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[corriezodori.livejournal.com]

WHO: Alex Dachshund @ Furaffinity

WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/alexdachshund/

WHAT: It was agreed as a digital peice, A rave picture for a picture of one of my chars. It was so long ago I cant even remember what I wanted. :\

WHEN: About 7 months ago, here is my half: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5208869/  (NOTE: For pictures like these, I charge about 20$+)

PROOF: http://imageshack.us/f/18/alexdacca.png/ 

EXPLAIN:  .7 months ago, we agreed to a trade. And I finished mine, as seen above. He said He'd finish his. I kept reminding him after a month later, so I waited again... he was busy. So I was like "ok~ :3" And 7 months pass. he opens many journals stating "trades open" (I only found this one) So I reminded him again. he quickly shied out.

I dont know what to do here... X__X any help?

he offered to finish it after he finished some commsions, but he keeps taking commisions and getting backed up again.
And now because of incidents like this, I CANT do trades with strangers.

Comments

[sbneko.livejournal.com]

Very this.

But the thing that bugs me is that here, they're saying they're lazy and forgetful yet clearly says in the screenshot that they cancelled, while knowing the other person did they're half.

This really does seem like someone trying to come up with an excuse and failing.

[neolucky.livejournal.com]

I completely agree, %100. The cancelling after the fact is incredibly bad, and frankly I hope their business suffers as a result. They're going to learn a lesson the hard way.

[mmyesidosay.livejournal.com]

As I said in an earlier comment, it has~ I had been watching him, and considering asking to commission something, but after this, no way. I just can't really trust someone to handle my transaction if they can't even do a simple sketch trade. And not only that, but their TOS bugs me. So yeah, I hope if anything at all comes from this, that he learns abit about how to deal with transactions, be it a trade or a commission. /end tl;dr

[sbneko.livejournal.com]

I'm curious, what part don't you like about it?

To me, I really don't like the attitude/tone of voice, but didn't see anything stand out other then no refunds.

[mmyesidosay.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the tone of voice was a bit off putting to me as well.

I think what bothered me the most was the no refunds policy, in addition to the understanding that it may take anywhere from a several weeks to a few months to complete a commission.
I've never had to request a refund, but emergencies do happen. I'd be very uncomfortable handing over money for that amount of time knowing that it may be a long while before he even got to my commission, without any possibility that I could get it back if something did suddenly pop up.

I hope that makes sense. :( TOS are fantastic in that they protect the artist, but as a commissioner, I'd appreciate a bit of protection myself.

[sbneko.livejournal.com]

I do disagree with the, several weeks to a few months part. While as a commissioner I can see it being off putting, I think it's also professional to let people know ahead of time that there's a wait. When I open for extra commissions, I write in the journal that I have others to do first, so they'll know there's an extra wait time and they can decide if they find it worth it.

I think it's more then being coupled with no refunds that leaves a bad taste.

[mmyesidosay.livejournal.com]

Ahh yeah, I think I didn't explain it well enough then. :( I'm totally ok with the artist taking as long as they want on a piece! And while I completely appreciate an artist letting me know his or her schedule, its only that in conjunction with no refunds, regardless of why.
Anywho, I hope that better explains what I mean. I should really try to avoid trying to explain anything after 2Am. It just doesnt work for me, haha :)

[sbneko.livejournal.com]

Oh! No, that's not what I meant c: I think it's fine if you don't want it to take months. I was just saying it's professional that he's actually letting people know. A lot of people post here because it's been a few months because the artist never mentioned having a huge list or being that slow.

But yes, couplying it with the no refund and attitude, I'd be very turned off as well.