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Oh please! You expose yourself in public all the time! |
Originally Posted by Thornster
I can understand that ...
I'm too lazy ... hmmm ... or inconsistent ... either way ... I will not expose anyone (or anyone's money) to my mood swings ... hehe |
I'm having flashbacks. >.> This is almost exactly the same thread as the last one.
Indeed. Which is why I'll mention this site again:
http://www.bbb.org/us/Find-Business-Reviews/
Search for "MMO Art". If you feel you've been wronged, simply file a complaint. All of the complaints filed so far have been resolved, so you might have a chance of getting resolution yourself.
Any action beyond that would be legal, which is against the rules to discuss on the CoH forums 
My dream is to one day make off with a large sum of money from you people.
Fortunately, the worst I ever did was think about shopping at MMO Art 
I hope one day I will be so good of an artist that people will pay me not to do there artwork as well..
We should put these threads in the Guides section entitled "Precisely How NOT to Run Commissions" and be done with it! ^.^
Not to defend the situation, but even if Gil "finished" all the work. It could probably take him a year at best. A year of not getting paid to finish work he promised to do. Artist's, even mismanaging ones can't afford not to get paid. I'm not saying he did the right thing. A full cross the boards refund would be a good solution. It might even save his rep, what ever is left here that is... but who knows if he can afford to do that, is able to do that. Perhaps the money was spent... medical bills for his accident last year or so, or on new gear to support his new website. If it were me, the guilt would be gnawing at my bones. I was always amazed he could command such prices, it made me dream of being able to do so one day. But let's say only 5 commissions at $300 a piece? A possible $1500 worth of work due out there in virtual lala-land.... yoinks, that would put me in a coma! 
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Bah, it's about managing your time and not getting too far away from the money. He took on far too much in a short period of time.|
Originally Posted by LadyJudgement
I was always amazed he could command such prices, it made me dream of being able to do so one day. But let's say only 5 commissions at $300 a piece? A possible $1500 worth of work due out there in virtual lala-land.... yoinks, that would put me in a coma!
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I would hope that any artist here would learn from the example.
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Problem as I've seen it is that the backlog of work doesn't take a year - it's been more than a year for most of that work BEFORE he started dogging his commissions. |
Originally Posted by LadyJudgement
Not to defend the situation, but even if Gil "finished" all the work. It could probably take him a year at best. A year of not getting paid to finish work he promised to do. Artist's, even mismanaging ones can't afford not to get paid. I'm not saying he did the right thing. A full cross the boards refund would be a good solution. It might even save his rep, what ever is left here that is... but who knows if he can afford to do that, is able to do that. Perhaps the money was spent... medical bills for his accident last year or so, or on new gear to support his new website. If it were me, the guilt would be gnawing at my bones. I was always amazed he could command such prices, it made me dream of being able to do so one day. But let's say only 5 commissions at $300 a piece? A possible $1500 worth of work due out there in virtual lala-land.... yoinks, that would put me in a coma!
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Seriously, it is a comedy of errors on his part. He might be a great artist but right now I wouldn't pay ten bucks for anything from him because he *doesn't produce*. What someone's worth artistically speaking for commissions is not JUST reliant on the quality of their workmanship, it's also their professionalism.
He is not a professional artist. He is a scam artist, perhaps, at best, who can also draw. It's just very sad. I'm glad that I never had the inclination to be put on an already-complaining long waiting list to get something from him that I know I'd never see.
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I'm too lazy ... hmmm ... or inconsistent ... either way ... I will not expose anyone (or anyone's money) to my mood swings ... hehe
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