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9 years ago
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Three times this has happened to me. I pay for something, and never get it. I mean... Why? It's infuriating! I feel cheated and just... UGH! I am not naming names, because two of them, I don't think have done it to others, and I have not heard anything about them from anyone else, one I did, but..
Should I stop going to artists and sellers who want money first, then the product? Is that the only way to keep this from happening? I mean.. I'm at a loss.
So, what brings this about: YEARS ago, I commissioned an artist who had one excuse after another as to why my art could not be done. After a while, I wrote it off as a loss. had a similar incident with another who kept putting my art on the back burner until he was tired of hearing me ask for it, and I was tired of asking, so I said 'fuck it' and left it. I'm over those two.
What's getting to me at this point is an artist who had been selling some items. I paid and waited... And nothing. So I nudged a bit, and was told "I'll send them Tuesday", and... Nothing.
That became 'tomorrow' a few weeks later. And... Nothing. The person has SEEMED sincere in their apologies and offered to send a few other things with said items as an apology, but... NOW when I try to message, I get no response, and am about to the point where I A) ask for a refund, because I am not getting what I paid for after five months. Not nearly as long as I have waited before, but it's too long, I think. Alternative B) I just say fuck it and write it off as a loss. I don't WANT to, because I want to believe that said seller is going to send it at some point and hold true to their word, but... It seems that so far they won't, and that infuriates me, because I am TRYING to give the benefit of the doubt, and feel as though I would be a dick for taking to either of the mentioned ideas.
So, allow me to pose a question. You send someone $30 for something, and they fail to deliver after five months. What do you do? And before you ask, I'm not naming names. Not even in notes, even if you happen to guess who said individual is. I want to find some sort of resolution/closure to my issue, not cause more for the person.
Should I stop going to artists and sellers who want money first, then the product? Is that the only way to keep this from happening? I mean.. I'm at a loss.
So, what brings this about: YEARS ago, I commissioned an artist who had one excuse after another as to why my art could not be done. After a while, I wrote it off as a loss. had a similar incident with another who kept putting my art on the back burner until he was tired of hearing me ask for it, and I was tired of asking, so I said 'fuck it' and left it. I'm over those two.
What's getting to me at this point is an artist who had been selling some items. I paid and waited... And nothing. So I nudged a bit, and was told "I'll send them Tuesday", and... Nothing.
That became 'tomorrow' a few weeks later. And... Nothing. The person has SEEMED sincere in their apologies and offered to send a few other things with said items as an apology, but... NOW when I try to message, I get no response, and am about to the point where I A) ask for a refund, because I am not getting what I paid for after five months. Not nearly as long as I have waited before, but it's too long, I think. Alternative B) I just say fuck it and write it off as a loss. I don't WANT to, because I want to believe that said seller is going to send it at some point and hold true to their word, but... It seems that so far they won't, and that infuriates me, because I am TRYING to give the benefit of the doubt, and feel as though I would be a dick for taking to either of the mentioned ideas.
So, allow me to pose a question. You send someone $30 for something, and they fail to deliver after five months. What do you do? And before you ask, I'm not naming names. Not even in notes, even if you happen to guess who said individual is. I want to find some sort of resolution/closure to my issue, not cause more for the person.
Riles
~myroneterni
I demanded my refund. This happened to me with a former friend. It was more complicated than taking so long, but it was a factor. You deserve your payment back, and look up if an artist has a shitty reputation in the future.
