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Rant about Dual Posting
12 years ago
Nyoom!
This is an issue that's been plagueing me for a long time. Double posting of adoptables on both DA and FA.
Now, I'm sure you're asking yourself why this pisses me off so much, and here's my answer: It's insanely inconsiderate. I don't know how many times I've wanted to buy something, only to have the artist in question tell me, 'Sorry, it's been bought already on DA.' Well shit then - think you can maybe... I dunno... Update the page you posted here with them?
But there's an even better way to avoid this kind of assfuckery - DON'T POST YOUR SHIT ON BOTH SITES WHEN YOU'RE SELLING IT.
The reasoning is probably that they sell faster that way. And they do - but then that's the problem in a nutshell. You then have to tell someone who may have been a future customer that you don't have the product you advertised. Outside of Internet Land, that's called Bait and Switch, and it's fucking ILLEGAL. What makes you think people will be any less pissed just because it's artwork and not a physical, hold in our hand object?
And before you pose the argument that art is a luxury purchase to begin with, I will wholeheartedly agree with you. But posting on both sites and then having to tell a customer you already sold it is like having a street vender wave a genuine Gucci handbag (a luxury) in your face with a price tag, and then tell you that some other person just bought that same handbag from them on Ebay, so you you can't have it.
Now, I'm sure you're asking yourself why this pisses me off so much, and here's my answer: It's insanely inconsiderate. I don't know how many times I've wanted to buy something, only to have the artist in question tell me, 'Sorry, it's been bought already on DA.' Well shit then - think you can maybe... I dunno... Update the page you posted here with them?
But there's an even better way to avoid this kind of assfuckery - DON'T POST YOUR SHIT ON BOTH SITES WHEN YOU'RE SELLING IT.
The reasoning is probably that they sell faster that way. And they do - but then that's the problem in a nutshell. You then have to tell someone who may have been a future customer that you don't have the product you advertised. Outside of Internet Land, that's called Bait and Switch, and it's fucking ILLEGAL. What makes you think people will be any less pissed just because it's artwork and not a physical, hold in our hand object?
And before you pose the argument that art is a luxury purchase to begin with, I will wholeheartedly agree with you. But posting on both sites and then having to tell a customer you already sold it is like having a street vender wave a genuine Gucci handbag (a luxury) in your face with a price tag, and then tell you that some other person just bought that same handbag from them on Ebay, so you you can't have it.
