CyFur

15 minutes ago, Celestina said:

While we don't have direct rules against leaving updates like this, we would highly appreciate it if you posted this information to us for record purposes.

Sure, here's the text of what I posted on twitter:

ME & MISCHIEF MAKERS — the conclusion. Thread below. On Aug 10 I received my suit from Mischief Makers after a long battle to get what I paid for. I had paid about $7000 via auction for a guaranteed mid 2020 deadline. My struggle to get any communication from MM is documented via artist beware. I posted my AB around December, so I’ll reference that for everything up till that point and move on from there.

In Feb I got a big apology from MM and photos of the body suit being completed. I was happy with the progress and the promise that the head would be done shortly after. I was ghosted at that point until May when I started looking into litigation via the small claims court of San Diego. In my research I discovered the NCRC (mediation services) recommended by the court to prevent parties from going forward with litigation. 

I contacted the NCRC in early May and gave them the facts of my case. They contacted MM regarding the dispute, then when it came time to set up a call between the two of us, MM started ghosting them too. The caseworker tried multiple times to get back in contact. After a few weeks of ghosting, the case manager recommended I move forward with litigation and gave me some information.

I filled out my JC Form # SC-100 and prepared to serve MM with the lawsuit. In the info packet given to me, I read I had to make one final demand and give 10 days before filing the papers. So I sent MM a final email in June letting them know I was demanding a refund to be delivered within ten days. I finally got a response to this email after months of ghosting and was asked to give one last chance as the suit was almost done. In the interest of having my case be stronger if I looked agreeable to accommodating the other party, I accepted the offer that asked for a late July deadline.

Communication improved and I got more frequent updates as the suit neared finish. I received a tracking number in early August for the suit, though no pictures of the suit put together.

I received the suit yesterday. There are some concerns I have that the suit might have been rushed in some parts —imperfections like an obvious seam in the face and the markings not being too clean—but overall I think the suit is cute and a good example of their work. I’m not sure I’m happy enough with it to justify the inflated auction price, and I imagine the suit would have been better and handled more carefully in different circumstances, but daydreaming about a world where the maker wasn’t substantially delayed by COVID isn’t a good use of my time, and I have an imperfect but satisfactory product in my hands now. I’m grateful to no longer have to deal with this situation, and that’s all I can really ask for. I consider this situation resolved.

I have requested the resolved tag on this beware, as the maker has delivered the product to me.

My experience past December is documented here: