In April, 2011, I asked this guy to do some graphic work for me. We did some discussion of design and price and we agreed on L$3000 to come up with a heart-shaped locket I could use for a logo for my Ninetails products. He asked for 50% up-front, which I thought was reasonable. Needless to say, he never delivered. My dear friend Sei ended up making the logo for me, where I showed it off in A Makeover.
I wouldn't even bother mentioning it, except Sal has returned to SL and, after defriending me, has made it pretty clear he does not intend to return the money -- but moreover comes to the areas I go (specifically Shy Submissives) to and wants to "play" with me as a Dom.
I think not.
Well, it's only my word against his and it's my own damned fault for giving him any money. But I wanted to post this so others would be, at least, made aware that there is a dodgy situation regarding him. Please don't get taken like I did.
You should still try to file abuse report against the thief, even if you have no evidence in your hands. Just explain the situation, as you did here in blog. LL could still have record of your transfer of L$1500 to the thief... they could have login times and places, they could even have record of IMs that you exchanged (?) - then it is not just your word... And it is also possible that completely different avatar reported the same thief before for similar fraud, also without evidence and this time LL will see it is not coincidence...
ReplyDeleteIn the worst case there is no evidence existing anymore and LL will regret they cannot do anything about it...
But you should not just let it be, even if you don't care about those L$ anymore (I guess you will not get them back anyway)... but if not punished, he will probably do it to others again and again...
Thanks, I did on June 30th. I don't really expect LL to do anything about it. They responded back with their standard canned message and haven't heard anything more:
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