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We're glad to hear that you got a resolution in this situation!

8 hours ago, Rendrassa said:

While Wise doesn't seem to take the same proactive steps PayPal does with fraud protection, it does list some things you can do about this: https://wise.com/help/articles/2978048/i-may-be-the-victim-of-fraud-or-a-scam

There is a possibility of recourse, the wording on that article may refer to different types of scams and not a merchant transaction that may be disputed according to this article from the platform.

There does not seem to be any generalized windows for dispute like paypal has, only that the platform can charge back a transaction from over 30 days.

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1 hour ago, Kobaj said:

Oh! I assumed Paypal cutoff was like 30 days. I'll see if they can get me a refund, thanks :D!

For your reference, the Paypal window is 180 days.

Your Paypal receipt provides you a deadline of October 1st to report issues with the transaction.

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6 hours ago, RTKobold said:

Not just that. (Which in itself is a massive red flag cause anyone would  be very familiar with the manga/anime.) but a few of their examples look traced and very uncanny especially the background one it's very inconsistent.

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2 hours ago, Felix said:

When is your Paypal safety window up? If I were you, I would file a chargeback as it is probably getting close to when that window is closing. It seems like they're deliberately not responding and ignoring you while taking on a ton more new pieces.

OP paid via Boosty, which indicates a very strong possibility that they will not be able to recover the funds.

It is one of the few methods available to Russian artists at this time, and the platform processes all payments as donations. Various individuals have noted here that they lose their claims due to the terms of service of the site if they've run into issues with the respective artists.

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This matter was resolved while in queue, and the refund to the OP has been amended to this submission.

For anyone who has had similar issues with the artist, they have come forward with a statement acknowledging their outstanding queue and has offered refunds.


We encourage those who may be waiting on work from Kittie to reach out to them directly.

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A large issue with these subsequent concerns is a lack of proof from you, OP.

You have not provided clear proofs of what you are expecting to receive versus the progress you are seeing on the work itself.
Matters of quality issues necessitate extensive visual proofs in order to make any sort of judgement on the product itself.

I would also like to ask for clarification, as your continued coverage of these circumstances contradicts your statements in the original post:

Are you accepting these circumstances at a loss or are you adamant on getting a refund?

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17 minutes ago, xNirox said:

I have found another active Furaffinity account owned by this client. May I add it?

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Just taking a look at this, from the date you paid for both pieces to now, only 138 days have passed.
Paypal's window for claims is 180 days.

You are well within your window to submit a claim for a partial refund for the outstanding piece that you've not gotten a response for.
It should allow you to enter the amount that you'd like to dispute if you go through with the claims process.

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1 hour ago, DragonMaid said:

I was able to hash things out with the artist in my beware, we are now on good terms. We met at BLFC 2022 and had a really nice conversation about everything and were able to become friends again to work past the issue. They have been drawing other art for me and delivered a few of the emotes, but we no longer have any issues with each other.

We'd just like to clarify, as it's implied there might still be some outstanding work, are you forgiving their debt entirely?

We can mark this as resolved for you if this is the case.

For future art trades, I would strongly recommend setting hard deadlines and not providing the full image without some form of heavy watermarking to the other party. Some people may not even finish their end until they see some progress, that way if things stall out? You didn't spend too much effort on your part.

And this is just something I observed in the overall post and how you communicated with the artist throughout this endeavor.
It isn't right that the artist left you on read, but much of your correspondence regarding a follow-up to the trade does not state intent.

Being spammed with nonsense doesn't make someone want to respond, especially if you are unfamiliar with them. While you're both doing the work for fun and in your spare time, it is another form of a transaction and communication should be a bit more formal so there's no mixed messages in the event that things go belly-up for whatever reason.

I'd like to be clear that these are just suggestions as someone who's seen this happen quite a bit over the years.