General Thread for PSAs

on an alt as to not make the artist blatantly obvious, but I’d really appreciate some advice on this 😓

I commissioned a popular artist for a $90 page back in june and I’ve yet to receive the finished piece. I reached out to them multiple times via DMs for updates, but I was ghosted even though they were clearly active on the site. I eventually received a sketch in august, but obviously it’s been four months since then and I’ve yet to hear from them. I’m discouraged from reaching out again bc I asked around and they apparently have a history of ghosting people, but they’ve also recently made a bulletin explaining things and I’m not sure if I should request a refund or not :/ I’d feel bad because they’ve been in a rough spot and they did show me a sketch, but at the same time it’s just kind of skeeving me out 

I don’t mind long waits, but the silence has been pretty painful to sit through and at this point I’m beyond the buyer protection window. not sure how to approach the situation

gory (hope you're okay for the ping)

Your situation is a bit embarrassing, but maybe you could at least open a dispute to request a partial refund of the commission before the 180 days so as not to get cheated. You explain the transparency of your approach and if they agree to complete the commission, set a deadline that they must not exceed and if they do not meet it, you can at least recover part of your money.

got this resolved and figured out !!! thank you :] (context , was waiting a couple weeks for someone to transfer a character)

qhostbyrd

Send them a DM and mention you'll do a chargeback if you don't get the oc within a set amount of time and make sure to hold to it if they still don't send it. $75 is a lot of money to lose. 

Ressy

I'd say just cut your losses and block/ban them from any future raffles you hold. I'd also suggest having a TOS in place and making sure the winner agrees to it in writing.