Beware: Harrasment

[thestory137.livejournal.com]

WHO: Nekomage

WHERE: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/nekomage

WHAT: Started with a late payment but is about continued harassment after issue was resolved.

WHEN: The harassment only happened for a day before I deleted the journal. Time stamps are on everything if you need specifics of the whole event.

PROOF: Our dealing in notes. http://postimage.org/image/jse5smb8b/full/
The journal I made. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/47368034/nekomage03.png

EXPLAIN: What happened is pretty simple. I painted an auction image for nekomage. There was apparently some issues with paypal but after waiting and contacting nekomage a few times and never receiving payment over the span of a couple weeks I became suspicious. I sent them a note saying that the payment was overdue and if they didn't pay, or contact me to try and pay by money order, I would warn others on dealing with them. The note went on ignored and unread even after I left a shout on their page asking them to read it. They were active but that went ignored.
Assuming they were avoiding paying me I put up a journal asking my viewers advice on the matter. As soon as he saw it he read and responded to my note as well as sent a payment then and there as far as the time on the Paypal invoice is concerned.

Honestly I got my money so its not about the payment. I am still suspicious that he only paid after the journal scared him but in all honesty I don't know if its just a coincidence the money went through right after the journal.

The problem here is he continued to spam my journal harassing me and my watchers long after I stopped talking to him. The last two times I said anything was my last note thanking him for the payment and a response in the journal that simply showed him an image of the payment I received and the time on it proving it just went through after the journal was posted and not a minute before. First couple of links had to be deleted because I missed crossing out some personal information in my hastiness but I went back and fixed it within minutes for safety reasons.

Of course he used my mistake as fuel for his fire. If you read the journal and notes it should be very clear.

All in all I still don't like doing this but it ended up as a terrible experience that I don't want anyone else to have to deal with. Sadly all he had to do was explain it was a misunderstanding and I would have left it at that.

Beware: Harrasment

[thestory137.livejournal.com]

WHO: Nekomage

WHERE: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/nekomage

WHAT: Started with a late payment but is about continued harassment after issue was resolved.

WHEN: The harassment only happened for a day before I deleted the journal. Time stamps are on everything if you need specifics of the whole event.

PROOF: Our dealing in notes. http://postimage.org/image/jse5smb8b/full/
The journal I made. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/47368034/nekomage03.png

EXPLAIN: What happened is pretty simple. I painted an auction image for nekomage. There was apparently some issues with paypal but after waiting and contacting nekomage a few times and never receiving payment over the span of a couple weeks I became suspicious. I sent them a note saying that the payment was overdue and if they didn't pay, or contact me to try and pay by money order, I would warn others on dealing with them. The note went on ignored and unread even after I left a shout on their page asking them to read it. They were active but that went ignored.
Assuming they were avoiding paying me I put up a journal asking my viewers advice on the matter. As soon as he saw it he read and responded to my note as well as sent a payment then and there as far as the time on the Paypal invoice is concerned.

Honestly I got my money so its not about the payment. I am still suspicious that he only paid after the journal scared him but in all honesty I don't know if its just a coincidence the money went through right after the journal.

The problem here is he continued to spam my journal harassing me and my watchers long after I stopped talking to him. The last two times I said anything was my last note thanking him for the payment and a response in the journal that simply showed him an image of the payment I received and the time on it proving it just went through after the journal was posted and not a minute before. First couple of links had to be deleted because I missed crossing out some personal information in my hastiness but I went back and fixed it within minutes for safety reasons.

Of course he used my mistake as fuel for his fire. If you read the journal and notes it should be very clear.

All in all I still don't like doing this but it ended up as a terrible experience that I don't want anyone else to have to deal with. Sadly all he had to do was explain it was a misunderstanding and I would have left it at that.

3-4 month late payment. Advice needed

[zekulapdragon.livejournal.com]

WHO: I'd rather keep her name a secret for now.

WHERE: The main website I use for my dealing is furaffinity ( http://www.furaffinity.net/user/zekulapdragon ) but I also take commissions over instant messengers as well. 

WHAT: I was commissioned by an individual to make a glass figurine for her friend of his fursona since he was going through a hard time. The price we both agreed on was $50 (which includes shipping) and so far, she's paid only $15. I am a very patient person since I can hold onto the commission until it is paid off, but I am running out of room to store the glass figurines I make. So I've been asking her when she will pay, and she keeps saying "I'll have it next week."     A week goes by.... "I'm so sorry! I'll have it next week for sure!" a week or 2 go by and it just keeps repeating. I am beginning to lost my patience, but I do not want to cause a conflict with the customer. 

I really want her to pay the money so that I can ship the figurine and make her friend happy, but I am at a loss now because she keeps delaying the payment. I don't want to make an Artists Beware journal about her because she is a nice person and I do not want to cause her that kind of stress but if this continues, I may have no choice. I need some advice. 

-Zeku the Lap Dragon

3-4 month late payment. Advice needed

[zekulapdragon.livejournal.com]

WHO: I'd rather keep her name a secret for now.

WHERE: The main website I use for my dealing is furaffinity ( http://www.furaffinity.net/user/zekulapdragon ) but I also take commissions over instant messengers as well. 

WHAT: I was commissioned by an individual to make a glass figurine for her friend of his fursona since he was going through a hard time. The price we both agreed on was $50 (which includes shipping) and so far, she's paid only $15. I am a very patient person since I can hold onto the commission until it is paid off, but I am running out of room to store the glass figurines I make. So I've been asking her when she will pay, and she keeps saying "I'll have it next week."     A week goes by.... "I'm so sorry! I'll have it next week for sure!" a week or 2 go by and it just keeps repeating. I am beginning to lost my patience, but I do not want to cause a conflict with the customer. 

I really want her to pay the money so that I can ship the figurine and make her friend happy, but I am at a loss now because she keeps delaying the payment. I don't want to make an Artists Beware journal about her because she is a nice person and I do not want to cause her that kind of stress but if this continues, I may have no choice. I need some advice. 

-Zeku the Lap Dragon

Just after some advice

[the-outcasts.livejournal.com]

Hi guys, long time watcher, first time poster. I'm not 100% sure if this belongs here but I've seen some advice posts similar in the past.

Recently a friend pointed out to me that some of my old art has been reposted onto a website without my permission. The thing is though, I remember the same site doing this to me years ago (I'm talking 12+ years ago), and I had requested the art to be removed, and they had oblidged.

So when I went back now years later I find that the exact same art is still there, along with some new additions (again old art, but I know it wasn't there when I had asked for the first removal).

The site has an FAQ relating to art removal requests, but when I checked it it says:

FAQ #7: I am an artist and someone told me my art is here.. how to i get it removed? Or, I asked my art to be removed, It _WAS_, but now it is back?
You contact one of the staff and let us know, we will take it down! This site does not condone art theft, all an artist need do is ask.
Any artist folders removed, get recycled back into the site at the beginning of each year. You want it to stay gone? You have to care enough to keep coming back.
If your art is here, it's likely because someone was browsing, found it, liked it.. and wanted to share it with more people, or preserve it if your site goes away. You should feel honored that they love your art enough to spread it, and instead, ask us to put a link to your site in your artist folder!

The bold part is what concerns, and quite frankly annoys me: my question is is such a thing allowed? I know a simple request isn't a concrete agreement, but when an artist says remove my art, it means remove my art, not recycle it for reupload a year later. And is there a way to make them permanent remove the art without them being sneaky about it?

I don't mind reposting, but at the same time I do want control over where my art goes as much as I'm able to. And I find it a bit rude that they're ignoring requests like this. I'm not honored by this in the least, it's not up to them to decide what to do.

Thank you in advance, I'm hope I'm doing this right and this is the only time I have to post here.

EDIT: Firstly thank you so so much for the quick response everyone! I'm at work now so I'll try to respond back as much as possible.

And yes the site is http://tails.kicks-ass.net/index.php?area=help&view=7 - the site has been around for years from what I remember, but like I said, I figured if I had asked them to take art down 12+ years ago it should stay down, but apparently not.

Just after some advice

[the-outcasts.livejournal.com]

Hi guys, long time watcher, first time poster. I'm not 100% sure if this belongs here but I've seen some advice posts similar in the past.

Recently a friend pointed out to me that some of my old art has been reposted onto a website without my permission. The thing is though, I remember the same site doing this to me years ago (I'm talking 12+ years ago), and I had requested the art to be removed, and they had oblidged.

So when I went back now years later I find that the exact same art is still there, along with some new additions (again old art, but I know it wasn't there when I had asked for the first removal).

The site has an FAQ relating to art removal requests, but when I checked it it says:

FAQ #7: I am an artist and someone told me my art is here.. how to i get it removed? Or, I asked my art to be removed, It _WAS_, but now it is back?
You contact one of the staff and let us know, we will take it down! This site does not condone art theft, all an artist need do is ask.
Any artist folders removed, get recycled back into the site at the beginning of each year. You want it to stay gone? You have to care enough to keep coming back.
If your art is here, it's likely because someone was browsing, found it, liked it.. and wanted to share it with more people, or preserve it if your site goes away. You should feel honored that they love your art enough to spread it, and instead, ask us to put a link to your site in your artist folder!

The bold part is what concerns, and quite frankly annoys me: my question is is such a thing allowed? I know a simple request isn't a concrete agreement, but when an artist says remove my art, it means remove my art, not recycle it for reupload a year later. And is there a way to make them permanent remove the art without them being sneaky about it?

I don't mind reposting, but at the same time I do want control over where my art goes as much as I'm able to. And I find it a bit rude that they're ignoring requests like this. I'm not honored by this in the least, it's not up to them to decide what to do.

Thank you in advance, I'm hope I'm doing this right and this is the only time I have to post here.

EDIT: Firstly thank you so so much for the quick response everyone! I'm at work now so I'll try to respond back as much as possible.

And yes the site is http://tails.kicks-ass.net/index.php?area=help&view=7 - the site has been around for years from what I remember, but like I said, I figured if I had asked them to take art down 12+ years ago it should stay down, but apparently not.