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artists_bewareOn May 5, I posted a journal asking if anyone had some sparkle furs on hand that they would be willing to sell. Evilalcarne responded saying she could sell me some lime green fur. I paid $10 for the half yard of fur and $10 for shipping on May 7.
She responded the same day, saying the fur would be shipped out on Monday.
On Tuesday, May 10, I sent an email asking for the tracking number. She told me that she had stopped by the post office that day, but that her mother had the tracking number, since she was the one who went to the post office.
On May 13, I sent an email asking for the tracking number again so that I could be home to receive the package. I received no response.
On Monday, May 16, I sent another email telling her I was getting worried. Shipping from FL to GA takes two days at most. Even parcel post is a quick ship. I once again asked for the tracking number. She responded with "it's around here somewhere."
And that was the last message I received from her. I sent a final stern email on Friday, May 20 telling her that I expected either the tracking number or a refund by the end of the day on Saturday, or I would be filing a Paypal claim. I received no response. A Paypal claim was filed late Saturday night, and it was not responded to. Today I escalated it to a claim, and I'm fairly confident that I will receive a refund, given that she is apparently unable to show proof that the fur was shipped.
Please avoid transactions with this person. Communication is spotty, and she apparently can't be bothered to give you the tracking code on packages.
Update: The fur actually arrived today via UPS. However, according to the tracking number on the package, it wasn't mailed off until May 20. That's 10 days after she claimed it had been mailed. Though I sincerely doubt it was $10 to ship, considering it weighs only 11 ounces, the UPS shipping calculator is apparently down right now, so I'm unable to get a price estimate.
As if that weren't bad enough, when I opened the box, I quickly realized that it was not the half yard that I had bought. She sent me an 18x18 piece of fur (a half yard would have been an 18x65" piece). That's something like 1/8 of a yard, not 1/2. I know it was not a misunderstanding, since she included a note in the box saying "here is the 1/2 yard of fur." I can't help but think that she purposely sent me ~1/8 yard, and just assumed I wouldn't know what 1/2 a yard looks like. :|
Fur 1
Fur 2
And this may be nitpicky, but on her site she has a picture posted of her dog lying in the exact same fur that she sent to me. Though I'm not allergic to dogs, the fur was going to be used on tails that could be sold to people who are allergic. I don't use furs that have been used as animal beds.
Also forgot to add her contact/site information:
Furaffinity (Gallery deleted)
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Date: 2011-05-23 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-05-23 11:45 pm (UTC)CHEDR! Vietcrystal <3
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Date: 2011-05-23 11:34 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-05-23 11:38 pm (UTC)Did the postage ticket on the box say what they sender actually paid for shipping? Because I'd guarantee it probably wasn't more than $4
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Date: 2011-05-23 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-23 11:42 pm (UTC)If so, judging by the attitude that person has pulled on people on other communities it's probably best to just pursue the paypal refund and save yourself the drama.
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Date: 2011-05-23 11:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-23 11:47 pm (UTC)So, yeah...I'm not familiar with UPS rates, but I'm guessing you still overpaid by a good amount.
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Date: 2011-05-23 11:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-24 12:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-24 12:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-24 12:44 am (UTC)She bid on a partial I had put up on Furbid, won the auction, only to tell me that she didn't have the money. I gave her two weeks to pay for it, when the two weeks were up she told me she'd "have it by Friday."
Okay.
Needless to say, I told her to keep her money. Don't want to have to deal with her flailing around any longer. Sorry to hear about your experience. :/ I agree with the paypal refund, seems like the best option.
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Date: 2011-05-24 12:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-24 01:22 am (UTC)Not to mention, her attitude over in the FursuitAuctions comm has been... Really, really childish and unprofessional. I'd definitely avoid doing business with this person.
And regarding the date the package was sent, it looks to me like she got your warning message on the 20th and sent it out then in an attempt to save her hide and hope you wouldn't notice the difference in the mailing date. :/
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Date: 2011-05-24 01:55 am (UTC)I'd still dispute with a Paypal Claim, because:
1. the item doesn't fit the description (you bought 1/2 a yard of fur, and only received half of that)
2. the item was not shipped within the appropriate time frame
3. the seller overcharged for shipping
You may be able to receive a partial refund? Or maybe send it back for a full refund?
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Date: 2011-05-24 03:00 am (UTC)A yard is approximately 3 feet, each foot is 12 inches. Three feet is 36 inches. One half of that is 18 inches...
Am I wrong? I don't have any experiences with cutting material and fur, so is the problem that it was supposed to be wider?
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Date: 2011-05-24 03:04 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-05-24 03:56 am (UTC)A full yard is 36x65. She cut that in half to 18x65. At 18x65, I have a half a yard. If you cut that in half, it would be 18x32.5, and you would have a quarter yard. But she cut it to 18x18, meaning that she gave me even less than a quarter yard.
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Date: 2011-05-24 04:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-24 03:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-24 01:35 pm (UTC)Even still, a small square for twenty bucks is far too much. Here's hoping the situation gets corrected.
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Date: 2011-05-24 07:32 pm (UTC)Funny, she'd originally wanted $15 for the fur and $15 for the shipping. That's what makes me think she purposely gave me a scrap because there's just no way she could have thought that 1/6 of a yard is worth $15, when a full yard is $25.
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Date: 2011-05-24 03:04 am (UTC)I know you can't really watch your pet all the time and lord knows my cat gets into everything but come on. Sorry you had to get the short end of the stick there, OP.
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Date: 2011-05-24 01:33 pm (UTC)At least people like this, that will proudly post the pictures up on their web site, are showing that they let their animals play in their supplies, I guess, but you can't know that unless/until you've actually visited their site. Never would've known that just from the initial transaction.
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Date: 2011-05-24 08:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-24 07:45 am (UTC)I got a UPS shipping cost calculator to come up here (http://www.theupsstore.com/qcc/pages/qcc.aspx) using Google Chrome with updated plug-ins. I'm not sure if the browser/plugins matter but that could be part of why you might not see a calculator.
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Date: 2011-05-24 07:42 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-05-24 12:32 pm (UTC)Apparently the dog's allowed to lounge on all their fursuit making supplies. :/
Also, good luck with the paypal dispute - I think it's fairly clear to anyone that you got nowhere near what you paid for - with or without shipping being extortionate.
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Date: 2011-05-24 01:34 pm (UTC)Good luck with your pp dispute!
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Date: 2011-05-25 05:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-30 02:03 pm (UTC)http://fursuitauctions.livejournal.com/1979989.html
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