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1.  Comments are to remain professional, constructive, and on topic.  We are not a drama site.

Targeted harassment, regardless of intention is not tolerated. While the situation can be frustrating, this is not how things of this nature are resolved.

This is the sixth post about their poor practices and things have not been addressed in the slightest. And I don't doubt that many others who have not made their story public have felt these same frustrations.

You can have all the best intentions in the world, but unfortunately all of this falls on the artist. Whether they want to make the changes or if they want to continue the cycle and dig the hole deeper. We've seen some severe cases turn it around over the years, but that took so much time and dedication to make those sweeping changes.

As it stands, I don't see BV changing those bad habits, not until enough people speak up to make a significant impact on her business.

It's unfortunate to see that this is a pattern with this artist.
But I do think you need to treat your art purchases as proper transactions in the future, OP.

I can understand being chummy and friendly with someone, but you two entered into a business transaction and the communication regarding it should be held to a different standard. Not everyone's experience is universal, but posting random gifs/memes to initiate a conversation regarding your commission can be off-putting to someone who may not be fully familiar with you.

This artist's practices are not okay, but I wouldn't even know where to begin if someone just spammed me with random gifs to get me to talk. To the wrong person, it might trigger anxiety if you're not straight-forward about your intentions and that can make things worse down the line.

Staff has been provided proof linking these accounts to this sole paypal address from other parties who have had business dealings with this user under the listed aliases in the post.

Due to the circumstances of this situation, the paypal address relating to this individual will be presented publicly, but their legal name will remain censored.

A comment was not posted due to an excessive amount of unrelated, personal information.

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3 hours ago, Saltminer said:

I will definitely be doing that. They suddenly got very chatty with me when they learned that there may be consequences for their actions. I want to spread the word about them so much so that they won’t even be able to buy an icon, let alone a reference sheet.

Again, please submit a post to us rather than submitting your updates through this other user's beware.
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VosurAekira is offering you advice on the presumption that you have a claim to make as a CLIENT who has been scammed for non-delivery of goods.
You cannot use Paypal's claims system to force the client to pay you for the other transactions that pertained to your particular circumstances.

To avoid any further confusion, again, we are asking you to submit a FRESH BEWARE to bring further visibility to this individual's practices as a nefarious client.

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While it's listed as a donation, I as a user of the service, had to go in and mark my transactions as "processed" back when I used the service, and iirc I was able to issue a refund if needed. Though to confirm is a bit difficult since I'm long out of that window, unfortunately!
So its not exactly the same as the traditional method of receiving a donation through the platform.

As guppygoopy here was using the service for commissions, the OP has a strong case to attempt to get their money back.

Ko-fi also happens to offer a commissions widget on their platform, but as far as I am aware it is only limited to Paid users of the platform, not so much the rest of the userbase.

3 hours ago, VosurAekira said:

If it's listed as a 'donation', you may or may not be able to get your money back. You could try since you're still within that window, but I think the rules are a bit different due to gifts.

Ko-fi transactions aren't explicitly donations through paypal, fees are taken out and it would be possible to dispute a transaction in this case.

It can be a bit confusing given the wording and how the platform is used, but as someone who's used the service in a similar manner, it's essentially like any normal service transaction paid through paypal.

My understanding with CashApp and things like it is that refunds happen at the discretion of the recipient?

But you also need to have a card or payment method linked to use the service, iirc?
While it IS a long shot, have you attempted to go through the institution you used for the payment? (i.e. your bank or card company)

We have confirmed some of the aliases associated with this Bewaree's past business and have amended tags accordingly to reflect this.

However, we are issuing a strong disclaimer to exercise caution when looking up the Bewaree:
Many of their pages have very explicit NSFW materials associated with them and their business, if you feel the need to look into them, we strongly advise you do so with Safesearch ON or at your own discretion.

4 minutes ago, Chesta said:

Please check you FA no reply yet. I am trying to reach you to refund your payment and resolve this issue. Thanks ~

While it is admirable that you are attempting to make amends with this client, it is not always a guarantee that a poster will be religiously checking a post they have made.

This client of yours no doubt has other means of contact that can be easily seen on their FA profile, we advise that you look into these to resolve your matter with them.

Please keep in mind that when you make multiple comments in succession it notifies our entire team for approval.

1 minute ago, Tygre13 said:

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The Mod Comment was not directed at you, it was directed at other users who have attempted this.
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17 hours ago, Fredmion said:

damn, maybe what I say isn't worth a ton, but I feel like this is a big misunderstanding. were they a little harsh? yeah but maybe the language barrier so to speak had something to do with it

Even with a language barrier, the artist was clear about their availability and the work they had to do first before taking on this client.
The client was openly abrasive when the work began, which wasn't even a month after they initially reached out to Takaneru.

Language barriers can account for mixed signals at times, but there's no need for hostility to this degree. It was just uncalled for.

If others have been experiencing these issues with this artist, we strongly suggest that you make your own beware post so it adds to her tag here, as it will highlight awareness on our site.

Please abstain from doing a beware write-up in the comments of someone else's post.

While many are outside of Paypal's protection period, you may have other avenues, as in speaking with your bank/card issuer to try and force a refund via other means.

On the other hand, if there are multiple claims made on her paypal, it may be possible to see a refund. This is rare, and we're only seen this happen if the individual has a large amount of claims filed against them. Many years ago, Pirate-Cashoo (Who has since caught up with their work and turned it around) was the most notable example where we saw retroactive refunds, but it took a lot of people being affected by her to have this outcome.

10 hours ago, anowllo said:

Still the same as before, now even the alt account @SpacePupper was deleted for inactivity as well without response

The SpacePupper account was the one that was in-charge of the Queue channel. So, it was gone after the timeframe noted in the screencap I took.

A shame that this is how it turned out for you, it's a frustrating thing to see 😞

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11 hours ago, TheTrueBlue said:

So she has done this to me as well. It has been nearly a year and she has owed me a refund for months mind you. I'll be posting more and then making a journal/comment on this linking back to here but I'm so tired of constant excuses. Mental health illness is not a crutch you can constantly lean on for stealing. 

 

I'll bring the physical proof in later however when I can maybe force a refund finally.

Please note that we will deny a submission of a beware via a comment if this is what you are intending to.

If you have also had issues with this artist, we advise that you submit your own beware to inform others of your circumstances.
While we can see that this behavior is a pattern, it is for the best to add to the tag to showcase the experiences each commissioner has had with an individual rather than piling on to someone else's entry.

Additionally, having more entries within the individual's tag will highlight them within our system's tag cloud for heightened visibility.

Hey OP? Have you heard any update in this case?

I got a notification from the telegram group regarding the inactivity, so if you and anyone else was waiting for a piece from Bluhuny, it's likely that they just up and bailed entirely.

Note, this was an automated message sent by telegram and not an update from BluHuny themselves.