  You bite the bullet and remember it for next time.

Thank you for this.

I'm honestly surprised it took this long for her to earn a beware given that when I ordered my commission in 2014 she was also having issues with keeping her queue in check.  While she has made excellent strides in dealing with it in the past, it doesn't seem to ever significantly get better.  Unfortunately, I've unwatched her since she adopted a "no refunds" policy and defended it despite it being highly unethical.

1 minute ago, Bourbon said:

I actually do have an addition to this caution. Several weeks ago another artist DM'd me on Twitter saying that Vaxis had told them he'd apologized to me and was trying to be a better person. He has NOT spoken to me since before he was removed from the original A_B LJ community. I have had absolutely no contact and he has not made any apologies to me. If he's messaging anyone claiming he has, he's lying. 

We will stick this as an update to your post!