Beware: izzyideshi/melonberrycreations/rainbowserenade

[x-thor.livejournal.com]

Beware for izzyideshi.



WHO: "izzyideshi" but has many different names/accounts
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/izzyideshi/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/izzyart
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rainbowserenade
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/cottoncandyart
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/strawberrywatermelon/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/melonberrycreations
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/melonberrycharacters
https://www.facebook.com/cici.kendo.1
https://www.facebook.com/izzy.ideshi

WHERE: Furaffinity

WHAT: Merchandise trade as agreed to in this journal: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5126606/

WHEN:

October 6th, 2013: Izzy requests 2 badges and a full color picture in return for her buying the merchandise, I approve
Shortly after I produce the 2 badges (foolishly post them without confirmation of my item being bought) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11877711
(at this point I am under the impression the item has been purchased as she mentioned earlier she would have to "wait till friday" to buy it, and friday had come and past)
November 14: I produce a sketch for the big picture and she approves it.. then claims she will send shirt soon but her mom is going into surgery. I am shocked to find out it's not sent yet.
December 1st: I request an update, she lets me know she was delayed sending because of the holidays.
January (uncertain date) She claims she was in a major car accident and is in the hospital (using furaffinity and posting journals while in the hospital? hrm..)
February 2nd: She claims she bought 2 shirts and needs my size and address AGAIN. I am confused because the ebay listing she was supposed to buy from is gone.. where did she get the shirts?
February 3rd: She claims she will send them really soon but she has to go to bed.
February 4th: A post on her facebook claims that she is taking a break from facebook and is only paying for commissions that have sent her invoices.

PROOF:
Screenshots of furaffinity notes:
http://i.imgur.com/sZ6Y8gS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zacCcYv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/M60e2Oh.jpg

Screenshot of facebook post:
http://i.imgur.com/5qHXzj5.jpg

Her shouts on my furaffinity claiming car accident 1 month ago:
http://i.imgur.com/26a7lzK.jpg


EXPLAIN:

I made a journal asking the public if anyone wanted to buy me a t-shirt (i don't have credit card right now) from ebay in return for artwork. Izzy replied and said she would be buying it that friday, so I told her to go ahead and note me with what she wanted. Assuming it had been sent, I produced 2 badges and posted them online, as well as the sketch for the big drawing.

Things started getting suspicious when she mentioned a family surgery as an excuse (possible.. but unlikely :S) then she mentioned another delay due to holidays? After the holidays I started pestering her more (I left a few shouts on her multiple profiles and sent a few notes) but still no merchandise. I believe it is very unlikely Izzy bought the shirt(s) at all. Another journal on an alternative account claims something about a sick dog. She also at one point told me she was in the hospital after a major car accident thats why she wasn't sending the shirts.

She has many many accounts and it looks like I am not the only one she is owing. Recently I found her main account of furaffinity to be suspended, as well as a "leaving facebook" message on her facebook that claims she was only going to pay for certain commissions. (She commissions a lot of artists)


My errors here:
- Producing artwork before confirmation of payment.
-TRUSTING too much.

Questions:
- Does anyone know why she was suspended?
- Does anyone else have experiences with her?
- Did those who were promised pokemon games in her raffle ever receive them?


Thanks for listening.

Comments

[ducttapeninja.livejournal.com]

Bazeel recently got booted from the FA admin team, so unfortunately he can't do much on this front anymore. :(

[marus-puppy.livejournal.com]

Heh, I literally just saw the announcement and was coming to fix my comment but you caught me!

That makes me super angry because now I don't think that the OP or anyone else scammed by these two will get justice.

[thegentilcat.livejournal.com]

I consider it as a lesson learned - when it comes to new commissioners, I don't give them any special treatment (i.e. - they pay either half or the full amount up front. If they're unwilling to do that for whatever reason, their commission is refused).

[x-thor.livejournal.com]

Yup.. I have no idea why I was so trusting. I think that I assumed by her asking "is it okay if I buy it friday?" that it WOULD be bought on friday... I should have asked for proof it was done. Sigh. Sorry that she got you too, at least you were able to sell the sketches.. the badges I made are 100% her characters, and whats worse is she has them re-posted in her galleries. :(

[oceandezignz.livejournal.com]

You are the artist, you are the holder of the rights on the art, her character or not. She hasn't paid you, she can't use the art.

Get art taken down. If she reposts it, do it again until she pays.

[x-thor.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm going to work on this ASAP. Already have a few white-knights on my back though saying "I don't get why she can't use the art.." Um... what.

[lackoflollies.livejournal.com]

Forget them. You have every right to get that work pulled no matter WHERE she posts it.

[oceandezignz.livejournal.com]

Edit your uploaded pieces, with big red watermarks of "UNPAID, NOT FOR USE" and smaller "if seen reposted w/out this mark, please report it to me"

Block anyone who tries to defend her not paying you. They're not A) your friend or B) worth your damn time.

[sapphistscot.livejournal.com]

Given the amount of alts this person has, the white knights are probably sockpuppets. I'd just block them.

[thegentilcat.livejournal.com]

In my case, I wanted to give her a fair chance (plus it makes the artist look good when they're willing to work out a deal with someone who may not be able to pay up right away; shows that they're flexible).

However, it only takes one person to ruin it for everyone else.

Is there any way the badges can be altered for resale?

[marus-puppy.livejournal.com]

If you look back at her history (and she has two tags, one for artist and one for commissioner) she has scammed a lot of people and it's not fair to anyone that she is allowed to continue using the site and that her husband can keep on helping her ban evade. She should be permabanned so that no one else gets screwed over and that's what I'd call justice.