Alrighty. Need some advice here from other people who've had this situation.

[glowsheep.livejournal.com]

So, a certain person asked me to do an exchange with them. They're pretty well-known and they've never gotten any bad feedback that I've heard of.

Summary of what happened:

June 13- We agree on what to make for each other.

~July 15- I mail my side of the trade

Early August- She recieves my side of the trade and takes a picture of herself with it (I have proof she got it, basically)

(some indisclosed time inbetween) She deletes the pictures of her wearing what I made for her except for in an lj icon

September 16- Her side still hasn't come in, I email her asking about it and she says it's done, but she needs my address again. I give her my address again.

November 18- I still don't have what she said she made for me. I sent her another email about it.

What should I do?

-Should I post her name publicly up here so everyone can know not to trade with/commission her? Or would that just piss her friends off and make them start some shitfest with me? She's popular enough that I could see something like that happening.

-Should I keep up emailing and give her one more chance/a deadline, then start shit only if she goes over the deadline?

- Should I just stfu and stop whining? Am I just stupid for trusting someone?

...Or something else all together?

Alrighty. Need some advice here from other people who've had this situation.

[glowsheep.livejournal.com]

So, a certain person asked me to do an exchange with them. They're pretty well-known and they've never gotten any bad feedback that I've heard of.

Summary of what happened:

June 13- We agree on what to make for each other.

~July 15- I mail my side of the trade

Early August- She recieves my side of the trade and takes a picture of herself with it (I have proof she got it, basically)

(some indisclosed time inbetween) She deletes the pictures of her wearing what I made for her except for in an lj icon

September 16- Her side still hasn't come in, I email her asking about it and she says it's done, but she needs my address again. I give her my address again.

November 18- I still don't have what she said she made for me. I sent her another email about it.

What should I do?

-Should I post her name publicly up here so everyone can know not to trade with/commission her? Or would that just piss her friends off and make them start some shitfest with me? She's popular enough that I could see something like that happening.

-Should I keep up emailing and give her one more chance/a deadline, then start shit only if she goes over the deadline?

- Should I just stfu and stop whining? Am I just stupid for trusting someone?

...Or something else all together?

mod post

[drake-anaya.livejournal.com]

After taking into consideration the comments left on the poll, I have added this to the community information page:

"Although this community allows people to defend themselves if they are accused of being a bad artist or commissioner, we ask that you not post about yourself unless you have some extreme circumstance that may call for it - like losing all of your customers' contact info in a computer crash, sudden and/or long-term hospitalization, etc. If you are slow with commissions in general, slow with mailing, or have any other relatively common issues when it comes to dealing artwork, it is recommended that you provide this information to your customers at the time they commission you for work, rather than leaving it here where they may not see it.

When in doubt, feel free to post, but please do not feel offended if the mods reject it."

I felt that the arguments against self-warnings were valid ones, but roughly half of the responses to the poll felt that self-warnings should be allowed to some degree. Hopefully this decision is satisfying to most of you, and the other mods are welcome to comment/change this as they see fit.

I have also added a link to artistrecommend in the info, but recommendations and positive experiences are still allowed to be posted here. We can't be a giant ball of negativity, after all! It's no fun. :3

Thank you, and I hope all of you have a nice Thanksgiving week (or just a Nice Week if you're not in the States).

mod post

[drake-anaya.livejournal.com]

After taking into consideration the comments left on the poll, I have added this to the community information page:

"Although this community allows people to defend themselves if they are accused of being a bad artist or commissioner, we ask that you not post about yourself unless you have some extreme circumstance that may call for it - like losing all of your customers' contact info in a computer crash, sudden and/or long-term hospitalization, etc. If you are slow with commissions in general, slow with mailing, or have any other relatively common issues when it comes to dealing artwork, it is recommended that you provide this information to your customers at the time they commission you for work, rather than leaving it here where they may not see it.

When in doubt, feel free to post, but please do not feel offended if the mods reject it."

I felt that the arguments against self-warnings were valid ones, but roughly half of the responses to the poll felt that self-warnings should be allowed to some degree. Hopefully this decision is satisfying to most of you, and the other mods are welcome to comment/change this as they see fit.

I have also added a link to artistrecommend in the info, but recommendations and positive experiences are still allowed to be posted here. We can't be a giant ball of negativity, after all! It's no fun. :3

Thank you, and I hope all of you have a nice Thanksgiving week (or just a Nice Week if you're not in the States).

mod post

[drake-anaya.livejournal.com]

After taking into consideration the comments left on the poll, I have added this to the community information page:

"Although this community allows people to defend themselves if they are accused of being a bad artist or commissioner, we ask that you not post about yourself unless you have some extreme circumstance that may call for it - like losing all of your customers' contact info in a computer crash, sudden and/or long-term hospitalization, etc. If you are slow with commissions in general, slow with mailing, or have any other relatively common issues when it comes to dealing artwork, it is recommended that you provide this information to your customers at the time they commission you for work, rather than leaving it here where they may not see it.

When in doubt, feel free to post, but please do not feel offended if the mods reject it."

I felt that the arguments against self-warnings were valid ones, but roughly half of the responses to the poll felt that self-warnings should be allowed to some degree. Hopefully this decision is satisfying to most of you, and the other mods are welcome to comment/change this as they see fit.

I have also added a link to artistrecommend in the info, but recommendations and positive experiences are still allowed to be posted here. We can't be a giant ball of negativity, after all! It's no fun. :3

Thank you, and I hope all of you have a nice Thanksgiving week (or just a Nice Week if you're not in the States).