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archaeologist92.livejournal.comWho: Coff
Where: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/coff/ ;
What: 2 sketch commissions, 8 USD each.
When: 1 was commissioned 23rd November 2016, the 2nd one on the 7th of December, 2016
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crystalryuu.livejournal.comm-ree bipolarWHO: Millenium-Millie-Gryphon AKA Millie AKA Onyx AKA Onyx Art Studios
WHERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/millenium-millie-gryphon
WHAT: 2 x circus poster style images of my otter shape
WHEN: Claimed slots, provided references and paid on February 14th. Inquired on progress April 10th, got response and first pic on April 16th, which was of a wrong character. After informing the artist of that, she did the second pic, then said she will redraw this one, then delayed past the paypal dispute deadline after which stopped responding to notes (still reading them and taking other commissions).
EXPLAIN: Millie opens these commissions via journals/picture announcements on a regular basis. I took two slots and sent info February 14th, 2017, paid same day.
After no progress for a couple months, I’ve contacted Millie on April 10th to check on the progress, and got a response with one image April 16th. There was one problem with that though, it was a wrong character, which I told her. We have reconfirmed the correct references, and May 7th, I got the second picture. That one was pretty well done. I again informed Millie that the first one was wrong, and also mentioned that it was supposed to go with another picture with the same subject from another artist. I have also requested the picture with the wrong character taken down. She said she will redraw it, then it took a series of delays until paypal dispute deadline has expired (in hindsight, I should have opened it, but her staying in communication and being polite kind of led me astray). After that, she stopped responding to notes while reading them, being active and offering further commissions.
PROOF: https://imgur.com/a/eJB32
ragscoon.livejournal.comharu-totetsu.livejournal.com
WHO: Eltalite/Elty/Demu/Rhey
WHERE: FurAffinity (x3) - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/elty
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/demu/
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/rhey/
Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/~demu
DeviantART (x3) - https://eltalite.deviantart.com/
https://inkydemu.deviantart.com/
https://demu.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Group - https://whitevale.deviantart.com/
Tumblr - http://eltalite.tumblr.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/eltalite
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/eltalite
(There may be others I am unaware of. I apologize for this.)
WHAT: An Original Species Adopt Found here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18744417/ was sold to me for $250 and has since been reclaimed. I was not given a refund for it, and the individuals that are aids to the seller as well as the seller in question all refuse to even speak to me.
WHEN: I bought the design on January 10th 2016. A dispute between me and the artist occurred sometime in October 2016 that got me blocked by them everywhere, including emails after an email exchange with the artist. The adopt was "reclaimed" on August 24th 2017 and after a brief attempt at an email exchange I was dismissed, and ignored. (Please note that I live in the UK which will cause time zone differences between me and the artist as they don't live in the UK)
EXPLAIN & PROOF: On January 10th 2016 me and the artist entered an exchange via notes that displays my interest in buying the adopt in question. The artist accepted and I sent them the payment without delay within the space of an hour. (Notes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzhBESqCaxDiUDFVS3EydDlvSGs/view?usp=sharing, PayPal: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiQUJHNFdFWi0yVjA)
On October 2nd 2016 Demu posted a journal concerning the his original species Ferrin, stating that female Ferrin no-longer had breasts as they lay eggs instead of producing live young, negating the need for the females to produce milk. I posted some comments on this journal and Demu took offence with them and blocked me, on every platform they knew or could discover I was on. Now when I purchased the adopt they make it a requirement that we adhere to an agreement called the Ferrin Adopt Agreement. this agreement is updated regularly and I can not provide the version that I initially agreed to or the version of it that was enforced at the time I was blocked. The current version is here: http://whitevalestudio.com/athenaeum/doku.php?id=documentation:adopt_agreement . The reason this is relevant is because it was last updated on November 2016, after October 2nd 2016 when this incident be
tween us took place. The oldest version I can find is here: https://sta.sh/0kw73r0l6sq which was updated October 2015
Now after being blocked initially I felt terrible and disgusted with myself to the point it had a negative consequence on my mental condition, so I panicked somewhat and emailed them to apologize (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzhBESqCaxDiaGR3RUxRT0FqVGs/view?usp=sharing) . This didn't go down well. But being in the panicked mood that I was and the overly emotional state that comes with my depression, I kept talking (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzhBESqCaxDiMnFveHFWY3pkem8/view?usp=sharing) because that's how I am. It's how I've been forged and is a sad factor of how I work no matter what. This I can explain, for those that wish to know.
That also did not go down well (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzhBESqCaxDiU1NQaXl1T2FTSEU/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzhBESqCaxDicVlVVTNGVmt2QkE/view?usp=sharing), they blocked my email and I could not reach them (not sure how you "block" an email) so anything I sent to them after a certain point would not be seen by Demu, or anyone else with access to the email.
The reason this is important is because in the version of the Adopt Agreement I was bound to it stated that if I wanted to sell an adopt I needed to inform Demu of it first, with me being blocked, I could not do so in any way shape or form. So this for me potentially dissolved our agreement as that can happen when one makes it impossible for one party makes it impossible for the other party to fulfil their part of said agreement. So by blocking me everywhere, Demu essentially nullified the Adopt Agreement between us meaning it did not apply to me any longer or the Ferrin I adopted. But the opposite could also be true as the full legal depth of it is rather tricky as it's essentially impossible to copyright a species based on a design and words alone, because of how copyright law works. So for me I was left in a sort of limbo, and wasn't exactly sure how to progress. So I settled on a compromise. I would bind myself to the majority of the Agreement as it was written on
the date of me being blocked from contacting them via email, I would check Demu's account once a month to see if I'd been unblocked to establish that the Adopt Agreement would then be reestablished between us as the original issue was resolved, and in 1 year (October 2nd 2017) if I was not unblocked, I would check the new Agreement and decide if I wished to follow it, if not I would ask a friend to contact Demu and notify them of this and state I wish to sell the design to not cause a conflict of interest. i tried to illustate this ion the ferrin I adopted with the Artists Comment box that comes with everythign one uploads to FA and such sites (This screen shots were sent to me by Demu's staff as their evidence against me https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzhBESqCaxDiUFhKQVg0M1RmN3hHNVZUcEhnNllseHJzWkpN/view?usp=sharing)That was the plan anyway.
But on August 24th 2017, a member of staff working for Demu contacted me and stated that they were reclaiming the mentioned adopt (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDibkJNRW14SlpMUnM). One reason for this is because of the above linked part of my Artists Comment box, where I say I will not follow it after the point of being blocked, and the others were because I keep a public list of the people that have blocked me (http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8003830/, Print Screen provided by Demu's aid in case it gets deleted: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDicGlMbkJwelhFdnpqUmJUSUpjdFlYWXNWcHQ4) on an Announcement Board style Journal, this is to ensure anyone that follows me is aware that those artists shouldn't be recommend
ed to me since I'm blocked, I can't communicate with them. trying to would defeat the purpose of suggesting them, the other is because I have a journal entry entirely dedicated as an apology towards Demu (http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7838301/, Print Screen provided by Demu's aid in case it gets deleted: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiX0JCdi1WMzdEdUZFcl8tMGRZTUtURmM3LVV3). These are notices and a public apology which is in of itself an acknowledgement of wrongdoing. The apology itself was posted in September 2016 and in my previous emails to Demu I informed them about them, and yet are only now bringing it up as an apparent issue. So I responded, again panicking as that's just in my nature and as such it's not going to be very...elegant (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiWGNvMUlCaEI0SU0). After that my mind started to swirl with the idea I'd been robbed blind and so I looked up about how PayPal deals with the issue. too late as it has a 180 general limit after the original exchange. This lead me to worry, but then a friend calmed me down and said that it might be best to file a dispute anyway so you have a filed objection but make it so Demu gets a chance to respond. So I did, but the options of what was "wrong" didn't fit the description of what was actually wrong so, i just picked one at random, and filed my complaint with some of my argument included as well as my suggestions on ways to resolve this (Link 1: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiNzJobktUOWh6cHc, Link 2: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiTUNlNlF0aTRQYkU).
This didn't go down well as I then received another email, that not only dismissed everything I've said but also made many accusations towards me as an individual (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiYjl0LXpmOHFTcVE). So to this I responded, with my friend keeping me calm throughout the exchange so that I could put things more elegantly as shown here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiNnJFSloxM3ItQzA.
This email has been ignored and will likely continue to be ignored.
Throughout the exchange since being blocked Demu and their associate has made personal attacks against me as an individual, which for me adds insult to the injury of being left $250 worse off. So for me they have established themselves as a scam artist. I once had further evidence that would support this claim entirely, but I have lost it since my laptop broke and my bookmarks did not import entirely when I used a temporary one. Anything else would be conjecture at this point and I'd rather we all deal with facts.
I as an individual know my faults in this and can learn and grow from it, I can explain some of the issues Demu and his aid have with me but again that would be conjecture. If Artist Beware staff permit I will elaborate in response to any comments that inquire about it.
UPDATE 1:
The artist RamTheDragon has offered to do their own version of the design for me so I'm not using Elty's art anylonger. For free.
The finished image of said piece can be found here (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiVXJZMy1xd04zTUU) and here (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24790880/). They have expressed a willingness to be named, for their kind gesture.
Also in my upload of the image here (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24790880/) which i have also Print Screen here (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiMWpJZ3Zla0JJTVE).
I have also sent an email, shown here (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiY3FpbDdaVmR5Rkk), to Elty/Demu, to express my intent on keeping the character.
UPDATE 2:
The artist (Elty) of said Character has contancted me via email here (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiWlN2dm9mMHp5SzA) and here (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzhBESqCaxDiSkZ6YUtfTnVuT0U). The artist has commented below.
Any future conversations between the artisst and I share in private will either be expalined or shared here, to help anyone that see's this Beware in future be as aware of what has transpired as transparent as possible.
UPDATE 3:
The artist Elty, has been entire appologetic about what has happened. It seems that a friend they trusted to help them manage their emails abused their position of power. This is presumed to be because of issues in their personal life which has nothign to do with either I or Elty. Their original act of reclaiming the character was not a power they were granted by Elty and as such the official statement by Elty the Whitevale team is that it never should have been taken and that the act was more or less a type of theft on their part, caused by a singular member of the team (who has now lost their position). So the issue is resolved.
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ariicchi.livejournal.com WHO: Soy-una-puta
WHERE: http://soy-una-puta.deviantart.com
ORIGINAL POST: http://soy-una-puta.deviantart.com/art/YCH-couple-unlimited-slots-OPEN-639057637
WHAT: Digital Couple
WHEN: October 10, 2016 to Dec 7, 2016 to June 20, 2017 to Current
EXPLAIN: I commissioned this artist back in October for a YCH couple, to which things started out a little rough because English is their second language, which was fine. We were able to come to an understanding and an agreement of what I wanted done, and they sent me their PayPal email and I sent payment. ( Screenshot 1) (My username on Deviantart is Nigou.)
I hadn’t heard anything from them so in December I asked for an update to which they told me they were working on and were having a lot of life problems. Totally cool, it was only two months since they accepted my commission no big. (Screenshot 2)
Now we fast forward to June, which is the first time since December they’ve responded to me. They now are saying they lost all the files because their computer crashed and they won’t be able to finish my commission and they won’t be able to refund my money. I wasn’t allowed to request a refund because they had no money. (Screenshot 3)
Now at this point I am getting increasingly upset, because it had nine months since I commissioned them, and seven months since I last heard from them, so I demanded either the commission or my refund. (Screenshot 4) After that they sent me another message saying they don’t draw females, even though that was the same characters I sent a year ago. (Screenshot 5) If you refer back to the original post they draw both MxM and MxF.
Then they sent yet another message stating they would refund me in point, and I responded saying I didn’t want point, I wanted the cash that I had sent. (Screenshot 6) Then they told me they couldn’t send money on PayPal because I ‘blocked them’ and they no longer had PayPal and kept insisting on Point. (Screenshot 7 & 8)
And that brings me to the most recent exchange. I basically told them I would dispute the transaction on PayPal because it wasn’t fair they kept dodging my request of a refund. They basically told me I was irrational for not thinking about what they are going through in life and why they can’t refund me. (Screenshot 9)
And now I get the joy of dealing with their friends telling me I am a horrible customer everything else because I don’t want to accept points. (Screenshot 10) I don’t use points as a way to commission so it wouldn’t be a fair refund.
UPDATE : So they messaged me again on a different account this time, basically giving me an excuse for why their friends came after me, also telling me why they no longer draw women, despite accepting my commission last year. (Screenshot 11) And their solution is a refund of points, not my cash. The journal they refer to is one I posted on dA, per the advice of a few people there.
UPDATE TWO : So I just recevied a refund some a different paypal email adress, so I suppose this has been resolved, but I am rather disapointed they lied to be about not having paypal. All of this could have been avoided. (Screenshot 12) In under no circumstance would I reconmend doing business with them, but I did receive my refund after a few grueling days of arguing with this person.
Anyway, this is long winded, and I am sorry but after all of this here I am posting my first AB because I am so frustrated. I apologize in advance if this is messy or not the proper way to post, but I don't want anyway to have to go through what I went through. I would also love advice in how I should continue to approach this artist.
PROOF:
10. http://imgur.com/LkzKIAN
11. http://imgur.com/iZPbYNV
12. http://imgur.com/a/sah6V
s0lar5ail0r.livejournal.coms-trawberrymilk.livejournal.comWHO: Lolithetigger @ instagram,hypersensuality @ twitter / instagram, crackdolls @ fa, Melanharley @ tumblr.
WHERE: All contact was through telegram, however pictures, the livestream, were posted via instagram.
WHAT: A DHC fursuit. ($3200)
WHEN: All payments were made June 1st, and the fursuit was shipped June 11th, and the suit arrived on the 16th of June. On July 1st, I noticed the charge back for all 3 payment made. This is currently still on going.
EXPLAIN:
I decided to sell my DHC fursuit, and after having issues with other buyers, a friend of mine said they wanted to buy the suit. (http://i.imgur.com/S3saI6c.png) I was thrilled to have someone I knew, and a friend buying my suit. We agreed on $3200 for the price (http://i.imgur.com/HbCKRTI.png). So, they paid in full on June 1st (http://i.imgur.com/zbXs2hw.png) . I was away at BLFC at this point, so the suit was not shipped until the 11th ( http://i.imgur.com/OhczSkk.png ). We both agreed that I would ship the suit out, and come back with the price, and they would pay for the shipping. (http://i.imgur.com/PUKx7Qr.png, http://i.imgur.com/A1a3X8O.png) The shipping is still not paid for to this day. (July 11th) The suit arrived on June 16th (http://i.imgur.com/d7HuXhr.png, http://i.imgur.com/v7cO359.png), and everything seemed fine. Additionally, the suit was altered. (hair was added, and the feet were altered to make them fit a bigger size. (tuff can be seen here http://i.imgur.com/93pcCas.jpg?1, and proof of her saying the feet are being altered here http://i.imgur.com/QHXmrJx.png)
Things were fine after this until I logged into my paypal on July 1st, and saw the -$3000 balance in my account. ( http://i.imgur.com/v57eozZ.png, http://i.imgur.com/oszYWcX.png) This was the first sign of trouble. I immediately contacted Lola. (http://i.imgur.com/LcoqXiO.png ). After this, Lola told me to respond to the claim, and explained they were on call with their bank, and paypal and were working to resolve this. I waited patiently until I finally heard back from them on wednesday, July 4th. (http://i.imgur.com/OJaLJzt.png, http://i.imgur.com/0nTvMBr.png.) They explained that they were going out with their brother and would call the bank later that evening, though I was unhappy with this I waited. (
http://i.imgur.com/98VeSKT.png, http://i.imgur.com/qkAnd33.png) That night they explained that they’d called their bank, and they were reversing the chargebacks and that my account would be back to normal within 48 hours. (http://i.imgur.com/KkYAb4H.png, http://i.imgur.com/Gm6pIIz.png)
I checked in each day as it was still not resolved. It had been well over 48 hours, and nothing had changed with my account, it was still -$3000. After contacting Lola about this, they said they would call the bank, and has since stopped replying to me. Last communication I have recieved was from 12:21 pm on Friday, July 7th. (http://i.imgur.com/rny27sm.png, http://i.imgur.com/od2dbzP.png).
I called PayPal yesterday and I provided them with all the evidence and informed me they will have this case resolved within the next 24-72 hours. However, this morning (11th of july) I received an email basically saying that this is going to take up to 30 days for the investigation, and up to 75 days for a resolution to be made. (http://i.imgur.com/7uH6BkV.jpg) So I called paypal, and they confirmed this information, and said what I was told yesterday (about 24-72 hours) is incorrect. Thankfully they have temporarily released the $3200 usd so I can still work, and receive and send money to that account. However this situation will not be resolved until paypal, and the card company have reached a resolution. Even when I asked paypal, they said that there is nothing I can do, and nothing that Lola can do until the card company has reached and processed a conclusion.(if I am able to get in contact with her, that is.)(proof of calls http://i.imgur.com/zAHzBHY.jpg)
UPDATE: i have now managed to get in contact with Lola via email. She has told me that she stole her mom’s credit card and used it to pay for the suit. ( http://i.imgur.com/hmBnMiR.jpg & http://i.imgur.com/arekqPN.jpg)
PROOF:
All screenshots in order; http://imgur.com/a/Bol48
Additional proof she has it (images of her wearing the suit): http://imgur.com/a/w8ziZ
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kayla-na.livejournal.com nashida226.livejournal.comlaserraccoon.livejournal.compoizenkat.livejournal.comWHO: kij3k
WHERE: http://kij3k.deviantart.com
WHAT: 4 flat colored full body images
WHEN: payment was sent june 12th 2016 http://i.imgur.com/kzZdMOg.png
EXPLAIN: I commissioned this person to draw 4 images in june as shown above. I changed the characters june 28th since they had not gotten any work done http://i.imgur.com/i5QUHp4.png In july they said that since they took so long theyd like to shade them, which i responded with this http://i.imgur.com/eIS7sIB.png and that day they got the first one done http://i.imgur.com/iBpTChf.png
The trouble started not long after when they said their computer died and they'd have to take a hiatus http://i.imgur.com/Qebo8tr.png so i decided to ask about my commission and if i would get a refund. I was told that id have to wait http://i.imgur.com/2WwmgT9.png
They returned in september and got a lot of work done but still did not get to mine. In november I sent them a note asking why and got this as a response http://i.imgur.com/F0RYYpg.png once i gave them the references it didnt take them very long to finish another one of mine http://i.imgur.com/WAwaJev.png as you could see here http://i.imgur.com/q6FElBE.png there was a misunderstanding, i mixed up notes and thought that i had paid for shading instead of them offering it for free. I let it go pretty fast, and only found the original notes with what i commissioned later on. Only a few days later they posted this http://i.imgur.com/ZkNHgwX.png though they did not link me to it, i found it on my own while checking their gallery. I figured everything was going well but then realized i hadnt heard from them for a month.
I left them a comment here asking http://i.imgur.com/lq7230B.png and they redirected me to their journal here http://i.imgur.com/5z3xoDc.png
They have a comment on their page saying not to ask about it http://i.imgur.com/krjHDcy.png
A big reason as to why I'm making this beware is because I noticed them taking on more work despite owing me art for about 10 months as you can see here http://i.imgur.com/q5BSvAD.png and here http://i.imgur.com/H925fgn.png
PROOF: everything should be posted above in order.
UPDATE: they posted a journal in response here http://i.imgur.com/rdIc85q.png
UPDATE2: I reached out again via note and i gave them the references again. hopefully it works out now.
UPDATE3: I got one of them. not resolved yet but progress. http://kij3k.deviantart.com/art/good-habits-677623981 im unable to post screencaps at the moment sorry
UPDATE4: Last one was completed this is resolved http://kij3k.deviantart.com/art/cant-feel-my-eyes-680473035
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