Commissioner Beware: SonicDash
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WHO: SonicDash on Tumblr: http://sonicdash.tumblr.com/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/zekrom0695 - I was told by another artist that was also charged back that this was his FA name.
WHERE: My tumblr, Bluntwhiskey.tumblr.com (NSFW), and e-mail
WHAT: A digital sketch of his character.
WHEN: September 5 – 7, 2013
PROOF: (Links Below are Screenshots and Paypal Transactions)
EXPLAIN: SonicDash poked me on tumblr, asking about a commission after he saw I was opened for such last week. After a lot of back and forth, we’ve come to an agreement, and I had him pay an invoice I sent to him over paypal. I finish his commission a couple of days later, and that was the last I heard from him through e-mails. Today, I noticed that there was a chargeback notice on my paypal account. So I asked him about it, and apparently, his parents forced him to file chargebacks against myself, and another artist, CitrusVision, and probably others.
Product in Question: http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7550/0oz4.jpg
Proof Links:
http://imageshack.us/a/img821/1492/xfdq.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img59/7479/2ewf.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img542/1802/fhq3.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img594/39/905p.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img268/1738/u3l5.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img31/8664/68y.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img593/3007/6jm1.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img62/9278/bzo1.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img21/4259/vw0q.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img94/6551/r16l.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img818/6715/c3ql.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img850/8563/cqw7.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img32/6885/velq.png - Paypal Transaction
http://imageshack.us/a/img20/5748/71re.png - Tumblr
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/zekrom0695 - I was told by another artist that was also charged back that this was his FA name.
WHERE: My tumblr, Bluntwhiskey.tumblr.com (NSFW), and e-mail
WHAT: A digital sketch of his character.
WHEN: September 5 – 7, 2013
PROOF: (Links Below are Screenshots and Paypal Transactions)
EXPLAIN: SonicDash poked me on tumblr, asking about a commission after he saw I was opened for such last week. After a lot of back and forth, we’ve come to an agreement, and I had him pay an invoice I sent to him over paypal. I finish his commission a couple of days later, and that was the last I heard from him through e-mails. Today, I noticed that there was a chargeback notice on my paypal account. So I asked him about it, and apparently, his parents forced him to file chargebacks against myself, and another artist, CitrusVision, and probably others.
Product in Question: http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7550/0oz4.jpg
Proof Links:
http://imageshack.us/a/img821/1492/xfdq.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img59/7479/2ewf.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img542/1802/fhq3.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img594/39/905p.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img268/1738/u3l5.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img31/8664/68y.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img593/3007/6jm1.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img62/9278/bzo1.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img21/4259/vw0q.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img94/6551/r16l.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img818/6715/c3ql.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img850/8563/cqw7.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img32/6885/velq.png - Paypal Transaction
http://imageshack.us/a/img20/5748/71re.png - Tumblr
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Date: 2013-09-11 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 12:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 12:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-11 11:07 pm (UTC)I run a tab for her, and she mails me prepaid cards with the amount loaded onto them. I pop her jewelry in the FedEx, and we're both happy.
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Date: 2013-09-12 12:41 am (UTC)Also, apparently to some people on tumblr, he's done this sort of thing before.
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Date: 2013-09-12 01:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 01:12 am (UTC)http://alecmadeablog.tumblr.com/post/57422772540/woo-todays-my-30th-birthday-now-3
He seemed pretty chipper posting about his age here.
I know it's just $30, but I just get a little peevy when it comes to payment. I recently had another chargeback filed against me with another customer, but thankfully, that got resolved quickly.
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Date: 2013-09-13 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 07:34 pm (UTC)[edit]I was a dumbdumb and took the linked Tumblr in the comments for his page- I have no reading comprehension, obviously.
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Date: 2013-09-11 11:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 12:59 am (UTC)... What? It took me like, 10 to 20 minutes.
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Date: 2013-09-12 02:17 am (UTC)XD A month. pfft.
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Date: 2013-09-12 05:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 04:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 08:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 04:47 pm (UTC)"They (parents) threatened to take me to jail [...]"
From the Tumblr-screenshot. Am I the only one who found that bit to be incredibly difficult to believe?
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Date: 2013-09-12 04:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 05:11 pm (UTC)But what I meant by it being incredibly hard to believe is the fact that his parents would take him to jail for spending money. I just ... don't see how or why that would happen.
They could be angry, yes. But taking their son to jail? Too outrageous for me to believe.
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Date: 2013-09-12 05:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 07:49 pm (UTC)I don't suppose you have any screenshots you can share? Conversations over Skype are logged even if you took him off your list and blocked him. All you gotta do is look for his name on Skype again.
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Date: 2013-09-12 11:49 pm (UTC)Also, I'm noottt sure what his skype name was, but I might be able to find chatlogs with my friend warning me about him.
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Date: 2013-09-12 11:52 pm (UTC)EDIT: It's not appropriate to be used as "proof" of behavior, since it's more in the lines of "he said, she said" and we try to avoid that whenever possible.
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Date: 2013-09-13 12:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-13 01:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 05:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 05:21 pm (UTC)If that is the case, I would throw this kid (and his "parents") under the bus for filing false claims. It's one thing for him to owe you, but it's quite another thing to pay then claim it was fraudulent in order to get one's money back.
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Date: 2013-09-12 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 09:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 09:06 pm (UTC)What about the other artist who got charged back? Did he start a ticket?
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Date: 2013-09-12 09:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-13 12:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-12 09:18 pm (UTC)*edit* Gaah. Meant to reply to Mel's last comment. x.x
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Date: 2013-09-12 10:17 pm (UTC)-_-
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Date: 2013-09-12 10:19 pm (UTC)I am appalled at this.
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Date: 2013-09-12 11:39 pm (UTC)-He had his own money
-But used his parents paypal (in secret which is an excellent idea)
-Parents found out
-Threatened jail time so he filed a dispute
-Can't pay you back right now because he doesn't have a job. Where did the original money come from then?
Is there any way at all you can get on the phone with paypal and fight this? It is not your fault that the parents (if that's true is the name on the account different from his?) gave their son access to an account that they didn't want to be used.
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Date: 2013-09-13 12:12 am (UTC)This was just posted on his tumblr today. I contacted the artist about the issues we have had with him lately and they said they had been paid in full already. I'm really hoping they don't get a payment reversal too. :/
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Date: 2013-09-13 02:43 pm (UTC)Actions speak louder than words--at least it'd be worth asking PP.
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Date: 2013-09-13 07:34 am (UTC)It looks like he waits until the art is complete, then files a charge-back, and getting free art out of it. I'm pretty sad people would go out of their way to scam people online for artwork..
I'm sorry you got scammed. I'm going to be skeptical and say you won't be seeing that money..
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Date: 2013-09-13 08:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-13 11:25 am (UTC)I'm starting to feel like I probably won't see that money back either. e_e
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Date: 2013-09-13 05:26 pm (UTC)(frozen) no subject
Date: 2013-09-14 04:59 am (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-09-13 05:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-14 10:24 pm (UTC)But... the chances are possibly slim. Oi.
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