(02-13-2015, 04:29 PM)Edgar Wrote: It's called a list. I never gave you art? You paid me? Where's your name on the fucking list, then? Oh, it isn't there? Then there was no transaction, was there? *Watches as argument falls apart*
That works from the artist's angle, and if they request payment before starting work. The list doesn't hold much water, though, if the art is made first and the buyer states that they paid and they haven't. How can you prove you were paid?
And, while I severely doubt any of the artists here would do such a thing... the list also means nothing against a buyer who is being scammed by the ARTIST. Since, what's to keep the artist from taking the payment and then just not putting the name on the list? Oh, they're not on the list, so they obviously haven't paid.
As mentioned, there's a lot of faith being put on freeform internet transactions such of these, whether it be in gil OR in cash. At least with Paypal and the like you can have receipts of payment.
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