So, 44 days ago I placed an order on etsy for an absolutely adorable Touhou cellphone charm I was going to put on my 3ds. It was a custom made charm that could be any character I wanted from the vast cast of bullet hell ladies. I picked my favorite character, Parsee Mizuhashi. I wanted to buy two, one of Parsee and one of leading lady Reimu Hakurai, but the check out process was a little odd and I ended up ordering only one. I figured I'd wait and see the quality before making another order.
Seems I don't need to worry about quality! I never got the first order. 44 days ago I placed the order, 45 days after a payment is made with PayPal is the limit for requesting money back. Now, the item was only $5. That isn't much. I spend $5 without thinking about it all the time. I also agonize about purchases as little as a dollar. I'm a complicated man with money on my mind, got a $10 in hand and she has my $5 in her's. I was going for something there... didn't hit the mark.
What upsets me is that 1.) this is my first order off Etsy (for myself) and it has gone belly up. And 2.) THIS IS THE SECOND $5 I HAVE GIVEN SOMEONE FOR SOMETHING THEY WERE MEANT TO MAKE ME AND NEVER DID! Get to the second one later.
I tried being nice in the e-mail I sent this girl, I really did. I understand that life gets in the way and that sometimes you just... don't... have... time. I get that. I'm an understanding person. I'm caring. Thing is, she quickly replied when I asked if I could have ANY character (before the order was placed) and about two weeks after the order was placed she changed the style of charm. Which means she was active on the site. I sent a message a week ago via etsy's message system and never heard back. E-mailed her today. We'll see what happens. Come 6pm I'm going to file a dispute with her. Some people.
The second item I paid for and never got was paid for about six months ago, or more. I keep forgetting about it, to be honest. It was a small $5 commission off someone from DeviantArt. A wonderful artist that Kat and I follow who was asking for commissions to afford Portal 2...
...Portal 2? THAT CAME OUT IN APRIL! It's been nearly 10 months! Almost a damn year! Okay, anyway. I paid for a commission of a character of mine from the comic, Karen. I love Karen and she is my second favorite character in the story, behind Effie. I was so looking forward to his very distinctive style being placed over the emotionally damaged little rich girl. Never happened.
Now, he hasn't even been on DA in about 9 months, at least. The guy might be dead* for all I know. He lives in Australia, so there are plenty of chances to get eaten or stung. They also have terrible internet there, so I've heard.
What am I trying to say here? Not much, really. I have bad luck with home-made items that cost $5.
I also never got the package Jeff sent me, but I'm not mad about that. I am so very thankful that I have him as a friend and he is kind enough to buy me a birthday gift, and Pony toys, when I never get him anything for birthdays or gift-giving winter holidays. One day when I have more money I'll try to repay him. I am, though, a bit worried. He sent that thing like two or three weeks ago, I think.
I think I'm working on a theme for this blog. Nerdy stuff. I mean, I'm a nerd and everything I post about is nerdy, so it makes sense. Touhou was mentioned in this so that counts. My Little Pony was also mentioned. And our comic was mentioned and our comic is a comic, so... that is nerdy.
Comic in your comic so you can comic while you comic. There, did it for you.
*I don't wish harm upon him over $5 and I know that joke was out-of-line. I'm frustrated here. I really, really hope he is okay and everything in his life is going well. I also hope he got his copy of Portal 2 and $5 worth of it wasn't playable. Preferably the best $5 worth of it.
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