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artists_beware2014-12-10 11:23 am
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Advice: Rushed commission with little-to-no payment?
Hello, I've felt conflicted about this situation for months now and really need help.
Around December 2013 I opened up for commissions and my client asked for a fursuit partial done in time for AnthroCon. Although I don't take deadlines, I told him I would still be able to get it done in time for then.
The partial (head, feet, tail and paws) is completed a month before the con, but only because he asked every few days for WIPS and info on the suit. This was his second commission from me and unlike the first, he rushed me along. That did not effect the quality.
My problem is that I told him I would not start until I received most/all payment and he told me he NEEDED the suit done in time for the con. He had a job and then lost it right before the AnthroCon; he still went and took the suit with him.
It's now December 2014 and he's only paid $167, the last payment being in May. He just got a job recently and I asked him in October about payment, when he saw my message and never replied.
What can I do at this point? I feel cheated and incredibly awkward being in this new situation. I don't know how to ask him to finish paying for the suit, or even if I should post about him to here. He's a local and very nice, I'm afraid of being given a bad rep if I mess up with communication.
Thanks.
Around December 2013 I opened up for commissions and my client asked for a fursuit partial done in time for AnthroCon. Although I don't take deadlines, I told him I would still be able to get it done in time for then.
The partial (head, feet, tail and paws) is completed a month before the con, but only because he asked every few days for WIPS and info on the suit. This was his second commission from me and unlike the first, he rushed me along. That did not effect the quality.
My problem is that I told him I would not start until I received most/all payment and he told me he NEEDED the suit done in time for the con. He had a job and then lost it right before the AnthroCon; he still went and took the suit with him.
It's now December 2014 and he's only paid $167, the last payment being in May. He just got a job recently and I asked him in October about payment, when he saw my message and never replied.
What can I do at this point? I feel cheated and incredibly awkward being in this new situation. I don't know how to ask him to finish paying for the suit, or even if I should post about him to here. He's a local and very nice, I'm afraid of being given a bad rep if I mess up with communication.
Thanks.
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I THINK I may be able to get old logs from my dead Facebook account and if PayPal keeps logs like you say then awesome, I'll get those as well. I'm only reluctant because out of the 5-7 past submissions I've tried to make, 2 have gone through and they weren't even serious. This is. Even if he never commissions anyone ever again, people need to know.
It's weird with locals because we live in such a small state. I'm incredibly thankful that i know some people will support me on this and may even try to provide evidence of their own to submit an A_B of their own (he takes commissions and will sit on them, not to mention someone told me he somehow got into a con without paying...? Not my business for here.)
Just hoping I can submit it without having locals flaming it everywhere and have the artist, not commissioning community, take notice. Would be really nice.
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