There's is /no apology/ that can be placed over a 4 year wait. The whole reason I wanted to continue the picture (I was not obligated to give) was to make up for the fact he remained that damn patient with me regardless of circumstances I've never made public. (Especially considering I AM the one who offered the refund. Not the other way around.) It speaks volumes over another "i'm sorry", unintentionally or not.
No, it speaks volumes about your ability as a commission artist to get the work you're obligated to complete out to the client in a reasonable time, without consistently placing newer orders ahead of their own. You had every opportunity to simply terminate the commission in a rational amount of time, but you literally dragged your feet over the entire affair and made them wait four years. Whether or not you offered a refund after four years is again a moot point because not only did you not refund the client in a reasonable manner, but you only did so after they threatened to post about you.
That's not anywhere even remotely being apologetic for your actions, it comes across as simply buying time over a transaction that you not only failed to complete as per your word, but did so repeatedly.
I'm not here to cut myself open and apologize for something I've already done with the commissioner personally in the past. Both verbally and through my way of compensation. (the extra bit of art/the piece actually getting finished without Money being involved)
I am not here to appease you.
Sure, I'm not the client themselves, but I and everyone else who uses this resource, are professional artists and clients as well. In that regard, your actions here and how you portray yourself has a direct influence on whether or not people will wish to do business with you. So far, you've demonstrated that you have no issue making a client wait four years for an image, several months for a refund that you offered, and then you act in an entirely flippant regard towards the entire fiasco.
I don't blame anyone for never wanting to contribute to your livelihood if you think this all a-okay and "just a transaction".
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Date: 2016-05-24 12:05 am (UTC)No, it speaks volumes about your ability as a commission artist to get the work you're obligated to complete out to the client in a reasonable time, without consistently placing newer orders ahead of their own. You had every opportunity to simply terminate the commission in a rational amount of time, but you literally dragged your feet over the entire affair and made them wait four years. Whether or not you offered a refund after four years is again a moot point because not only did you not refund the client in a reasonable manner, but you only did so after they threatened to post about you.
That's not anywhere even remotely being apologetic for your actions, it comes across as simply buying time over a transaction that you not only failed to complete as per your word, but did so repeatedly.
I'm not here to cut myself open and apologize for something I've already done with the commissioner personally in the past. Both verbally and through my way of compensation. (the extra bit of art/the piece actually getting finished without Money being involved)
I am not here to appease you.
Sure, I'm not the client themselves, but I and everyone else who uses this resource, are professional artists and clients as well. In that regard, your actions here and how you portray yourself has a direct influence on whether or not people will wish to do business with you. So far, you've demonstrated that you have no issue making a client wait four years for an image, several months for a refund that you offered, and then you act in an entirely flippant regard towards the entire fiasco.
I don't blame anyone for never wanting to contribute to your livelihood if you think this all a-okay and "just a transaction".