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Do Not Send Me Money! by Thaily

It's a long and private story, so I'm just going to give the relevant details: There was 1 day between Ryu's old work contract ending and him signing a new, better contract. Because he was technically out of a job for 1 single work day, a debtor has seized all our bank accounts and money, including my PayPal account. It might have been an automated process, possibly even erroneous or illegal. I'm not asking for help resolving the issue, I just want to make the following 2 important announcements.

  1. DO NOT SEND MONEY TO MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT! I won't see a penny of it!
  2. I am opening for commissions, but only from repeat customers and close friends for the time being, sorry!

A nearby friend (who can give me the money in cash) has graciously offered me the use of his Paypal account so I can continue to take commissions and at least pay for groceries and for Ryu to be able to get to his new job until this is fixed. I don't imagine I can take enough work to pay for rent on my studio or the mortgage without being overwhelmed, so we're not out of the woods, but at least we'll be able to eat for the time being =_=

What does this effectively mean?

  • I'm only accepting commissions from repeat customers and close friends, because I don't want to risk someone trying to get free art via a charge back or tagging the payment with "HOT HORSEY BDSM BUTTSECKSING CUMSHOTS!" and get my friend into trouble with PP. For this reason I will also not give out the address publicly. If you were thinking of sending a donation, I appreciate the thought, but I just can't risk it.
  • Patreon; I can't receive my pledges until my PP account is unlocked, in the meantime they will continue to charge monthly and keep the money in escrow. I will of course continue to upload rewards as promised.
  • I can't give refunds within the next 2 months.

To address any concerns you might have:

  • I am not asking for donations. I'm not asking for emergency commissions.
  • The commissions I am currently taking are not "emergency commissions", they are commissions for people who have been asking for them while I was not accepting new work. Since January the plan has been to re-open for new work once I had finished a particularly labor intensive commission, which I actually did today before shit hit the fan =_=
  • Artists who say "no refunds" are a huge red flag and I don't blame people who don't want to commission me until I am able to refund them again, which will be in a month or two. Normally I keep the money in my PP until I have made a decent amount of progress on the commission, but in this situation I will need the money straight away.

Do Not Send Me Money!

Thaily

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    Rashkah

    That's extremely crappy, though. D: Sorry to hear (or read) that you're dealing that that.

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      Thaily

      Yeah, just as we were celebrating that I finished a big commission and he got a new job, we found out trying to pay for groceries at the supermarket :/

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        Irbis

        You probably need a lawyer, there's pretty much no situation where a creditor can seize money without a court order, and that takes time.

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          Thaily

          I suspect it might have been the government for student loans, but then they've actually taken more than we owe them.
          I won't know more 'til tomorrow at least and it'll no doubt take at least a month to get the affair settled.

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            Irbis

            1 - Student loans are not from the government.
            2 - The government still has to have an order from the courts to do so.

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              Thaily

              1 - In the Netherlands the student loans are from the government.
              2 - They froze the money and are going to seize it over the coming month, meaning I have nothing.

              I'd really appreciate it if strangers didn't try and dictate the facts to me, like I don't have enough on my plate.
              Or you know, nothing on my plate as it were.

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                Irbis

                And I'd really appreciate it if people didn't spread misinformation as facts and speculation, misinformation like "The government can do anything!?!!?!111".

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                  Thaily

                  Oh wow, I might lose everything but your concerns are totally the most important thing in this!
                  Or not. Bye.

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                  knittykittycrafts

                  You're from Texas. You can't really claim you know the facts of how the Netherlands work unless you've taken a few classes specifically on their government and economy so ....

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    knittykittycrafts

    Good luck getting things sorted. Really hope it doesn't take a full month, but if your government is like the Canadian one, there will be so many loopholes and roundabouts, I could see it taking that long to work out. :/