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YCHs NEVER RECEIVED!!! Artists going radio silent???
a year ago
Anyone else dealing with artists going radio silent after purchasing a YCH??? I'm starting to go crazy. FOUR different artists have taken my money and are either not responding at all, or are being very vague as if trying to conceal the fact that they stole my money.
1. One from February, the artist is being super vague and it takes multiple notes for them to reply. Their journal said they had some health issue which I understand, but they said they already emailed the artpiece to me?? But I never recieved anything, so I asked when was the email sent so I could find it, note read but no response. $100 gone.
2. Another one from April, Russian artist. Paid $50 over Hipolink, contacted over Telegram. Radio silent, no response.
3. Another one took a slot in June. Russian artist. Promised 2 week completion return, not responding to notes. Will try other means of contact. If no response still, I'll assume scam. $50 down the drain.
4. Yet ANOTHER one, Russian artist and $60 on Hipolink. Took a slot in June, still nothing. At least they responded to a note saying they will complete it tomorrow. That was last month.
I'm starting to go from giving them benefit of the doubt to believing I got scammed. If these artists do not respond in a few more days, I'll assume I got scammed and will try to get my money back, and reveal who they are in a do not commission post.
1. One from February, the artist is being super vague and it takes multiple notes for them to reply. Their journal said they had some health issue which I understand, but they said they already emailed the artpiece to me?? But I never recieved anything, so I asked when was the email sent so I could find it, note read but no response. $100 gone.
2. Another one from April, Russian artist. Paid $50 over Hipolink, contacted over Telegram. Radio silent, no response.
3. Another one took a slot in June. Russian artist. Promised 2 week completion return, not responding to notes. Will try other means of contact. If no response still, I'll assume scam. $50 down the drain.
4. Yet ANOTHER one, Russian artist and $60 on Hipolink. Took a slot in June, still nothing. At least they responded to a note saying they will complete it tomorrow. That was last month.
I'm starting to go from giving them benefit of the doubt to believing I got scammed. If these artists do not respond in a few more days, I'll assume I got scammed and will try to get my money back, and reveal who they are in a do not commission post.
1) How old is their account? Brand new accounts with really good art might be scammers who are hopping to a new name after their old name dried up on victims.
2) Is the art in their gallery all of reasonably similar style and quality? Some art scammers will find/commission a variety of art that isn't identifiable and pretend they created it as a way to seem like a legit artist.
3) What is the typical turnaround time for a YCH artwork from that artist based on their gallery? If they leave their YCH opening posts up AND post the completed YCH you can look at how much time passed between the posts to set your expectations.
4) If possible, chat with others who have commissioned them to see if those people have anything positive/negative to say about the artist.