1337Scaly

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT!!!

I have finally received my art from Chesta and want to close out/declare this Beware resolved.

Evidence: https://sta.sh/02aqjz2sh7qi
https://toyhou.se/~images/37752218  (showing that it is in my possession)

Please let me know what else I can show/do to resolve this Beware.

(sorry mods) I wish, but the old cycle is starting to emerge again, which is getting very old...I'm clearly not happy about waiting this long.

Good news! Chesta got in touch with me to ask about my boi (got a bit confused on his official ref, which I can understand) and I answered as quickly as I could. I looked at her Trello and I'm in the sketching phase. I am hopefully and to be honest, happy. I feel like we are getting somewhere now. As a whole, she does seem to be working more frequently, which is a very good sign. Soon we'll get this resolved.

Tiny update: I asked for progress and she replied (within 24 hours, so that's a positive sign), that mine and a few other commissions will be completed after Christmas. This perks and deflates me at the same time. Not sure if she means "I will get it done after Christmas but before the New Year" or "After Christmas and into 2021". I'll cross my fingers and keep updating.

Very quick update: I'm finally on the Trello! But not under refunds. It's under Pinups/Full Body Commissions. Huh, especially after I asked to be refunded (but again, she didn't open my notes, so...but even then I mentioned in the info that I can be refunded), but again, weekly notes and updates. I hope I'm in the home stretch here.

Update: This sudden activity seems to happen every time I make an update, so I think it's best to keep this thread going with what little news I've got.

My most recent (two days ago) note finally got her attention enough to reply (and ignore all of the unread notes I still have, but that requires work, so...). She basically asked for the commission info...again. After about 3-4 times asking for it. Not once did she mention me getting refunded like I wanted and asked for "NSFW" details on my commission. STILL not on the Trello. That's a crap-shoot by now, I should never expect to be on it...

Proof of note(s): https://sta.sh/01ncdswr9eys
https://sta.sh/0uj5f09q2x3
https://sta.sh/0zk13rjptzu

I will keep my word and note her every week until its done or I'm refunded. I have had enough.

Overdue update: Sadly, nothing has come to pass yet. Promises of refunds appeared in a journal 2 months ago, and I wanted one. I can't wait anymore, I've done enough waiting. While my name is still not on the brand new Trello she made (I noted her all of the info she needed, but nothing came from it, still on "unread"), I grew rather embittered when she started doing refunds for much bigger projects AND more or less begging for money because of a very expensive event that happened earlier in the month. Nothing but begs and cries about how she can't afford X, despite the fact she had half a year to plan.

The fact she decided to have this event within the same year as the news of said event is mind-boggling to me. One can wait for such a huge event, especially when one has horrid money troubles and a lot of upset customers. Or go to the cheap option by going to a certain building and signing a sheet of paper and BOOM! Done! Do the fancy, money-draining things later when you actually have it.

She seems to be making a lot of her money on adopts, which is fine, but when they got for 3-digit numbers and STILL doesn't have enough money to refund some of the smaller commissions (ie mine, under 3 digits), I can't help but feel irritated and I will continue to pull teeth until there's nothing left but gums. She is back from the post-event, so she is still sending out bases to the people that donated money to her, but just the mere fact that people donated without a second thought infuriates me.

Since she's back, I will have to hammer her hard. This is out of hand and I just want this resolved. She is trying...but frankly, it's not enough. If one actual commission a month-ish with 3 adopts to surround it while streaming every 4 months is trying...well, try harder.

TL;DR Chesta has left all my notes on "unread", went away to a very expensive event, is now back, time to knuckle down.

UPDATE!!

The refund has been processed and got transferred to my bank. Just need my one slot and this Beware will be officially resolved.

I hope he actually gets back to you. With all of your patience, he better finish your commission and then some. It does suck to see people you're a fan of ignore you as if your loyalty and kindness means nothing. I'm sorry. I hope you get either your commission or your money back soon.

ANOTHER UPDATE!

Apparently, she's been sick and be MIA for the past week, so she is still refunding others. Call it an extension, more or less. We'll see if I'm still on that list, but based that I dropped 160$ on my commission, I think it's unlikely.

Camy, I personally agree. It's been a long time coming. The fact that a lot of people are beyond upset should've been the first red flag that people will speak out. Honestly...I'm personally surprised that no other Beware was made public about her until now (a few others were floating around, but weren't really "official")

Ok, guys! It's been over a week and I didn't get any note from Chesta, so I'm officially in the "Will be Completed or Bust" line. I'm not surprised in the least, but that still doesn't invalidate my growing anger and lack of communication between us.

The only note she took initiative on was when this Beware first got posted. Since then, nothing but radio silence. She's "trying" to get better, but her communication skills are still severely lacking, so I have a very sharp hunch she will revert back to her old ways.

I'll keep everyone updated if I get any emails/notes/WIPs from her.

Thanks, Kei!

Just read it, but I'm very skeptical for one reason. Paraphrased, she said within the week, she will note commissioners with refunds. However, if it's been over a week, that means the commission has started and will be complete. No refund.

As stated before, not a single WIP has been shown to me (even though her Trello states mine is in the "coloring/shading" stage), so I am not 100% sure where I am on the list of clients. The refund list or the finish-it list.

I will keep everyone updated.

Luna, Kei, I did inform the admins to include the new note, which they did. It's on the very bottom of the Beware.

Do not worry, I will keep everyone in the loop and add more evidence if it comes up. Thank you all for standing behind me on this. It means a lot to a shy introvert who wants to end the chaos like myself.

Twilight, I am personally appalled; and I thought a year+ was too much, but 3 years?! You have the patience of a saint, more than me. 

Kei, you are 100% right. That's also why it's very hard to separate evidence from issues because they intertwine so much. I don't like the guilt-tripping and that's why it took so long for me to write this in the first place. I wanted to be nice and wait, but this was just too much.

Oh, Chesta noted me yesterday, getting upset about this Beware, saying she is working on my commissions and wants this down when she's finished.

This hurts. I'm sorry you endured this, OP. As a writer myself, I feel like writing commissions are a bit tougher to not only work on but to price up as well. The fact that he kept stalling and stalling on the payment is a big no-no. And this is why a lot of writers don't normally take commissions like this.

I hope you do get your payment. If not, I'd suggest you remove the story altogether.

I am so sorry this happened to you, OP. And this is why I'm terrified of commissioning fursuits. I cannot stand how irresponsible this person was. Yes, life gets in the way, yes, accidents happen, yes, mental illness kicks all of our tails.

However, using those as excuses to not work, is never acceptable. If it doesn't fly in an office building, it doesn't fly in the artist's/fandom's world either.

Also, using mental illness as an excuse feels like a personal attack on the rest of us. Being mentally handicapped (depression, anxiety, what have you) is not a free ticket from work. You offered a service and you didn't deliver. Simple as that.