Beware: Creating Constellations
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artists_bewareWHO: Creating Constellations/Pj Husky/Suits by Paxton
WHERE: https://twitter.com/pjhusky; https://twitter.com/SuitsByPaxton
WHAT: A commission for a set of white handpaws with black claws and pawpads. Originally advertised on Creating Constellations twitter as a promotion to get the word out about the new business. I was told to email them for further contact. Unfortunately this first Twitter account is now gone, as far as I know.
WHEN: First contacted on June 2nd, 2014, paid on June 3rd 2014 in full.
PROOF:
Proof of relation of "Creating Constellations" to "Suits by Paxton" [screenshot]
Proof of relation of "Suits by Paxton" to "PJ Husky" [screenshot]
Photo of paw on Twitter account matches photo in email. [screenshot]
Emails: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
EXPLAIN:As stated above, I found this promotion through Twitter and contacted them via email. After confirming their PayPal address I sent $66 on June 3rd. I asked for an estimated date of completion and was told end of July.
In August after I hadn't heard anything, I emailed to check in, and was told I was scheduled to be completed by the end of August.
Mid-September, I emailed again, since I hadn't heard anything again, and it seems there was some personal problems that caused the date to be missed. I was happy as long as I could get them in time for Rainfurrest (September 25-28), and was told they'd be done and shipped by the end of the week, leaving me just enough time to get them before the convention.
September 21st, four days to the con, I still hadn't heard anything, so I checked in again.
They replied on the 23rd, two days to the con, that they'd ship the paws express to the convention. I gave them the address of the hotel I was staying at. They said they would send me the photos of the paws tonight.
September 24th, I emailed to check in, to be sure they were sent, since I hadn't gotten confirmation.
The following day, the 25th, I was at the convention. I emailed, if the paws hadn't been shipped by now to just send them to my home address, which I gave again. The 25th and 26th passed without a reply. At this point I assumed I wasn't getting them for the convention.
The 27th, I recieved an email letting me know there had been a shipping error, and that they would be sent to my home address today. I got the photos.
October 10th, there hadn't been a reply since the 27th, so I emailed again asking for the tracking number, or if it was sent yet.
Today, October 15th, there has yet to be a reply. While I believe eventually I will recieve the paws, the experience has been less than pleasant trying to contact them, and the promised due dates falling through is a dissapointment. Had I known there was going to be trouble I would have had time to come up with something for my paw situation at Rainfurrest, but since I assumed I'd get the paws as promised on time, I didn't make a backup plan.
To try to figure out what was going on, since they had mentioned both Instagram and Twitter, I searched "PJ" and found "PJHusky", and "SuitsByPaxton". Had I not figured this out myself I would be a lot more upset, since all the information I have to go off of is the email correspondence, and the original Twitter account I had contacted was nuked. I would have thought I was scammed.
Added 10/26/14:
RESOLUTION:
SuitsByPaxton posted on Twitter admitting problems with orders, so I responded on my public account since I hadn't gotten any email responses. You can read the resulting conversation here [screenshot]. Here is a photo of me with the paws once they arrived.
CONCLUSION:
In the end I recieved the paws, and the paws themselves are exactly what I expected. I hope in the future SuitsByPaxton learns from this experience and will communicate better with their future customers, and keep their deadlines, but be aware for now: if you commission SuitsByPaxton you may be in for a long wait and struggle for communication.
WHERE: https://twitter.com/pjhusky; https://twitter.com/SuitsByPaxton
WHAT: A commission for a set of white handpaws with black claws and pawpads. Originally advertised on Creating Constellations twitter as a promotion to get the word out about the new business. I was told to email them for further contact. Unfortunately this first Twitter account is now gone, as far as I know.
WHEN: First contacted on June 2nd, 2014, paid on June 3rd 2014 in full.
PROOF:
Proof of relation of "Creating Constellations" to "Suits by Paxton" [screenshot]
Proof of relation of "Suits by Paxton" to "PJ Husky" [screenshot]
Photo of paw on Twitter account matches photo in email. [screenshot]
Emails: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
EXPLAIN:As stated above, I found this promotion through Twitter and contacted them via email. After confirming their PayPal address I sent $66 on June 3rd. I asked for an estimated date of completion and was told end of July.
In August after I hadn't heard anything, I emailed to check in, and was told I was scheduled to be completed by the end of August.
Mid-September, I emailed again, since I hadn't heard anything again, and it seems there was some personal problems that caused the date to be missed. I was happy as long as I could get them in time for Rainfurrest (September 25-28), and was told they'd be done and shipped by the end of the week, leaving me just enough time to get them before the convention.
September 21st, four days to the con, I still hadn't heard anything, so I checked in again.
They replied on the 23rd, two days to the con, that they'd ship the paws express to the convention. I gave them the address of the hotel I was staying at. They said they would send me the photos of the paws tonight.
September 24th, I emailed to check in, to be sure they were sent, since I hadn't gotten confirmation.
The following day, the 25th, I was at the convention. I emailed, if the paws hadn't been shipped by now to just send them to my home address, which I gave again. The 25th and 26th passed without a reply. At this point I assumed I wasn't getting them for the convention.
The 27th, I recieved an email letting me know there had been a shipping error, and that they would be sent to my home address today. I got the photos.
October 10th, there hadn't been a reply since the 27th, so I emailed again asking for the tracking number, or if it was sent yet.
Today, October 15th, there has yet to be a reply. While I believe eventually I will recieve the paws, the experience has been less than pleasant trying to contact them, and the promised due dates falling through is a dissapointment. Had I known there was going to be trouble I would have had time to come up with something for my paw situation at Rainfurrest, but since I assumed I'd get the paws as promised on time, I didn't make a backup plan.
To try to figure out what was going on, since they had mentioned both Instagram and Twitter, I searched "PJ" and found "PJHusky", and "SuitsByPaxton". Had I not figured this out myself I would be a lot more upset, since all the information I have to go off of is the email correspondence, and the original Twitter account I had contacted was nuked. I would have thought I was scammed.
Added 10/26/14:
RESOLUTION:
SuitsByPaxton posted on Twitter admitting problems with orders, so I responded on my public account since I hadn't gotten any email responses. You can read the resulting conversation here [screenshot]. Here is a photo of me with the paws once they arrived.
CONCLUSION:
In the end I recieved the paws, and the paws themselves are exactly what I expected. I hope in the future SuitsByPaxton learns from this experience and will communicate better with their future customers, and keep their deadlines, but be aware for now: if you commission SuitsByPaxton you may be in for a long wait and struggle for communication.
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Date: 2014-10-18 03:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-18 08:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-19 09:18 am (UTC)A friend of mine on Twitter had commissioned them, waiting months (I believe from February?) for paws, plain old pink and white, and it took up until a month or so ago, maybe August, to see pictures of them. If she actually got them though I don't know and wouldn't be surprised if she didn't.
Constellations posted from her new Twitter about those $50 hand paws and I was interested, but I knew her formerly as PjHusky so my friend reminded me that it was her under Constellations. So I said "I was interested but I still have friends waiting on stuff from you" and declined further commission. What a bullet I dodged.
To pull you along like that, and to make you wait for a package that was never even sent is just garbage. That is such an awful thing to do. Put her on my blocklist.
In the end I think you'll get your item, I think Constellations is just slow, but is not meant in any way to excuse her behavior.
I'm so sorry you are dealing with this :(
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Date: 2014-10-20 01:27 am (UTC)Long read, sorry
Date: 2015-01-10 08:07 pm (UTC)Okay, so I found them on Instagram about a year or two ago and started talking to them about commissioning a fursuit from them, they said that they were actually about to open for fullsuits so I was in luck. I was super excited and couldn't wait to start sending payments so that I could get my fursuit before I went to AC2014 (which was my goal). Well, once I started sending payments, they started sending me WIP pictures and then I sent them my DTD. After I did that, it seemed like they disappeared off the face of the Earth. The plan for my fursuit was for it to be finished by April 2014 so that I could get it before AC2014 in July, well, that plan didn't work out (I paid the suit off in March by the way, over $1100). They then told me that they would have to push it back for personal reasons and I was alright with that because it was months until I went to AC, so I wasn't worried about it. Well, then June came around and I got fired from my job, so I had no money, then they said that I didn't pay for shipping (which I did pay for it when I paid it off), so then I got pushed back until July. After that, I paid it off and they said they were going to send it to AC, well, that didn't happen either. Then I asked them if they could send it to Megaplex for me and they said that the crotch on my DTD was too low (I would post a pic to show that it was fine but I don't have it saved on my computer, its on my instagram somewhere). I then told them that I was going to basic training for the military and that I would like to have it when I get back, they said alright and that it would be done. After I got out in November, I looked for them on Twitter and they had changed their name, I messaged them twice in November before Thanksgiving and then a few times in December. It is now January and I still have had no response as to why it has not been finished. I don't recommend even trying to commission them and I'm sorry that you had this much difficulty out of them. (Also, sorry for the long read, just had to get that out there)