Maly....

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

Alright, I have just about had it with malytwotails (Jana Hill). It has been since March that I paid her around $40 (five extra for a rush job, too) to create a custom hat. It is now the end of November, and I (along with many other people as well) have not been shipped what I paid for, even though the product has been finished since the month it was commissioned.

Now, I do realize that Maly had some problems around the time these goods she owes people were commissioned. But it really pisses me off because she has replied to none of my emails since the product was finished, and just simply refuses to send or finish any of these hats she was commissioned to create. I could understand if she was in the hospital or completely unable to finish what people payed her for, but I have found some things in journals of others who she has contact with, and frankly, I feel she could have sent what she owes. Here are a few examples:

"Maly and I are going to check out the Gargoyles inthe U-district, head north (I got to pick up some things at my mom's), and prolly just diddle-fart around until Simon's show tonight."

"Maly was most awesome enough to make me a cool tail in which I admit I wore around" (Conifur '05)

A comment from Maly: "I got a tattoo!"

....There is a lot more than that, but this should give you a general idea. Apparently, she has the transportation, the money to get a tattoo and to go to a convention, not to mention make a tail for someone, and time to 'diddle-fart' around, but no time to make and ship hats that she has owned people since January and up (I even piad extra to get my hat by a ceratin date!). It hurts me, because I know that I (and others) have been ripped out of my money, and ignored. I'm not sure what to do at this point...

So...until Maly ships or refunds what she owes, I am going to leave this up and suggest no one commission malytwotails. She was given too many chances already, and this is just the last straw.

Comments

[dingybatty.livejournal.com]

Man. I'm surprised this is still an issue. :( it's hard to get in touch with her, huh?

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is unfortunatly still an issue. It's also not merely hard to get in touch with her, but she has completely ignored my emails:/.

As I said, it's like a dead end has been hit...

[dingybatty.livejournal.com]

I mean, if she could just issue some refunds that'd tie up loose ends nicely. :/ is this just laziness on her part?

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

She claims to not have the money to give out refunds, but still, I'd rather just get what I paid for. As for laziness, I don't know what the heck is going on with her really, as she won't let anyone know, and seems to be avoiding her commissioners. It might be laziness, or it might just be that she is plain ripping us off.

[minimalismo.livejournal.com]

Hi there, did you ever get your hat?

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

No, I'm sorry to say. I've pretty much just given up by now...I don't really think that there is anything else that can be done to squeeze it out of her.

[minimalismo.livejournal.com]

That is sad. I used to talk to Maly and I thought she was nice... hmm. Two nights ago I spoke to Hida on MSN, and he talked to her THAT NIGHT... he is going to try and ask her about "the hat issues" but I am not sure if anything will come of it.

Its too bad when people "let themselves go"... really hurts us and them.

[fierycatthing.livejournal.com]

Aww damn. Her hats are so amazing, and I was planning on getting one for myself and my mate. Sure as hell not going to after hearing similar stories like this one time and time again. :/
I do hope you do get your hat, or a refund or something-- because that just isnt right. :/
~RedFeather

[lupusetgruis.livejournal.com]

I know Jadewolf got her hat about a month ago. In her journal though, she said Wicked Sairah sent it to her.

[xianjaguar.livejournal.com]

This is true. thornwolf as well.
wicked_sairah lived in the area near Maly and picked up both Jade and Thorn's hats, and mailed them off to them (went to the post office with her to do it, so this isn't hearsay!)

Had Sairah not taken the time and effort out of the kindness of her heart to do this, both Thornwolf and Jadewolf would STILL be without their paid-for hats. :(

Maly, if you can hear this, you've GOT to get those hats out. Enough is enough, you need to take responsibility and FOLLOW UP!

In the meantime, I cannot endorse Maly's business to anyone. I can see some delays (I get delayed in commissions all the time, crap happens), but we're talking way more than just a few months or even 6 months.

And this is just to SHIP FINISHED HATS. I mean, most of the hats are DONE. Just ship 'em already!

[lupusetgruis.livejournal.com]

No kidding. If you have the money and time to fart around and get tattoos, how hard is it to stuff a hat in an envelope and take it to the post office? Even to just save people from getting more and more frustrated with her. It only seems to get worse.

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

Wow...bless you guys for doing that. It's sad that she had to have others go and send the things for her, though...did she by any chance give a reason as to why she had not sent them out?

I'm actually willing to draw for or pay someone to go and pick up the hats from her and send them at this point...it seems to really be the only option besides suing now.

[xianjaguar.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. Sairah picked the hats up. I just went with her to the Post Office. I was visiting her at the time, and we both needed to mail stuff off. I'd go and get the hats for you if I was local, but I'm in Utah.

I could see if Sairah would be willing to try to get some more hats from Maly and work out a deal with you to mail them. She's going through a lot right now, and I am not sure if she'll be able to.

On the same hand, if she keeps bailing Maly out like this...will Maly learn from this experience?

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

You don't know how much I would appreciate that if you could ask Sairah. Even if she does not have the time, or if you are unable to ask, I still very much appreciate the thought. Thank you a million times over, I know that you guys don't have anything to do with this situation, and that makes it even the more awesome of a thought.

As for Maly, it is only going to cath up to her if she continues to rip people off like this. I know I might sound mean saying that, but it's simple karma:/.

[ex-noda654.livejournal.com]

she has several things of mine from prior to the hats she didnt send even though i paid for them, my feelings are pretty hurt about it since i consider myself a friend..

[celtic-tiger.livejournal.com]

She wouldn't even let me commission one. Guess I am glad about that now.

[wolf-nymph.livejournal.com]

that really is too bad... I was considering commissioning her this year for one too =(

[anjel-kitty.livejournal.com]

I really wanted a hat from her too. I had been fan girling her and matrices since I met them at Conifur last year. It is really disappointing to hear this about her...

[sepp.livejournal.com]

I commissioned a hat of my own from her earlier this year. she said she would have it finished in time for AnthroCon, and she did, but did not ship it out to me. in fact, I still haven't recieved it. I try and catch her on AIM, but if she's even on at all, it will be for a spit second before she signs off again. I have given up trying to contact her, and I guess all I can do now is wait. I was offered a refund at one point, and now I'm wishing I would have taken it... but what would be the chances that I would even get that? but of course I'd rather just have the hat I payed $40-some-odd dollars for.

[kerstin-orion.livejournal.com]

Sounds like she's signing on and going invisible. You can tell by IMing her after she blips on. If you don't get the 'unavailable' message, she's on and just invisible.

[kerstin-orion.livejournal.com]

Oh, and if she's invisible, she will still see your messages unless she's blocked you.

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

Problem is, even if she sees messages we send her, she never replies...

[bunnyrabbit29.livejournal.com]

Wish I had time to just diddle-fart around.

It's one thing if her friends are buying her the Con trips and the tattoo and all, but if she has spent a cent of her own money on anything other than basic food-shelter-survival while hats go unmade/unshipped, that is.. a shame.

If she wants to get out of the hat business, that's fine, nobody has a problem with that. That doesn't excuse her obligations to those who have already paid and now are legally owed a product. She should be grateful as to just how tolerant everyone has been up to this point.

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

Yeah...I'm starting to think that when she decided to go out of the hat business, she thought that it excused her from sending or finishing past commissions...or maybe she just decided to sell them off at that convention she just went to...I hope to heaven above that it isn't either of those possibilities, among others.

[greeneyekitsune.livejournal.com]

Alrighty here we go. I commissioned a hat from her before last winter; I got it. I later commissioned a hat for my boyfriend..she said "it's on the board and it's next to be made". I was patient (sp) and I waited..I emailed her a few times, asking for updates..nothing. Over the summer I wrote her a HAND WRITTEN letter..i got nothing back in response..it has came to a legal issue from what I heard around DA..but this of course is insane and if she has time and THE MONEY to go and get a tattoo and go to Cons..she has a problem...as we all understand, she was in the hospital..and blah blah blah..I paid $35. I want either my hat, or my money.

God now I feel greedy x_x

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

No need to feel greedy...we paid for something, and we never received, it's as simple as that. It's just all really confusing, the way she was sending hats out on time, and then just went slacker all of a sudden...and the darn things are done! What is so freakin' hard about sending them? Or even replying to an email? My gawd...

[greeneyekitsune.livejournal.com]

Eh, I dunno..I mean, we had talked for a while..talking about how we would meet up somewhere (cause I live about 2 hours away from her) and hang out..how our family issues were about the same..and what not..but then I got my 1st hat..I fell in love with it..slept with it..yadda yadda yadda..then my boyfriend wanted one..so I went to her to buy one..sent money..talked to her a few weeks later..she said it was ready to be made..felt satisfied with that..went on my vacation..then some chick at DA told me that she wanted to get together people who commissioned..and of course, I was one..and just yea..I mean, I understand commissions can sometimes get held up (I have the same problem)..and I understand that she was "in the hospital" but gah..this has gone back to what, 2 years+ ago..and it's insane..I've written a letter..written emails..written IMs..talked to people..and the such..but meh..my boyfriend is still upset and such..

If there is ANYONE who is willing to run over to her little house and pick up my boyfriend's hat, I'm willing to pay for shipping..it't no problem for me, and I'm willing to repay in some odd way..(maybe a get-together for lunch or something =3)

If you wanna talk..email me at hedwig725 @ yahoo . com (no spaces)
or IM me at Madhatterinaru (AIM)

[trikkeh.livejournal.com]

If I still had her phone number i'd give it to you, but I don't. :{ Im definetly not going through what I had to do to get my hat again. I literally was calling information for about two hours and trying to track down her phone number based on the addresses/towns she had posted online. No luck, all the numbers were old and now belonged to someone else. I tried e-mailing her friends, they refused. One of my friends gave me Matrice's number and I tried getting it from her, but she said she didn't have the number either. In the end Maly posted in my livejournal with her number and everything, and we got it resolved like that.

I feel like I went a bit overboard, but I really wanted my hat. I do believe it's ridiculous whats going on now, it seems to be getting worse and worse. I wish I could offer more help. :/ Perhaps someone would be willing to pick them up from her and mail them out.

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

Wow...I had no idea that this problem went back two years...if I had known, I never would have commissioned her. Hopefully, if she ever decides to take hat commissions, or commissions of any sort once again, future commissioners will be warned of her first.

I'm actually trying to get in touch with someone who will be able to get the hats (and anything else that she owes) from her and send them off. If I find someone, I'll be sure to let you know so you can request a shipment from them as well.

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

You are incredibe...

I would never let you ship my hat without allowing me to give you something for your troubles, though...if you are able to pick them up, please let me know what you would like in return, be it art or money, etc.

Thank you so much!

[shaadofala.livejournal.com]

If ANYONE is able to pick up Hats, PLEASE try and Grab my Corvid Staff.
I WILL pay YOU for the Shipping.
My Email is: shaado @ shaadodreams . com [without spaces of course]

I will also include a hand crafted dreamcatcher/mandala for your troubles. OR if you live close enough, I will personally DRIVE to you.

Thanks and Blessings!

[trixi-vixen.livejournal.com]

She used to post her hats on a my little pony forum, and months and months ago, she said she quits doing them for good. If she wont refund, the only thing I can think of to do is to seek legal action of some type to get refunded. =/ I used to want one of her hats really badly too.

[banana-diary.livejournal.com]

hey everyone, ena here.

I was just seeing if maly was still doing hat commissions, I asked her about a year ago but never got a reply.
I'm glad I found this though, at least I know i'm not the only one.
I hope you guys all get your hats or money back. This sounds pretty serious.

Maybe I should just make my own hat, I mean I make clothes all the time, a hat should be a doddle but I need to kow would I be done for art theft or anything if I made a hat with ears and stuff a bit like how maly makes them?
Hats with ears have been around for a long time right, they appear in anime and manga quite frequently and i'm sure i've seen them in many other places too.

Do you think it would be okay to make one? Please let me know.

ena

[cloudius.livejournal.com]

Fuck that theif, go ahead that use the exact same style she does.

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

Obviously you don't know the whole story. I did not "stalk" Maly, she claimed to have health problems, so I told her it was no problem, I could wait. However, when she posted that she had gotten better, she did not contact me, and I sent her a polite e-mail asking her how it was going. She did not reply. I even told her that if she neede more time, it was no problem with me, as long as she let me know. I sent her maybe about three other e-mails, all asking her to tell me if she needed more time, but she still refused to reply. Besides, she told me she would get my hat to me if I added an extra fee, and what? Nothing. Over a year later, nothing. I gave her plenty of opportunities to tell me if she had a problem with getting the hat to me, and she never got in touch with me. It's her fault she took so many commissions at one time. Also, it's not about the hat. It's the fact that I was ripped out of my money, and was cheated by someone I gave my trust to.

I'm sure I speak for everyone else she f'ed over as well.

Since you seem to be a friend of Maly's, you may tell her that I am still open to any explaination she has, no matter how rediculous, and I will not yell at her or show any malice toward her. I just want her to get in contact with me so I may sort this whole mess out.

[swandog.livejournal.com]

I have also been extremely patient with Maly (up til now), who owes me $80, but I keep reading about her attending cons and buying things for herself rather than refunding all those people she owes. If she can't make the hats due to whatever personal reason, that's fine, but she shouldn't have taken payment for them and then spent all that money, refusing to refund--or even bother to reply to--all her commissioners. There is simply NO excuse for this, which is actually criminal behavior.

[tacettaur.livejournal.com]

If it is indeed criminal thieft to take your money on a commission and then not deliver within a timeframe either morally/ethically acceptable or in the time approximated in the contacts/Furbid auction, is there anyway to get the law involved and legally get it out of her mitts? It's not like she doesn't have the money if she's getting tattooed and flaunting it at a convention!

[likeshine.livejournal.com]

jurann, i would say that in this instance, profanity and aggression is not the answer, and will only make things worse :-P

obviously you know i love my maly. but these people have every right to be upset, and you calling them stupid fuckers clearly does not help.

[cloudius.livejournal.com]

If you loved your maly, you would push her to do the right thing, give these people what they paid for.

[minimalismo.livejournal.com]

She is actively updating her journal as of 2009.

http://malytwotails.livejournal.com/

[kavsie.livejournal.com]

Yeah...it was f-locked at the time this was posted, but I guess she figures she's gotten away with having ripped everyone that paid her off and is in the clear now. Which, sadly, I guess she is. Even if the hat were to arrive on my doorstep tomorrow, I'd be too bitter about this whole ordeal and the way she treated not only me, but everyone else, for it to be worth anything to me.

One of these days I'll probably look for someone who is actually reliable to commission another hat from. Meh...

[minimalismo.livejournal.com]

I just don't know how she can live with the guilt!