Casey Barden (No responses since October 22nd) to date.

[lugiacollector.livejournal.com]

Please Note This seller appears incredibly legitimate and completely honest, I do not expect them to be attempting to be scamming me. However, at most I would love to get contacted more often as soon as they are able to be doing so. This is not meant to be posed as a threat or a warning to you if you find this post at all, I would just love to follow through with the transaction in a much more timely fashion and I hate reporting anything bad about anyone for any reason. I wish to update this as soon as later updates show up but there's no signs of any updates for a long time.

WHO: Casey Barden

WHERE http://fursuitauctions.livejournal.com/2620266.html

WHAT: ursuit Commission (Partial Mienshao OC)

WHEN:
August 1st, 2012 - We contacted on details and eventually contacted through Email.
August 31st, 2012 - call for payment; payment made via Paypal

October 22nd, 2012 - "Hey sweetie! I'm so sorry it's taken a while to get back to you! We're having computer troubles right now & should be getting our computer back soon in about a week. It's over-heating really bad & we had to send it back to get it fixed. I will have tons of pictures for you then! Just dropping a quick note to let you know I'm still here & still working on suit."

No further contact received on their end after sending emails to them and to their Facebook account. It's December 26, 2012 now.
Their facebook account has SOME activity on it https://www.facebook.com/casey.barden?ref=ts&fref=ts
and I cannot tell if their other account does https://www.facebook.com/Fuzztasticfun?ref=ts&fref=ts

Comments

[lugiacollector.livejournal.com]

Thank you, it's good to know she's been at it for a while because I haven't found many threads or posts about her so far that looked bad (negative feedback and the like)- my guess is she's a slow worker and always has been my thought- though who knows what may be in store XD

[chesshiress.livejournal.com]

I found this really old thread about our commission fiasco and at the time was too embarrassed to comment.
I wanted to let you know that I finally responded to it, and I am still very sorry when I think about all I put you through to get that suit.
I'm really, really sorry. It was a learning experience I will not soon forget. It was my first time taking a commission from someone I didn't know. I'm never taking commissions from people I don't know ever again. It's just not worth the disappointment it causes the commissioner, plus I couldn't make part of the costume due to my inexperience.
I'd only made 4 fursuits and refurred 1, at the time. None of them have special padding anywhere. Just sandwich style gloves, which I thought I'd be making when I took the commission.

It's been 3 years and I still feel really bad and cringey about it. I've stuck to not taking commissions from people I don't already know; just because I -CAN- make fursuits, doesn't mean I should. I'm not a professional. It's a hobby, so I won't try to do it professionally. I'll stick to keeping it as a hobby for me to do for myself or with a friend. Again, I'm very, very sorry.

[lugiacollector.livejournal.com]

My only main trouble was the loss of contact. Would be totally fine had you been around and asking for some help, I build fursuits and could always help. Even once a week to check in with new work or questions would have been a bit better! I still have the fursuit here, so yes I did receive it from you to prove your truth worthy in that aspect. The loss of contact was just what the trouble here was ^^;