Attempted Scam?

Posted 3 years, 10 months ago by spiraldemo

Hey everybody! I've been off toyhouse for awhile now because of corona & school, but something came up and I had to say something. I had sold one of my favorite designs for $20. That's the most amount of money I've ever made from selling a design! I was overjoyed! It's been a couple months since that happened, and my friend who runs my paypal account texts me, because the person who bought it is now trying to claim that he never allowed it. Which the person DID DO!  Here is the only proof I have, because I didn't know to screenshot all of my dealings with people. unknown.png


This user has since deleted the character I created as well as shut down their account. 

Here is the full design, then proof that they closed their account: image0.png?width=528&height=704unknown.png

What do I do? My friend is appealing to paypal about it but in terms of the design, what should I do? Do I retake them, which I'm not even sure I'm allowed to do (the money was still given, meaning they are not mine anymore, but I am not sure how this affects ownership?) or do I just let the design be deleted?  

spiraldemo

Update: The guy won the case with Paypal. My best friend's paypal, which all the money I get goes to, is -$12. I'm gonna open PYP/PWYW comms so I can repay him for all the trouble, but I doubt it'll get a lot of traction as I'm a pretty amateur artist. I know $12 isn't much, nor is the $20 we were scammed out of, but it was a lot for me & him.


Blugh :(