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If you would like to speak about your experiences in full, please refer to my comment to Zefram above and submit your own post for us to approve. Multiple posts of this nature notify the author of this Caution post and our entire team, who review all comments.
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We advise you make your own post on the matter to help bolster the situation overall. As I mentioned above, this is our sixth post about this artist's practices and there are many people who have commented over the years that have had similar experiences. Multiple entries boost our tags and metrics on site, and help others come forward to speak up about their situations. If you are still within your Paypal protection period (180 days), be sure to file a chargeback to assure you get your money back.
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Changed Where to https://www.furaffinity.net/user/brokenvocaloid/ https://www.furaffinity.net/user/cielkuro/ https://www.furaffinity.net/user/doggietreats/
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Changed Where to https://www.furaffinity.net/user/BrokenVocaloid https://www.furaffinity.net/user/cielkuro/ https://www.furaffinity.net/user/doggietreats/
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A comment was not posted for violating rule 1 of our terms of participation: 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A comment was not posted due to an excessive amount of unrelated, personal information. This has been a recurring theme with many comments lately, and we implore that all users please look over our Submission Guidelines and our Rules for Participation before continuing to provide anecdotes to bewares. Please keep your commentary on-topic without an excess of screenshots, and non-business related encounters with an individual. If you have experienced something similar to Beabea while commissioning this artist, please submit your own post. Multiple posts on a subject help our community by contributing to our tags and metrics. All comments are moderated and approved manually. Any subsequent attempts to submit a beware/caution via the comments of another user's post will not be approved.
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A comment was not posted due to being in violation of Rule #2: 2. No excessive personal information. Do not submit you own beware within the comments of another user's thread or beware, we will not be approving them for public view. All of our comments are moderated and alert our entire team. Again, please do not resubmit your information through the comments of another user's beware. We strongly implore any users new to our platform read over our submission guidelines, and should you feel inclined to do so, submit your circumstances to us to review as a formal beware. Thank you.
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A comment was not posted due to being in violation of Rule #2: 2. No excessive personal information. Do not submit you own beware within the comments of another user's thread or beware, we will not be approving them for public view. All of our comments are moderated and alert our entire team, please do not resubmit your information through the comments of another user's beware. You are more than welcome to share your experiences by posting your own Beware on this user, which will help bolster visibility for our community by contributing to our tags and metrics. Thank you.
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Waiting 6 months for a commission-feeling anxious..
baja replied to WinterFaint's topic in Advice for Commissioners
Outside of Paypal's window, you are left without much recourse outside of contacting your financial institution (Depending on what you used with paypal to pay them) for a possible chance of recovering your money. Note: A 'no-refunds' clause is not legally enforceable, regardless of what terms you agree to when entering a contract with an artist. If they do not provide the service you paid for, you are entitled to a refund if you so choose, but remember to act before your 180 Day window closes. This is a hard lesson learned unfortunately. -
Beware foxyfluffstudios / alex-rose-nitya / Alexanderea Rose
baja commented on Vinfang's record in Client Bewares
Again, please submit a post to us rather than submitting your updates through this other user's beware. Every comment you make here notifies the author of this post, and our entire moderating team. 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. -
Beware foxyfluffstudios / alex-rose-nitya / Alexanderea Rose
baja commented on Vinfang's record in Client Bewares
A comment has not been posted for not following our Guidelines, specifically the following: 6. External links will be declined. External bewares: Submissions that are simply "here is my link to my beware on (external site) will be declined. Please post your information to us. If you have had a similar experience with this particular client, we strongly advise you submit a formal Beware to us. Additional entries on an individual's tag help with visibility for our community at large and for anyone else who may have encountered this particular client. Thank you. -
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.
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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.
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A comment was not posted due to being in violation of Rule #2: 2. No excessive personal information. This subforum is for positive experiences with artists. If your experience with a subject was different different, then you may submit a formal beware for our team to review. Do not submit you own beware within the comments of another user's thread or beware, we will not be approving them for public view. Thank you.
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Beware: weeniedogfluffbutt / Hazelnut Fluffbutt / Erika Grothe
baja commented on Corgin's record in Artist Bewares
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) -
Beware: weeniedogfluffbutt / Hazelnut Fluffbutt / Erika Grothe
baja commented on Corgin's record in Artist Bewares
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. -
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.
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The Mod Comment was not directed at you, it was directed at other users who have attempted this. Comments that post an Entire Beware are not approved, and therefore are not visible to users such as yourself.
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Just a reminder for any future replies, we'd like to reiterate: If you have also had issues with a subject of a beware, please submit your own post. Additional bewares on the same subject help visibility and the community at large by contributing to the tags. Do not attempt to piggyback onto another user's post with a full beware within the comments. Any comments of this nature will not be approved.
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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.
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Bornes has covered it succinctly, but if I have a less than stellar experience with an artist, I make a point to not use the art. A lot of the time I will just let the work sit on my HDD with the name of the individual but I won't give any official posting of the work attention just to put it behind me. If someone asks me who did the work, and I have happened to had it uploaded prior to any sort of fallout or new info, I'm always the sort to give proper credit to the person who did the piece, but you can always say you don't recommend working with them. If its something that bothers you, you can always remove your own uploads from public view for piece of mind. And heck, if you even want to go to this extent, you can ask an artist to leave your name off an upload if they're going to display what they made. Though the latter would vary on an individual circumstances, etc etc. tl;dr, A piece can be beautiful, but carry bad vibes. I send those bad vibes away and look to greener pastures.
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Customer Doesnt speak English (Currently active comm + TOS issue)
baja replied to theodor's topic in Advice for Artists
I never said that the customer did, this is a general response to prevent the greater audience at large from misinterpreting the policy as you have it presently written.
